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The measurable level of functioning of the individual at any given moment in time. Also applicable to groups of people. The state of health of a specified individual, group or population (such as Ohioans, an HMO membership, or an employer’s employees). It is as difficult to describe or measure as the health of an individual…

Research concerned with the organization, financing, administration efforts, or other aspects of health services biomedical research. Research concerned with the organization, financing, administration, effects, or other aspects of health services; rather than with human biology, and disease and its prevention, diagnosis and treatment. In a sense, health services research concerns itself with the form, and…

A branch of the United States Public Health Service (USPHS).  

A specialized area of community health that is concerned with the application and skills in resource management to accomplish the effective and efficient delivery of health services.  

The medical and health-related functions found within the school and community which direct attention toward promotion of health, prevention of disease, disability, and premature death, and restoration of health. A stock insurance company organized in Illinois by Blue Cross plans to serve as a national enrollment agency, to assist individual plans in negotiating contracts, and…

The application of tests or other procedures that are easily administered, usually, to a high risk group, to determine the possible existence of a health problem. Procedures include (a) multiphasic screening, (b) case finding, and (c) selective screening. Data gathered during a procedure should be evaluated in terms of validity, reliability, yield, cost, acceptance, and…

Any number of sciences that directs its efforts toward solving and understanding health issues q.v., e.g., epidemiology; medicine.  

Health educator.  

This refers basically to the acquisition of health facts, their relation to each other, and how these relationships can establish health principles or laws.  

An appraisal technique used to determine a person’s probability of developing specific diseases. A technique for determining for a given individual the factors most likely to result in illness, injury, or premature death. The determination is based on comparing a set of data about the individual (her database) with statistics on the likelihood of specific…