"Patient Advocacy" 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.
Promotion and protection of the rights of patients, frequently through a legal process.
| Descriptor ID |
D010344
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.604.631 N03.706.678
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| Concept/Terms |
Patient Ombudsmen- Patient Ombudsmen
- Ombudsmen, Patient
- Patient Ombudsman
- Ombudsman, Patient
Patient Representatives- Patient Representatives
- Patient Representative
- Representative, Patient
- Representatives, Patient
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Patient Advocacy" by people in Profiles.
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Concordance of HIV Prevention Advocacy Reports and its Associations with HIV Protective Behaviors. AIDS Behav. 2024 Oct; 28(10):3217-3227.
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Characteristics of Received HIV Prevention Advocacy from Persons Living with HIV in Uganda, and Associations with HIV Testing and Condom Use Among Social Network Members. AIDS Behav. 2024 Jul; 28(7):2454-2462.
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Preparing Trainees for Public Health Advocacy Through Community Partnerships. Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2024 Jul; 33(3):447-456.
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Correlates of HIV Prevention Advocacy by Persons Living with HIV in Kampala, Uganda: A Cross-sectional Evaluation of a Conceptual Model. Int J Behav Med. 2026 Feb; 33(1):93-101.
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Living Well with Kidney Disease by Patient and Care-Partner Empowerment: Kidney Health for Everyone Everywhere. Nephron. 2021; 145(3):205-211.
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Community HIV treatment advocacy programs may support treatment adherence. AIDS Educ Prev. 2012 Feb; 24(1):1-14.
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Do medical professionalism and medical education involve commitments to political advocacy? Acad Med. 2011 Sep; 86(9):1061-2; author reply 1065.
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Improving HIV/AIDS care through treatment advocacy: going beyond client education to empowerment by facilitating client-provider relationships. AIDS Care. 2011 Jan; 23(1):79-90.