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What is Public Health all about?

What is Public Health all about?. What does Public Health do?. Provide disease control and prevention Assure air and water quality Promote healthy lifestyles. Public Health is a wise investment. It helps people: Save money Enjoy good health Live longer. People are living longer!.

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What is Public Health all about?

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  1. What is Public Healthall about?

  2. What does Public Health do? • Provide diseasecontrol and prevention • Assure air andwater quality • Promote healthylifestyles

  3. Public Health is a wise investment • It helps people: • Save money • Enjoy good health • Live longer

  4. People are living longer!

  5. Drugs and medical care +5 years

  6. Public Health impact +25 years

  7. Public Health Is Your Health Too!

  8. Public Health Achievementsin the 20th Century

  9. Public Health achievements in the 20th century • Immunizations • have virtually eliminated: • Smallpox • Diphtheria • Pertussis • Tetanus • Polio • Measles • Rubella

  10. Public Health achievements in the 20th century • Infectious disease control

  11. Public Health achievements in the 20th century • Safe and healthier foods • are now commonplace because of: • Hand washing • Sanitation • Refrigeration • Pasteurization • Pest control • Healthier animal care, feeding, and processing • Improved food supply safety

  12. Public Health achievements in the 20th century • Fluoridation • Primary factor in the decline of tooth decay • Benefits all, regardless of age, education, or income

  13. Public Health achievements in the 20th century • Coronary heart disease • and stroke • The leading cause • of death in the U.S. • despite a 60% • decrease in death rates • since 1950.

  14. Public Health achievements in the 20th century • Recognition of tobacco • as a health hazard • Smoking, once socially • acceptable, is on the • decline among U.S. adults. • % of population who smoke • 1965–42.4% • 1997–24.7%

  15. Public Health achievements in the 20th century • Motor vehicle safety • 1925–18 deaths per million VMT • 1997–1.7 deaths per million VMT VMT: vehicle miles traveled

  16. Public Health achievements in the 20th century • Motor vehicle safety • Public Health efforts • have influenced: • Increased seat belt use • Vehicle safety improvements • Traffic safety regulation and enforcement • Improved streets and highways

  17. Public Health achievements in the 20th century • Mother and infant • mortality rates • Maternal mortality rates down 99% • Infant mortality rates down 90%

  18. Public Health achievements in the 20th century • Mother and infant • mortality rates • Improved standards of living • Technological advances in medicine • Greater access to maternal and well-baby care

  19. Public Health achievements in the 20th century • Family planning • Desired birth spacing and family size

  20. Public Health achievements in the 20th century • Safer, healthier • workplaces • Mining safety • Industrial safety • Indoor air quality • Ergonomics

  21. Public Health Is Your Health Too!

  22. Public Health • A population-based approach to healthy living

  23. Core functions of Public Health

  24. Core functions of Public Health • Assessment

  25. Core functions of Public Health • Assessment • Policy Development

  26. Core functions of Public Health • Assessment • Policy Development • Assurance

  27. Core functions of Public Health

  28. A. Assessment • Assess community health needs • Investigate health hazards and effects • Analyze health factors

  29. B. Policy Development • Advocate for community needs and issues • Prioritize health needs • Plan and develop policies

  30. C. Assurance • Manage resources • Implement programs • Evaluate programs • Inform the public

  31. Some top priority health issues in Nebraska • Obesity • Cardiovasculardisease • Diabetes • Poor nutrition • Lack of exercise • Environmentalhealth • Tobacco use • West Nile Virus • Other communicable diseases • Access to dentalcare • Bio-terrorism

  32. Problem:Obesity Epidemic • In Nebraska: • Three in five people are overweight or obese • 1989 to 1999 saw a 75% increase in obese people • Major cause of cardiovascular disease and diabetes • Cost Nebraska $741 million in 2002

  33. Obesity Epidemic:What we are doing • Education focus: • Risks • Prevention

  34. Problem:Cardiovascular Disease • Causes 29% of deaths in Nebraska • 84% of Nebraskans have at least one risk factor • $2.1 billion cost to Nebraska in 2003

  35. Cardiovascular Disease:What we are doing • Public health focuses • on prevention through • education

  36. Problem:Diabetes • 15% increase in deaths in Nebraska from 1989–98 • Diabetes costs Nebraska $610 million per year

  37. Diabetes:What we are doing • Education is keyto prevention • Lifestyle changescan reduce diabetesdevelopment by40–60%

  38. Problem:Poor Nutrition • 4 of 5 Nebraskans don’t eat enough fruits and vegetables • Only 8 states rank lower than Nebraska

  39. Poor Nutrition:What we are doing • Promoting importance • of balanced diets

  40. Problem:Lack of physical activity • 30.4% of Nebraska adults report that they do not engage in leisure time physical activity • 4 in every 5 Nebraska high school students do not engage in sufficient levels of moderate and vigorous physical activity

  41. Lack of physical activity:What we are doing • Educating youth and adults about the value of physical activity • Creating environments and policies that are supportive of physical activity

  42. Problem:Tobacco use • 2,400 Nebraskans died in 1999 from tobacco use • Over $400 million each year on tobacco-related health care • 45,000 Nebraska youth will die prematurely as adults from smoking-related illness

  43. Tobacco use:What we are doing • Tobacco-Free Nebraska program including tobacco cessation quitline (ending 5/30/04) • Grants to local communities • Youth empowerment activities

  44. Problem:Oral health access • 18 Counties have no dentist • 33 Counties have one or two dentists • 50% of Nebraska dentists plan to retire by 2013

  45. Oral health access:What we are doing • Recruitment and incentives • Critical access facilities

  46. Problem:West Nile Virus • Nebraska in 2003: • 2022 human cases • 26 deaths

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