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Descriptor
English
:
Health Transition
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Transición de la Salud
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Transição Epidemiológica
Synonyms
English
:
Health Transitions
Transition, Health
Transitions, Health
Tree Number:
I01.240.600.400
N01.224.625.400
N06.850.505.400.700.400
N06.850.650
SP3.066.157
Definition
English
:
Demographic and epidemiologic changes that have occurred in the last five decades in many
developing countries
and that are characterized by major
growth
in the number and proportion of middle-aged and
elderly
persons
and in the frequency of the
diseases
that occur in these
age groups
. The
health transition
is the result of efforts to improve
maternal and child health
via primary care and outreach services and such efforts have been responsible for a decrease in the
birth rate
; reduced
maternal mortality
; improved preventive services; reduced
infant mortality
, and the increased
life expectancy
that defines the transition. (From Ann Intern Med 1992 Mar 15;116(6):499-504)
Indexing Annotation
English
:
demogr & epidemiol changes in
health
picture in a
population
History Note
English
:
97
Record Number:
33156
Unique Identifier:
D019456
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