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Health Personnel
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Definition of '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) Common names: Health Personnel; Personnel, Health; Health Care Providers; Health Care Provider; Provider, Health Care; Providers, Health Care; Healthcare Providers; Healthcare Provider; Provider, Healthcare; Providers, Healthcare; Fieldworkers; Fieldworker; Field Workers; Field Worker; Worker, Field |
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Improving quality in resource poor settings: observational study from rural Rwanda.
28 Oct 2009 
PROBLEM: Hospitals in rural Africa, such as in Rwanda, often lack electricity, supplies, and staff. In our setting, basic care processes, such monitoring vital signs, giving drugs, and laboratory testing, were performed unreliably, resulting in ... Read more...
29 Sep 2009 This study identifies, ranks, and compares factors perceived as barriers to accessing antiretroviral treatment (ART) in urban and rural settings in Mozambique. Data were collected between March and July 2008. It consisted of 13 focus group ... Read more...
Gene expression changes in medical workers exposed to radiation.
29 Sep 2009 The use of nuclear resources for medical purposes causes considerable concern about occupational exposure. Nevertheless, little information is available regarding the effects of low-dose irradiations protracted over time. We used oligomicroarrays to ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Health Personnel'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Hand washing, a key anti-flu strategy, often neglected by health care workers.
2 Nov 2009 - H1N1 vaccine urged for health workers, but some resist getting on board. 2 Nov 2009
- CDC updates recommendations for protecting clinicians from influenza. 2 Nov 2009
- Gathering in groups: peace advocacy in health professional associations. 30 Oct 2009
- Improving quality in resource poor settings: observational study from rural Rwanda. 28 Oct 2009
- The gift of time. 11 Oct 2009
- Interpreting sickness absence rates of NHS employees. 3 Oct 2009
- Integrated sexual health: a better way of working? 29 Sep 2009
- Barriers to access to antiretroviral treatment in Mozambique, as perceived by patients and health workers in urban and rural settings. 29 Sep 2009
- Gene expression changes in medical workers exposed to radiation. 29 Sep 2009
- Pharmacists' role in facilitating evidence-based prescribing for unlabeled use of medications. 29 Sep 2009
- Update on the status of 89 drug information centers in the United States. 29 Sep 2009
- Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus as a nosocomial pathogen in Iran. 29 Sep 2009
- Provider knowledge of contrast-induced acute kidney injury. 29 Sep 2009
- [Physicians as key communicators of the influenza vaccination for the elderly, patients with chronic conditions, and health care workers. Results of a nationwide survey in the context of the national influenza vaccination campaign] 29 Sep 2009
- Practicing dental hygienists' perceptions about the bachelor of science in dental hygiene and the oral health practitioner. 29 Sep 2009
- Novel H1N1 influenza and respiratory protection for health care workers. 28 Sep 2009
- Ethics in sports medicine. 27 Sep 2009
- Estimating blood loss: comparative study of the accuracy of parents and health care professionals. 26 Sep 2009
- Improving patient safety through training in non-technical skills. 21 Sep 2009
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Technical information about 'Health Personnel'
Definition: 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)
Descriptor UI: D006282
Alternative terms: Health Personnel; Personnel, Health; Health Care Providers; Health Care Provider; Provider, Health Care; Providers, Health Care; Healthcare Providers; Healthcare Provider; Provider, Healthcare; Providers, Healthcare; Fieldworkers; Fieldworker; Field Workers; Field Worker; Worker, Field; Workers, Field;
Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics; education; psychology;
Tree Number: M01.526.485; N02.360;
Online Note: pre-explosion = HEALTH PERSONNEL (PX)
History Note: 92; was NON MESH 1966-91; was see HEALTH MANPOWER 1989-91
Technical Notes: persons working in the field of health: do not confuse with HEALTH MANPOWER, the availability of HEALTH PERSONNEL