Barbara Starfield
Barbara Starfield
Barbara Starfield (== Template:IPA ==
The Template:IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin alphabet. It was devised by the International Phonetic Association in the late 19th century as a standardized representation of the sounds of spoken language.
Pronunciation
The pronunciation of the term "IPA" is /aɪ piː eɪ/ in English.
Etymology
The term "IPA" is an acronym for the International Phonetic Alphabet. The International Phonetic Association, founded in 1886, created the IPA to provide a single, universal system for the transcription of spoken language.
Related Terms
- Phonetic notation: A system used to visually represent the sounds of speech. The IPA is one type of phonetic notation.
- Phonetics: The study of the physical sounds of human speech. It is concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds (phonemes), and the processes of their physiological production, auditory reception, and neurophysiological perception.
- Phonology: The study of the way sounds function within a particular language or languages. While phonetics concerns the physical production, acoustic transmission and perception of the sounds of speech, phonology describes the way sounds function within a particular language or languages.
- Transcription (linguistics): The systematic representation of spoken language in written form. The source of the words transcribe and transcription, the term means "to write across" in Latin, and it's the process of converting spoken language into written form. In linguistics, this is often done using the IPA.
External links
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- Wikipedia's article - Barbara Starfield
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Languages: - East Asian
中文,
日本,
한국어,
South Asian
हिन्दी,
Urdu,
বাংলা,
తెలుగు,
தமிழ்,
ಕನ್ನಡ,
Southeast Asian
Indonesian,
Vietnamese,
Thai,
မြန်မာဘာသာ,
European
español,
Deutsch,
français,
русский,
português do Brasil,
Italian,
polski) was a distinguished health services researcher and public health advocate. She was known for her work in primary care, health equity, and health systems.
Etymology
The name Barbara is of Greek origin, meaning "foreign woman". Starfield is an English surname, which is a compound of the words "star" and "field".
Biography
Barbara Starfield was born on December 18, 1932, and died on June 10, 2011. She was a professor at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health and a pioneer in the development and application of measures of health status and quality of care.
Contributions
Starfield's work has had a profound impact on the understanding of the role of primary care in the health system. She developed a methodology for measuring the quality of primary care, including the development of the Primary Care Assessment Tool (PCAT). Her research has shown that strong primary care systems are associated with better health outcomes, including lower rates of all-cause mortality, mortality from heart disease and cancer, infant mortality, low birth weight, and life expectancy.
Starfield also made significant contributions to the field of health equity, highlighting the importance of addressing social determinants of health and advocating for the integration of health services and social services.
Related Terms
- Health services
- Public health
- Primary care
- Health equity
- Health systems
- Health status
- Quality of care
- Primary Care Assessment Tool
- Social determinants of health
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Barbara Starfield
- Wikipedia's article - Barbara Starfield
This WikiMD dictionary article is a stub. You can help make it a full article.
Languages: - East Asian
中文,
日本,
한국어,
South Asian
हिन्दी,
Urdu,
বাংলা,
తెలుగు,
தமிழ்,
ಕನ್ನಡ,
Southeast Asian
Indonesian,
Vietnamese,
Thai,
မြန်မာဘာသာ,
European
español,
Deutsch,
français,
русский,
português do Brasil,
Italian,
polski