1. What do you mean by the term ' Public Health'?
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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.