"Social Support" 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.
Support systems that provide assistance and encouragement to individuals with physical or emotional disabilities in order that they may better cope. Informal social support is usually provided by friends, relatives, or peers, while formal assistance is provided by churches, groups, etc.
| Descriptor ID |
D012944
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.853.500.600
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2015 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2016 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2019 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2020 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Social Support" by people in Profiles.
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Identifying pregnant and postpartum women's priorities for enhancing nutrition support through social needs programmes in a resource-constrained urban community in South Africa. BMC Public Health. 2024 Aug 16; 24(1):2231.
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Local Network Interaction as a Mechanism for Wealth Inequality. Nat Commun. 2024 Jun 22; 15(1):5322.
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Changes in Stigma and Social Support among Participants in a Randomized Trial of a Novel Expanded Social Network-based HIV Testing Intervention in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. AIDS Behav. 2024 Aug; 28(8):2619-2629.
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Young women's social support networks during pregnancy in Soweto, South Africa. Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med. 2024 Apr 29; 16(1):e1-e11.
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Perceptions and experiences of prostate cancer patients in a public tertiary hospital in urban South Africa. Ethn Health. 2023 07; 28(5):696-711.
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Qualitative Analysis Using Social Maps to Explore Young Women's Experiences With Social Support of their Oral PrEP Use in Kenya and South Africa. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2023 Jan-Feb 01; 34(1):45-57.
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Examining the Relationship Between Psychosocial Factors with Knowledge of HIV-Positive Status and Antiretroviral Therapy Exposure Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women Living with HIV in South Africa. AIDS Behav. 2023 Jan; 27(1):231-244.
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Evidence for use of a healthy relationships assessment tool in the CHARISMA pilot study. PLoS One. 2021; 16(12):e0261526.
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Community Space, Community Groups, and Incident HIV Infection Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Rural South Africa: A Longitudinal Analysis of HIV Prevention Trials Network 068 Data. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2021 07 01; 87(3):e207-e213.
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Environmental factors influencing the prevention of secondary health conditions among people with spinal cord injury, South Africa. PLoS One. 2021; 16(6):e0252280.