"Health Equity" 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.
Opportunity to attain full health potential and no one is disadvantaged from achieving this potential because of their social position or other socially determined circumstance.
| Descriptor ID |
D000069576
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.590.374.350.500 N05.300.430.383
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2021 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 2023 | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Equity" by people in Profiles.
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Addressing Social Determinants of Health to Promote Health Equity for Latinx Families: A Mixed-Methods Study of the DULCE Intervention. Fam Community Health. 2025 Jul-Sep 01; 48(3):207-222.
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Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Services: An Innovative and Empowering Approach to Global Training and Equitable Care. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 Apr 15; 14(8):e040003.
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Theatre of the Oppressed to Teach Medical Students About Power, Lived Experience, and Health Equity. J Gen Intern Med. 2025 Feb; 40(2):330-338.
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Digital Health Readiness and Health Equity. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 09 03; 7(9):e2432733.
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Zooming in to Advance Health Equity for Heart Failure-Disaggregating Race, Ethnicity, and Social Data. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 09 03; 7(9):e2435617.
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Improving Equity in Shared Decision-Making. JAMA Intern Med. 2024 Sep 01; 184(9):1130-1131.
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Achieving Equity in EMS Care and Patient Outcomes Through Quality Management Systems: A Position Statement. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2024; 28(6):871-881.
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Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Populations in the US-Moving From Invisibility to Health Equity. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 05 01; 7(5):e2411617.
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Advancing genomics to improve health equity. Nat Genet. 2024 May; 56(5):752-757.
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Understanding Health Equity in Patient-Reported Outcomes. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2024 Oct; 12(10):2617-2624.