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| a mass or grouping of distinct individuals who are considered as a whole and who are loosely associated with one another |
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| working together in cooperation with other team members, coordinating services and addressing the needs of population groups |
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| a collection of people who interact with one another and whose common interests or characteristics form the basis for a sense of unity or belonging |
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| the identification of needs and the protection and improvement of collective health within a geographically defined area |
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| a field of nursing combining nursing science with public health science to formulate a practice that is community based and population focused |
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| the birth-to-death developmental health care needs of populations in all age groups |
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| one-time, specific negative health events, such as illness or injury, that are not an expected part of life |
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| community defined by its geographic boundaries, which include a city, town, or neighborhood |
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| dominant phrase in international public health circles. Globalization raises an expectation of health for all, for if good health is possible in one part of the world, the forces of globalization should allow it elsewhere. |
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| a holistic state of well-being that includes soundness of mind, body, and spirit |
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| a range of degrees from optimal health at one end of the spectrum to total disability of death at the other end |
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| efforts that seek to move people closer to optimal well-being or higher levels of wellness |
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| a state of being relatively unhealthy |
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| leading health indicators |
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| the concern for the health status of population groups and their environment |
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| measures taken to keep illness or injury from occurring |
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| the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health and efficiency through organized community efforts for the sanitation of the environment, the control of communicable infections, the education of the individual in personal hygiene, the organization of medical and nursing services for the early diagnosis and preventive treatment of disease, and the development of the social machinery to insure every a standard of living adequate for the maintenance of health |
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| the term describing community health nursing from 1900 to 1950; replaced by the term community health nursing to better describe where the nurse practices are. |
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| efforts that seek to detect and treat existing health problems at the earliest possible stage when disease or impairment already exists |
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| the process of taking responsibility for developing one's own health potential |
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| when people's ability to continue self care activities drops below their need |
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| attempts to reduce the extent and severity of a health problem to its lowest possible level so as to minimize disability and restore or preserve function |
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| includes the definition of health but incorporates the capacity to develop one's potential to lead a fulfilling and productive life; can be measured in terms of quality of life |
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