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  2. Nature therapy - Wikipedia

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    Scientists in the 1950s looked into the reasons humans chose to spend time in nature. [6] There is relatively recent history of the term Shinrin-yoku (森林浴) or 'forest bathing' gaining momentum as a term and concept within American culture; the term 'forest bathing' and Shrinrin-yoku was first popularized in Japan by the former head of the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and ...

  3. Office of Rural Health Policy - Wikipedia

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    Activities as part of this initiative have included expanding Community Health Centers sites to additional communities (there are now 31 in the border region), funding a technical assistance website on border health issues on the Rural Assistance Center website, and providing support funding for the National Rural Health Association's Border ...

  4. Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly - Wikipedia

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    Services include primary and specialty medical care, nursing, nutrition, social services, therapies (occupational, physical, speech, recreation, etc.), pharmaceuticals, day health center services, home care, health-related transportation, minor modification to the home to accommodate disabilities, and anything else the program determines is ...

  5. Wikipedia:Contents/Health and fitness - Wikipedia

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    Health sciences – applied sciences that address the use of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics in the delivery of healthcare to human beings. Medicine – science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness.

  6. Environmental health policy - Wikipedia

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    Environmental dangers to health include: climate change, air and water pollution, certain chemicals and biological agents, noise, radiation, unsafe workplaces, and poor agricultural practices, among many others. [3] Environmental health policy can be implemented at many levels of government, including the municipal, state and international ...

  7. United States Department of Health and Human Services

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    A severely important one especially in today's society is mental health and substance use where they help people with mental illness and drug abuse. Lastly, they help with environmental health where people are researching and studying how our environments both physical and metaphorical have short- and long-term effects on our health and wellness.

  8. Environmental health - Wikipedia

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    It consists of three categories: health impacts, air quality, and water and sanitation. The health impacts category includes the environmental risk exposure indicator. Environmental health is the branch of public health concerned with all aspects of the natural and built environment affecting human health.

  9. Health policy and systems research - Wikipedia

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    PLoS Medicine commissioned three articles on the state-of-the-art in HPSR authored by a diverse group of global health academics. These articles critically examined the status of HPSR, current challenges and mapped the need to build capacity in HPSR and support local policy development and health systems strengthening, especially in LMICs. [5]