"Public Assistance" 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.
Financial assistance to impoverished persons for the essentials of living through federal, state or local government programs.
| Descriptor ID |
D011632
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N03.219.521.346.506
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Public Assistance" by people in Profiles.
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The effects of a cash transfer intervention on sexual partnerships and HIV in the HPTN 068 study in South Africa. Cult Health Sex. 2020 10; 22(10):1112-1127.
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Relationship between Receipt of a Social Protection Grant for a Child and Second Pregnancy Rates among South African Women: A Cohort Study. PLoS One. 2015; 10(9):e0137352.
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Evaluating access to a child-oriented poverty alleviation intervention in rural South Africa. Scand J Public Health Suppl. 2007 Aug; 69:118-27.