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Public Health

Public Health. What is public health?. A field of science responsible for improving health and preventing disease in * Focus on protecting the health of entire populations. Public Health Professionals. Public health professionals examine and investigate *

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Public Health

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  1. Public Health

  2. What is public health? • A field of science responsible for improving health and preventing disease in * • Focus on protecting the health of entire populations

  3. Public Health Professionals • Public health professionals examine and investigate * • Promote healthy lifestyles and prevent health-related problems from happening or re-occurring • Implementing educational programs, developing policies, administering services, and * • Work at limiting health disparities (equity, quality, and accessibility)

  4. Fields of Public Health • Environmental Health • * • Behavioral Science/Health Education • Epidemiology • Health Services Administration/Management • * • Nutrition • Public health Laboratory Practice • Public Health Policy • * (International Health)

  5. Environmental Health Concerned with environmental risk factors that can cause disease 1. air quality 2. * 3. radiation protection 4. solid waste management 5. * 6. water quality 7. * 8. environmental control of recreational areas 9. * 10. vector control

  6. Biostatistics • Uses math and science to identify and predict *

  7. Behavioral Science / Health Education • Focuses on healthy-choice behaviors • Includes *education programs promoting • Healthy lifestyles to raise disease/injury prevention awareness • Career concentrations include: *, behavioral/lifestyle change, public health education, social research of behavior and health

  8. Epidemiology A. investigates * B. participates in fieldwork around the world to determine: 1. causes of diseases/injury 2. risks of specified diseases or injuries 3. which *are at risk for specific diseases/injuries 4. methods to prevent further health incidents C. *are often used in conjunction with epidemiology to predict and track disease trends

  9. Health Service Administration / Management • combines business and science in the managing of human and monetary resources needed to deliver effective * • specializes in planning and organization of policies; responsible for *, finance, economics, and marketing of health services

  10. Maternal and Child Health • provides information and access to * • promotes health of pregnant women and unborn child • improves public health delivery systems specifically for women and children through *, education, and *

  11. Nutrition • field examines how * affect wellness and lifestyle of population • sponsors healthy eating and exercise awareness • educates community about dangers of both obesity and *

  12. Public Health Laboratory Practice • laboratory professionals • (* , biochemists, pathologists) who test biological and environmental samples in order to help diagnose prevent, treat, and control diseases in communities • ensure safety of * and water • screen for presence of certain diseases within communities • respond to public health emergencies (e.g. infectious disease outbreaks, *)

  13. Public Health Policy • works to improve the public’s health through legislation at local, state, and federal levels • example: *

  14. Global (International) Health • global public health professionals who address health concerns among different cultures around the world • works towards health challenges that transcend * • this international field encompasses virtually all *of public health • Impact of Public Health • Improvement of populations quality of life • increase in * • world-wide reduction of infant and child mortality • elimination or reduction of many communicable diseases

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