Masters of Public Health Abbreviations:

A

1.    ADHD = Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

2.    ADL = Activities of Daily Living

B

1.    BME = Black and Minority Ethnic

C

1.    CDS = Critical Disability Studies

2.    CRPD = Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

3.    CSRI = Client Service User Receipt Inventory

D

1.    DALY = Disability-Adjusted Life-Year

2.    DSM = Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

E

1.    EPHPP = Effective Public Health Practice Project

2.    EQ-5D = European Quality of Life-5 Dimensions

3.    EQ-VAS = EuroQol Visual Analogue Scale

G

1.    GBD = Global Burden of Disease

H

1.    HIV = Human Immunodeficiency Virus

2.    HRQoL = Health-Related Quality of Life

I

1.    ICD = International Classification of Diseases

2.    ICF = International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health

3.    ICIDH = International Classification of Impairments, Disability and Handicap

4.    IDEAS = Inclusion, Dignity, Equality, Accessibility and Intersectionality

M

1.    MeSH = Medical Subject Heading

2.    MPH = Masters of Public Health

3.    MRC = Medical Research Council

4.    MS = Multiple Sclerosis

N

1.    NICE = National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

2.    NIHR = National Institute for Health Research

O

1.    OPCS = Office of Population Census and Surveys

P

1.    PHR = Public Health Research

2.    PHIS = Public Health Information Systems

3.    PPI = Patient and Public Involvement

Q

1.    QALY = Quality-Adjusted Life-Year

2.    QoL = Quality of Life

R

1.    RCT = Randomised Controlled Trial

2.    RE-AIM = Reach Effectiveness Adoption Implementation Maintenance

3.    RHIS = Routine Health Information Systems 

S

1.    SDG = Sustainable Development Goal

2.    SDH = Social Determinant of Health

3.    SF-36 = Short-Form Questionnaire-36 items
4.    SMR = Standardized Mortality Ratio

U

1.    UN = United Nations

W

1.    WHO = World Health Organization