Q1. 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."
Or,
The approach to medicine that is
concerned with the health of the community as a whole. Public health is
community health.
Q2. What do you understand by the Public Health Approach?
Ans.
Public Health Approach define the
health problems and identify risk
factors associated with the problem. Develop and test
community-level interventions to control or prevent the cause or the problems and implement
interventions to improve the health of the population.