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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Which additional groups now receive more attention in public health?

  While these groups remain important to public health, additional groups now receive more attention, including the disabled, the frail elderly, and those without health insurance.

• What is a population according to the slide?

  A population is the complete set group of individuals, whether that group comprises a nation or a group of people with a common characteristic.