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)
This dataset has the following 4 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|
| UI | ui | text | C000725825 C000725351 C000724958 C000724813 C000725780 view top 100 |
| PREFERRED_TERM | preferred_term | text | Fulani people Arawak people Bakongo people Austronesian people Yupik peoples view top 100 |
| OTHER_TERM | other_term | text | Lucayan people|Taino people Falata people|Fallata people|Felata people|Fula people|Fulah people|Fulbe people|Fullah people|Mbororo people|Peul people Turkic peoples Montserratians Ambeere people|Mbeti people view top 100 |
| HEADING_MAPPED_TO | heading_mapped_to | text | American Indian or Alaska Native Alaska Natives Southeast Asian People East African People Central African People view top 100 |