PUBHLTH 200 Lecture Notes - Fall 2018 Lecture 3 - Advocacy group, Invisibility

• School: U of M
• Department: Public Health
• Course: PUBHLTH 200
• Professor: Dr. Franzblau

Document Summary

Exam 1 lecture goals for public health #1. This includes focusing on the prevention of the disease, ensuring that the provider of care is society, and enduring that the caretaker and patient is that of a community. 3. why is public health important: over a thirty-year gain of life expectancy has been accrued over the last 100 years. Of this, 25 years can be attributed to public health initiatives (such as sanitation, nutrition, and housing), while only five can be attributed to health care. Interest group policies such as big tobacco and soda manufacturers: people want instant gratification. Individual service occurs immediately, while public health initiatives can be long term: people don"t fear future risks. ; people are unmotivated to exercise by the proposition of dying from heart disease because this is far down the line and can be hard to see.