"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 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2022 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2023 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2024 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Gender Identity" by people in Profiles.
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Implementing a stakeholder-informed approach for standardized collection of sexual orientation and gender identity data: lessons learned at a matrix comprehensive cancer center. J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr. 2025 Jul 01; 2025(69):134-138.
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Impact of Gender Identity Field in the Veterans Health Administration Electronic Health Record, 2016?2023. Am J Public Health. 2025 Mar; 115(3):403-413.
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Sex and Gender Variables in Data Set Creation and Data Cleaning for Inclusive and Accurate Reproductive Health Research and Quality Improvement. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2025 Jan-Feb; 70(1):131-136.
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Factors Associated with Completeness of Sex and Gender Fields in Electronic Health Records. LGBT Health. 2025 Apr; 12(3):212-219.
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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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Strategies for enhancing the representation of women in clinical trials: an evidence map. Syst Rev. 2024 01 02; 13(1):2.
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Motives for desiring children among individuals of different sexual-romantic orientations: a cross-sectional study. Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2024 02; 309(2):707-714.