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). . 0.97
Behavioral Medicine. Medicine, Behavioral . Health Psychologies . Psychologies, Health . Health Psychology . Psychology, Health . The interdisciplinary field concerned with the development and integration of behavioral and biomedical science, knowledge, and techniques relevant to health and illness and the application of this knowledge and these techniques to prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation. . 0.47
Knowledge Management for Health Research. System that organizes information flows, external and internal, and promotes the generation, appropriation, exchange and use knowledge to increase the efficiency of research in science and technology in health. (Free translation from the original: Glosario BVS CITESA - Cuba) . 0.47
United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (U.S.) . Agency for Health Care Policy and Research . United States Agency for Health Care Policy and Research . An agency of the PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE established in 1990 to "provide indexing, abstracting, translating, publishing, and other services leading to a more effective and timely dissemination of information on research, demonstration projects, and evaluations with respect to health care to public and private entities and individuals engaged in the improvement of health care delivery..." It supersedes the National Center for Health Services Research. The United States Agency for Health Care Policy and Research was renamed Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) under the Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999. . 0.44
Science, Technology and Society. Social research multidisciplinary field on science and technology and their relations with society. It covers the production of knowledge about the subject and the popularization of scientific and technological knowledge, to them to constitute a central component of culture, social consciousness and collective intelligence. (Free translation from the original: Science and Society in Latin America) . 0.44
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. . 0.44
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. . 0.44
Health Classifications. Classifications of Health . Classifications on Health . International Classifications of Health . International Classifications on Health . International Health Classifications . WHO Family of International Classifications . A suite of classification products that may be used in an integrated fashion to compare health information internationally as well as nationally. Internationally endorsed classifications facilitate the storage, retrieval, analysis, and interpretation of data and their comparison within populations over time and between populations at the same point in time as well as the compilation of internationally consistent data. Populations may be Nations, States and Territories, regions, minority groups or other specified groups. The purposes of the WHO-FIC are to: improve health through provision of sound health information to support decision making at all levels; provide a conceptual framework of information domains for which classifications are, or are likely to be, required for purposes related to health and health management; provide a suite of endorsed classifications for particular purposes defined within the framework; promote the appropriate selection of classifications in a wide range of settings in the health field across the world; establish a common language to improve communication; permit comparisons of data within and between member states, health care disciplines, services and time; and to stimulate research on health and the health system. (From: Madden et. al. World Health Organization Family of International Classifications: definition, scope and purpose. Available online at http://www.who.int/classifications/en/FamilyDocument2007.pdf) . 0.43
Professional Practice Gaps. Practice Gaps . Gap, Practice . Gap, Professional Practice . Gaps, Practice . Gaps, Professional Practice . Practice Gap . Practice Gap, Professional . Practice Gaps, Professional . Professional Practice Gap . Difference between observed and ideal DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE and healthcare outcomes that reflect the current state of knowledge. . 0.42
