Contraception. Contraceptive Methods . Female Contraception . Fertility Control . Inhibition of Fertilization . Male Contraception . Contraception, Female . Contraception, Male . Contraceptions, Female . Contraceptions, Male . Contraceptive Method . Female Contraceptions . Fertilization Inhibition . Male Contraceptions . Birth Control . Indigenous Contraception . Birth Control (Public Health) . Prevention of CONCEPTION by blocking fertility temporarily, or permanently (STERILIZATION, REPRODUCTIVE). Common means of reversible contraception include NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING METHODS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; or CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES. . 1.00
Public Health. Community Health . Environment, Preventive Medicine & Public Health . Environment, Preventive Medicine and Public Health . Health, Community . Health, Public . Collective Health . Branch of medicine concerned with the prevention and control of disease and disability, and the promotion of physical and mental health of the population on the international, national, state, or municipal level. . 0.70
Health Care (Public Health). Basic Standards for Health Care . Services provided to individuals or communities by agents of the health services or professions to promote, maintain, monitor, or restore health. Health care is not limited to medical care, which implies therapeutic action by or under the supervision of a physician. The term is sometimes extended to include self-care. (Last, 2001) . 0.66
Health Surveillance. Health Control . Sanitary Surveillance . Sanitary Vigilance . Sanitation Vigilance . A set of measures that are capable of eliminating, reducing or preventing health risks and of intervening in sanitation problems resulting from the environment, production and transportation of goods and the rendering of services that are of interest to health. Note: Health surveillance (or sanitation, or vigilance) includes: (i) control of consumption goods that are directly or indirectly related to health, in all stages of production and consumption; (ii) control over the rending of services that are directly or indirectly related to health (Law 8080 of September 19, 1990, Brazil). . 0.60
Public Health Policy. Government Policies and Organization . Public Health Policies . Health Public Policy . Health Public Policies . Set of actions, legal and budgetary framework generated by the procedure and government institutions. They are legitimized through laws or regulations and promote changes in behavior of institutions and individuals in relation to a sectoral or thematic issue. (Free translation from the original: DUNN W.N. About public policy analysis ; a introduction. New Jersey; Prentice Hall, 1993) . 0.59
Health Law. Public Health Law . Interdisciplinary study that approximates health and legal issues. Expression also refers to the totality of LEGAL RULES that define the means to accomplish HEALTH RIGHTS. . 0.58
Nurses, Public Health. Nurse, Public Health . Public Health Nurse . Public Health Nurses . Nurses whose goal is to improve health and quality of life in a population or community through the prevention and treatment of disease and other physical and mental health conditions, the surveillance of cases and health indicators, and the promotion of healthy behaviors through public education and awareness. . 0.57
