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Descriptor English: Public Health
Descriptor Spanish: Salud Pública
Descriptor salud pública
Entry term(s) ambiente, medicina preventiva y salud pública
educación en salud pública
medio ambiente, medicina preventiva y salud pública
salud colectiva
salud comunitaria
salud de la comunidad
salud de las comunidades
Scope note: Rama de la medicina que se ocupa de la prevención y control de las enfermedades y la discapacidad, así como de la promoción de la salud física y mental de la población en los niveles internacional, nacional, estatal o municipal.
Descriptor Portuguese: Saúde Pública
Descriptor French: Santé publique
Entry term(s): Community Health
Environment, Preventive Medicine & Public Health
Environment, Preventive Medicine and Public Health
Health, Community
Health, Public
Public Health Education
Tree number(s): H02.403.720
N01.400.550
N06.850
SH1.020.020.040.060
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011634
Scope note: 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.
Annotation: specialty; do not confuse with NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Entry Combination: organization & administration:Public Health Administration
Related: Preventive Medicine MeSH
Social Medicine MeSH
Zoonoses MeSH
DeCS ID: 28455
Unique ID: D011634
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/02/28
Public Health - Preferred
Concept UI M0018089
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Public Health
Entry term(s) Community Health
Health, Community
Health, Public
Environment, Preventive Medicine and Public Health - Broader
Concept UI M0018088
Preferred term Environment, Preventive Medicine and Public Health
Entry term(s) Environment, Preventive Medicine & Public Health
Public Health Education - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI F0001039
Preferred term Public Health Education



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