CPH 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Healthy People Program, Correlation Does Not Imply Causation
8 Dec 2017
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Cdc"s top 10 public health achievements of the 20th century. Access to family planning and contraceptive services. Recognition of tobacco use as a health hazard. Rising costs of medical care for aging population. Need to collect data to measure progress in meeting goals. Periodic evaluation of degree of success in meeting goals. Health people: the surgeon general"s report on health promotion and disease developing objectives of their own. Attain high quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, Achieve high equity, eliminate disparities and improve the health disability, injury, and premature death of all groups. Create social and physical environments that promote good health. Promote quality of life, health, development, and health behaviors for all across all life stages. Ultimate challenge to public health in 21st century. To educate the public and policy makers about the role of non-medical factors in.
