Terms
- Health and Human Services Acquisition Regulation HHSAR
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Department regulations applicable to Department of Health and Human Serrvices (DHHS) acquisition activities that implement and supplement the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR).
- Health Care Financing Administration HCFA
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As of July 1, 2001, the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) is now the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
- See Also CMS
- Health Disparities
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Diminished health status associated with differences in culture, language, diet, nutrition, physical activity, socioeconomic and demographic status, gender, age and environmental pollutants and occupational hazards.
- Health Disparities Research
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Basic, clinical, or behavioral research on a health disparity population (including individual members and communities of such populations), including the causes of health disparities and methods to prevent, diagnose, and treat such disparities.
- Health Disparity Populations
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Groups determined by the Director of the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD), in consultation with the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), in which there is significant disparity in the overall rate of disease incidence, prevalence, morbidity, mortality, or survival as compared to the health status of the general population. The following populations have been designated as health disparity populations: Blacks/African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, and the medically underserved (i.e., individuals from the Appalachian region).
- Health Literacy
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The degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decision.
- Health Promotion
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The combination of educational and environmental supports for actions and conditions of living conducive to health.
- Health Scientist Administrator HAS
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This title includes primary several job descriptions at the NIH and/or in the Public Health Service. First, an HSA can be the awarding office official who is responsible for the technical, scientific, or programmatic aspects of a grant. This official may also be referred to as the program officer or project officer. Such individuals deal with recipient organization staff to assure programmatic progress and work closely with the Grants Management Officer and the grants management staff in the overall administration of grants. Second, an HSA can be a Scientific Review Administrator who is responsible for managing the peer review of grant applications and/or contract proposals.
- High Risk/High Impact HR/HI
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A formerly used term for a category of applications identified by a scientific review group as having a high degree of uncertainty in approach but also a high potential for impact. NIH no longer tracks how many of these applications are identified and funded.
- Hispanic or Latino
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A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race. The term, "Spanish origin," can also be used.
- Historically Black College and Universities HBCU
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An Institution determined by the Secretary of Education to meet the requirements of 34 CFR 608.2. Executive order 12928 of September 16, 1994 was issued to promote participation of HBCU in Federal procurements.
- Historically Underutilized Business Zone HUBZone
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The relevance of HUBZone is in the domain of contract proposals and contracts.