"Single Parent" 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.
A natural, adoptive, or substitute parent of a dependent child, who lives with only one parent. The single parent may live with or visit the child. The concept includes the never-married, as well as the divorced and widowed.
| Descriptor ID |
D015406
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.829.263.315.500.725.700 F01.829.263.500.320.785 I01.240.361.500.725.700 I01.880.853.150.423.500.725.700 I01.880.853.150.500.340.785 M01.620.785 N01.224.361.500.725.700 N01.824.308.500.725.700
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| Concept/Terms |
Single Parent- Single Parent
- Parent, Single
- Parents, Single
- Single Parents
Single Stepparent- Single Stepparent
- Single Stepparents
- Stepparent, Single
- Stepparents, Single
- Single Step-Parent
- Single Step Parent
- Single Step-Parents
- Step-Parent, Single
- Step-Parents, Single
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Single Parent" by people in Profiles.
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Childhood-Onset Essential Hypertension and the Family Structure. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2016 05; 18(5):431-8.
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Impact of an intensive follow-up program on the postpartum glucose tolerance testing rate. Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2014 Jun; 289(6):1177-83.
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Psychosocial risk and correlates of early menarche in Mexican-American girls. Am J Epidemiol. 2011 May 15; 173(10):1203-10.
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Problem solving and maternal distress at the time of a child's diagnosis of cancer in two-parent versus lone-parent households. J Pediatr Psychol. 2009 Sep; 34(8):817-21.
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Single motherhood and neonatal survival of twins among blacks and whites. J Natl Med Assoc. 2004 Dec; 96(12):1618-25.