"Health Personnel" 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.
Men and women working in the provision of health services, whether as individual practitioners or employees of health institutions and programs, whether or not professionally trained, and whether or not subject to public regulation. (From A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, 1976)
| Descriptor ID |
D006282
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.526.485 N02.360
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| Concept/Terms |
Health Personnel- Health Personnel
- Personnel, Health
- Health Care Providers
- Health Care Provider
- Provider, Health Care
- Providers, Health Care
- Healthcare Providers
- Healthcare Provider
- Provider, Healthcare
- Providers, Healthcare
- Healthcare Workers
- Healthcare Worker
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Health Personnel" by people in this website by year, and whether "Health Personnel" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2010 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2011 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 12 | 5 | 17 |
| 2014 | 14 | 5 | 19 |
| 2015 | 12 | 4 | 16 |
| 2016 | 20 | 7 | 27 |
| 2017 | 12 | 7 | 19 |
| 2018 | 19 | 12 | 31 |
| 2019 | 20 | 11 | 31 |
| 2020 | 27 | 18 | 45 |
| 2021 | 17 | 19 | 36 |
| 2022 | 2 | 20 | 22 |
| 2023 | 8 | 20 | 28 |
| 2024 | 12 | 14 | 26 |
| 2025 | 17 | 1 | 18 |
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Personnel" by people in Profiles.
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Health professions education and training programs in health care for homeless individuals: a scoping review. Acad Med. 2026 05 01; 101(5):569-588.
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Effect of a digital training package on clinical outcomes in Malawi's index case testing programme: a cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ Glob Health. 2026 Mar 13; 11(3).
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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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Exploring perceptual disparities: A study on the level of understanding of colorectal cancer care among patients and healthcare professionals. Int J Colorectal Dis. 2026 Jan 08; 41(1):22.
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Antibiotic dispensing behaviors for pediatric diarrhea: A qualitative study of informal healthcare providers in rural Bangladesh. PLoS One. 2025; 20(12):e0339283.
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Mixed-methods evaluation and behavior change interventions to improve hand hygiene resources and practices among healthcare workers in polyclinics and health centers in Belize, 2023. PLoS One. 2025; 20(12):e0335077.
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Reprint of: Managing Medications During "Sick Days" in Patients With Diabetes, Kidney, and Cardiovascular Conditions: A Theory-informed Approach to Intervention Design and Implementation. Can J Diabetes. 2025 Nov; 49 Suppl 2:27-36.e4.
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Insights from clinicians on reconnecting with survivors of critical illness: An international qualitative investigation. Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2025 Dec; 91:104212.
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Factors Associated with Adolescents' Self-Efficacy to Meet with their Health Care Provider Alone. Health Educ Behav. 2026 Apr; 53(2):121-127.
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Review of Health Care Professional-Delivered Behavioral Interventions for Youth with Type 1 Diabetes. Curr Diab Rep. 2025 Aug 12; 25(1):44.