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MeSH Population Groups (Type 5 SCR)

Published by National Library of Medicine | U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | Metadata Last Checked: August 09, 2025 | Last Modified: 2025-06-18
Working with partners across NIH, led by NIMHD and the NLM OBSSR-Behavioral Ontology Working Group, MeSH on November 29, 2022 added Federally recognized American Indian and Alaskan Native (AI/AN) tribal names and ethnic/ethnolinguistic minority terms as newly created type 5 SCR designated as “Population Groups”. These minority names (1,700+ terms) were mapped and reviewed by subject matter experts and scientists within NIH and from outside including Network of the National Library of Medicine members. Structure: All type 5 SCRs have common fields 1. CC=5 Population Group 2. ST=T098 Population Groups 3. HM= At least one HM is to an MH under Population Groups [M01.686] 4. TH= NIMHD(2023)

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