Interactive Discussion Forum on Lecture-01; Introduction to PHIEC

Public Health Information Education & Communication

Public Health Information Education & Communication

by nasrin jahan -
Number of replies: 1

1. 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, communications and individuals. 

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

2. Ans- 

The Public Health Approach :

•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.