 Vulnerable Populations
"Vulnerable Populations" 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.
Groups of persons whose range of options is severely limited, who are frequently subjected to COERCION in their DECISION MAKING, or who may be compromised in their ability to give INFORMED CONSENT.
| Descriptor ID |
D035862
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.965
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| Concept/Terms |
Vulnerable Populations- Vulnerable Populations
- Population, Vulnerable
- Populations, Vulnerable
- Vulnerable Population
Sensitive Populations- Sensitive Populations
- Population, Sensitive
- Populations, Sensitive
- Sensitive Population
- Sensitive Population Groups
- Group, Sensitive Population
- Groups, Sensitive Population
- Population Group, Sensitive
- Population Groups, Sensitive
- Sensitive Population Group
Populations, Underserved- Populations, Underserved
- Population, Underserved
- Underserved Population
- Underserved Populations
- Patients, Underserved
- Patient, Underserved
- Underserved Patient
- Underserved Patients
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Vulnerable Populations".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Vulnerable Populations" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Vulnerable Populations" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2024 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2020 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2019 | 2 | 6 | 8 | | 2018 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2016 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vulnerable Populations" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Mathis WS, Berenbrok LA, Kahn PA, Appolon G, Tang S, Hernandez I. Vulnerability Index Approach to Identify Pharmacy Deserts and Keystone Pharmacies. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Mar 03; 8(3):e250715.
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Bandini JI, Tsuei J, Kavalieratos D, Ahluwalia SC, Vazquez E, Curseen K, Harrison JM. "Telehealth Allows for Flexibility and More Equity": Provider Perspectives on Telehealth for Outpatient Palliative Care for Underserved Patients. J Palliat Med. 2025 May; 28(5):655-660.
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Snowden J, Weakley K. Diagnosing, managing, and studying long-COVID syndromes in children and adolescents in rural and underserved populations. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2024 Nov; 133(5):516-521.
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Pilehvari A, Krukowski RA, You W, Wiseman KP, Wester AG, Cohn WF, Anderson RT, Little MA. Unveiling rural and Appalachian disparities in cigarette smoking through the social vulnerability index and other county-level characteristics. J Rural Health. 2025 01; 41(1):e12860.
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Savin K, Guidry-Grimes L, Kates OS. What Does Disability Justice Require of Antimicrobial Stewardship? AMA J Ethics. 2024 Jun 01; 26(6):E448-455.
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Sekar RR, Irani S, Maganty A, Montgomery JS, Herrel LA. Social Vulnerability and Receipt of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients Undergoing Radical Cystectomy for Bladder Cancer. Urology. 2024 Sep; 191:79-84.
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Goldman JL, Kalu IC, Schuster JE, Erickson T, Mast DK, Zimmerman K, Benjamin DK, Kalb LG, Gurnett C, Newland JG, Sherby M, Godambe M, Shinde N, Watterson T, Walsh T, Foxe J, Zand M, Dewhurst S, Coller R, DeMuri GP, Archuleta S, Ko LK, Inkelas M, Manuel V, Lee R, Oh H, Murugan V, Kramer J, Okihiro M, Gwynn L, Pulgaron E, McCulloh R, Broadhurst J, McDaniels-Davidson C, Kiene S, Oren E, Wu Y, Wetter DW, Stump T, Brookhart MA, Fist A, Haroz E. Building School-Academic Partnerships to Implement COVID-19 Testing in Underserved Populations. Pediatrics. 2023 07 01; 152(Suppl 1).
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Smeds MR. Invited Commentary: Optimizing Care in the Underserved Dialysis Population. J Am Coll Surg. 2023 01 01; 236(1):124-125.
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Haroz EE, Kalb LG, Newland JG, Goldman JL, Mast DK, Ko LK, Grass R, Shah P, Walsh T, Schuster JE. Implementation of School-Based COVID-19 Testing Programs in Underserved Populations. Pediatrics. 2022 02 01; 149(12 Suppl 2).
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Balamurugan A, Greenfield W, Knox M, Brown G. Quarantine and isolation facility: A State Health Department's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Am J Disaster Med. 2021 Summer; 16(3):203-205.
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Rhodes RL. The Ethnogeriatric Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2021; 32(1):64-67.
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Price KN, Lyons AB, Hamzavi IH, Hsiao JL, Shi VY. Facilitating Clinical Trials Participation of Low Socioeconomic Status Patients. Dermatology. 2021; 237(5):843-846.
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Shah SK, Nakagawa M, Lieblong BJ. Examining aspects of successful community-based programs promoting cancer screening uptake to reduce cancer health disparity: A systematic review. Prev Med. 2020 12; 141:106242.
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Acheson A. Behavioral processes and risk for problem substance use in adolescents. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2020 11; 198:173021.
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Streck JM, Davis DR, Pang RD, Sigmon SC, Bunn JY, Bergeria CL, Tidey JW, Heil SH, Gaalema DE, Hughes JR, Stitzer ML, Reed E, Higgins ST. Potential Moderating Effects of Sex/Gender on the Acute Relative Reinforcing and Subjective Effects of Reduced Nicotine Content Cigarettes in Vulnerable Populations. Nicotine Tob Res. 2020 05 26; 22(6):878-884.
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Rosenberg LJ, Butler JM, Caprio AJ, Rhodes RL, Braun UK, Vitale CA, Telonidis J, Periyakoil VS, Farrell TW. Results From a Survey of American Geriatrics Society Members' Views on Physician-Assisted Suicide. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2020 01; 68(1):23-30.
