CRM/LAW C7 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Health Promotion, Cardiology, Occupational Safety And Health
26 May 2016
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Chapter 1: public health science, politics, and prevention. Factors that fall in the domain of ph: cleaner water, air, and food; safe disposal of sewage; better nutrition; more knowledge concerning healthy and unhealthy lifestyles. Highly effective for infectious diseases and increasing american lifespans. Three core functions: assessment, monitor health status & identify community problems, diagnose health problems in the community, policy development a. Research for new insights and innovate solutions to health problems. Public service ethic, as an extension of concerns for the individual. Emphasis on disease prevention and health promotion for the whole community. Public health paradigm employs a spectrum of interventions aimed at the environment, human behavior and lifestyle, and medical care. Lines of specialization organized, for example, by: analytical method (epidemiology, toxicology) setting and population (occupational health, global health) substantive health problem (environmental health, nutrition) Life sciences central, with a prime focus on major threats to the health of populations; research moves between laboratory and field.
