Interactive Discussion Forum on Lecture-03: Culture & Health

The services of Public Health.

The services of Public Health.

by Sanjita Rangsa -
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 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:

  1.  To assess and monitor population health status, factors that influence health, and community needs and assets
  2. Investigate, diagnose, and address health problems and hazards affecting the population
  3. Communicate effectively to inform and educate people about health, factors that influence it, and how to improve it
  4. Strengthen, support, and mobilize communities and partnerships to improve health
  5. Create, champion, and implement policies, plans, and laws that impact health
  6. Utilize legal and regulatory actions designed to improve and protect the public’s health
  7. Assure an effective system that enables equitable access to the individual services and care needed to be healthy
  8. Build and support a diverse and skilled public health workforce
  9. Improve and innovate public health functions through ongoing evaluation, research, and continuous quality improvement
  10. Build and maintain a strong organizational infrastructure for public health