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| Public health is the science and art of protecting and improving the health of communities through education, promotion of health, lifestyle, reasearch for disease and injury prevention |
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| The focus of public health is to prevent from problems becoming larger and also a focus on social justice |
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| Health is happiness, low stress levels, active and empowering. Biologically health is when one is absent of symptoms and disease. |
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| The hollistic view of health is also looking athe culture including the enviornment, gender and community- all the afctors which contribute |
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| Health from a philosophical view |
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| Health from a philosophical view is that it is a process where all the energies including balance, movement and interconnection are integrated so it is not just the absence of disease but the inclusion of an individual within their community |
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| W.H.O. defintion of HEALTH |
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| WHO's definition of health is that it is not only the absence of disease but also the complete mental, phsycial and social well being of an individual |
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| 10 Essential public health services |
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Essential public health services include (premmed l(a)ws): policies and plans, research, education to empower ppl,monitoring health status, mobilizing community partnership, evaluation, diagnose/investigate health issues, laws enforced, workers of health care are competent, link people to health services
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| 10 Greatest Public Health Achievements |
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| mmisffft vc: mother/children, motor vehicle safety, infectious disease control,safter workplaces,foods healthier/safer,family planning,flouridation,tobacco, vaccination hazards,coronary hearth disease/stroke decline |
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| Martha Campbell - Venture strategies |
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PPH: Postpartum Hemorrhage
Venture Strategies is a non-profit organization which aims to distribute drugs to thrid world countries to prevent PPH. This occurs because there is a significant loss of blood which is the leading cause of maternal mortality
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| Caitlin went to Ethiopia to measure maternal mortality for civil vital registration in order to determine a countries MMR: maternal mortality rate which is an indicator of a countries health care system. MMR does not include accidental, incidental, miscarraiges or abortions. It is within 42 days of giving birth. The most common MMR is bleeding, hemorraging, infection, obstruction. |
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