Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment6
QuestionnairesCross-Sectional StudiesData CollectionHealth SurveysKinesiology, AppliedHealth Care Surveys
Psychiatry and Psychology5
Attitude of Health PersonnelHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeMental HealthAttitude to HealthHealth Behavior
Phenomena and Processes1
Allied Health OccupationsMidwiferyHealth OccupationsPublic HealthDieteticsHealth Services ResearchEvidence-Based PracticeSpeech-Language PathologyOutcome Assessment (Health Care)Nursing
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena7
Access to InformationHealth StatusPublic PolicyHealth PolicyHealth Care ReformHealth EducationStaff Development
Library Collection DevelopmentBooksAccess to InformationBibliography as TopicBook SelectionPeriodicals as TopicQuestionnairesReference BooksGovernment Publications as TopicDatabases, BibliographicAbstracting and Indexing as TopicLibraries, MedicalData CollectionBibliometricsLibrariesTextbooks as TopicLibrary Associations
Allied Health PersonnelHealth PersonnelMedical SecretariesMilitary PersonnelPersonnel, HospitalMedical StaffAdministrative PersonnelNurses
Allied Health PersonnelHealth PersonnelMedical SecretariesHealth ManpowerAttitude of Health PersonnelPersonnel LoyaltyHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeAmerican Medical AssociationHealth StatusPublic PolicyHealth Services AccessibilityPublic HealthQuestionnairesRural Health ServicesDelivery of Health CareRural PopulationCross-Sectional StudiesData CollectionPersonnel SelectionHealth PolicyHealth SurveysHealth Care ReformPersonnel, HospitalHealth PromotionMental HealthQuality of Health CarePrimary Health CareEmployee Incentive PlansHealthHealth Services Needs and DemandHealth Care SurveysAttitude to HealthHealth Services ResearchHealth PlanningCommunity Health ServicesMedical StaffHealth ServicesInsurance, HealthWorld HealthHealth EducationStaff DevelopmentOral HealthOutcome Assessment (Health Care)NursesPublic Health AdministrationOccupational HealthNursing
Geographicals4
United StatesNew South WalesTasmaniaQueensland
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and EquipmentPsychiatry and PsychologyPhenomena and ProcessesDisciplines and OccupationsAnthropology, Education, Sociology and Social PhenomenaInformation ScienceNamed GroupsHealth CareGeographicals
Allied Health OccupationsAllied Health PersonnelLibrary Collection DevelopmentHealth PersonnelBooksMedical SecretariesHealth ManpowerAttitude of Health PersonnelAccess to InformationBibliography as TopicMidwiferyPersonnel LoyaltyHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeAmerican Medical AssociationMilitary PersonnelHealth OccupationsHealth StatusPublic PolicyHealth Services AccessibilityPublic HealthBook SelectionPeriodicals as TopicQuestionnairesRural Health ServicesDelivery of Health CareRural PopulationReference BooksGovernment Publications as TopicDatabases, BibliographicAbstracting and Indexing as TopicLibraries, MedicalUnited StatesCross-Sectional StudiesData CollectionPersonnel SelectionHealth PolicyHealth SurveysHealth Care ReformKinesiology, AppliedPersonnel, HospitalHealth PromotionMental HealthBibliometricsQuality of Health CarePrimary Health CareEmployee Incentive PlansLibrariesHealthHealth Services Needs and DemandDieteticsNew South WalesHealth Care SurveysAttitude to HealthHealth Services ResearchHealth PlanningTextbooks as TopicPregnancyEvidence-Based PracticeHealth BehaviorCommunity Health ServicesMedical StaffAdministrative PersonnelHealth ServicesInsurance, HealthWorld HealthLibrary AssociationsHealth EducationStaff DevelopmentTasmaniaSpeech-Language PathologyOral HealthOutcome Assessment (Health Care)NursesQueenslandPublic Health AdministrationOccupational HealthNursing
Allied Health Occupations
Occupations of medical personnel who are not physicians, and are qualified by special training and, frequently, by licensure to work in supporting roles in the health care field. These occupations include, but are not limited to, medical technology, physical therapy, physician assistant, etc.
Allied Health Personnel
Health care workers specially trained and licensed to assist and support the work of health professionals. Often used synonymously with paramedical personnel, the term generally refers to all health care workers who perform tasks which must otherwise be performed by a physician or other health professional.
