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Public Health

 

define ph and major ph problems listed

Def. of health--WHO (world health organization w/ headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland)interanation agency created in 1945, proposed by Brazil during UN meeting in San Fransico, seconded by US, has been working to understand and control health problems around the world

 

Fxns of WHO

-on a handout

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity; that enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being w/o distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic or social condition and that achievement of any state in the promotion and protection of health is of value to all.

 

Public Health

science and art of:

      1. preventing disease

      2.  prolonging life

      3.  promotin health and efficiency through organized community effort for:

            a.  sanitationof the environment

            b.  control of communicalbe diseases

            c.  education of the individual in personal hygiene

            d.  organization of medical and nursing services for early diagnosis and prevention of disease

            e.  the development of social machinery to insure everyone a standard of living adequate for the maintenance of health

 

Population - 6 billion people on Earth

USA 270 million, w/ 2.5 million gain in 1998

expected to double in 90 years

world is expected to double in 37 years

Latin America in 25 years

growing at 0.9% yearly

US is leaser of More Developed Countries(Canada, UK, Switzerland, Western Europe, Japan)80% of the resources(upper 70's)

Less Developed Countries--rest of the world(China, India, Africa) 80% of the world's population, low life expectancy(50's), high mortality, poor standard of living

Eastern Europe and Russia are 2nd world Countries

 

Major Causes of Death-Sickness handout