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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Public Health Nursing
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Enfermería en Salud Pública
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Enfermagem em Saúde Pública
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Synonyms English:
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Nursing, Public Health
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Tree Number:
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H02.478.676.755
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Definition English:
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A nursing specialty concerned with promoting and protecting the health of populations, using knowledge from nursing, social, and public health sciences to develop local, regional, state, and national health policy and research. It is population-focused and community-oriented, aimed at health promotion and disease prevention through educational, diagnostic, and preventive programs. |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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do not confuse with COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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12072
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Unique Identifier:
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D011637
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