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public health
public health field of medicine and hygiene dealing with the prevention of disease and the promotion of health by government agencies. In the United States, public health authorities are engaged in many activities, including inspection of persons and goods entering the country to determine that... Read more |
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American Journal of Public Health
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH The American Journal of Public Health is a monthly publication of the American Public Health Association. The mission of the Journal, which began publication in 1911 as a continuation of the American Journal of Public Hygiene, is to advance public health research,... Read more |
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History of Public Health
HISTORY OF PUBLIC HEALTH Public health was defined by the American public health leader, Charles-Edward A. Winslow, in 1920 as, "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting physical health and efficiency through organized community efforts for the sanitation of the... Read more |
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American Public Health Association
AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION The American Public Health Association (APHA) is the largest association of public health professionals in the world. The organization represents all of the many disciplines that contribute to contemporary public health practice. APHA's policies are determined by a... Read more |
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American Association of Public Health Physicians
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH PHYSICIANS The American Association of Public Health Physicians (AAPHP) was founded in 1954 as an organization of physician-directors of state and local health departments. Its initial purpose was to serve as the voice of these physicians and bring their... Read more |
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United States Public Health Service
UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE (USPHS) The eight agencies of the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) are the major public health component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS). The central mission of the PHS is to protect the health of the country's population.... Read more |
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Health
HEALTH The word "health" derives from Middle English helthe, meaning hale, hearty, sound in wind and limb. Dictionary definitions allude to soundness and efficient functioning and give the same meaning to financial health as to bodily health. Modern medical practice and public health are concerned... Read more |
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public utility
public utility industry required by law to render adequate service in its field at reasonable prices to all who apply for it. Public utilities frequently operate as monopolies in their market. In the United States, public utilities are most commonly involved in the business of supplying consumers... Read more |
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Government Publications
GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS. The various divisions of the federal government produce a vast collection of documents on an enormous range of subjects. In addition to common publications such as the federal budget and presidential papers, government departments write reports... Read more |
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Health behavior
BEHAVIOR, HEALTH-RELATED Health-related behavior is one of the most important elements in people's health and well-being. Its importance has grown as sanitation has improved and medicine has advanced. Diseases that were once incurable or fatal can now be prevented or successfully treated, and... Read more |
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Abortion
...women for fuller inclusion in public life and with increased immigration...1860 and 1880, with little public debate, every state made abortion...abortionists, indicating continued public acceptance of the practice...except to ensure maternal health, states ... |
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AIDS
...from overseas deployment, from health care jobs where potentially risky...designed to reflect fair and rational public health principles.Screening was originally...legislation on the effectiveness of public health control of HIV within the ... |
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Alliance for Progress
...that Latin America would receive over twenty billion dollars in public and private capital from the United States and international lending...5 percent target. The region witnessed few improvements in health, education, or welfare. Latin American societies remained... |
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American Medical Association
...bureaus endeavored to safeguard the public's health by debunking quackery and so‐called...educational programs for the general public.Historians of medicine have focused...AMA committee endorsed compulsory health insurance at the state level in... |
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Amicus Brief
...way of participating in a case. However, some conservative public‐interest law firms, even when they could afford greater trial...them. In controversial cases, like Webster v. Reproductive Health Services (1989), there have been more than sixty amicus briefs... |
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autopsy
...who can attest to a cause of natural death, or is suspected of having had a disease that possibly threatens the public's health. In these circumstances, the state requires an autopsy and does not need permission from the deceased's relatives... |
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Blair, Tony
...Wales, and reform of the House of Lords. Aided by a buoyant economy, he sought to improve health and education provision, while keeping a tight grip on public expenditure. In foreign affairs, he devoted much energy to solving the crises in Northern... |
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Centers for Disease Control
...1946, is the world's premier public health institution. It evolved from a World War II unit of the U.S. Public Health Service—Malaria Control in War...would become the cornerstone of public‐health practice.The CDC played a... |
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Chadwick, Edwin
...was sanitary reform and from 1848 to 1854 he served as a commissioner on the new Board of Health. He was then rather pointedly pensioned off and his public career closed, though he continued to campaign, particularly for competitive examinations... |
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Clarke, John Hessin
...Retirement.) He had served for five terms and was in good physical health at the age of sixty‐five when he announced in 1922 that he...would not enter the League of Nations, and he retired from public life, although he reemerged briefly to back Franklin D. Roosevelt... |
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AAPHI
AAPHI Associate of the Association of Public Health Inspectors |
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Attlee, Clement Richard, 1st Earl Attlee
...introduced a National Health Service. Nationalization...generous policies of public spending at a time of record public debt could only succeed...tight control over public consumption. The maintenance...suffering from poor health by this ... |
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Baird, John Logie
...studied electrical engineering at Glasgow University. In poor health, he moved to Hastings in 1922, where he experimented with a...shadowy television in Selfridge's store and followed with a public demonstration to members of the Royal Institution. An experimental... |
