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AN INTRO TO
Public Health
An introductory guide to Public Health
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Table ofContents
1) Introduction2) What is Public Health?3) Public Health Dimensions4) Public Health Approach 5) Healthy People 20206) Challenge of Unhealthy Life-Styles7) Career Prospects of Public Health Professionals 8) Key Public Health Issues9) Public Health Career Prospects10) Why Public Health?11) Research Area in Public Health
Introduction
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What is Public Health?
Public health is the science of protecting and improving the health of families and communities through promotion of healthy lifestyles, research for disease and injury prevention and detection and control of infectious diseases.
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Public Health Dimensions
Public health is mainly concerned with protecting the health of the entire community that can be eitheras small as a local neighbourhood, or as big as an entire country or region of the world.
Public health professionals try to prevent problems from happening or recurring via : • Educational Programs• Recommending Policies • Administering Services• Conducting Research
Public health also works to limit health disparities. A large part of public health is promoting healthcare equity, quality and accessibility.
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Public Health Approach
Human population marks a diversity in the patterns of health and diseases. Even then, there are significant differences in the health status between different populations. The determinants of health at the level of large populations are
often not the same as that in the individual levels.
Mainly , Public Health is meant to : • 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
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Public Health Approach Contnd..
Surveillance:What is the
problem?
Risk FactorIdentification:What is the
cause?
InterventionEvaluation:
Whatworks?
Implementation:How do you
do it?
Problem Response
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Healthy People 2020
Healthy people 2020 is an objective put forward to:
• Attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease & premature death
• Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups
• Create socio-physical environments that promote good health for all
• Promote quality of life, healthy development and healthy behaviours across all life stages
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Challenge of Unhealthy Life-Styles
Globalization carries leads to rapidly changing lifestyles. The separation between domestic and international health problems is losing its usefulness as people and goods get immigrated across various continents. More than two million people cross international borders Per day. In today’s world we need a shift in awareness towards the idea of building Global public goods that can help us reap the huge potential benefits of globalization.
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Career Prospects of Public Health Professionals
Public Health has a good impact on almost every aspect of Modern life, and graduates may find they have the opportunity to work for a number of employers and in various settings. Some of the designations include Public Health Doctor, Tropical Disease Expert, HIV Specialist,Medical Director and many more.
Public: Government jobs include health department administration, public nursing, etcNon-profit: Jobs in this setting often focus on a particular population
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Key Public Health Issues
Public health challenges are no longer just local, national or Regional – it has turned out to be a Global Challenge. Historically, disease in other places was seen as an impediment to exploration, and a challenge to winning a war.
More than one fifth of the world's population – are unable to meet their daily minimum needs. Almost one third of all children are undernourished.
In many countries, which have experienced economic growth, increasing inequality means that the poorest part of population has seen little or none of the benefits from this growth.
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Public Health Career Prospects
If you’re thinking about entering Public Health field but are still on the board thinking of whether or not its right for
you, here are various reasons to ponder Public Health Career :
• Job Growth • Job Security • Variety• Mastery • Improvising Your Community • Leadership Opportunities• Enhancing Food Safety • Professional Benefits• Immediate Employment • Changing the Phase of Healthcare Sector • Interesting Education & Diverse Coursework
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Why Public Health?
Public health is a field for people who care about the greater
good of human beings. Millions of people are alive today because of the public health initiatives, like vaccination programs, motor vehicle safety laws, restrictions on the use of tobacco, family planning & Other prospects.
If you’re thinking about entering Public Health field but are still on the board thinking of whether or not its right for
you, here are various reasons to ponder Public Health Career : Job Growth Job Security Variety Mastery Improvising Your Community Leadership Opportunities
Enhancing Food Safety Professional Benefits Immediate Employment Changing the Phase of Healthcare Sector Interesting Education & Diverse Coursework
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Research Area in Public Health
Public Health has broad range in classified sciences. People who undertake any degree in Public has wide range of
areas to research that include:
• global environmental change and health• genomics and health• obesity, food, and physical activity• health policy and systems• public health implementation science• social determinants of health
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