PUBHLTH 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Biostatistics, Environmental Health, Health Promotion
27 Sep 2016
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Dr winslow was the father or public health in the us. Public health (ph) is the set of activities a society undertakes to monitor and improve the health of its collective membership: 1. Focus is on preventing disease and injury: 2. Provider is society, not individual medical professionals ex. Medical system expenditures: trillion (20% of gdp: public health expenditures: billion (3% of medical care) Mission of public health: fulfilling society"s interest in assuring conditions in which people can be healthy core function of public health: assessment of population health data collection, epidemiological analysis and dissemination of findings, development of ph policies. Use of scientific knowledge, use of the political process: assurance of availability of needed services encourage appropriate actions by public/private entities requiring such actions through law/regulation. Behavior that directly affects others/indirectly affects others social norms and morals tragedy of the commons, paternalism: debate on individual responsibility (blame the victim- drugs, depression, etc)
