public health

Examples of public health in the following topics:

• Public Health

  • The role of public health is to improve the quality of society by protecting people from disease.
  • In the United States, the front line of public health initiatives is state and local health departments.
  • Modern public health is often concerned with addressing determinants of health across a population.
  • For example in the United States, the front line of public health initiatives is state and local health departments.
  • In Canada, the Public Health Agency of Canada is the national agency responsible for public health, emergency preparedness and response, and infectious and chronic disease control and prevention.

• Introducing Health Psychology

  • Health psychology is the application of psychological theory and research to health, illness, and healthcare.
  • Health psychology addresses individual and population-level issues across four domains: clinical, public, community, and critical (social justice).
  • Public health psychology investigates potential causal links between psychosocial factors and health at the population level.
  • Public health psychologists present research results on epidemiological findings related to health behaviors to educators, policy makers, and health care providers in order to promote public health initiatives for at-risk groups.
  • Community health psychology investigates community factors that contribute to the health and well-being.

• Education and Health

  • Health literacy is of continued and increasing concern for health professionals, as it is a primary factor behind health disparities.
  • There are many factors that determine the health literacy level of health education materials or other health interventions.
  • Health literacy skills are not only a problem in the public.
  • Health care professionals (doctors, nurses, public health workers) can also have poor health literacy skills, such as a reduced ability to clearly explain health issues to patients and the public.
  • Demonstrate the impact of health literacy on access to and understanding of health care issues, especially for certain social groups

• Health Crises

• Occupational Health and Safety

  • Occupational safety and health (OSH) is an interdisciplinary area concerned with protecting the safety, health, and welfare of people engaged in work.
  • Moral obligations involve the protection of an employee's life and health.
  • While physical health is usually the focus here, it is important to note that mental, emotional, and environmental health are relevant to this field as well.
  • In the United States, the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 created both the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
  • Department of Health and Human Services, is focused on research, information, education, and training in occupational safety and health.

• Aging and Health

  • While aging is often associated with declining health, current research suggests there are some things people can do to remain healthy longer into old age.
  • For instance, maintaining a positive attitude has been shown to be correlated with better health among the elderly.
  • Older individuals with more positive attitudes and emotions engage in less risky behavior and have lower levels of stress, both of which are correlated with better health.

• Health Care Policy

  • The government primarily provides health insurance for public sector employees. 60-65 percent of healthcare provisions and spending comes from programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, the Children's Health Insurance Program, and the Veterans Health Administration.
  • Additionally, the federal law ensures public access to emergency services regardless of the ability to pay.
  • Nevertheless, as the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has pointed out, the total U.S. public expenditure for this limited population would, in most other OECD countries, be enough for the government to provide primary health insurance for the entire population.
  • In most OECD countries, there is a high degree of public ownership and public finance.
  • The United States, as a matter of oft-stated public policy, largely does not regulate prices of services from private providers, assuming the private sector could do it better.

• Mental Health

  • Different classes have different levels of access to treatment and encounter different mental health stressors.
  • Mental health describes a level of psychological well-being or the presence/absence of a mental disorder.
  • Members of different social classes often hold different views on mental health.
  • Similarly, different social classes have different levels of access to mental health interventions and to information about mental health.
  • Define mental health and explain why it is regarded as a socially constructed concept

• Global Health

  • Global health is the health of populations in a global context and transcends the perspectives and concerns of individual nations.
  • Global health is the health of populations in a global context and transcends the perspectives and concerns of individual nations.
  • The application of these principles to the domain of mental health is called global mental health.
  • The major international agency for health is the World Health Organization (WHO) .
  • Some perceive the immunization and prevention of disease to be a form of public democracy, others view it as a moral duty or an investment in self-protection.

• Gender Inequality in Health Care

  • Gender discrimination in health care could be changing in the United States.
  • In January of 2012, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, announced that all health care plans were required to provide coverage for contraceptives approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
  • Whereas services for male reproductive health, such as Viagra, are considered to be a standard part of health care, women's reproductive health services are called into question.
  • In the context of the 2012 contraceptive mandate debate, health care professionals' assessments that contraception is an integral component for women's health care, regardless of sexual activity, went largely unaddressed.
  • This bill is seen as a vital step in combating gender inequalities in the health care system.