Summary: Public Health

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• 1 Introduction to public health

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• What are the enablers of PH service delivery?

  The enablers are the building blocks for the functioning PH key core actions. The enablers include:
  

  1. Good Governance
  2. Advocacy
  3. Capacity building
  4. Health Information

• What does the importance of rapid population growth include?

  • Increased talent pool and human capital
  • Higher population guarantees an increased human capital pool,
  • Leading to growth in innovation and technological development.

• Who are considered vulnerable populations?

  Vulnerable populations are individuals who are at greater risk of poor physical and social health status.

• What do social issues refer to?

  Social issues refer to those conditions that have a negative effect on a social group or individuals within the group.

• Why are certain populations considered vulnerable?

  They are considered vulnerable because of disparities in physical, economic, and social health status when compared with the dominant population.

• What has never gone away as a focus of public health?

  The communicable disease never went away as a focus of public health, and there is a recent resurgence in concern over emerging infectious diseases.

• What are some examples of social issues mentioned?

  Poverty, substance use disorders, discrimination based on gender or race, and unequal education opportunities – are just a few social issues examples.

• How can micro-organisms spread directly?

  Directly from person to person.

• What are some examples of emerging infectious diseases mentioned?

  Including HIV/AIDS, pandemic flu, Ebola, Covid -19 and Zika as well as newly drug-resistant diseases, such as staph infections and tuberculosis.

• How has the focus of society-wide concerns expanded in recent decades?

  In recent decades, the focus of society-wide concerns has greatly expanded to include toxic exposures from the physical environment, transportation safety, and the costs of health care.