Preventive Health Services
| Definition: |
Services designed for HEALTH PROMOTION and prevention of disease. |
| Notes: |
DF: PREV HEALTH SERV |
| Previously Indexed: |
specific disease/PC (1966-1967) |
Preventive Health Services Categories.
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Diagnostic Services - Organized services for the purpose of providing diagnosis to promote and maintain health. |
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Immunization Programs - Organized services to administer immunization procedures in the prevention of various diseases. The programs are made available over a wide range of sites: schools, hospitals, public health agencies, voluntary health agencies, etc. They are administered to an equally wide range of population groups or on various administrative levels: community, municipal, state, national, international. |
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Needle-Exchange Programs - Organized services for exchange of sterile needles and syringes used for injections as a potential means of reducing the transmission of infectious diseases. |
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School Health Services - Preventive health services provided for students. It excludes college or university students. |
Preventive Health Services Definitions and Terms
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