Library Collection Development
Development of a library collection, including the determination and coordination of selection policy, assessment of needs of users and potential users, collection use studies, collection evaluation, identification of collection needs, selection of materials, planning for resource sharing, collection maintenance and weeding, and budgeting.
Health Personnel
Men and women working in the provision of health services, whether as individual practitioners or employees of health institutions and programs, whether or not professionally trained, and whether or not subject to public regulation. (From A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, 1976)
Medical Secretaries
Individuals responsible for various duties pertaining to the medical office routine.
Health Manpower
The availability of HEALTH PERSONNEL. It includes the demand and recruitment of both professional and allied health personnel, their present and future supply and distribution, and their assignment and utilization.
Individual's rights to obtain and use information collected or generated by others.
Bibliography as Topic
Discussion of lists of works, documents or other publications, usually with some relationship between them, e.g., by a given author, on a given subject, or published in a given place, and differing from a catalog in that its contents are restricted to holdings of a single collection, library, or group of libraries. (from The ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science, 1983)
The practice of assisting women in childbirth.
Personnel Loyalty
Dedication or commitment shown by employees to organizations or institutions where they work.
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Knowledge, attitudes, and associated behaviors which pertain to health-related topics such as PATHOLOGIC PROCESSES or diseases, their prevention, and treatment. This term refers to non-health workers and health workers (HEALTH PERSONNEL).
Professional society representing the field of medicine.
Persons including soldiers involved with the armed forces.
The level of health of the individual, group, or population as subjectively assessed by the individual or by more objective measures.
A course or method of action selected, usually by a government, from among alternatives to guide and determine present and future decisions.
The degree to which individuals are inhibited or facilitated in their ability to gain entry to and to receive care and services from the health care system. Factors influencing this ability include geographic, architectural, transportational, and financial considerations, among others.
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.
Book Selection
Periodicals as Topic
A publication issued at stated, more or less regular, intervals.
Rural Health Services
Health services, public or private, in rural areas. The services include the promotion of health and the delivery of health care.
The concept concerned with all aspects of providing and distributing health services to a patient population.
Rural Population
The inhabitants of rural areas or of small towns classified as rural.
Books designed by the arrangement and treatment of their subject matter to be consulted for definite terms of information rather than to be read consecutively. Reference books include DICTIONARIES; ENCYCLOPEDIAS; ATLASES; etc. (From the ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science, 1983)
Government Publications as Topic
Discussion of documents issued by local, regional, or national governments or by their agencies or subdivisions.
Databases, Bibliographic
Extensive collections, reputedly complete, of references and citations to books, articles, publications, etc., generally on a single subject or specialized subject area. Databases can operate through automated files, libraries, or computer disks. The concept should be differentiated from DATABASES, FACTUAL which is used for collections of data and facts apart from bibliographic references to them.
Abstracting and Indexing as Topic
Activities performed to identify concepts and aspects of published information and research reports.
Libraries, Medical
Studies in which the presence or absence of disease or other health-related variables are determined in each member of the study population or in a representative sample at one particular time. This contrasts with LONGITUDINAL STUDIES which are followed over a period of time.
Systematic gathering of data for a particular purpose from various sources, including questionnaires, interviews, observation, existing records, and electronic devices. The process is usually preliminary to statistical analysis of the data.
Personnel Selection
The process of choosing employees for specific types of employment. The concept includes recruitment.
Decisions, usually developed by government policymakers, for determining present and future objectives pertaining to the health care system.
A systematic collection of factual data pertaining to health and disease in a human population within a given geographic area.
Innovation and improvement of the health care system by reappraisal, amendment of services, and removal of faults and abuses in providing and distributing health services to patients. It includes a re-alignment of health services and health insurance to maximum demographic elements (the unemployed, indigent, uninsured, elderly, inner cities, rural areas) with reference to coverage, hospitalization, pricing and cost containment, insurers' and employers' costs, pre-existing medical conditions, prescribed drugs, equipment, and services.
Kinesiology, Applied
The study of muscles and the movement of the human body. In holistic medicine it is the balance of movement and the interaction of a person's energy systems. Applied kinesiology is the name given by its inventor, Dr. George Goodheart, to the system of applying muscle testing diagnostically and therapeutically to different aspects of health care. (Thorsons Introductory Guide to Kinesiology, 1992, p13)
Personnel, Hospital
The individuals employed by the hospital.
Encouraging consumer behaviors most likely to optimize health potentials (physical and psychosocial) through health information, preventive programs, and access to medical care.
