"Qualitative Research" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Any type of research that employs nonnumeric information to explore individual or group characteristics, producing findings not arrived at by statistical procedures or other quantitative means. (Qualitative Inquiry: A Dictionary of Terms Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1997)
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D036301
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H01.770.644.241.850
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2009 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2011 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2012 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 2013 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2014 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 2015 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 2016 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| 2017 | 0 | 24 | 24 |
| 2018 | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| 2019 | 1 | 19 | 20 |
| 2020 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| 2021 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| 2022 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 2023 | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| 2024 | 11 | 15 | 26 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Qualitative Research" by people in Profiles.
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Caregivers' Views of a Pediatric Inpatient Intervention to Address Health-Related Social Risks. Hosp Pediatr. 2025 Jan 01; 15(1):46-56.
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Creating effective teams and valuing patient-centered care to change culture and improve equity on labor and delivery: a qualitative study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Dec 23; 24(1):1645.
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Mapping Implementation Strategies to Address Barriers to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Use Among Women Through POWER Up (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Optimization Among Women to Enhance Retention and Uptake): Content Analysis. JMIR Form Res. 2024 Nov 15; 8:e59800.
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Looking to "Level the Field": A Qualitative Study of How Clinicians Operationalize Social Determinants in Critical Care. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2024 Nov; 21(11):1583-1591.
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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perspectives of Women Who Have Migrated from Sub-Saharan Africa to France Toward HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in a Family Planning Center. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2024 Nov; 38(11):507-516.
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Learning from the first: a qualitative study of the psychosocial benefits and treatment burdens of long-acting cabotegravir/rilpivirine among early adopters in three U.S. clinics. J Int AIDS Soc. 2024 Nov; 27(11):e26394.
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Exploring Consumer Preferences for Pharmacy Provision of Mifepristone in the Human-centered Design Discovery Phase. Womens Health Issues. 2024 Nov-Dec; 34(6):580-588.
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Perceptions of brain health and aging among middle-aged latinos: A qualitative paper. Patient Educ Couns. 2025 Jan; 130:108462.
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Strategies used to reduce harms associated with fentanyl exposure among rural people who use drugs: multi-site qualitative findings from the rural opioid initiative. Harm Reduct J. 2024 Aug 24; 21(1):154.
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Patient perspectives on primary care behavioral health integration in an urban mental health professional shortage area: Benefits, facilitators, and barriers. Fam Syst Health. 2024 Dec; 42(4):570-581.