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| Allied Health Occupations Occupations, Allied Health | Allied Health Occupation | Occupation, Allied Health Occupations of medical personnel who are not physicians, and are qualified by special training and, frequently, by licensure to work in supporting roles in the health care field. These occupations include, but are not limited to, medical technology, physical therapy, physician assistant, etc. | |
| Allied Health Personnel Paramedical Personnel | Paramedics | Population Program Specialists | Health Personnel, Allied | Paramedic | Personnel, Allied Health | Personnel, Paramedical | Population Program Specialist | Program Specialist, Population Health care workers specially trained and licensed to assist and support the work of health professionals. Often used synonymously with paramedical personnel, the term generally refers to all health care workers who perform tasks which must otherwise be performed by a physician or other health professional. | |
| Health Occupations Health Professions | Health Occupation | Health Profession | Occupation, Health | Occupations, Health | Profession, Health | Professions, Health Professions or other business activities directed to the cure and prevention of disease. For occupations of medical personnel who are not physicians but who are working in the fields of medical technology, physical therapy, etc., ALLIED HEALTH OCCUPATIONS is available. | |
| Health Manpower Health Occupations Manpower | Human Resources | Manpower Needs | Manpower, Health | Manpower, Health Occupations | Human Resource | Manpower Need | Resource, Human | Resources, Human The availability of HEALTH PERSONNEL. It includes the demand and recruitment of both professional and allied health personnel, their present and future supply and distribution, and their assignment and utilization. | |
| Holistic Nursing Nursing, Holistic A philosophy of nursing practice that takes into account total patient care, considering the physical, emotional, social, economic, and spiritual needs of patients, their response to their illnesses, and the effect of illness on patients' abilities to meet self-care needs. (From Mosby's Medical, Nursing, & Allied Health Dictionary, 4th ed, p745) | |
| National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.) United States National Center for Health Statistics | National Center for Health Statistics A center in the PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE which is primarily concerned with the collection, analysis, and dissemination of health statistics on vital events and health activities to reflect the health status of people, health needs, and health resources. | |
| Meditation Transcendental Meditation | Meditation, Transcendental A state of consciousness in which the individual eliminates environmental stimuli from awareness so that the mind can focus on a single thing, producing a state of relaxation and relief from stress. A wide variety of techniques are used to clear the mind of stressful outside interferences. It includes meditation therapy. (Mosby's Medical, Nursing, and Allied Health Dictionary, 4th ed) | |
| Health Systems Plans Comprehensive Health Plans, Local | Health Systems Plan | Plan, Health Systems | Plans, Health Systems Statements of goals for the delivery of health services pertaining to the Health Systems Agency service area, established under PL 93-641, and consistent with national guidelines for health planning. | |
| Health Priorities Priorities, Health | Health Priority | Priority, Health Preferentially rated health-related activities or functions to be used in establishing health planning goals. This may refer specifically to PL93-641. | |
| Health Fairs Fair, Health | Fairs, Health | Health Fair Community health education events focused on prevention of disease and promotion of health through audiovisual exhibits. | |
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