"Mobile Health Units" 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.
Movable or portable facilities in which diagnostic and therapeutic services are provided to the community.
| Descriptor ID |
D008952
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N02.278.421.702 N02.421.726.233.628
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| Concept/Terms |
Mobile Health Units- Mobile Health Units
- Health Unit, Mobile
- Health Units, Mobile
- Mobile Health Unit
- Unit, Mobile Health
- Units, Mobile Health
Mobile Clinics- Mobile Clinics
- Clinic, Mobile
- Clinics, Mobile
- Mobile Clinic
Mobile Health Vans- Mobile Health Vans
- Health Van, Mobile
- Health Vans, Mobile
- Mobile Health Van
- Van, Mobile Health
- Vans, Mobile Health
Field Hospitals- Field Hospitals
- Field Hospital
- Hospital, Field
- Hospitals, Field
- Mobile Hospitals
- Hospital, Mobile
- Hospitals, Mobile
- Mobile Hospital
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mobile Health Units" by people in Profiles.
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Strongyloides Seropositivity Among Children Utilizing a Mobile Clinic. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2026 01; 65(1):107-115.
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Evaluating the persuasiveness of messages promoting mobile mammography among uninsured women. Health Educ Res. 2024 07 18; 39(4):331-338.
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Prospective, Multicenter, Controlled Trial of Mobile Stroke Units. N Engl J Med. 2021 09 09; 385(11):971-981.
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Mobile health clinic model in the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned and opportunities for policy changes and innovation. Int J Equity Health. 2020 05 19; 19(1):73.
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Evaluating Partial Series Childhood Vaccination Services in a Mobile Clinic Setting. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2020 06; 59(7):706-715.
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Analysis of Annual Costs of Mobile Clinics in the Southern United States. J Prim Care Community Health. 2020 Jan-Dec; 11:2150132720980623.
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A randomized controlled trial to assess the efficacy of an interactive mobile messaging intervention for underserved smokers: Project ACTION. BMC Public Health. 2012 Aug 25; 12:696.
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Mobile pediatric emergency response team: patient satisfaction during the novel H1N1 influenza outbreak. Acad Emerg Med. 2012 Mar; 19(3):274-9.
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Katrina changed us (and me) in so many ways. Pediatrics. 2011 Aug; 128 Suppl 1:S20-2.
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Outside the box and into thick air: implementation of an exterior mobile pediatric emergency response team for North American H1N1 (swine) influenza virus in Houston, Texas. Ann Emerg Med. 2010 Jan; 55(1):23-31.