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Public health - The science/art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting physical health and efficiency through organized community efforts to ensure a community standard of living adequate for health maintenance. Key characteristics of public health nursing - Resolving health inequalities and addressing the determinants of health community health - An extension of public health that includes organized health efforts (school groups, etc.) at the community level through both gov...

Population - a general collection of people or communities. Aggregates - similar characteristics, common concerns, but may not interact with each other to address those concerns. Community - a group of people who share common interests, interact, function collectively to address common concerns. Neighborhood - a smaller, more homogeneous group than a community that involves interaction and a level of identification with others living near-by Geopolitical communities - communities characte...