"Fathers" 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.
Male parents, human or animal.
| Descriptor ID |
D005220
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.829.263.500.320.100 I01.880.853.150.500.340.210 M01.620.390
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| Concept/Terms |
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fathers" by people in Profiles.
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Navigating relationship dynamics, pregnancy and fatherhood in the Bukhali trial: a qualitative study with men in Soweto, South Africa. BMC Public Health. 2023 11 08; 23(1):2204.
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Father involvement, maternal depression and child nutritional outcomes in Soweto, South Africa. Matern Child Nutr. 2021 07; 17 Suppl 1:e13177.
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Associations of Father and Adult Male Presence with First Pregnancy and HIV Infection: Longitudinal Evidence from Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Rural South Africa (HPTN 068). AIDS Behav. 2021 Jul; 25(7):2177-2194.
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Family influences on child nutritional outcomes in Nairobi's informal settlements. Child Care Health Dev. 2019 07; 45(4):509-517.
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Involving men to improve maternal and newborn health: A systematic review of the effectiveness of interventions. PLoS One. 2018; 13(1):e0191620.
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Challenging gender inequity through male involvement in maternal and newborn health: critical assessment of an emerging evidence base. Cult Health Sex. 2015; 17 Suppl 2:S177-89.
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Healthcare costs of paternal depression in the postnatal period. J Affect Disord. 2011 Sep; 133(1-2):356-60.
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Recurrent spontaneous abortion: histocompatibility between partners, response to immune therapy, and subsequent reproductive performance. Am J Reprod Immunol. 1993 Aug; 30(1):37-44.