1 BUILDING A ROADMAP FOR HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS INTEROPERABILITY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH (Public Health Uses of Electronic Health Record Data) WHITE PAPER 2007 2 CONTENTS List of Authors: PHDSC - IHE Task Force Participants ……………………………………3 Executive Summary……………………………………………………………………………5 What is Public Health?....................................................................................................6 Mission……………………………………………………………………………………..……..6 Stakeholders……………………………………………………………………………
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Access to Health‚ 13e (Donatelle) Chapter 1 Accessing Your Health 1) Which of the following individual choices has a major effect on both current health and projected life expectancy? A) Genetic tendency toward obesity. B) Pollution C) Level of education D) Smoking Answer: D Diff: 2 Page Ref: 3 Skill: Analyzing 2) The medical model of health would most likely focus on which of the following? A) Controlling air and water pollution B) Lifestyle interventions to prevent chronic
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What is public health? What makes a good public health practitioner? Word count: 658 The health of an individual is highly determined by the health of the population in defined settings. Therefore‚ we should widen our vision to go beyond the individual level and incorporate the health of the population i.e. public health. Public health is more about collective actions and implies the science and the art of enabling‚ and organizing the community so as to prevent disease‚ prolong life and promote
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NAME: STUDENT NO: COURSE NAME: PUBLIC HEALTH (SYB 126) WHY IS PUBLIC HEALTH IMPORTANT Your health is determined not only by your own genetics and personal choices‚ but also by the environment around you. We all strive to live long‚ healthy lives and where we live‚ work and play affects our health. If you care about your health‚ the length and quality of your life‚ and the health and lives of your friends and family‚ then you should care about public health and the one week out of the year dedicated
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NUR 408 Epidemiology: Global and Public Health March 25‚ 2012 Bonnie Copland‚ RN‚ PHN‚ MSN The purpose of this paper is to describe the history of public health‚ including pertinent dates and significant events and the different aspects of public and community-based health. Public health is the science and art of preventing disease‚ prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society‚ organizations‚ public and private‚ communities and individuals
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Aspects of Public Health Public Health: “the science and art of preventing disease‚ prolonging life‚ and promoting health through the organized efforts of society” – Sir Donald Acheson‚ Public Health in England‚ 1988. The health of the public has been a national concern for as long as there has been civilization. The reason for this is that when the public are generally unhealthy they cannot work as well and therefore that nation cannot advance socially‚ economically or intellectually‚ that is until
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CHALLENGES OF PUBLIC HEALTH CORE FUNCTIONS AND PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA BY DR. OLAWEPO‚ OLATAYO‚ A. PH. 10‚273 DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE FACULTY OF MEDICINE AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY‚ ZARIA MAY 2012 INTRODUCTION C.E.A Winslow‚ one of the leading figures in the history of public health‚ in 1920‚ defined public health as “the science and art of preventing disease‚ prolonging life and promoting health and efficiency through organized
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Task 3 – Public Health There are many different ways of promoting and protecting public health‚ these vary from health promotion and activities to specific protection. The most common and obvious way to promote public health is through the media‚ for example making advertisement for the television or the radio‚ and through using news updates. Another common way of promoting public health is through the internet‚ as well as advertisement on web pages‚ there are also many easy to use websites
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Public Health Promotion Strategy of Lhuntse Introduction Public health is the first priority of a nation as health is the chief priority to man. According to the American Public Health Association‚ APHA(2001)‚ public health as the practice of preventing diseases and promoting good health within groups of people from small communities to entire countries. The functions of public health include preventing epidemics‚ monitoring health status of the population‚ developing policies and laws to protect
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The subject of this essay however‚ is whether or not it is a Public Health issue. We will argue strongly that it is and produce evidence to support this stance. The Wanless Report (2002 ) defines Public Health as The science and art of preventing disease‚ prolonging life and promoting health through organised efforts and informed choices of society‚ organisations - public and private‚ communities and individuals On that basis we would suggest that the argument is already made since there is
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