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Kadhim M, Lucak T, Schexnayder S, King A, Terhoeve C, Song B, Heffernan MJ. Current status of scoliosis school screening: targeted screening of underserved populations may be the solution. Public Health. 2020 Jan; 178:72-77.
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Davis DR, DeSarno MJ, Bergeria CL, Streck JM, Tidey JW, Sigmon SC, Heil SH, Gaalema DE, Stitzer ML, Higgins ST. Examining effects of unit price on preference for reduced nicotine content cigarettes and smoking rate. Prev Med. 2019 11; 128:105823.
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Brown BP, Clark MT, Wise RL, Timsina LR, Reher TA, Vandewalle RJ, Brown JJ, Saenz ZM, Gray BW. A multifactorial severity score for left congenital diaphragmatic hernia in a high-risk population using fetal magnetic resonance imaging. Pediatr Radiol. 2019 12; 49(13):1718-1725.
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Fishman E, Crawford G, DeVries A, Hackell J, Haynes K, Helm M, Wall E, Agiro A. Association between early-childhood antibiotic exposure and subsequent asthma in the US Medicaid population. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2019 08; 123(2):186-192.e9.
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Feinstein JA, Hall M, Antoon JW, Thomson J, Flores JC, Goodman DM, Cohen E, Azuine R, Agrawal R, Houtrow AJ, DeCourcey DD, Kuo DZ, Coller R, Gaur DS, Berry JG. Chronic Medication Use in Children Insured by Medicaid: A Multistate Retrospective Cohort Study. Pediatrics. 2019 04; 143(4).
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Bergeria CL, Heil SH, Davis DR, Streck JM, Sigmon SC, Bunn JY, Tidey JW, Arger CA, Reed DD, Gallagher T, Hughes JR, Gaalema DE, Stitzer ML, Higgins ST. Evaluating the utility of the modified cigarette evaluation questionnaire and cigarette purchase task for predicting acute relative reinforcing efficacy of cigarettes varying in nicotine content. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2019 04 01; 197:56-64.
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Winter PL, Padgett PE, Milburn LS, Li W. Neighborhood Parks and Recreationists' Exposure to Ozone: A Comparison of Disadvantaged and Affluent Communities in Los Angeles, California. Environ Manage. 2019 03; 63(3):379-395.
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Du Toit E, Olivera S, Topper K, van de Venter R, Williams M, Ventres W. Toward interprofessional service-learning and social accountability in health: One South African University's process-oriented-participatory journey. J Interprof Care. 2019 May-Jun; 33(3):291-294.
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McCabe JE, Katon JG, Ma E, Fortney JC, Grote NK, Zephyrin LC, Callegari LS. Preconception Health Risk Factors in Women with and without a History of Military Service. Womens Health Issues. 2018 Nov - Dec; 28(6):539-545.
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Sheffer CE, Webb Hooper M, Ostroff JS. Commentary: Educational and Clinical Training for Addressing Tobacco-Related Cancer Health Disparities. Ethn Dis. 2018; 28(3):187-192.
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Vest JR, Caine V, Harris LE, Watson DP, Menachemi N, Halverson P. Fostering Local Health Department and Health System Collaboration Through Case Conferences for At-Risk and Vulnerable Populations. Am J Public Health. 2018 05; 108(5):649-651.
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Chinman M, Woodward EN, Curran GM, Hausmann LRM. Harnessing Implementation Science to Increase the Impact of Health Equity Research. Med Care. 2017 09; 55 Suppl 9 Suppl 2:S16-S23.
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Brinkley-Rubinstein L, Cloud DH, Davis C, Zaller N, Delany-Brumsey A, Pope L, Martino S, Bouvier B, Rich J. Addressing excess risk of overdose among recently incarcerated people in the USA: harm reduction interventions in correctional settings. Int J Prison Health. 2017 03 13; 13(1):25-31.
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Kuo DZ, Houtrow AJ. Recognition and Management of Medical Complexity. Pediatrics. 2016 12; 138(6).
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Sterling K, Fryer C, Pagano I, Jones D, Fagan P. Association between menthol-flavoured cigarette smoking and flavoured little cigar and cigarillo use among African-American, Hispanic, and white young and middle-aged adult smokers. Tob Control. 2016 11; 25(Suppl 2):ii21-ii31.
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Higgins ST, Heil SH, Sigmon SC, Tidey JW, Gaalema DE, Stitzer ML, Durand H, Bunn JY, Priest JS, Arger CA, Miller ME, Bergeria CL, Davis DR, Streck JM, Zvorsky I, Redner R, Vandrey R, Pacek LR. Response to varying the nicotine content of cigarettes in vulnerable populations: an initial experimental examination of acute effects. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2017 Jan; 234(1):89-98.
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Norris TL, Wicks MN, Cowan PA, Davison ES. A Summer Prematriculation Program: Bridging the Gap for Disadvantaged Underrepresented Minority Students Interested in a Nursing Career. J Nurs Educ. 2016 Aug 01; 55(8):471-5.
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Coulon SJ, Velasco-Gonzalez C, Scribner R, Park CL, Gomez R, Vargas A, Stender S, Zabaleta J, Clesi P, Chalew SA, Hempe JM. Racial differences in neighborhood disadvantage, inflammation and metabolic control in black and white pediatric type 1 diabetes patients. Pediatr Diabetes. 2017 03; 18(2):120-127.
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