Table of Contents WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS TO VAPING VS SMOKING CIGARETTES
The mission of public health is to "fulfill society's interest in assuring conditions in which people can be healthy." The three core public health functions are: Mission:Promote Physical and Mental Health and Prevent Disease, Injury, and Disability Objectives Prevents epidemics and the spread of disease Protects against environmental hazards Prevents injuries Promotes and encourages healthy behaviors Responds to disasters and assists communities in recovery Assures the quality and accessibility of health services Essential Public Health Services Monitor health status to identify community health problems Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable Assure a competent public health and personal health care workforce Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems Differences between public health and the clinical health There are many distinctions that can be made between public health and the clinical health professions: * While public health is comprised of many professional disciplines such as medicine, dentistry, nursing, optometry, nutrition, social work, environmental sciences, health education, health services administration, and the behavioral sciences, its activities focus on entire populations rather than on individual patients
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