Health Promotion and Education Thesaurus

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How to Use the Thesaurus vi
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INTRODUCTION
^ The Health Promotion andEducation Thesaurus 2005 * contains more than 1,500 terms that are
used to describe literature and program items in the Health Promotion and Education Database,
^ the Prenatal Smoking Cessation Database, and the Epilepsy Education, Management and Prevention
A Activities Database. The databases, produced by the National Centerfor Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) ofthe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, can be accessed
^ through the Chronic Disease Prevention (CDP) Databases, and the CDPFile CD-ROM. (See pages iv-v
for more information on these databases and howto access them.)
This edition ofthe Thesaurus is the result ofthe continuing, cumulative process of indexing items
* for these databases. Because the Thesaurus is used for indexing, it provides an authoritative list
ofterms for use in searching the databases.
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The procedures used in developing the Thesaurus and the conventions followed forthesaurus
structure, term relationships, term form, and term definition, are defined in a set ofconstruction
rules and standards developed bythe National Information Standards Organization and approved
bythe American National Standards Institute.**
For more information on the Thesaurus orthe NCCDPHP databases and howto access them,
write or call:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Centerfor Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
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Technical Information and Editorial Services Branch
2 4770 Buford Highway, NE, MS K1
Atlanta, GA 30341-3717
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DESCRIPTION OF NCCDPHP DATABASES
The National Centerfor Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) ofthe
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention produces the following three bibliographic health
information databases.
Health Promotion andEducation Database
The Health Promotion and Education Database contains more than 35,600 entries on chronic
disease prevention, health promotion, and health education, emphasizing methodologyand the
application of effective programs and interventions. Approximately510 new records are added
quarterly. The database contains program descriptions and bibliographic citations and abstracts
ofjournal articles, book chapters, reports, conference proceedings, curricular materials, and some
nonpublished materials.
PrenatalSmoking Cessation Database
The Prenatal Smoking Cessation Database contains more than 3,400 entries emphasizing the
application ofeffective prenatal smoking cessation program activities and risk reduction efforts.
Approximately 90 new records are added quarterly. Begun in 1994, the database contains
descriptions of prenatal smoking cessation programs and risk reduction interventions and
bibliographic citations and abstracts ofjournal articles, monographs, technical reports,
proceedings, papers, policy documents, legislation, unpublished documents, and curricular
materials.
EpilepsyEducation, ManagementandPreventionActivities Database
The Epilepsy Education, Management and Prevention Activities Database contains more than 4,300
entries emphasizing the application ofeffective epilepsyearlydetection and control program activities
and risk reduction efforts. Approximately 120 new records are added quarterly. Begun in 1994,
the database contains descriptions ofepilepsyearlydetection and control programs and risk
reduction interventions and bibliographic citations and abstracts ofjournal articles, monographs,
technical reports, proceedings, papers, policydocuments, legislation, unpublished documents, and
curricular materials.
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ACCESSING NCCDPHP DATABASES
The NCCDPHP bibliographic databases are available through NCCDPHP's Chronic Disease Prevention
(CDP) Databases and the CDPFile CD-ROM.
Chronic Disease Prevention (CDP) Databases
*\ The NCCDPHP databases are available as the Chronic Disease Prevention (CDP) Databases on the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website, http://www.cdc.gov/cdp. The CDP Databases also
include one additional database, NCCDPHP Publications, which provides access to publications authored
by NCCDPHP staff since 1988. Updated monthly, the CDP Databases feature over 46,000 citations and
abstracts ofitems, such asjournal articles, books, program materials and descriptions. Full text of
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selected items is also available.
CDP
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*, CDPFile, shortforthe Chronic Disease Prevention File, is an easy-to-use CD-ROM that allows users
to search the NCCDPHP databases, identifygroups and individuals working in chronic disease prevention,
and obtain state-specific lists and information on health promotion programs. There are two additional
databases on CDPFile: the Chronic Disease Prevention Directory (CDPD), and the NCCDPHP
? Publications Database. CDPFile may be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents, Government
Printing Office; mailing address, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954; Toll-Free [phone];
Washington, DC area [phone]; FAX [phone]; http://bookstore.gpo.gov. An annual
v subscription (four updates) to CDPFile costs $100.00 (domestic), $140.00 (foreign), including shipping
and handling (order number 717-145-00000-3). S'ngle copies cost $34.00 (domestic), $47.60 (foreign).
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HOW TO USE THE THESAURUS
Thesaurus Structure
The Health Promotion and Education Thesaurus has two sections: An alphabetic displayand a
permuted display.
Alphabetic Display
The alphabetic display presents all terms in alphabetic order. Each term is accompanied byany
definite scope notes and its complete hierarchic cross-reference structure. (Scope notes and cross-
references are explained below.) The following is an example ofan entry in the alphabetic display:
Thesaurus term Audiovisual aids
Scope note SN Instructional materials that make use ofsight and sound. [See also
Visual aids and Sound recordings]
Used for UF Audiovisual materials
Broaderterm BT Instructional materials
Narrower term NT Films
Videodisks(1988)
Videotapes
Related term RT Music videos (1991)
Sound recordings
Television
Theater
Visual aids
Selected nonpreferred terms are also listed, with instructions to use the preferred term forthat
concept; for example:
Nonpreferred term Audiovisual materials
Preferred term USE Audiovisual aids
Permuted Display
The permuted, or key-word-out-of-context (KWOC), display extracts and alphabetically lists each
keyword in each descriptor and displays it in bold print above and to the left ofthe set of
descriptors from which it was extracted. The key word itself is not always valid as a descriptor.
Nonpreferred (UF) terms, which are listed in the alphabetic display, are not included in the
permuted display.
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