"Primary Health Care" 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.
Care which provides integrated, accessible health care services by clinicians who are accountable for addressing a large majority of personal health care needs, developing a sustained partnership with patients, and practicing in the context of family and community. (JAMA 1995;273(3):192)
| Descriptor ID |
D011320
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.590.233.727
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| Concept/Terms |
Primary Health Care- Primary Health Care
- Care, Primary Health
- Health Care, Primary
- Primary Healthcare
- Healthcare, Primary
- Primary Care
- Care, Primary
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2012 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2015 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2016 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2018 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 2019 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2020 | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| 2021 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2022 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2023 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Primary Health Care" by people in Profiles.
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Experiences with Oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Service Delivery and Use Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) in Routine Primary Care Settings, South Africa. AIDS Behav. 2025 Apr; 29(4):1216-1227.
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Leadership, cohesion, and stress in primary care facilities and retention in chronic care in rural northeast South Africa before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal study. J Glob Health. 2024 Dec 09; 14:05035.
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Hypertension guideline implementation and blood pressure control in Matlosana, South Africa. S Afr Fam Pract (2004). 2024 10 30; 66(1):e1-e10.
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Effectiveness of a task-sharing collaborative care model for the detection and management of depression among adults receiving antiretroviral therapy in primary care facilities in South Africa: A pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial. J Affect Disord. 2025 Feb 01; 370:499-510.
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Perceptions of roles of community healthcare workers in early childhood in Limpopo, South Africa. Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med. 2024 Oct 18; 16(1):e1-e10.
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Preferences for Delivery of HIV Prevention Services Among Healthcare Users in South Africa: A Discrete Choice Experiment. AIDS Behav. 2025 Jan; 29(1):331-341.
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Transgender-Specific Differentiated HIV Service Delivery Models in the South African Public Primary Health Care System (Jabula Uzibone): Protocol for an Implementation Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024 Sep 13; 13:e64373.
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Adapting and testing measures of organizational context in primary care clinics in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Jun 18; 24(1):744.
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Integrating 'undetectable equals untransmittable' into HIV counselling in South Africa: the development of locally acceptable communication tools using intervention mapping. BMC Public Health. 2024 Apr 15; 24(1):1052.
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Consensus-based recommendations for strengthening emergency care at primary health care level: a Delphi study. Glob Health Action. 2023 12 31; 16(1):2156114.