1. What do you mean by the term ' Public Health'?
ANS:
Public
Health is "the science and art of preventing
disease, prolonging
healthy life and promoting
health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society,
organizations, public and private, communities and individuals."
"Health
care is vital to all of us some of the time, but public health is vital to all
of us all of the time."
2. What do you understand by the Public Health Approach?
ANS:
Public Health Approach:
The
Public Health Approach requires the collection, analysis, and interpretation of
data to define the problem and outline: what, where, when, who, and how.
•Define
the health problem.
•Identify
risk factors associated with the problem.
•Develop
and test community-level interventions to control or prevent the cause or the
problem.
•Implement
interventions to improve the health of the population.
•Monitor
those interventions to assess their effectiveness.