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Baldwin, Stanley
...political cunning, he preserved in public life values of probity, charity...in charge of the Ministry of Health. Churchill's return to the...quietist instincts of the British public and to themoderate elements within...dramatic appeal to the Conservative ... |
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Black Report
...by major initiatives in community health, preventive medicine, and primary...and N. Davidson , Inequalities in Health, 1982) they became the focus for...epidemiologists, sociologists, and public health experts. On the one hand, the Report... |
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Bruckner, (Joseph) Anton
...No.4 in 1881 was first considerable success with Viennese public. In 1883, while working on the Adagio of sym. No.7, heard...and received several state and university honours. But his health deteriorated and he worked on his 9th (actually 11th) sym... |
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capitalism
...eliminated. But one area of difficulty lies in the provision of public goods by the state because market failure means they are not...transport networks, law and order, welfare benefits, defence, health, and education. The difficulty lies in the fact that payment... |
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Conservative Party, UK
...the new circumstances by accepting the public desire for Keynesian demand management...welfare institutions such as the National Health Service.It won the 1951 elections with...proposals to end rationing and to build more public housing. Success in these social areas... |
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Cooperative Commonwealth Federation, Canada
...Saskatchewan, where it governed until 1964. During that time a pioneering universal health service (Medicare) was established, as well as an intercity bus company and public petrol distribution. Nationally, it gained 15.6 per cent of the popular... |
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CPHA
CPHA Canadian Public Health Association |
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hygiene
hygiene • noun they teach preschoolers the fundamentals of personal hygienesynonyms: cleanliness, sanitation, sterility, purity, disinfection; public health, environmental health. |
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department
department • noun 1. the public health department synonyms: division, section, sector, unit, branch, arm, wing; office, bureau, agency, ministry. 2. the food is... |
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public
public • adjective 1. public health services | public lawsynonyms: state, national, civic, civil, social. 2. public sentiment is against it | increase public awarenesssynonyms: popular, general, common, universal, widespread. ... |
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welfare
...welfare of the children/firmsynonyms: well-being, health, good health, soundness, happiness, comfort, security, prosperity...2. poor families on welfaresynonyms: state aid, public assistance; social security, support. |
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achieve
achieve • verb the legal resources are inadequate to achieve our public health objectivessynonyms: attain, reach, arrive at; realize, bring off/about, pull off, accomplish, carry off/out/through... |
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sanitary
...sanitary • adjective improvements in health are also the result of more sanitary...the rules or standards promoting public health. But it would be almost impossible...healthful, which means conducive to the health or soundness of the body, but they... |
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adolescence
adolescence • noun the lack of adequate sleep in adolescence is a growing health problem largely ignored by the public school systemsynonyms: teenage years, teens, youth; pubescence, puberty; rare juvenescence, juvenility. |
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Erasmus Mundus scholarships
...doctorate and post doctorate degrees in environment issues, social welfare, international law, human rights and public health, among others, can apply online by December 1. Dozens of Nepali students have got European degrees under EMEA programme... |
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Political ads make Jeff Van Drew out to be scary dentist, David DeWeese out...
...and Wildwood while making more public money as a lawyer for a joint...stands to earn a pension for his public service as a Dennis Township...are lots of folks who have no health insurance and no pension. They...insurance fund. "All of that is public ... |
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Website displays documents from Hawaiian kingdom
...for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law. The documents give the public a look at perspectives during that era, she said. Johnston...archived documents of government addressing smallpox and other health concerns, and education, which was a high priority for Kamehameha... |
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Research on lake overdue
...dated to 1971, meaning expiry would be 2021. The CEC's broad public hearings will attract huge interest. It has also asked Manitoba...better tracking of all factors that may be weighing in on the health of the lake. Those who live, play and work on Lake Winnipeg... |
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NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE LIBRARY OPERATIONS ANNOUNCES 2 APPOINTMENTS
...National Institutes of Health (NIH). Ms. Backus...recently deputy chief of the Public Services Division, where...Center for the Study of Health, Culture, and Society...s Rollins School of Public Health. Dr. Reznick's record... |
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SENS. CANTWELL, MURRAY MARK 150 YEARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON'S...
...contributed greatly to the health and well-being of the larger...1861, making it the oldest public university on the west coast...Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs, the oldest institution dedicated to public policy at a public ... |
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FDA CONFIRMS SALMONELLA ON SUNRISE COMMODITIES' TURKISH PINE NUTS
...CREEK, Miss., Nov. 4 -- The U. S. Department of Health & Human Services' Food & Drug Administration issued...for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and State public health and agriculture officials to investigate a multistate... |
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MAYOR MENINO ANNOUNCES BOSTON'S FIRST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLAN TARGETING...
...Mayor Menino sat down with neighborhood residents, public health and public safety officials, and community partners to discuss...through the Violence Intervention Program run by the Public Health Commission. The added personnel will work ... |
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GRADED EXPECTATIONS: RESEARCH SHOWS DINERS, OPERATORS PREFER LETTER GRADE...
...present inspection results to the public, but a good system has several...particular restaurant." "Such public displays of information may...safety amongst staff and the public," Powell said. "People routinely...Filion and Powell, the World Health ... |
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EPA PROVIDES MAINE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION $250,000 TO REDUCE...
...harmful emissions in the air and better protect people's health. These efforts will replace, retrofit or repower more...emissions from existing diesels provides cost-effective public health and environmental benefits while supporting green jobs... |
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