What is Public Health? Crash Course Public Health #1

We often think of health as a self-centric phenomenon that begins and ends with "me", but as we'll explore throughout this series our personal health is just one plot line in a rich story of evolving research and policies that make up the world of public health. So what is public health anyway? Well, public health is an approach to preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health for literally everyone. It is a money-saving, life-extending, world-bettering cheat code for improving the world, so we'll spend the rest of this series examining how and where it is working, where it isn't working, and how so much of our health is influenced by the world around us.

Chapters:
Introduction: Public Health 00:00
Prevention 03:18
Population Health 5:02
Health Inequities 6:35
Solving Health Inequities 8:05
Cost of Public Health 9:41
Review & Credits 11:37

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[sterliingsilver]

Aw man, I just finished my Public Health Nursing course! I could have totally used this. This series looks really interesting regardless!

[xessenceofinsanityx]

It's good to see crash course covering this! It feels like I've spent the last two years fighting both individuals and organisations on the importance of prevention. Hopefully with a bit of a better understanding, people will realise we're actually trying to help.

Now if only I could get the government to watch this...

[HeyitsHannahNguyen]

not me, a senior public health major, watching this video so i'm prepared when someone ask what is my degree for

[kainingyao]

Here's an interesting linguistic fact: did you know that the word "salute" comes from the Latin word that means "safety" or "good health"? A pretty fitting word to describe a formal greeting or expression of respect, since it means to pray for good health to whoever is being saluted. Variants of this word also appear in Romance languages for casually greeting others. The same Latin root also gave way to words like "salvage" and "salvation".

[indubitablyzara]

I'm so excited for this series as someone who works in public health translation and dissemination! Woot woot!

[collapserelapse]

This course is very timely, I've recently gotten really interested in this subject and am seriously considering getting a master's degree in global public health starting next year, so the timing couldn't be better :) looking forward to this!!

[aida]

I took General Psych II and now currently taking Child Psych & Development and professor mostly uses Crash Course videos, really information❤️al🥰!!

[Aranlia]

As a public health professional and a longtime Crash Course subscriber, I'm really excited for this new series!

[ThethManRules]

Public health are action words, like "I love you". It's not just stringing words together, it's a specific set of actions that proves, through deeds, what you say.

The U.S. health care system says "I don't love you, I don't particularly care about you, but depending on your wealth, the quality of my service is directly commensurate with how much you can pay".

[gctv]

This was so great!! At last! A Public Health series from Crash Course!! Definitely reliable reference for my students. Thank you!☺️

[jeannewynneherring]

Yay! So happy to see you on crash course, Vanessa!! I've always loved your videos and excited to see you on another one if my favorite channels!

[TheGFeather]

It's great to see you on Crash Course Vanessa! I had no idea you were working on this project. Looking forward to more :)

[melanietimms]

Me, an Australian, being super shocked hearing an Australian accent on Crash Course hahah

[themasquesaco]

My mothers life was saved 2 times by the public health system, and we spent no money. Obviously this is paid eith everyones taxes, but it's completely worth, everyone pays a bit, and any person can benefit of practically anything they need, even foreigners can have it for free if they're here. My family would NEVER be able to afford the amount of money it would have costed in a private hospital, and this is the reality for almost everyone in my country.
My mother gets a ridiculously expensive medication for free too, and it makes her life quality a lot better.
These people making others fear the taxes or anything just to keep paying TO LIVE is just a proof of how brainwashed people are by this sick system.

[ubaidullahibashir]

Am a Student of public health at Daffodil international university, I enjoy this course. Thank you

[xessenceofinsanityx]

11:08 someone should send this to the UK government, who just cut 60% of their public health workforce

[EVEspinosa]

I think it is telling than in the USA public health means "Promoting and protecting people's health", while, according to the UN's International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which was signed by the USA on Oct 5th 1977, health, as a human right is about ensuring the access and enjoyment of THE HIGHEST ATTAINABLE STANDARD OF HEALTH.

[Ahjusshi_Brown]

Not you guys starting a public health crash course series right before I start grad school for public health 😲

[zunigaruth]

Great video! I look forward for more videos in this series.

[Kate-qhsd]

Love love love y'all's videos. You should do a series on finances! It's so commonly misunderstood.