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Descriptor English: Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Descriptor Spanish: Conocimientos, Actitudes y Práctica en Salud
Descriptor conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas sanitarias
Scope note: Conocimientos, actitudes y conductas asociadas que pertenecen a cuestiones relacionadas con la salud tales como PROCESOS PATOLÓGICOS o enfermedades, su prevención y tratamiento. Este término hace referencia tanto a trabajadores sanitarios (PERSONAL SANITARIO) como no sanitarios.
Descriptor Portuguese: Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde
Descriptor French: Connaissances, attitudes et pratiques en santé
Entry term(s): Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Tree number(s): F01.100.150.500
N05.300.150.410
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007722
Scope note: 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).
Annotation: examples include FAMILY PLANNING; knowledge of physicians see CLINICAL COMPETENCE; do not use for knowledge or attitude or practice in psychol literature ( = possibly KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS or ATTITUDE or PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY) )
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
Public MeSH Note: 2004; see KNOWLEDGE ATTITUDES PRACTICE 1975-2003
History Note: 2004 (1975)
DeCS ID: 28141
Unique ID: D007722
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1990/01/01
Date of Entry: 1974/11/11
Revision Date: 2011/06/24
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice - Preferred
Concept UI M0012073
Scope note 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).
Preferred term Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Entry term(s) Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice



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