public health
Also known as public aspects of medicine, community health, health service, public health service, public hygiene, social hygiene, public health science
science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals
AI overview
Public health is the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through organized efforts involving society, organizations, communities, and individuals working together. It matters because these coordinated efforts and informed choices help keep entire populations healthy and protected from illness.
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Research
11,333,567 papers- Twenty years with the public health intervention wheel: Evidence for practice.Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.) · 2022Schaffer MA, Strohschein S, Glavin KDOI: 10.1111/phn.12941
- [Public Health Communication Studies in Japan].ReviewNihon eiseigaku zasshi. Japanese journal of hygiene · 2021Suka MDOI: 10.1265/jjh.21006
- Ethics and public health.ReviewInternal medicine journal · 2004Leeder SRDOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2004.00643.x
- The new public health.ReviewAnnual review of public health · 1993Frenk JDOI: 10.1146/annurev.pu.14.050193.002345
Article
Public health is "the science of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". Analyzing the determinants of health of a population and the threats it faces is the basis for public health. The public can be as small as a handful of people or as large as a village or an entire city; in the case of a pandemic it may encompass several continents. The concept of health takes into account physical, psychological, and social well-being, among other factors.
Public health is an interdisciplinary field. For example, epidemiology, biostatistics, social sciences and management of health services are all relevant. Other important sub-fields include environmental health, community health, behavioral health, health economics, public policy, mental health, health education, health politics, occupational safety, disability, oral health, gender issues in health, and sexual and reproductive health.