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| SUBPOPULATIONS WITHIN THE LARGER POPULATION WHO POSSESS SOME COMMON CHARACTERISTICS, OFTEN RELATED TO HIGH RISK FOR SPECIFIC HEALTH PROBLEMS. |
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| A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO SHARE COMMON INTERESTS, WHO INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER, AND WHO FUNCTION COLLECTIVELY WITHIN A DEFINED SOCIAL STRUCTURE TO ADDRESS COMMON CONCERNS. |
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| COMMUNITIES WITH A COMMON IDENTITY AND INTERESTS |
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| A COMMUNITY CHARACTERIZED BY GEOGRAPHIC AND JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES, SUCH AS A CITY. |
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| A SMALLER, MORE HOMOGENEOUS GROUP THAN A COMMUNITY AND INVOLVES AN INTERFACE WITH OTHERS LIVING NEARBY AND A LEVEL OF IDENTIFICATION WITH THOSE OTHERS. THEY ARE SELF DEFINED. |
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| GROUPS OF PEOPLE WHO MAY OR MAY NOT INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER. RESIDENTS OF A SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHICAL AREA. |
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| POPULATION-BASED PRACTICE |
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| PRACTICE THAT FOCUSES ON ENTIRE POPULATIONS, IS GROUNDED IN COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT, CONSIDERS ALL HEALTH DETERMINANTS, EMPHASIZES PREVENTION, AND INTERVENES AT MULTIPLE LEVELS. |
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| THE ATTAINMENT OF THE GREATEST POSSIBLE BIOLOGIC, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING OF THE POPULATION AS AN ENTITY AND OF ITS INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS. |
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| MEASURES DESIGNED TO PROMOTE GENERAL OPTIMUM HEALTH OR...THE SPECIFIC PROTECTION OF MAN AGAINST DISEASE AGENTS. |
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| THE EARLY IDENTIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF EXISTING HEALTH PROBLEMS AND TAKES PLACE AFTER THE HEALTH PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED. |
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| ACTIVITY AIMED AT RETURNING THE CLIENT TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF FUNCTION AND PREVENTION FURTHER DETERIORATION IN HEALTH. |
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