Foundations of Public Health|2023 LATEST UPDATE|GUARANTEED SUCCESS

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Public Health "To promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability."- CDC Mission Statement. (center for disease control and prevention) Non-personal health services Preventative care Health services management Health policy Health legislation Health planning Epidemiology Disease control Quality assurance Health promotion Socioecological model ... Define/describe the 4 core functions of public health (APAC) Assesment, Policy Development, Assurance, Communication Assessment monitor health status, diagnose and investigate any new problems. Policy Development involves informing, educating and empowering the people of the community. Mobilizing community partnerships and developing policies. Assurance involves enforcing the laws that were made in the policy development stage. Link to and provide health care for everyone. Assure a competent public health workforce. Lastly evaluate the effectiveness and quality of public health services. Communication about innovative solutions to public health problems. List/describe society's 6 public health responsibilities Prevent epidemics and the spread of disease Protect against environmental hazards Prevent injuries Promote and encourages healthy behaviors Respond to disasters and assists communities in recovery Assure the quality and accessibility of health services List/describe the 10 essential PH services -Monitor Health statues -Develop Policies -Eforce Laws -Link to care Classify essential services into core function categories -Policy development -Assurance -Assesment Policy Development Inform, Educate, Empower; Mobilize Community Partnerships, Develop Policies. Assurance Enforce Laws, Link to/Provide care, Assure competent workforce, Evaluate. Assessment Monitor health, Diagnose & Investigate. Conceptual Model depicts the relationship between three of the four core functions and the 10 essential services. The fourth Core function (communication), like research and system management in the diagram, is crosscutting to all services and the other three core functions. Requirements for Survival Triangle pyramid in this order. Top (Care, Shelter, Food, Water, Air) Bubonic Plague Transmitted by fleas First Vaccine Edward Jenner- 1796 cowpox experiment. Coined term vaccine. (vacca, Latin for "cow") Core public health disciplines ... Joseph Goldberger Pellagra He wanted to show that pellagra was not contagious an he did this scientifically. He rubbed scabs of pellagra on his family. He also went to an orphanage and saw that some of the kids got pellagra there. He hypothesized it was a protein deficiency so he then gave protein to orphans and it went away. To further his theory he went to a prison where imamates had pellagra and performed the same thing. Secretary, DHHS [federal] Sylvia Mathews Burwell Surgeon General [federal] Vivek H. Murthy Director, CDC [federal] Tom Frieden Secretary, DHHS (NC) Aldona Zofia Wos Medical Director (Mecklenburg County) Stephen R. Keener, MD, MPH Health Director (Mecklenburg County) Marcus Plescia, MD, MPH Describe conditions that existed before the advent of modern public health. ◻ No federal quarantine laws ◻ Yellow fever and smallpox epidemics ◻ Child Labor - nutrition deficiency (Pellagra) Recall key events/figures in the history of public health ◻ Hippocrates - Father of Western medicine. Coined the term epidemic. ◻ The Plague - Death of 25-50% of population...some 60 million worldwide. ◻ Renaissance - Disease, spread by traders and explorers. Killed 90% of indigenous people in New World.