Preventive Health Services
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Associations between structural capabilities of primary care practices and performance on selected quality measures.

4 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Recent proposals to reform primary care have encouraged physician practices to adopt such structural capabilities as performance feedback and electronic health records. Whether practices with these capabilities have higher performance on ... Read more...

Strategies to increase breast and cervical cancer screening among Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and Filipina women in Hawai'i.

29 Sep 2009 The Hawai'i Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program (BCCCP) offers free mammograms and Pap smears to women who are uninsured or underinsured through a statewide provider network. Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders and Filipinas are priority ... Read more...

Connected kids at Head Start: taking office-based violence prevention to the community.

19 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: The goal was to assess the acceptability and appropriateness of using a violence prevention curriculum, Connected Kids: Safe, Strong, Secure, at Head Start centers. METHODS: Eight 90-minute focus groups (4 parent groups and 4 family ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Preventive Health Services'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• How health care reform can benefit children and adolescents. 5 Oct 2009
• Associations between structural capabilities of primary care practices and performance on selected quality measures. 4 Oct 2009
• Strategies to increase breast and cervical cancer screening among Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and Filipina women in Hawai'i. 29 Sep 2009
• The cooperative medical extension program: translation of medical best practices to practicing primary care providers. 29 Sep 2009
• Connected kids at Head Start: taking office-based violence prevention to the community. 19 Sep 2009
• Changes not for the fainthearted: reorienting health care systems toward health equity through action on the social determinants of health. 15 Sep 2009
• Bending the cost curve: a critical component of health care reform. 14 Sep 2009
• Ambulatory care among young adults in the United States. 13 Sep 2009
• [Germans have an unhealthy life style. How family physicians can make improvements] Sep 2009
• Physician intervention for intimate partner violence. 30 Aug 2009
• Slipping through the net: social vulnerability in pandemic planning. 30 Aug 2009
• Executive physicals: what's the ROI? 30 Aug 2009
• An ounce of prevention. 30 Aug 2009
• Imperfect health reform via an imperfect political system. 30 Aug 2009
• Understanding the importance of Communities That Care. 30 Aug 2009
• Results of a type 2 translational research trial to prevent adolescent drug use and delinquency: a test of Communities That Care. 30 Aug 2009
• Alcohol and high-risk behavior among young first-time offenders. 30 Aug 2009
• Improving the odds: dozens of states aim to help minorities and low-income residents receive better medical care and live healthier lives. 30 Aug 2009
• Decreasing self-perceived health status despite rising health expenditures. 30 Aug 2009
• Comparing the USPSTF and GRADE approaches to recommendations. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Preventive Health Services'

Definition: Services designed for HEALTH PROMOTION and prevention of disease.

Descriptor UI: D011314

Alternative terms: Preventive Health Services; Services, Preventive Health; Health Services, Preventive; Health Service, Preventive; Preventive Health Service; Service, Preventive Health;

Related Mesh Headings: Health Promotion; Immunization; Preventive Dentistry; Preventive Medicine; Preventive Psychiatry; Primary Prevention;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N02.421.143.827; N02.421.726;

History Note: 68

Technical Notes: DF: PREV HEALTH SERV