| BCHS | Bureau of Community Health Services |
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| CAPS | community adjustment profile system |
| CATCH | Community Actions to Control High Blood Pressure |
| CCN | caudal central nucleus; community care network; coronary care nursing; critical care nursing |
| CCNHP | community college nursing home project |
| community mental health services | Diagnostic, therapeutic and preventive mental health services provided for individuals in the community. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| community networks | Organizations and individuals cooperating together toward a common goal at the local or grassroots level. (12 Dec 1998) |
| community nurse | A nurse who provides care to individuals or groups in a community outside of institutions. Usually works through the auspices of a state or city health department. Synonym: community health nurse, community nurse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| community pharmacy services | Total pharmaceutical services provided to the public through community pharmacies. (12 Dec 1998) |
| community psychiatry | Branch of psychiatry concerned with the provision and delivery of a coordinated program of mental health care to a specified population. The foci included in this concept are: all social, psychological and physical factors related to aetiology, prevention, and maintaining positive mental health in the community. (12 Dec 1998) |
| community psychology | The application of psychology to community programs, e.g., in the schools, correctional and welfare systems, and community mental health centres. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plant community | <botany, ecology> The plant populations existing in a shared habitat or environment. (31 Dec 1997) |
| hospitals, community | Institutions with permanent facilities and organised medical staff which provide the full range of hospital services primarily to a neighborhood area. (12 Dec 1998) |
| therapeutic community | Psychotherapeutic technique which emphasizes socioenvironmental and interpersonal influences in the resocialization and rehabilitation of the patient. The setting is usually a hospital unit or ward in which professional and nonprofessional staff interact with the patients. (12 Dec 1998) |