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MCH Thesaurus

icon MCH Line The 3rd edition of the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Thesaurus provides the MCH professional community with a standard vocabulary that serves as a tool for indexing and retrieving materials in any MCH research center, library, or special collection.

This edition consists of an introduction; alphabetical list of terms; a rotated list of terms; a set of subject categories; and a search function to search MCHLine® for specific terms.

Use the following links below to access the entire thesaurus or its components (note: numeric entries are included in the A lists).

MCH Thesaurus

    Introduction  |  PDF image Full Document (PDF; 1.6 MB)  |  Search MCHLine®
Alphabetical List

    A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X Y  Z
Rotated Term List
    A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X Y  Z
Subject Categories
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 Agencies and Organizations
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 Chemicals and Drugs
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 Diseases and Disorders
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 Diagnosis and Intervention
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 Economics and Politics
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 Education and Training
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 Facilities and Buildings
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 Field, Discipline, and Occupational Groups
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 Geography
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 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
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 Health Services Management
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 Law and Legal Issues
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 Nutrition and Food
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 Psychology and Development
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 Population Groups
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 Program Types
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 Research and Data
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 Reproduction and Genetics
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 Social and Demographic Issues
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 Service Types
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 Technology, Information, and Publications
MCH Thesaurus Search
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Related Documents
MCHB's List of MCH Keywords (Word document 456 KB): this is the approved list of keywords used in the HRSA eHandbook in Form 6, Project Abstract.

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