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Community
Health Nursing
Term | Definition |
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Aggregates | Groups within a population |
Community Health Assessment | Getting to know and understand the community client as partner |
Global Health | A field of study, research, and practice that places a priority on improving health and achieving equity in health for all people world wide |
Secondary Prevention | Activities that seek to detect a disease early in its progression before clinical s/s become apparent |
Subpopulations | Aggregates within the larger populations |
Tertiary Prevention | Activities that begin once the disease is obvious; the goal are to interrupt the course of the disease |
Primary Prevention | A type of intervention or activity that seeks to prevent the occurrence of a disease or a injury |
Primary Care | The first contact between individuals and the health care system and usually refers to the curative treatment of disease, rehabilitation, and preventive measures |