Profiles in Public Health
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Public health is promoting health through a community effort and lowering health threats and disparities.
Public health is the intersection of wellness, medicine, social norms, and policy which seeks to make meaningful changes in individuals and systems.
Public health is about attaining the physical and psychological well being for each and every individual around the globe, through collaboration and partnership among private sectors, community organizations, and public health leaders.
Public health is the ability to look at health issues in a community or population and create/develop solutions that have long-term impacts for promotion of health and prevention of disease.
Public health is gathering the community and interdisciplinary teams together to create an environment that will improve the quality of life for all individuals and provide sustainable tools that will encourage people to live healthier lives.
Public health is making a difference by improving the health of the community as a whole through the application of preventive measures.
Public health is the combination of all factors and determinants that affect an individuals’ health and by association the health of a community.
To me, public health is a field of medicine whose main objectives are not only to prevent disease while promoting health through various methods of treatment and education, but also to identify and understand the specific health needs of a population, to value those needs, and to work to fulfill them.