Health Care

Public Health Practice

The activities and endeavors of the public health services in a community on any level.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The activities and endeavors of the public health services in a community on any level.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Health Practice, Public
  • Health Practices, Public
  • Practice, Public Health
  • Practices, Public Health
  • Public Health Practices

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Aspects Covered

7 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, standards, statistics & numerical data.

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Indexing Annotation

general or unspecified; prefer specifics

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History Note

98; use explode 1990-97

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Previous Indexing

  • Public Health (1966-1997)
  • Public Health Administration (1968-1997)

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Tree Number

  1. N06.850w.780

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NLM Classification

WA 100

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Public Health Practice. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015980. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015980
  2. Public Health Practice. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67130236