Public Health Principles and Nursing

Study Notes

Health: Defined as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not just the absence of disease.
Public Health: The art and science of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through organized community efforts, as articulated by Charles-Edward A. Winslow.
Core Elements of Public Health: Include environmental sanitation, control of community infections, health education, early diagnosis, preventive treatment, and development of social machinery for health maintenance.

Public health addresses public health interests through organized community efforts and applies scientific and technical knowledge.
The goal is to prevent disease and promote health for all individuals within the community.

Nursing aims to help populations achieve better health and relies on understanding the importance of health across various demographics.
Health is viewed as a shared reality and becomes a collective concern for achieving potential.

Defined as the practice of promoting and protecting population health using knowledge from nursing, social, and public health sciences.
Supported by the American Public Health Association, emphasizing a comprehensive approach to community health.

1577: Establishment of Hospital Real de Manila, initiated by Governor Francisco de Sande for soldiers and Spanish civilians.
1577: Friar Juan Clemente launched public health services through a dispensary in Intramuros to aid the indigent.
Juan de Pergero: A Dominican Father who initiated water sanitation efforts in San Juan, Manila.
1690: Juan de Pergero advanced San Juan del Monte's water supply system.
1805: Dr. Francisco de Balmis introduced smallpox vaccination to the population.
1876: Appointment of the first provincial health officers (medicos titulares), marking a formal development in public health administration.