ENVS 3101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Public Health Service Act, United States Constitution, World Health Organization
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A wide range of tools that society uses to encourage and discourage behaviors by individuals and groups. Affect a full range of issues that confront us in population health. Organizational and professional structures for the delivery of care. Rules governing medicare and medicaid, as well as laws governing private insurance. Population health and safety, including governmental efforts to provide services to entire populations, as well as vulnerable groups. Food and drug laws and procedures, environmental laws and procedures, regulations for control of communicable diseases. Application of individual and group values and morals to controversial areas. End-of-life care, stem cell research, abortion, protection of research subjects. What is public health by institute of medicine memorize. What we do collectively as a society to assure the conditions in which people can stay healthy. Immunizations you received, the seat belt you use, the healthy diet you follow.
