Health Infrastructure. Organized network of peripheral units able to provide some basic health care with the resources available at the place and to meet the most urgent health needs of the population. . 1.00
Health Systems. Health System . Network of services with the aim to provide the population an optimum level of health, to protect the risk of illness, to meet the individual needs of health and to distribute health services equitably. Its functions include the provision of health services, financing, resource generation, supervision and regulation. . 0.47
Health Centers. Health Center . Polyclinic . Health Posts . Public Health Department, Hospital . Policlinic . Location of Health Centers . Basic health units in which health prevention, promotion, diagnosis and treatment are developed. They are the gateway to services and networks of the health system. . 0.40
Community Health Workers. Family Planning Personnel . Family Planning Personnel Characteristics . Village Health Workers . Aide, Community Health . Aides, Community Health . Barefoot Doctor . Community Health Aide . Community Health Worker . Doctor, Barefoot . Doctors, Barefoot . Health Aide, Community . Health Aides, Community . Health Worker, Community . Health Worker, Village . Health Workers, Community . Health Workers, Village . Personnel, Family Planning . Planning Personnel, Family . Worker, Community Health . Worker, Village Health . Workers, Community Health . Workers, Village Health . Barefoot Doctors . Community Health Aides . Village Health Worker . Community Health Agent . Persons trained to assist professional health personnel in communicating with residents in the community concerning needs and availability of health services. . 0.40
Health of the Disabled. Health of Disabled People . Health of Disabled Persons . Health of Persons with Disabilities . Health of People with Disabilities . Disabled Health . Health of Handicapped Persons . Health of the Handicapped . Health of people with mental or physical disability interfering with normal activities of daily living, which may require adjustment or intervention. . 0.39
Health Research Policy. Set of guiding elements for research and innovation in health, focused to the health needs of a country, aiming to develop and optimize the absorption of scientific and technological knowledge by industry, health services and the community. It should be understood as a component of the National Health Policy, acting as an inducer of scientific and technological development in health. Health research should cover not only the areas of health knowledge (biomedical, clinical and public health) as well as research in other areas of knowledge applied to "health sector" (Free translation from the original: PNCTI / S of Health Ministry of Brazil). . 0.38
Health of the Elderly. Aging Health . Elderly Health . Health of Aged Persons . Health of Elders . Health of the Aged . The term refers to health and welfare of the elderly and the provision of health care adapted to special problems related to this group of people. Health in elderly depends mainly on past care. . 0.38
Parish Nursing. Church Nursing . Faith Community Nursing . Nursing, Church . Nursing, Faith Community . Nursing, Parish . A nursing specialty involving programs designed to bring wholeness and healing to a particular faith community through addressing the health needs of body, mind, and spirit. They are coordinated by registered NURSES and may involve HEALTH EDUCATION and counseling, facilitation, referral, PATIENT ADVOCACY, and health care plan interpretation, as influenced and defined by the unique needs of the congregation. . 0.38