Belize Virtual Health Library

Topics

• Cardiovascular Diseases

  Pathological conditions involving the CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM including the HEART; the BLOOD VESSELS; or the PERICARDIUM.

• Cervical Cancer

  Tumors or cancer of the UTERINE CERVIX.

• Children and Adolescent Health

  Child Health Organized efforts by communities or organizations to improve the health and well-being of the child. Adolescent Health The concept covering the physical and mental conditions of adolescents.

• Dengue

  An acute infectious, eruptive, febrile disease caused by four antigenically related but distinct serotypes of the DENGUE VIRUS. It is transmitted by the bite of infected Aedes mosquitoes, especially A. aegypti. Classical dengue (dengue fever) is self-limiting and characterized by fever, myalgia, headache, and rash. DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER is a more virulent form of dengue virus infection and a separate clinical entity. (From Dorland, 28th ed).

• Diabetes

  A disease that is characterized by frequent urination, excretion of large amounts of dilute URINE, and excessive THIRST. Etiologies of diabetes insipidus include deficiency of ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE (also known as ADH or VASOPRESSIN) secreted by the NEUROHYPOPHYSIS, impaired KIDNEY response to ADH, and impaired hypothalamic regulation of thirst.

• Domestic Violence

  Deliberate, often repetitive, physical abuse by one family member against another: marital partners, parents, children, siblings, or any other member of a household.

• Food Security

  Is the universal access and constant, in quantity and quality, food needed for an active and healthy life (FAO).

• Geo Helminthes Treatment, Control and Prevention

  Helminths: Commonly known as parasitic worms, this group includes the ACANTHOCEPHALA; NEMATODA; and PLATYHELMINTHS. Some authors consider certain species of LEECHES that can become temporarily parasitic as helminths.

• Health Communication

  The exchange or transmission of health ideas, attitudes, or beliefs between individuals or groups.

• HIV/AIDS

  Immunologic tests for identification of HIV (HTLV-III/LAV) antibodies. They include assays for HIV SEROPOSITIVITY and HIV SERONEGATIVITY; (ELISA, immunofluorescence, immunoblot, etc.) that have been developed for screening persons carrying the viral antibody from patients with overt symptoms of AIDS or AIDS-RELATED COMPLEX.

• Hypertension

  Persistently high systemic arterial BLOOD PRESSURE. Based on multiple readings (BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION), hypertension is currently defined as when SYSTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently greater than 140 mm Hg or when DIASTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently 90 mm Hg or more.

• Malaria

  A complication of MALARIA, FALCIPARUM characterized by the passage of dark red to black urine.

• Maternal and Child Health

  Organized efforts by communities or organizations to improve the health and well-being of the mother and child.

• Mental Health

  The state wherein the person is well adjusted.

• Occupational Injuries

  Unforeseen occurrences, especially of an injurious character due to factors involving one's employment.

• Public Health

  Branch of medicine concerned with the prevention and control of disease and disability, and the promotion of physical and mental health of the population on the international, national, state, or municipal level.

  • Primary Health Care

    Care which provides integrated, accessible health care services by clinicians who are accountable for addressing a large majority of personal health care needs, developing a sustained partnership with patients, and practicing in the context of family and community. (JAMA 1995;273(3):192)

  • Health Services

    Services for the diagnosis and treatment of disease and the maintenance of health.

• Road Traffic Injuries

  Accidents on streets, roads, and highways involving drivers, passengers, pedestrians, or vehicles. Traffic accidents refer to AUTOMOBILES (passenger cars, buses, and trucks), BICYCLING, and MOTORCYCLES but not OFF-ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES; RAILROADS nor snowmobiles.

• Safe Motherhood

• Solid Waste Management

  The discarding or destroying of garbage, sewage, or other waste matter or its transformation into something useful or innocuous.

• Tobacco Control

• Tuberculosis (TB)

  A species of gram-positive, aerobic bacteria that produces TUBERCULOSIS in humans, other primates, CATTLE; DOGS; and some other animals which have contact with humans. Growth tends to be in serpentine, cordlike masses in which the bacilli show a parallel orientation.

• Water Supply, Rural

  Refers to water supply in rural areas.