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Definition of public health a field that encompasses many disciplines in an effort to promote and
protect health and prevent disease and disability in defined populations
and communities
an early leader in the cause of improving sanitation, Edwin Chadwick
housing conditions, workers' safety, and garbage
disposal practices in poor communities in Great
Britain
What is Germ Theory? - a new method for treating and preventing disease that was developed by
Koch and Pasteur
- based on the idea that certain microbes might cause specific infectious
diseases
- focused on sanitation, quarantine and other methods for controlling
infectious diseases
nutritional disease - a disease caused by micro-nutrient deficiency due to a poor diet
- became a priority for public health after infectious diseases were better
controlled
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Definition of public health a field that encompasses many disciplines in an effort to promote and
protect health and prevent disease and disability in defined populations
and communities
an early leader in the cause of improving sanitation, Edwin Chadwick
housing conditions, workers' safety, and garbage
disposal practices in poor communities in Great
Britain
What is Germ Theory? - a new method for treating and preventing disease that was developed by
Koch and Pasteur
- based on the idea that certain microbes might cause specific infectious
diseases
- focused on sanitation, quarantine and other methods for controlling
infectious diseases
nutritional disease - a disease caused by micro-nutrient deficiency due to a poor diet
- became a priority for public health after infectious diseases were better
controlled
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