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health care facilities

HCFs include public and private hospitals, nursing homes, retirement facilities, prison health clinics, public health clinics, and mental health hospitals... Read More

health education

The provision of accurate and appropriately contextualized information on health (e... Read More

health literacy

"The degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions" (Ratzan, S... Read More

health literacy

The cognitive skills and motivation of an individual to gain access to, use, and understand information to promote and maintain good health... Read More

health needs assessment

A systematic procedure for determining the nature and extent of problems experienced by a specified population (e... Read More

health outcome

Changes in a person's health status resulting from the provision of health care or other social services... Read More

health sector

A term encompassing several related organizations and services including organized public and private health services (including those for health promotion, disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care), health ministries, health-related nongovernmental organizations, health-related community groups and health specific professional organizations... Read More

health system

A health system consists of all organizations, people and actions whose primary intent is to promote, restore or maintain health... Read More

hearsay

Evidence presented by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard about it from someone else... Read More

hearts

Street, slang, or code word for amphetamine... Read More

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