Objectives
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
- Explain the concept of public health
- Discuss the dimensions of public health
- Explain the meaning of public health
- Identify the features of modern public
- Explain public health nursing
- Explain the objectives of public health nursing
- Identify the role of public health
- Discuss the qualities of a public health nurse
- Discuss the scope of public health nursing
Introduction
- Public health is the art and science of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through the organized efforts of society.
- The goal of public health is the biologic, physical, and mental well-being of all members of society.
- Unlike medicine, which focuses on the health of the individual patient, public health focuses on the health of the public in the aggregate.
- To achieve this broad, challenging goal, public health professionals engage in a wide range of functions.
- This function includes;
- biological sciences
- technology
- social sciences and;
- politics.
- Public health professionals utilize these functions to
- anticipate and prevent future problems
- identify current problems
- identify appropriate strategies to resolve these problems
- implement these strategies and;
- to evaluate their effectiveness.
- Public health is a global issue
- It will become even more due to:
- The increasing in interconnectedness of nations through modern communication
- This has resulted in the need to deal with epidemics of communicable and non-communicable diseases and environmental issues that require transnational solutions.
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