week 1 Career Paths in Nutrition and Public Health

provide the general definition of a profession

An occupation for which preliminary training is intellectual in character, involving knowledge, and learning as distinguished from mere skill…

what are the three core functions of public health

1. assessment

2. policy development

3. assurance

what are the core functions in dietics

1. health

2. prevent illnesses

3. manage different health conditions

in medicine, the patient is the __________; in public health, the patient is the _______

individual; community

public health diagnoses the health of the community using _____ _____ _________.

public health sciences

Goal of medicine is to _____; goal of public health is to prevent _______ ____________./

cure; prevent disease and disability

__________: studies disease patterns, causes, and their impact on populations

epidemiology

________- harness stat methods to interpret biological and health related data

bio statistics

______- focuses on labratory techinques in areas such as micro bio, immuno, viural, molecular…

biomedical sciences

________- focuses on the intricate relationship between the environment and human health

envuronmental health science

__________- examines how behavioral, social, and cultural matters contribute to public health issues

social and behavioral sciences

___________- efforts resolve around creating equitable health polocies, mabnaging healthcare facilitues, and optimizing systems to enhance the accessibility and affordabiloty of healthcare serivces

health poloicy and management

in environmental health science…

Health is affected by exposure to environmental factors such as:

1. air quality

2. water quality

3. solid and hazardous waste

4. safe food and drugs

5. global environmental change

this area of study examines the role of medical care in public health

health policy and management or health administration

what is now the largest food and nutrition oprganizatipon inh the world

academy of nutrition adn dietics

FROM DISCUSSION:::

what are the three core functions of public health

1. assessment

2. policy development

3. assurance