PBH 101: Chapter 12
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1. Public Health Goals: 1. To prevent epidemics and the spread of disease;
2. To protect against environmental hazards; 3. To prevent injuries;
4. To promote and encourage healthy behaviors;
5. To respond to disasters and assist communities in recover; 6. To ensure the quality and accessibility of health services
2. 3 core functions of public health: assessment, policy development, assurance
3. Assessment: A core public health function that includes obtaining data that defines the health of the overall
population and specific groups within the population, including defining the nature of new and persisting health
problems
4. Policy development: A core public health function that includes developing evidence-based recommen-
dations and other analyses of options, such as health policy analysis, to guide implementation, including efforts to
educate and mobilize community partnerships to implement these policies
5. Assurance: A core public health function that includes governmental public health's oversight responsibility for
ensuring that key components of an effective health system, including health care and public health, are in place even
though the implementation will often be performed by others.
6. 10 essential public health services: 1. Monitor health status to identify and solve community health
problems.
2. Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community.
3. Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues.
4. Mobilize community partnerships and action to identify and solve health problems.
5. Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts.
6. Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety.
7. Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable.
8. Assure competent public and personal health care workforce.
9. Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services.
10. Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems.
7. Monitor health status to identify and solve community health problems: This
service includes accurate diagnosis of the community's health status; identification of threats to health and assessment
of health service needs; timely collection, analysis, and publication of information on access, utilization, costs, and
outcomes of personal health services; attention to the vital statistics and health status of specific groups that are at a
higher risk than the total population; and collaboration to manage integrated information systems with private providers
and health benefit plans
-Examples: Vital statistics Health surveysSurveillance, including reportable diseases
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8. Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the com-
munity: This service includes epidemiologic identification of emerging health threats; public health laboratory
capability using modern technology to conduct rapid screening and high-volume testing; active communicable disease
epidemiology programs; and technical capacity for epidemiologic investigation of disease outbreaks and patterns of
chronic disease and injury.
-Example: Epidemic investigations CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service State public health laboratories
9. Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues: This service includes socia
marketing and media communications; providing accessible health information resources at community levels; active
collaboration with personal healthcare providers to reinforce health promotion messages and programs; and joint
health education programs with schools, churches, and worksites.
Example: Health education campaigns, such as comprehensive state tobacco programs
10. Mobilize community partnerships and action to identify and solve health
problems: This service includes convening and facilitating community groups and associations, including those
not typically considered to be health-related, in undertaking defined preventive, screening, rehabilitation, and support
programs; and skilled coalition-building to draw upon the full range of potential human and material resources in the
cause of community health.
-Example: Lead control programs: testing and follow-up of children, reduction of lead exposure, educational followup,
and addressing causes
11. Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health
efforts: This service requires leadership development at all levels of public health; systematic community- and
state-level planning for health improvement in all jurisdictions; tracking of measurable health objectives as a part of
continuous quality improvement strategies; joint evaluation with the medical/healthcare system to define consistent
policy regarding prevention and treatment services; and development of codes, regulations, and legislation to guide
public health practice
-Example: Newborn screening and follow-up programs for phenylketonuria (PKU) and other genetic and congenital
diseases
12. Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety: This service
involves full enforcement of sanitary codes, especially in the food industry; full protection of drinking water supplies;
enforcement of clean air standards; timely follow-up of hazards, preventable injuries, and exposurerelated diseases
identified in occupational and community settings; monitoring quality of medical services (e.g., laboratory, nursing
home, and home health care); and timely review of new drug, biological and medical device applications.
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1. Public Health Goals: 1. To prevent epidemics and the spread of disease;
2. To protect against environmental hazards; 3. To prevent injuries;
4. To promote and encourage healthy behaviors;
5. To respond to disasters and assist communities in recover; 6. To ensure the quality and accessibility of health services
2. 3 core functions of public health: assessment, policy development, assurance
3. Assessment: A core public health function that includes obtaining data that defines the health of the overall
population and specific groups within the population, including defining the nature of new and persisting health
problems
4. Policy development: A core public health function that includes developing evidence-based recommen-
dations and other analyses of options, such as health policy analysis, to guide implementation, including efforts to
educate and mobilize community partnerships to implement these policies
5. Assurance: A core public health function that includes governmental public health's oversight responsibility for
ensuring that key components of an effective health system, including health care and public health, are in place even
though the implementation will often be performed by others.
6. 10 essential public health services: 1. Monitor health status to identify and solve community health
problems.
2. Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community.
3. Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues.
4. Mobilize community partnerships and action to identify and solve health problems.
5. Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts.
6. Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety.
7. Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable.
8. Assure competent public and personal health care workforce.
9. Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services.
10. Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems.
7. Monitor health status to identify and solve community health problems: This
service includes accurate diagnosis of the community's health status; identification of threats to health and assessment
of health service needs; timely collection, analysis, and publication of information on access, utilization, costs, and
outcomes of personal health services; attention to the vital statistics and health status of specific groups that are at a
higher risk than the total population; and collaboration to manage integrated information systems with private providers
and health benefit plans
-Examples: Vital statistics Health surveysSurveillance, including reportable diseases
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8. Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the com-
munity: This service includes epidemiologic identification of emerging health threats; public health laboratory
capability using modern technology to conduct rapid screening and high-volume testing; active communicable disease
epidemiology programs; and technical capacity for epidemiologic investigation of disease outbreaks and patterns of
chronic disease and injury.
-Example: Epidemic investigations CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service State public health laboratories
9. Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues: This service includes socia
marketing and media communications; providing accessible health information resources at community levels; active
collaboration with personal healthcare providers to reinforce health promotion messages and programs; and joint
health education programs with schools, churches, and worksites.
Example: Health education campaigns, such as comprehensive state tobacco programs
10. Mobilize community partnerships and action to identify and solve health
problems: This service includes convening and facilitating community groups and associations, including those
not typically considered to be health-related, in undertaking defined preventive, screening, rehabilitation, and support
programs; and skilled coalition-building to draw upon the full range of potential human and material resources in the
cause of community health.
-Example: Lead control programs: testing and follow-up of children, reduction of lead exposure, educational followup,
and addressing causes
11. Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health
efforts: This service requires leadership development at all levels of public health; systematic community- and
state-level planning for health improvement in all jurisdictions; tracking of measurable health objectives as a part of
continuous quality improvement strategies; joint evaluation with the medical/healthcare system to define consistent
policy regarding prevention and treatment services; and development of codes, regulations, and legislation to guide
public health practice
-Example: Newborn screening and follow-up programs for phenylketonuria (PKU) and other genetic and congenital
diseases
12. Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety: This service
involves full enforcement of sanitary codes, especially in the food industry; full protection of drinking water supplies;
enforcement of clean air standards; timely follow-up of hazards, preventable injuries, and exposurerelated diseases
identified in occupational and community settings; monitoring quality of medical services (e.g., laboratory, nursing
home, and home health care); and timely review of new drug, biological and medical device applications.
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