What Is Public Health?

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Chapters

0:00 Introduction
1:46 common public health jobs
2:21 The main aims of public health

• Public health is the science of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities.
• It focuses on improving and protecting these communities’ well-being.
• This aim is achieved by promoting healthy lifestyles, keeping a check on child wellness, researching the disease and injury prevention, and detecting, preventing, and responding to infectious diseases, disaster relief, clean water, etc.
• Public health provides aids in crises, such as a devastating hurricane, etc.
• The officials work daily to achieve their objectives.
• They work locally and globally to prevent diseases and injuries.
• Public health initiatives precautions such as:
• vaccinations, family planning, motor vehicle safety laws, and clean air and water
• A public health degree provides a student with a full-fledged foundation in issues that affect the population’s health and healthcare systems, as well as environmental issues.
• You can put your bachelor’s/master’s degree to use in several ways as public health careers are as diverse as the field itself.
• For pursuing your career in public health you can achieve work in the following sectors:
• National, state, and local government
• National and local health agencies and departments
• National, state, and local government
• National and local health agencies and departments
• Nonprofit organizations
• Private health-based organizations and foundations
• Nonprofit organizations
• Private health-based organizations and foundations

Common public health jobs are:
• Community health worker
• Disease investigator
• Environmental health specialist
• Global health professional
• Health officer
• Health policy advisor
• Occupational health and safety specialist
• Public health analyst
• Public health educator
• Public health emergency preparedness and response coordinator
• Public health information officer
• Public health policy coordinator
• Research analyst

The main aims of Public Health are:
• Providing high-quality medical care
• Preventing the spread of sickness and infectious disease.
• Protection against environmental hazards.
• Encouraging healthy behaviors to prevent chronic disease.
• Planning and responding to health emergencies.
• Ensuring the quality and accessibility of health services.
• Updating health policies.
• Collecting, analyzing, and reporting a variety of public health data.