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public health medicine — the specialty concerned with preventing disease and improving health in populations as distinct from individuals. Formerly known as community medicine or social medicine, it includes epidemiology, health promotion, health service planning, health … The new mediacal dictionary
public health physician — (in Britain) a doctor of consultant status with special postgraduate training in public health medicine. Formerly known as community physicians, they undertake public health functions in the National Health Service, either as Directors of Public… … Medical dictionary
public health nurse — n VISITING NURSE * * * see health visitor * * * (PHN) an especially prepared registered nurse employed in a community agency to safeguard the health of persons in the community, giving care to the sick in their homes, promoting health and well… … Medical dictionary
public health — public health, adj. health services to improve and protect community health, esp. sanitation, immunization, and preventive medicine. [1610 20] * * * Science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through organized… … Universalium
Public Health Service, United States (USPHS) — The agency responsible for the public health of the American people. The Public Health Service (PHS) administers a number of critically important health agencies including the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Centers for Disease Control… … Medical dictionary
Public health school — A school designed to teach public health and train public health professionals. The first school of public health in the US, the School of Hygiene and Public Health, was founded in 1916 at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore with a grant from… … Medical dictionary
Public Health Genomics — is the utilization of genomics information to benefit public health. This is visualized as more effective personalised preventive care and disease treatments with better specificity, targeted to the genetic makeup of each patient. (Bellagio Group … Wikipedia
Public health laboratory — Public Health Laboratories operate as a first line of defense to protect the public against diseases and other health hazards. Working in collaboration with other arms of the nation’s public health system, public health laboratories provide… … Wikipedia
Public health informatics — has been defined as the systematic application of information and computer science and technology to public health practice, research, and learning. It is one of the subdomains of (bio)medical or health informatics.In the same way that Public… … Wikipedia
public health — pub·lic health .pəb lik n the art and science dealing with the protection and improvement of community health by organized community effort and including preventive medicine and sanitary and social science * * * the field of medicine concerned… … Medical dictionary
