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1. Negligent or malicious breaking off of an asymmetrical or dependency relationship, as between physician and patient or between parent(s) and dependent child(ren)....

The process of reducing, minimizing, or preferably eliminating public health or other types of hazards such as environmental pollutants, noxious smells, and excessive noise. It is often an important activity in public health departments and agencies. It may require enforcing legislation or regulations....

The process of reducing or minimizing public health or other types of dangers and nuisances, usually supported by regulation or

Eliminating or reducing the effect of a pollutant or other health hazard. Often used as a term of law.

“Abstinence, Be faithful, use Condoms.” ABC strategies are promoted to combat, foremost, infection with HIV and the HIV/AIDS pandemic, as well as other sexually transmitted diseases. Pragmatic sex education policies aim at balancing abstinence-only sex education by including education about safe sex and birth control methods. Excessive emphasis on ABC strategies may marginalize broader, integrated programs. ...

“Abstinence, Be faithful, use Condoms.” ABC strategies are promoted to combat, foremost, infection with HIV and the HIV / AIDS

1. Illegal removal of a child or other dependent person from the family or legally designated provider of care.

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A skill or attribute an individual possesses that is viewed as a strength within occupational therapy. If the person does

Literally, a biologically important chemical transformation in the absence of living organisms. An example is formation of stratospheric ozone from oxygen, catalyzed by solar ultraviolet radiation....

Classification of blood types based on presence of agglutinogens A, B, both, or neither in red blood corpuscles. Blood may also have Rhesus (Rh) agglutinogen, an enzyme that causes red blood cells to clump together. Blood transfusions require that donor and recipient blood groups are compatible at least for these agglutinogens. ...

The indigenous inhabitants of a colonized country. They often have high incidence and prevalence rates of multiple social and health problems, and reduced life expectancy, when their habitat, culture, and way of life are disrupted and drastically changed by colonial and postcolonial occupation. Common health problems also include substance abuse, alcoholism, suicide, and metabolic disorders related to the transition from a traditional hunter-gatherer diet to high carbohydrate, fat, and salt intake, leading to ...

Expulsion from the uterus of a fetus before it is viable; i.e., before 20 weeks' gestation and/or 500 grams fetal weight. This occurs naturally to an estimated 20% to 30% of conceptions as a consequence of death or severe damage to the fetus caused by disease, environmental agents, ingested toxins, or other suspected and unknown factors; or it may be artificially induced by the action of a pregnant woman, a lay person, or a health care professional. Most of the half-million annual maternal deaths in the world, predominantly in low-income countries, are due to infection and sepsis following botched, often self-induced abortions. ...

Most organized jurisdictions have enacted legislation or evolved legal practices determined by common law precedents, specifying the circumstances, if any, under which it is legally permissible to terminate a pregnancy by inducing and performing an abortion. In many countries abortion laws discriminate against poor, uneducated women in that they are less able to negotiate their way through legal, bureaucratic, and health service obstacles or gain access to available facilities elsewhere....

The estimated annual number of abortions per a given number (e.g., 1000) of women of reproductive age.

The estimated annual number of abortions per 1000 women of reproductive age (usually defined as ages 15–44).

The estimated number of abortions per 100 live births in a given year.