Public health:The
science and the art of promoting health, preventig disease and prolongig life
through organized efforts of socity.
Public health works by
promoting healthy lifestyle, researching disease ad injury prevention and
detacting,preventing and responding to infectious diseases.Public health
professionals helps to solve the problems by the ducationalprograms,administrating services conducting research, recommeending
policies. 10 essential services o public health:
- To assess and
monitor population health status, factors that influence health, and
community needs and assets
- Investigate, diagnose, and address health problems and
hazards affecting the population
- Communicate effectively to inform and educate people
about health, factors that influence it, and how to improve it
- Strengthen, support, and mobilize communities and partnerships
to improve health
- Create, champion, and implement policies, plans, and
laws that impact health
- Utilize legal and regulatory actions designed to
improve and protect the public’s health
- Assure an effective system that enables equitable
access to the individual services and care needed to be healthy
- Build and support a diverse and skilled public health
workforce
- Improve and innovate public health functions through
ongoing evaluation, research, and continuous quality improvement
- Build and maintain a strong organizational
infrastructure for public health