HRPR 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Health Promotion, Headquarters Of The United Nations, Health Equity
8 May 2019
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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. Public health is an umbrella term, including a range of approaches, disciplines, and strategies. Full range of environmental, social, and economic determinants of health. Includes public policies that affect health even if unintentional. Includes all the ways that society(ies) are affected by health issues and how they respond to these issues. Comprised of four components: health issues, populations, society"s shared health concerns, society"s vulnerable groups. Adopted unanimously by 193 heads of state at a summit at un headquarters in new. Built on the 8 millennium development goals which ended in 2015, to: Healthy people 2020 (this is what you will work on in groups next week) A national agenda that communicates a vision for improving health and achieving health equity.
