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Health and Human Services

Health and Human Services

50 3.7
A United States government department that runs national health and welfare programs
  • proper noun
  • Formal
translation icon : Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos
  • States faced a Friday deadline for notifying the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
  • Department of Health and Human Services
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • Health and Human Services (HHS)

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Examples

  • I have been identified by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

    Blog text (4)

  • Probably better off having the US Department of Health and Human Services do this work.

    Blog text (10)

  • The Department of Health and Human Services has not yet responded to the legal challenge.

    Academic text (1991)

  • The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health United States 1990 provides an official assessment of the problem.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Resources: US Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

    Academic text (2012)

  • NIH is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

    Blog text (3)

  • According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2011), approximately 500,000 children currently live in foster care placements.

    Academic text (2012)

  • The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has established the Workgroup on Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI).

    Academic text (1993)

  • The Department of Health and Human Services publishes Federal Poverty Level (FPL) guidelines to determine household poverty status.

    Academic text (2013)

  • His figures come from an official report of the Health and Human Services department.

Synonyms

HHS
vsHealth and Human Services
  • Formal
39 4.1

A United States government department that runs public health and welfare programs

is the full official name written out rather than shortened
Department of Health and Human Services
vsHealth and Human Services
  • Formal
18 3.5

A United States government department that runs health and welfare programs like Medicare and Medicaid

is given with its founding year and role administering federal programs

Surface Forms

Health and Human Services main

Morphology

health + and + human + services

The phrase is compositionally transparent: a B1 learner who knows 'health', 'human', and 'services' can infer this is an organization or department that provides services related to health and human welfare. They might not know the exact institutional status (that it is the U.S. federal department), but the basic meaning is directly derivable from the constituents and parallels ministry names in many languages.

Etymology

Health and Human Services was named when the U.S. government brought together programs for health and for human services, meaning help and care for people, into one department. So, the name now tells you it is the federal office that runs many 'health' and social help programs.