1 - overview of public health

public / community health

science of protecting and improving health of families and communities through promotion of healthy lifestyles, research for disease and injury prevention and detection and control of infectious disease

health

defines health within a socioeconomic framework with the intent to allow individuals to live productive lives; addressing physical, mental, and social well-being, not just the absence of disease or infirmity

Institute of Medicine

their mission is fulfilling society’s interest in assuring conditions in which people can be healthy

WHO

their mission is public health aims to provide maximum benefit for the largest number of people

clinical care

prevention, treatment, and management of illness and preservation of mental and physical well-being through services offered by medical and allied health professionals; aka health care

determinant

factor that contributes to generation of a trait

epidemic / outbreak

occurrence in community or region of cases of an illness

health outcome

result of medical condition that directly affects length or quality of a person’s life

Public Health Act of 1848

act established in UK

1970

year Environmental Protection Agency was found

1918

year influenza infected 500 million

1955

year polio vaccine was introduced

1988

year polio eradication initiative launched

Siege of Kaffa

event when plague was used as a weapon of war

sept. 201

date of public health surveillance after 9/11 attacks

book of Leviticus

first written health code

DOH

• responsible for hiring researchers to particular disease on how to address concerns

• analyze determinants of health in a population

• create concepts and programs for proper dissemination from LGU to lowest governmental level

public health pharmacist

• combines pharmacy and public health skills

• dispense drugs

• provides info

• advise physicians

• prevention effectiveness

• surveillance

• epidemiology

• informatics

• laboratory

public health core sciences

cholera

• fatal intestinal disease

• early 1800s London

• thought to be bad air from rotting organic matter

John Snow

• known for tracing source of cholera

• father of modern epidemiology

• assessment

• policy development

• assurance

3 core functions of public health

assessment

core function of public health that systematically collect, analyze, and make available info on health communities

policy development

core function of public health that promotes use of scientific knowledge base in policy and decision making

assurance

core function of public health that ensure provision of services to those in need

• community

• clinical care delivery system

• employers and businesses

• media

• academia

• government public health infrastructure

partners in public health system

• communication skills

• interpersonal skills

• leadership skills

• technical

• system thinking

skills required for public health practitioner