HLTH 4780- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 88 pages long!)
Document Summary
Mapping the issues: public health, law, and ethics. Who- utopian conception of an ideal state of physical and mental health to a more concrete listing of public health practices. Four constructs- a healthy body, high-quality personal relationships, a sense of purpose in life and self-regard and resilience. Iom- public health is what we, as a society, do collectively to assure the conditions for people to be healthy: compare and contrast the narrow and broad conceptualizations of public health. Narrow focus on the immediate risk factors for injury and disease. The role of public health agencies, according to this perspective, is to identify risks or harms and then intervenes to prevent or reduce them. Exercising discrete powers such as surveillance, injury prevention, ensuring the safety of consumer products, and infectious disease control. See public health as an all-embracing enterprise united by the common value of societal well- being.
