| Communication Barriers |
Those factors, such as language or sociocultural relationships, which interfere in the meaningful interpretation and transmission of ideas between individuals or groups. |
| Educational Status |
Educational attainment or level of education of individuals. |
| Employment |
The state of being engaged in an activity or service for wages or salary. |
| Ethnic Groups |
A group of people with a common cultural heritage that sets them apart from others in a variety of social relationships. Specific ethnic groups include African Americans, Arabs, Asian Americans, Gypsies, Hispanic Americans, Inuits and Jews. |
| Family Characteristics |
Size and composition of the family. |
| Health Behavior |
Behaviors expressed by individuals to protect, maintain or promote their health status. For example, proper diet, and appropriate exercise are activities perceived to influence health status. Life style is closely associated with health behavior and factors influencing life style are socioeconomic, educational, and cultural. |
| Health Disparities |
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| Health Education |
Education that increases the awareness and favorably influences the attitudes and knowledge relating to the improvement of health on a personal or community basis.
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| Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice |
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). |
| Health Literacy |
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| Health Promotion |
Encouraging consumer behaviors most likely to optimize health potentials (physical and psychosocial) through health information, preventive programs, and access to medical care.
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| Health Services Accessibility |
The degree to which individuals are inhibited or facilitated in their ability to gain entry to and to receive care and services from the health care system. Factors influencing this ability include geographic, architectural, transportational, and financial considerations, among others. |
| Health Services Research |
The integration of epidemiologic, sociological, economic, and other analytic sciences in the study of health services. Health services research is usually concerned with relationships between need, demand, supply, use, and outcome of health services. The aim of the research is evaluation, particularly in terms of structure, process, output, and outcome. |
| Health Status |
The level of health of the individual, group, or population as subjectively assessed by the individual or by more objective measures. |
| Health Status Indicators |
The measurement of the health status for a given population using a variety of indices, including morbidity, mortality, and available health resources. |
| Housing |
Living facilities for humans. |
| Income |
Revenues or receipts accruing from business enterprise, labor, or invested capital. |
| Insurance, Health |
Insurance providing coverage of medical, surgical, or hospital care in general or for which there is no specific heading. |
| Medically Underserved Area |
A geographic location which has insufficient health resources (manpower and/or facilities) to meet the medical needs of the resident population. |
| Minority Groups |
A subgroup having special characteristics within a larger group, often bound together by special ties which distinguish it from the larger group. |
| Poverty |
A situation in which the level of living of an individual, family, or group is below the standard of the community. It is often related to a specific income level. |
| Prejudice |
A preconceived judgment made without adequate evidence and not easily alterable by presentation of contrary evidence. Used for racism. |
| Public Housing |
Housing subsidized by tax funds, usually intended for low income persons or families. |
| Quality of Health Care |
The levels of excellence which characterize the health service or health care provided based on accepted standards of quality. |
| Residence Characteristics |
Elements of residence that characterize a population. They are applicable in determining need for and utilization of health services. |
| Rural Health |
The status of health in rural populations. |
| Social Class |
A stratum of people with similar position and prestige; includes social stratification. Social class is measured by criteria such as education, occupation, and income. Used for socioeconomic status. |
| Social Environment |
The aggregate of social and cultural institutions, forms, patterns, and processes that influence the life of an individual or community. |
| Social Support |
Support systems that provide assistance and encouragement to individuals with physical or emotional disabilities in order that they may better cope. Informal social support is usually provided by friends, relatives, or peers, while formal assistance is provided by churches, groups, etc. |
| Socioeconomic Factors |
Social and economic factors that characterize the individual or group within the social structure. |
| Stress |
A pathological process resulting from the reaction of the body to external forces and abnormal conditions that tend to disturb the organism's homeostasis. |
| Transportation |
The means of moving persons, animals, goods, or materials from one place to another. |
| Urban Health |
The status of health in urban populations. |
| Vulnerable Population |
Groups of persons whose range of options is severely limited, who are frequently subjected to coercion in their decision making, or who may be compromised in their ability to give informed consent. |
