public health

public health — public health, adj. health services to improve and protect community health, esp. sanitation, immunization, and preventive medicine. [1610 20] * * * Science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through organized… …   Universalium

public health — n [U] 1.) in Britain, health care provided by the government, including medical care and public cleaning services 2.) the health of all the people in an area ▪ a danger to public health …   Dictionary of contemporary English

public health — noun uncount * the general health of the people in a community or society …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

Public health — bezeichnet: die Volksgesundheit das wissenschaftliche Fach bzw. Fachgebiet der Gesundheitswissenschaften Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort bezeichneter Begriffe …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Public health — Newspaper headlines from around the world about polio vaccine tests (13 April 1955). Public health is the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society,… …   Wikipedia

Public Health — Gesundheitswissenschaften (englisch: Public Health) ist seit Anfang der 1990er Jahre in Deutschland als wissenschaftliches Fach bekannt. Beide Begriffe werden synonym verwendet, wobei eine Tendenz zum Begriff Public Health auszumachen ist. Sie… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

public health — noun (U) 1 health care provided by the government, including medical care and public cleaning services 2 the health of all the people in an area: a danger to public health …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

public health — visuomenės sveikata statusas T sritis Kūno kultūra ir sportas apibrėžtis Daugelį visuomenės gyvenimo sričių apimanti sveikatos gerinimo veikla. Visuomenės sveikatą sudaro kiekvieno jo nario sveikata. Visuomenės sveikatos vertinimo rodikliai:… …   Sporto terminų žodynas

public health — visuomenės sveikata statusas T sritis Kūno kultūra ir sportas apibrėžtis Mokslas ir menas organizuotomis valstybės ir visuomenės ir tarptautinėmis pastangomis išvengti ligų, pailginti gyvenimą, sustiprinti fizinę ir psichinę bendruomenės narių… …   Sporto terminų žodynas

public health — noun Public health is used before these nouns: ↑laboratory, ↑medicine, ↑specialist …   Collocations dictionary

public health — pub·lic health .pəb lik n the art and science dealing with the protection and improvement of community health by organized community effort and including preventive medicine and sanitary and social science * * * the field of medicine concerned… …   Medical dictionary