health in perspective
1Health literacy — Introduction= HistoryThe young and multidisciplinary field of health literacy emerged from two expert groups; physicians and other health providers and health educators, and Adult Basic Education (ABE) and English as Second Language (ESL)… …
2Health advocacy — encompasses direct service to the individual or family as well as activities that promote health and access to health care in communities and the larger public. Advocates support and promote the rights of the patient in the health care arena,… …
3Health realization — (HR) is a resiliency approach to personal and community psychology [Mills, R: Realizing Mental Health: Toward a new Psychology of Resiliency , Sulberger Graham Publishing, Ltd. 1995.] first developed in the 1980s by Roger C. Mills and George… …
4Health and Social Class — Health and social class, from a sociological perspective, refers to the idea that there are inequalities in morbidity and mortality among upper and lower social classes. These health inequalities suggests not only neutral health differences… …
5Health information exchange — (HIE) is defined as the mobilization of healthcare information electronically across organizations within a region or community. HIE provides the capability to electronically move clinical information between disparate health care information… …
6Health and Ageing — is a research programme set up by the Geneva Association, also known as the International Association for the Study of Insurance Economics.The Geneva Association Research Programme on Health and Ageing seeks to bring together facts, figures and… …
7Health and intelligence — are two closely related aspects of human well being. The impact of health on intelligence is one of the most important factors in understanding human group differences in IQ test scores and other measures of cognitive ability. Several factors can …
8Health Care in Canada Survey — Health Care in Canada SurveyThe Health Care in Canada (HCIC) survey is the most comprehensive annual survey of Canadian public and health care providers’ opinions on health care issues. 2007 marks the tenth anniversary of the Survey. It has been… …
9Health care reform in the United States — ] Current estimates put U.S. health care spending at approximately 16% of GDP. [http://www.cms.hhs.gov/NationalHealthExpendData/25 NHE Fact Sheet.asp#TopOfPage National Health Expenditure Data: NHE Fact Sheet, ] Centers for Medicare and Medicaid… …
10Health and Disease — ▪ 2009 Introduction Food and Drug Safety. In 2008 the contamination of infant formula and related dairy products with melamine in China led to widespread health problems in children, including urinary problems and possible renal tube… …
