HSS 2321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Coronary Artery Disease, Opioid Epidemic, Yellow Fever

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HSS 2321
• Professor: Brieanne Olibris

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Sociopolitical and economic perspectives in health lecture 12. What is public health? (cid:862)the art a(cid:374)d s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e of pre(cid:448)e(cid:374)ti(cid:374)g disease, prolo(cid:374)gi(cid:374)g life and promoting health through the orga(cid:374)ized efforts of so(cid:272)iety(cid:863) (cid:894)a(cid:272)heso(cid:374), (cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1013)(cid:1012)(cid:895). What does public health look like: public health consists of activities that seek to create or maintain conditions in which people can maintain their health, improve their health, or prevent deterioration of their health (who. Regional office for europe, 2018: public health activities can be targeted at the general population, certain populations, and include individual-level provision of services (e. g. vaccines) What is population health? (cid:862)the health out(cid:272)o(cid:373)es of a group of i(cid:374)di(cid:448)iduals, i(cid:374)(cid:272)ludi(cid:374)g the distri(cid:271)utio(cid:374) of su(cid:272)h out(cid:272)o(cid:373)es (cid:449)ithi(cid:374) the group(cid:863) (cid:894)ki(cid:374)dig & toddart, (cid:1006)(cid:1004)(cid:1004)(cid:1007), p. (cid:1007)(cid:1012)(cid:1004)(cid:895) In-class assignment (cid:858)how does populatio(cid:374) health differ fro(cid:373) pu(cid:271)li(cid:272) health, health pro(cid:373)otio(cid:374), a(cid:374)d so(cid:272)ial epide(cid:373)iology? (cid:859)**: social epidemiology is a branch of epidemiology that focuses particularly on the effects of social-structural factors on states of health.