Single Parent

"Single Parent" 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.

MeSH information

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A natural, adoptive, or substitute parent of a dependent child, who lives with only one parent. The single parent may live with or visit the child. The concept includes the never-married, as well as the divorced and widowed.

Descriptor ID

D015406

MeSH Number(s)

F01.829.263.315.500.725.700

F01.829.263.500.320.785

I01.240.361.500.725.700

I01.880.225.423.500.725.700

I01.880.225.500.340.785

M01.620.785

N01.224.361.500.725.700

N01.824.308.500.725.700

Concept/Terms

Single Parent

Single Stepparent

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Single Parent".

Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]
Psychology, Social [F01.829]
Family [F01.829.263]
Family Characteristics [F01.829.263.315]
Marital Status [F01.829.263.315.500]
Single Person [F01.829.263.315.500.725]
Single Parent [F01.829.263.315.500.725.700]
Nuclear Family [F01.829.263.500]
Parents [F01.829.263.500.320]
Single Parent [F01.829.263.500.320.785]
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Social Sciences [I01]
Demography [I01.240]
Family Characteristics [I01.240.361]
Marital Status [I01.240.361.500]
Single Person [I01.240.361.500.725]
Single Parent [I01.240.361.500.725.700]
Sociology [I01.880]
Family [I01.880.225]
Family Characteristics [I01.880.225.423]
Marital Status [I01.880.225.423.500]
Single Person [I01.880.225.423.500.725]
Single Parent [I01.880.225.423.500.725.700]
Nuclear Family [I01.880.225.500]
Parents [I01.880.225.500.340]
Single Parent [I01.880.225.500.340.785]
Named Groups [M]
Persons [M01]
Parents [M01.620]
Single Parent [M01.620.785]
Health Care [N]
Population Characteristics [N01]
Demography [N01.224]
Family Characteristics [N01.224.361]
Marital Status [N01.224.361.500]
Single Person [N01.224.361.500.725]
Single Parent [N01.224.361.500.725.700]
Socioeconomic Factors [N01.824]
Family Characteristics [N01.824.308]
Marital Status [N01.824.308.500]
Single Person [N01.824.308.500.725]
Single Parent [N01.824.308.500.725.700]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Single Parent".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Single Parent".

publications

Timeline | Most Recent

This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Single Parent" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Single Parent" was a major or minor topic of these publication.

Bar chart showing 23 publications over 15 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2013

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1994	0	1	1
1997	0	1	1
1998	1	0	1
1999	0	1	1
2001	1	0	1
2003	1	0	1
2004	0	1	1
2007	1	0	1
2008	1	0	1
2013	2	2	4
2015	1	1	2
2016	2	1	3
2017	0	3	3
2018	0	1	1
2022	0	1	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Single Parent" by people in Profiles.

The Long Road to Parenthood: Assisted Reproduction, Surrogacy, and Adoption Among US Surgeons. Ann Surg. 2022 01 01; 275(1):106-114.

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The Global Financial Crisis and Overweight among Children of Single Parents: A Nationwide 10-Year Birth Cohort Study in Japan. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 03 20; 16(6).

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Characteristics of Children 2 to 5 Years of Age With Severe Obesity. Pediatrics. 2018 03; 141(3).

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Social inequalities and dental caries in six-year-old children from the Netherlands. J Dent. 2017 Jul; 62:18-24.

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An Evaluation of Seasonal Variation of Nonaccidental Fractures in Children Less Than 1 Year of Age. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2017 Dec; 56(14):1345-1349.

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Social Determinants of Health at Older Ages: The Long Arm of Early and Middle Adulthood. Perspect Biol Med. 2017; 60(4):595-606.

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Work-Family Trajectories and the Higher Cardiovascular Risk of American Women Relative to Women in 13 European Countries. Am J Public Health. 2016 08; 106(8):1449-56.

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Health Behaviors, Mental Health, and Health Care Utilization Among Single Mothers After Welfare Reforms in the 1990s. Am J Epidemiol. 2016 Mar 15; 183(6):531-8.

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Basu et al. Respond to "Interdisciplinary Approach for Policy Evaluation". Am J Epidemiol. 2016 Mar 15; 183(6):542-3.

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The long-term mortality impact of combined job strain and family circumstances: A life course analysis of working American mothers. Soc Sci Med. 2015 Dec; 146:111-9.

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