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NHS Health Scotland, the Glossary

Index NHS Health Scotland

NHS Health Scotland was the Scottish national health education and promotion agency from 2003 to 2020.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 14 relations: Brief intervention, Cardiovascular disease, Childhood obesity, Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, Demographics of Scotland, Health education, Health equity, Health promotion, NHS Scotland, Pediatric dentistry, Public Health Scotland, Scottish Government, Smoking cessation, Suicide prevention.

  2. 2003 establishments in Scotland
  3. Alcohol in Scotland
  4. Demographics of Scotland
  5. Government-related organisations based in Edinburgh
  6. Health education in the United Kingdom
  7. Health education organizations
  8. National Health Service stubs
  9. Research institutes in Scotland
  10. Researchers in alcohol abuse

Brief intervention

Brief intervention can often be referred to as screening and brief intervention (SBI) or, in England, identification and brief advice (IBA).

See NHS Health Scotland and Brief intervention

Cardiovascular disease

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is any disease involving the heart or blood vessels.

See NHS Health Scotland and Cardiovascular disease

Childhood obesity

Childhood obesity is a condition where excess body fat negatively affects a child's health or well-being.

See NHS Health Scotland and Childhood obesity

The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) is the national association of Scottish councils and acts as an employers' association for its 32 member authorities.

See NHS Health Scotland and Convention of Scottish Local Authorities

Demographics of Scotland

The demography of Scotland includes all aspects of population, past and present, in the area that is now Scotland.

See NHS Health Scotland and Demographics of Scotland

Health education

Health education is a profession of educating people about health.

See NHS Health Scotland and Health education

Health equity

Health equity arises from access to the social determinants of health, specifically from wealth, power and prestige. NHS Health Scotland and health equity are health care quality.

See NHS Health Scotland and Health equity

Health promotion is, as stated in the 1986 World Health Organization (WHO) Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, the "process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their health.".

See NHS Health Scotland and Health promotion

NHS Scotland

NHS Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: SNS na h-Alba), sometimes styled NHSScotland, is the publicly–funded healthcare system in Scotland and one of the four systems that make up the National Health Service in the United Kingdom. NHS Health Scotland and NHS Scotland are government-related organisations based in Edinburgh.

See NHS Health Scotland and NHS Scotland

Pediatric dentistry

Pediatric dentistry (formerly pedodontics in American English or paedodontics in Commonwealth English) is the branch of dentistry dealing with children from birth through adolescence.

See NHS Health Scotland and Pediatric dentistry

Public Health Scotland

Public Health Scotland (PHS) (Slàinte Poblach na h-Alba) is the national public health body for Scotland. NHS Health Scotland and public Health Scotland are NHS Scotland and public health in the United Kingdom.

See NHS Health Scotland and Public Health Scotland

Scottish Government

The Scottish Government (Riaghaltas na h-Alba) is the devolved government of Scotland.

See NHS Health Scotland and Scottish Government

Smoking cessation

Smoking cessation, usually called quitting smoking or stopping smoking, is the process of discontinuing tobacco smoking.

See NHS Health Scotland and Smoking cessation

Suicide prevention

Suicide prevention is a collection of efforts to reduce the risk of suicide.

See NHS Health Scotland and Suicide prevention

See also

2003 establishments in Scotland

Alcohol in Scotland

Demographics of Scotland

Health education in the United Kingdom

Health education organizations

National Health Service stubs

Research institutes in Scotland

Researchers in alcohol abuse

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHS_Health_Scotland

Also known as HEBS, Health Education Board for Scotland, Health Scotland, PHIS, Public Health Institute of Scotland.