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Public Health:
The
approach to medicine that is concerned with the health of the community as a
whole. Public health is community health.
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.