The state wherein the person is well adjusted.
The use of statistical methods in the analysis of a body of literature to reveal the historical development of subject fields and patterns of authorship, publication, and use. Formerly called statistical bibliography. (from The ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science, 1983)
The levels of excellence which characterize the health service or health care provided based on accepted standards of quality.
Care which provides integrated, accessible health care services by clinicians who are accountable for addressing a large majority of personal health care needs, developing a sustained partnership with patients, and practicing in the context of family and community. (JAMA 1995;273(3):192)
Employee Incentive Plans
Programs designed by management to motivate employees to work more efficiently with increased productivity, and greater employee satisfaction.
Collections of systematically acquired and organized information resources, and usually providing assistance to users. (ERIC Thesaurus, http://www.eric.ed.gov/ accessed 2/1/2008)
The state of the organism when it functions optimally without evidence of disease.
Health services required by a population or community as well as the health services that the population or community is able and willing to pay for.
The application of nutritional principles to regulation of the diet and feeding persons or groups of persons.
A state in southeastern Australia. Its capital is Sydney. It was discovered by Captain Cook in 1770 and first settled at Botany Bay by marines and convicts in 1788. It was named by Captain Cook who thought its coastline resembled that of South Wales. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p840 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p377)
Statistical measures of utilization and other aspects of the provision of health care services including hospitalization and ambulatory care.
Public attitudes toward health, disease, and the medical care system.
The integration of epidemiologic, sociological, economic, and other analytic sciences in the study of health services. Health services research is usually concerned with relationships between need, demand, supply, use, and outcome of health services. The aim of the research is evaluation, particularly in terms of structure, process, output, and outcome. (From Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed)
Planning for needed health and/or welfare services and facilities.
Textbooks as Topic
Books used in the study of a subject that contain a systematic presentation of the principles and vocabulary of a subject.
The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH.
A way of providing health care that is guided by a thoughtful integration of the best available scientific knowledge with clinical expertise. This approach allows the practitioner to critically assess research data, clinical guidelines, and other information resources in order to correctly identify the clinical problem, apply the most high-quality intervention, and re-evaluate the outcome for future improvement.
Behaviors expressed by individuals to protect, maintain or promote their health status. For example, proper diet, and appropriate exercise are activities perceived to influence health status. Life style is closely associated with health behavior and factors influencing life style are socioeconomic, educational, and cultural.
Diagnostic, therapeutic and preventive health services provided for individuals in the community.
Professional medical personnel who provide care to patients in an organized facility, institution or agency.
Administrative Personnel
Individuals responsible for the development of policy and supervision of the execution of plans and functional operations.
Services for the diagnosis and treatment of disease and the maintenance of health.
Insurance, Health
Insurance providing coverage of medical, surgical, or hospital care in general or for which there is no specific heading.
The concept pertaining to the health status of inhabitants of the world.
Library Associations
Education that increases the awareness and favorably influences the attitudes and knowledge relating to the improvement of health on a personal or community basis.
An island south of Australia and the smallest state of the Commonwealth. Its capital is Hobart. It was discovered and named Van Diemen's Island in 1642 by Abel Tasman, a Dutch navigator, in honor of the Dutch governor-general of the Dutch East Indian colonies. It was renamed for the discoverer in 1853. In 1803 it was taken over by Great Britain and was used as a penal colony. It was granted government in 1856 and federated as a state in 1901. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1190 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, p535)
The study of speech or language disorders and their diagnosis and correction.
The optimal state of the mouth and normal functioning of the organs of the mouth without evidence of disease.
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Research aimed at assessing the quality and effectiveness of health care as measured by the attainment of a specified end result or outcome. Measures include parameters such as improved health, lowered morbidity or mortality, and improvement of abnormal states (such as elevated blood pressure).
Professionals qualified by graduation from an accredited school of nursing and by passage of a national licensing examination to practice nursing. They provide services to patients requiring assistance in recovering or maintaining their physical or mental health.
A state in northeastern Australia. Its capital is Brisbane. Its coast was first visited by Captain Cook in 1770 and its first settlement (penal) was located on Moreton Bay in 1824. The name Cooksland was first proposed but honor to Queen Victoria prevailed. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p996 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p441)
Public Health Administration
Management of public health organizations or agencies.
The promotion and maintenance of physical and mental health in the work environment.
The field of nursing care concerned with the promotion, maintenance, and restoration of health.