Module 1: Overview of Public Health
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Public health is the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private communities, and individuals.” - Charles-Edward Amory Winslow What is ______.

Public Health

Public health professionals analyze the effect on health of genetics, personal choice and the environment in order to develop programs that protect the health of your family and community. - Concerned with protecting the health of entire populations, as small as a local neighborhood, or as big as an entire ______.

country

Public health professionals try to prevent problems from happening or re-occurring through implementing educational programs, developing policies, administering services, regulating health systems and some health professions, and conducting ______.

research

MODULE 1 OVERVIEW OF PUBLIC HEALTH HEALTH - It is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or ______.

<p>infirmity</p> Signup and view all the answers

The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being without distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic or social ______.

<p>condition</p> Signup and view all the answers

The ______ of protecting and improving the health of communities through education, promotion of healthy lifestyles, and research for disease and injury prevention.

<p>science</p> Signup and view all the answers

A field that is concerned with limiting health disparities and a large part of public health is the fight for health care equity, quality, and ______

<p>accessibility</p> Signup and view all the answers

THE MISSION OF PUBLIC HEALTH “Fulfilling society’s interest in assuring conditions in which people can be ______.” - Institute of Medicine

<p>healthy</p> Signup and view all the answers

THE MISSION OF PUBLIC HEALTH “ Public Health aims to provide maximum benefit for the largest number of ______” - WHO

<p>people</p> Signup and view all the answers

PUBLIC HEALTH CORE SCIENCES Apply Scientific ______

<p>methods</p> Signup and view all the answers

SURVEILLANCE Monitor public health ______

<p>situation</p> Signup and view all the answers

EPIDEMIOLOGY Enables where diseases originated how they move and how they are ______

<p>prevented</p> Signup and view all the answers

LABORATORY Perform tests, diagnosis, research, training, used in conjunction with ______. For health monitoring as well

<p>surveillance</p> Signup and view all the answers

INFORMATICS Deals with the method of collecting, compiling, and presenting health information. Enabling us to work better when ______

<p>helping</p> Signup and view all the answers

PREVENTION EFFECTIVENESS Closely link to PH policies Provide information for decision ______

<p>makers</p> Signup and view all the answers

CLINICAL CARE Prevention, treatment, and management of illness and the preservation of mental and physical well – being through the services offered by medical and allied health professions; also known as HEALTH ______

<p>CARE</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the definition of public health according to Charles-Edward Amory Winslow?

<p>The science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private communities, and individuals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of public health professionals?

<p>Protecting and improving the health of communities through education, promotion of healthy lifestyles, and research for disease and injury prevention.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the mission of public health according to the Institute of Medicine?

<p>Fulfilling society’s interest in assuring conditions in which people can be healthy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the ultimate goal of public health according to the World Health Organization (WHO)?

<p>Providing maximum benefit for the largest number of people.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does public health aim to prevent and manage through its various efforts?

<p>Problems from happening or re-occurring through implementing educational programs, developing policies, administering services, regulating health systems, and conducting research.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the fundamental right of every human being, according to the definition of health provided in the text?

<p>The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health without distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic or social condition.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the mission of public health according to the Institute of Medicine?

<p>Fulfilling society’s interest in assuring conditions in which people can be healthy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), what does public health aim to provide?

<p>Maximum benefit for the largest number of people</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is epidemiology concerned with?

<p>Where diseases originated, how they move, and how they are prevented</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the core mission of public health?

<p>Preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the definition of clinical care?

<p>Prevention, treatment, and management of illness and the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services offered by medical and allied health professions</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the 1978 Alma Ata Declaration, what is health considered to be?

<p>A fundamental human right</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of surveillance in public health?

<p>Monitor public health situation</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary goal of prevention effectiveness in public health?

<p>Closely link to PH policies, provide information for decision makers</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main focus of public health in terms of health care?

<p>Fight for health care equity, quality, and accessibility</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do public health professionals aim to do in preventing problems?

<p>Implementing educational programs, developing policies, administering services, regulating health systems, and conducting research</p> Signup and view all the answers

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