"Somalia" 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.
Somalia is located on the east coast of Africa on and north of the Equator and, with Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and Kenya, is often referred to as the Horn of Africa. It comprises Italy's former Trust Territory of Somalia and the former British Protectorate of Somaliland. The capital is Mogadishu.
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Somalia".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Somalia".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Somalia" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Somalia" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1995 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2016 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2019 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2020 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Somalia" by people in Profiles.
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The relationship of pre- and post-resettlement violence exposure to mental health among refugees: a multi-site panel survey of somalis in the US and Canada. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2021 Jun; 56(6):1015-1023.
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Modeling pastoralist movement in response to environmental variables and conflict in Somaliland: Combining agent-based modeling and geospatial data. PLoS One. 2020; 15(12):e0244185.
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Discrimination, marginalization, belonging, and mental health among Somali immigrants in North America. Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2021; 91(2):280-293.
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Traditional Medicine and Help-Seeking Behaviors for Health Problems Among Somali Bantu Refugees Resettled in the United States. Qual Health Res. 2021 02; 31(3):484-497.
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Beginning to Optimize Peripartum Care for Somalia-Born Women by Evaluating Labor, Postpartum and Neonatal Outcomes in the Somali Population Delivering at a Tertiary Care Center in Vermont. J Immigr Minor Health. 2020 Oct; 22(5):1017-1022.
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Factor structure and concurrent validity of the Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire (CFQ) in a sample of Somali immigrants living in North America. Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2020; 90(6):787-798.
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Residential mobility, mental health, and community violence exposure among Somali refugees and immigrants in North America. Health Place. 2020 09; 65:102419.
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A Qualitative Examination of How Somali Young Adults Think About and Understand Violence in Their Communities. J Interpers Violence. 2022 01; 37(1-2):NP803-NP829.
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Khat use and intimate partner violence in a refugee population: a qualitative study in Dollo Ado, Ethiopia. BMC Public Health. 2020 May 12; 20(1):670.
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Exploring sources of insecurity for Ethiopian Oromo and Somali women who have given birth in Kakuma Refugee Camp: A Qualitative Study. PLoS Med. 2020 03; 17(3):e1003066.