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Department of Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979

executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States

FDA, Food and Drug Administration - a federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products

CDC, Center for Disease Control and Prevention - a federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services; located in Atlanta; investigates and diagnoses and tries to control or prevent diseases (especially new and unusual diseases)

PHS, United States Public Health Service - an agency that serves as the office of Surgeon General; includes agencies whose mission is to improve the public health

National Institutes of Health, NIH - an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services whose mission is to employ science in the pursuit of knowledge to improve human health; is the principal biomedical research agency of the federal government

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The Healthy People 2020 objective was to increase it to 94.2% from a baseline of 85.6% in 2008 (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2015a).

Progress in substance abuse indicators of Healthy People 2020: implications for research and practice

Former regional director, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Regulator yearbook: the 2007 insurance commissioners

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Checklist for Colleges and Universities, www.pandemicflu.gov/plan/school/collegeschecklist.html

Flu pandemic prep: with the possibility of a deadly flu pandemic--today's worry being avian flu--good planning may be the best medicine. Is your school prepared?

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2006), the federal poverty level in 2006 is $16,600 for a family of three and $20,000 for a family of four.

Katrina and NCLB: mandates but no provisions

Use of trade names is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by the Public Health Service or by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

HIV transmission in correctional facility

(2.) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Healthy People 2010: Disability and Secondary Condition, Chapter 6.

Evolving realities of dental practice: care for patients with special needs

A review of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office of Human Protections web site revealed that none of the 17 CBOs who led CBPR grants funded by the NIEHS had established their own institutional research boards (IRBs).

Using community-based participatory research to ask and answer questions regarding the environment and health

(2) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2000.

Physical fitness: tips for the law enforcement executive

The Rural Assistance Center (RAC) was established in December 2002 as a rural health and human services "information portal" by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. RAC provides Internet-based services on funding opportunities, information guides on delivery systems, recent news in the human and services area, a calendar of events on human service agency activities, a searchable resource database, and a quarterly publication, The Rural Monitor.

Rural Assistance Center offers one-stop information service

Comorbid occurrences including dementia, Alzheimer's disease or a mental health diagnosis may cloud recognition and subsequent treatment of an older adult's substance abuse problem (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1998).

Principles of clinical practice with older men

10, Bethesda, MD; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, NIH Pub.

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