Outcomes of Public Health

Healthy community

To bring better health to the whole community.

Important Characteristics of Public Health

Public health deals primarily with preventing disease promoting health, while medicine (or dentistry) is concerned with curing dis

ease in people already ill. Public health deals primarily with the health of populations, whil

e medicine (or dentistry) deals with the health of individuals

Public Health Responsibilities

Prevents epidemics and the spread of disease. Protects against environmental hazards. Prevents injuries. Promotes and encourages healthy behaviors. Responds to disasters and assists communities in

recovery. Assures the quality and accessibility of health services

Public Health Core functions

Assessment: regular, systematic collection, assembly, analysis and distribution of information on the health of the community, including statistics on health status, community health needs, and epidemiological and other studies of

health problems; Policy development: using the scientific knowledge base in decision-making about public health and taking a strategic approach to leadership for public health policy with a positive appreciation for the democratic political

process; Assurance: engaging policy-makers and the public in determining those ser

vices that will be guaranteed to every member of the community, and making services necessary to achieve agreed-upon goals available by encouraging action by public and private entities, implementing regulatory requirements, or

directly providing services.

Adapted from The Future of Public Health, Institute of Medicine, National Academy Press, 1988.

Ten Essential Public Health Services 1. Monitor health status2. Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards3. Inform, educate and empower people about health issues4. Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems5. Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health6. Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety7. Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of

health care when otherwise unavailable8. Assure a competent public health and personal health care workforce9. Evaluate the effectiveness, accessibility and quality of personal and

population-based health services10. Conduct research for new insights and innovative solutions to health proble

ms

Public Health in America, Public Health Functions Steering Committee, US Department of Health and Human Services, 1994.

Monitor health status to identify community health problems

Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community

Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services

THE THREE CORE PUBLIC HEALTH FUNCTIONS And the Essential Public Health Services

Assessment

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Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts

Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety.

Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems

Policy Development

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Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable

Assure a competent public health and personal health care workforce

Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health

problems

Assurance

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Relationship among core functions, responsibilities and the ten essential public health services.

Some definitions of Public Health

1. Public is the science or art of protecting and improving of the health of whole communities through education, research of disease and injury

prevention. Main public health services includes to investigate health problems and health hazards across the whole community, educate the people about

health issues, develop policies and plans that enhance the public health or to regulate laws that protect health and safety. Public health provides foundation for our health care system that concerned with the

prevention programs.

Public health experts develop policies and programs that give everyone an opportunity to lead a healthy life

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Some definitions of Public Health

2. Public Health is the set of organized community efforts that fulfill society's interest in assuring conditions in which people can be healthy by applying scientific and technical knowledge to prevent disease and promote health.

The goal of public health is to improve the health status of the population, with careful attention to and respect for the perspectives and values of the diverse members of the community being served.

There is a public health system in each community defined as the wide range of public, private and voluntary organizations such as governmental agencies, academia, health care providers, hospitals, community-based organizations, associations, businesses and individuals.

The unique function of governmental public health agencies within this broad infrastructure framework is to see that all vital system elements are in place; that all core functions and essential services are coordinated; and that the mission of improving the health of the community is adequately addressed, using if necessary, the regulatory powers of the state.“

Adapted from The Future of Public Health, Institute of Medicine, National Academy Press, 1988.

Some definitions of Public Health

3. Dental Public Health is the science and art of preventing and controlling dental diseases and

promoting dental health through organized community efforts.

Public health professionals try to prevent problems from happening or re-occurring

through implementing educational programs, developing policies,

administering services, regulating health systems and some health professions, and conducting research, in contrast to clinical professionals, such as doctors and

nurses, who focus primarily on treating individuals after they become sick or injured. It

is also a field that is concerned with limiting health disparities and a large part of public

health is the fight for health care equity, quality, and accessibility.

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Problem Response

Surveillance:What is the

problem?

Risk FactorIdentification:What is the

cause?

InterventionEvaluation:

What works?

Implementation:How do you

do it?

Public Health ApproachPublic Health Approach

Population health approach consists of

1. focusing on the health of populations;2. addressing the determinants of health and their interactions;3. basing decisions on evidence;4. increasing upstream investments;5. applying multiple strategies;6. collaborating across sectors and levels;7. employing mechanisms for public involvement; and8. demonstrating accountability for health outcomes.

Health Canada, Population and Public Health Branch,The Population Health Template: Key Elements and Actions That Define a Population

Health Approach, 2001

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Public health professionals achieve true job satisfaction by knowing they are making

the world a better place.

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