Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
"Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice" 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.
Knowledge, attitudes, and associated behaviors which pertain to health-related topics such as PATHOLOGIC PROCESSES or diseases, their prevention, and treatment. This term refers to non-health workers and health workers (HEALTH PERSONNEL).
| Descriptor ID |
D007722
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.100.150.500 N05.300.150.410
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice" by people in this website by year, and whether "Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2010 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2011 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 2012 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2013 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2015 | 7 | 11 | 18 |
| 2016 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 2018 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 2019 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 2020 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 2021 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice" by people in Profiles.
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Self-reported hypertension prevalence, risk factors, and knowledge among South Africans aged 24 to 40 years old. J Hum Hypertens. 2025 Feb; 39(2):177-187.
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A survey of perceptions and behavioural responses towards the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa. Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med. 2025 Jan 17; 17(1):e1-e8.
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95-95-95 HIV indicators among children younger than 15 years in South Africa: results from the 2017 national HIV prevalence, incidence, behaviour, and communication survey. AIDS Res Ther. 2025 Jan 14; 22(1):6.
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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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Clinical staff reported knowledge on the existence of clinical governance protocols or tools utilised in selected South African hospitals. PLoS One. 2024; 19(11):e0312340.
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Perceptions of HIV and mental illness as "Western" or "Traditional" illnesses: a cross-sectional study from Limpopo Province, South Africa. BMC Complement Med Ther. 2024 Nov 21; 24(1):404.
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Culture, community, and cancer: understandings of breast cancer from a non-lived experience among women living in Soweto. BMC Womens Health. 2024 Nov 06; 24(1):594.
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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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Interest in Oral Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Among Men Who Have Sex with Men and Transfeminine Persons in HPTN 075, a Multi-center HIV Prevention Study in Sub-Saharan Africa (2015-2017). AIDS Behav. 2025 Feb; 29(2):411-419.
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Uptake and Persistence of Safer Conception Strategies Among South African Women Planning for Pregnancy. AIDS Behav. 2024 Dec; 28(12):4029-4039.