"Parents" 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.
Persons functioning as natural, adoptive, or substitute parents. The heading includes the concept of parenthood as well as preparation for becoming a parent.
| Descriptor ID |
D010290
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.829.263.500.320 I01.880.853.150.500.340 M01.620
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| Concept/Terms |
Step-Parents- Step-Parents
- Step Parents
- Step-Parent
- Stepparent
- Stepparents
Parental Age- Parental Age
- Age, Parental
- Ages, Parental
- Parental Ages
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Parents" by people in this website by year, and whether "Parents" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2001 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2002 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2003 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2004 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2005 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2006 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2007 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2008 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2009 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| 2010 | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| 2011 | 9 | 10 | 19 |
| 2012 | 11 | 13 | 24 |
| 2013 | 15 | 14 | 29 |
| 2014 | 22 | 16 | 38 |
| 2015 | 13 | 20 | 33 |
| 2016 | 22 | 26 | 48 |
| 2017 | 32 | 16 | 48 |
| 2018 | 20 | 22 | 42 |
| 2019 | 26 | 23 | 49 |
| 2020 | 18 | 25 | 43 |
| 2021 | 20 | 33 | 53 |
| 2022 | 3 | 38 | 41 |
| 2023 | 8 | 34 | 42 |
| 2024 | 20 | 20 | 40 |
| 2025 | 20 | 2 | 22 |
| 2026 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Parents" by people in Profiles.
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Feasibility of a Large Language Model Chatbot to Support Parental Understanding in the PICU. Crit Care Explor. 2026 Apr 01; 8(4):e1378.
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Treatment Decision-Making Roles and Preferences Among Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2026 Jun; 73(6):e70235.
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Comparative study for managing OCD and anxiety symptoms (COSMOS) study: Rationale, design, and methods. Contemp Clin Trials. 2026 May; 164:108286.
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Why Do Parents Take Their Children to Informal Healthcare Providers? Insights from Bangladesh. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2026 Apr 01; 114(4):801-804.
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Community Participatory Co-Design and Development of a Digital Diabetes Prevention Education Program for Hispanic Families With Obesity: Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Form Res. 2026 Feb 11; 10:e67800.
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Designing inclusive newborn sequencing research: insights from parents in underrepresented communities. BMC Med Genomics. 2026 Jan 28; 19(1).
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Parent-to-Child Information Disclosure in Pediatric Oncology. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2026 Mar; 73(3):e70098.
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A Qualitative Study of Treatment Experiences Among Youth With Misophonia and Their Parents. J Psychiatr Pract. 2026 Jan 01; 32(1):15-21.
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The Perspectives and Experiences of Prospective Parents Declining Diagnostic Prenatal Genome Sequencing in Continuing Pregnancies With Fetal Structural Anomalies. Prenat Diagn. 2026 05; 46(5-6):727-736.
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AI chatbots in the PICU: parental enthusiasm contrasts with socioeconomic usage disparities. Inform Health Soc Care. 2026; 51(1):62-70.