"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 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2023 | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| 2024 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 2026 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Equity" by people in Profiles.
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Community-Centered Funding and Research to Advance Health Equity. NEJM Catal Innov Care Deliv. 2026; 7(s2):CAT260103.
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Health equity for young Black sexually minoritized men through their eyes: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health. 2026 04 20; 26(1).
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Stepwise Solutions-Patients Social Determinants of Health, Health Disparities, and Surgical Equity. Surg Clin North Am. 2026 Jun; 106(3):411-430.
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Transformative interprofessional education and campus community partnerships to prepare the health professions workforce for advancing health equity. Front Public Health. 2026; 14:1763427.
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Addressing Structural and Systemic Racism in Social and Health Care Systems to Advance Health Equity. J Gen Intern Med. 2026 Jun; 41(8):2090-2097.
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Racial, Ethnic, Sex, and Gender Equity for Inclusive Interstitial Lung Disease Research: An Official American Thoracic Society Research Statement. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2025 12; 211(12):2251-2267.
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Equity by Design - Using Digital Technology To Overcome Cardiovascular Health Disparities. Curr Cardiol Rep. 2025 Nov 27; 27(1):157.
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Representation matters: advocating for increased diversity in the pediatric surgical workforce to address health inequity. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2025 Aug; 35:151521.
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Actionable partnerships for shaping healthcare's future by closing the equitable access gap and delivering meaningful change. J Public Health Policy. 2025 Sep; 46(3):685-699.
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Fibroids and Health Equity: Proceedings from the Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation Research Consensus Panel. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2025 09; 36(9):1389-1394.