"Gender Identity" 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 person's concept of self as being male and masculine or female and feminine, or ambivalent, based in part on physical characteristics, parental responses, and psychological and social pressures. It is the internal experience of gender role.
| Descriptor ID |
D005783
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.393.446.250 F01.752.747.385.200 F01.752.747.722.200 F02.739.794.793.200
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| Concept/Terms |
Sex Role- Sex Role
- Role, Sex
- Roles, Sex
- Sex Roles
- Gender Role
- Gender Roles
- Roles, Gender
Men's Role- Men's Role
- Role, Men's
- Roles, Men's
- Man's Role
- Role, Man's
Woman's Role- Woman's Role
- Role, Woman's
- Roles, Woman's
- Woman's Roles
- Women's Role
- Role, Women's
- Roles, Women's
- Women's Roles
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2022 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2023 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2024 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Gender Identity" by people in Profiles.
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Collecting Sociodemographic Data in Pediatric Emergency Research: A Working Group Consensus. Pediatrics. 2024 Aug 01; 154(2).
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Moving Beyond International Classification of Diseases Codes for the Retrospective Identification of Gender Diverse Veterans. LGBT Health. 2025 Jan; 12(1):71-76.
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Utilization of electronic health record sex and gender demographic fields: a metadata and mixed methods analysis. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2024 04 03; 31(4):910-918.
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Considerations for Gender-Affirming Hormonal and Surgical Care Among Transgender and Gender Diverse Adolescents and Adults With Congenital Heart Disease. J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 Feb 06; 13(3):e031004.
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Risk of chronic health conditions in lesbian, gay, and bisexual survivors of adolescent and young adult cancers. Cancer. 2024 02 15; 130(4):553-562.
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Barriers and Facilitators to Gender-affirming Hormone Therapy in the Veterans Health Administration. Ann Behav Med. 2023 11 16; 57(12):1014-1023.
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Liver transplantation for people of minoritised sexual and gender identities in the USA. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2023 12; 8(12):1152-1162.
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A deep learning approach for transgender and gender diverse patient identification in electronic health records. J Biomed Inform. 2023 11; 147:104507.
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Patient Experiences and Provider Perspectives on Accessing Gender-Affirming Surgical Services in the Veterans Health Administration. J Gen Intern Med. 2023 Dec; 38(16):3549-3557.
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Gender Considerations in Rhinoplasty. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2023 09 01; 152(3):438e-445e.