| CHPA | community health planning agency; community health purchasing alliance |
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| HPA | Health Care Practice Act; Health Policy Agenda for the American People; health promotion advocates; ... |
| prac, pract | practice, practitioner |
| DrPH | Doctor of Public Health; Doctor of Public Hygiene |
| DPD | Department of Public Dispensary; depression pure disease; desoxypyridoxine; diffuse pulmonary diseas... |
| community health nursing | General and comprehensive nursing practice directed to individuals, families, or groups as it relates to and contributes to the health of a population. This is not an official program of a public health department. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| community health planning | Planning that has the goals of improving health, improving accessibility to health services, and promoting efficiency in the provision of services and resources on a comprehensive basis for a whole community. (12 Dec 1998) |
| community health services | Diagnostic, therapeutic and preventive health services provided for individuals in the community. (12 Dec 1998) |
| community mental health centre | A mental health treatment centre located in a neighborhood catchment area close to the homes of patients, introduced in the 1960's via new federal legislation designed to replace the large state hospitals, which usually were located in remote rural areas; features include offering a series of comprehensive services by one or more members of the four mental health professions, provision of continuity of care, participation of consumers in the centres, community location to provide accessibility, a combination of indirect or preventive and direct services, the use of program-centreed as well as case-centreed consultation, a requirement for program evaluation, and various linkages to a variety of health and human services. (05 Mar 2000) |
| community mental health centres | Facilities which administer the delivery of psychologic and psychiatric services to people living in a neighborhood or community. (12 Dec 1998) |
| community mental health services | Diagnostic, therapeutic and preventive mental health services provided for individuals in the community. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mechanism-based inhibitor | A competitive inhibitor that is converted to an irreversible inhibitor at the active site of the enzyme. Synonym: mechanism-based inhibitor. (05 Mar 2000) |
| competency-based education | Educational programs designed to ensure that students attain prespecified levels of competence in a given field or training activity. Emphasis is on achievement or specified objectives. (12 Dec 1998) |
| problem-based learning | Instructional use of examples or cases to teach using problem-solving skills and critical thinking. (12 Dec 1998) |
| home care services, hospital-based | Hospital-sponsored provision of health services, such as nursing, therapy, and health-related homemaker or social services, in the patient's home. (hospital administration terminology, 2d ed) (12 Dec 1998) |
| evidence-based medicine | The process of systematically finding, appraising, and using contemporaneous research findings as the basis for clinical decisions. Evidence-based medicine asks questions, finds and appraises the relevant data, and harnesses that information for everyday clinical practice. Evidence-based medicine follows four steps: formulate a clear clinical question from a patient's problem; search the literature for relevant clinical articles; evaluate (critically appraise) the evidence for its validity and usefulness; implement useful findings in clinical practice. The term "evidence based medicine" (no hyphen) was coined at mcmaster medical school in canada in the 1980's to label this clinical learning strategy, which people at the school had been developing for over a decade. (12 Dec 1998) |
| policy | 1. A ticket or warrant for money in the public funds. 2. The writing or instrument in which a contract of insurance is embodied; an instrument in writing containing the terms and conditions on which one party engages to indemnify another against loss arising from certain hazards, perils, or risks to which his person or property may be exposed. See Insurance. 3. A method of gambling by betting as to what numbers will be drawn in a lottery; as, to play policy. Interest policy, a policy that shows by its form that the assured has a real, substantial interest in the matter insured. Open policy, one in which the value of the goods or property insured is not mentioned. Policy book, a book to contain a record of insurance policies. Policy holder, one to whom an insurance policy has been granted. Policy shop, a gambling place where one may bet on the numbers which will be drawn in lotteries. Valued policy, one in which the value of the goods, property, or interest insured is specified. Wager policy, a policy that shows on the face of it that the contract it embodies is a pretended insurance, founded on an ideal risk, where the insured has no interest in anything insured. Origin: F. Police; cf. Pr. Polissia, Sp. Polizia, It. Polizza; of uncertain origin; cf. L. Pollex thumb (as being used in pressing the seal), in LL. Also, seal; or cf. LL. Politicum, poleticum, polecticum, L. Polyptychum, account book, register, fr. Gr. Having many folds or leaves; many + fold, leaf, from to fold; or cf. LL. Apodixa a receipt. Origin: L. Politia, Gr.; cf. F. Police, Of. Police. See Police. 1. Civil polity. 2. The settled method by which the government and affairs of a nation are, or may be, administered; a system of public or official administration, as designed to promote the external or internal prosperity of a state. 3. The method by which any institution is administered; system of management; course. 4. Management or administration based on temporal or material interest, rather than on principles of equity or honor; hence, worldly wisdom; dexterity of management; cunning; stratagem. 5. Prudence or wisdom in the management of public and private affairs; wisdom; sagacity; wit. "The very policy of a hostess, finding his purse so far above his clothes, did detect him." (Fuller) 6. Motive; object; inducement. "What policy have you to bestow a benefit where it is counted an injury?" (Sir P. Sidney) Synonym: See Polity. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| policy making | The decision process by which individuals, groups or institutions establish policies pertaining to plans, programs or procedures. (12 Dec 1998) |
| national environmental policy act | A federal law enacted in 1969 that requires all federal agencies to consider and analyse the environmental impacts of any proposed action. NEPA requires an environmental impact statement for major federal actions significantly affecting the quality of the environment. NEPA requires federal agencies to inform and involve the public in the agency's decision making process and to consider the environmental impacts of the agency's decision. (05 Dec 1998) |
| nutrition policy | Governmental guidelines and objectives pertaining to public food supply and nutrition including recommendations for healthy diet and changes in food habits to ensure healthy diet. (12 Dec 1998) |