PHC 4117 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: American Public Health Association, American Heart Association, Planned Parenthood
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Organized community efforts to prevent disease and promote health. Assuring the conditions in which people can be healthy. Avg age to start smoking is 15. Prevent disease and promote health within communities. More of the business side of healthcare. Keeping people healthy and safe at work. One of the highest paid areas of public health. Have some of the least amount of jobs though. Study of the spread of disease and its prevention. Monitor health status to identify community health problems. Diagnose & investigate health problems and hazards in the community. Classrooms least effective ways to influence health education. Empowering with gardens, farmers markets, more likely to push more behavior change. Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems. Task forces are a great networking opportunity. Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts. Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety.
