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Preventive Health Services

Medical Definition:	Services designed for HEALTH PROMOTION and prevention of disease.
Guide Notes:	DF: PREV HEALTH SERV
Previously Indexed:	specific disease/PC (1966-1967)

Preventive Health Services Categories.

	Diagnostic Services - Organized services for the purpose of providing diagnosis to promote and maintain health.
	Immunization Programs - Organized services to administer immunization procedures in the prevention of various diseases. The programs are made available over a wide range of sites: schools, hospitals, public health agencies, voluntary health agencies, etc. They are administered to an equally wide range of population groups or on various administrative levels: community, municipal, state, national, international.
	Needle-Exchange Programs - Organized services for exchange of sterile needles and syringes used for injections as a potential means of reducing the transmission of infectious diseases.
	School Health Services - Preventive health services provided for students. It excludes college or university students.

Preventive Health Services Medical Definitions and Terms

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