"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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| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Equity" by people in Profiles.
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California's COVID-19 Vaccine Equity Policy: Cases, Hospitalizations, And Deaths Averted In Affected Communities. Health Aff (Millwood). 2024 May; 43(5):632-640.
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We are in This Together: Promoting Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Tobacco Research for Sexual and Gender Minority Populations. Nicotine Tob Res. 2020 12 12; 22(12):2276-2279.
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Social Determinants of Health and Health Disparities: COVID-19 Exposures and Mortality Among African American People in the United States. Public Health Rep. 2021 Jan/Feb; 136(1):18-22.
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Leveraging health informatics to foster a smart systems response to health disparities and health equity challenges. J Biomed Inform. 2017 04; 68:184-189.