"Health Equity" 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.
Opportunity to attain full health potential and no one is disadvantaged from achieving this potential because of their social position or other socially determined circumstance.
| Descriptor ID |
D000069576
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.590.374.350.500 N05.300.430.383
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2023 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 2024 | 14 | 2 | 16 |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Equity" by people in Profiles.
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GHEARD: An Open-Access Modular Curriculum to Incorporate Equity, Anti-Racism, and Decolonization Training Into Global Health Education. J Grad Med Educ. 2025 Feb; 17(1):28-37.
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Improving Health Equity in Rheumatology Through Workforce Diversification and Support for Health Equity Research and Education. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2024 07; 76(7):989-992.
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Health equity in action: using community-engaged research to update an intervention promoting a healthy home food environment to Black/African American families. Cancer Causes Control. 2024 Feb; 35(2):311-321.
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Climate Change and Child Health Equity. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2023 08; 70(4):837-853.
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Implementation Science in Pediatric Rheumatology: A Path to Health Equity. Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 2022 02; 48(1):331-342.
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Association between insurance variability and early lung function in children with cystic fibrosis. J Cyst Fibros. 2022 01; 21(1):104-110.
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Health Equity. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021 06 01; 203(11):P28-P29.
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Genetic analyses of diverse populations improves discovery for complex traits. Nature. 2019 06; 570(7762):514-518.
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Radiology Support, Communication, and Alignment Network and Its Role to Promote Health Equity in the Delivery of Radiology Care. J Am Coll Radiol. 2019 Apr; 16(4 Pt B):638-643.