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public health

n.
The science and practice of protecting and improving the health of a community, as by preventive medicine, health education, control of communicable diseases, application of sanitary measures, and monitoring of environmental hazards.
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pub′lic health′


n.
health services to improve and protect community health, esp. preventive medicine, immunization, and sanitation.
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pub·lic health

n. salubridad pública, rama de la medicina que se dedica a la atención social, física y mental de los miembros de una comunidad.
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"And continue to be a menace to the public health wherever you are," Doctor Masters broke in, already visioning a column in the evening papers, with scare-heads, in which he would appear the hero, the St.
No less striking was the progress in public health and the increase in human happiness due to the enormous advance in the sciences of medicine, surgery, and hygiene.
Many a bond election was yet to rip the town in two, with the retired farmers, whose children were grown and through school, satisfied with things as they were and parents of the new generation demanding gymnasiums, tennis courts, victrolas, domestic science laboratories, a public health nurse and individual lockers.
This interface is important since primary care practitioners are a key intermediary for public health interventions to reach the public, as well as an essential source of information for public health analysis and action.
From the Institute of Medicine at the National Academies, this report on law, policy, and public health examines the recent history of public health debate in the United States and explores the ways in which government can enact policy that ensures and promotes the continued and improved proliferation of public health services.
Moving Public Health Structures forward in West Virginia
The UK Faculty of Public Health, Association of Directors of Public Health and Royal Society for Public Health have written to the prime minister to express their concerns.
The use of systems research has also been gaining increasing momentum in public health. In 2003, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), through collaboration with partners, established a consensus-based public health system research agenda.
Greater engagement between bioethicists and public health researchers and practitioners could lead to more open discussions of the role that values can and should play in shaping public health policy and informing public health practice.
The Public Health Workforce Investment Act, HR 2231, creates a new program of scholarships and loan repayments as incentives for public-health graduates to enter the public-health workforce.
In recent years, public health has undergone a notable resurgence in visibility among both policy makers and the public at large.
As organizations and individuals engaged in improving health on a daily basis, we are deeply committed to ensuring that our nation's public health system is equipped to address both the basic health care needs of its citizens and the emergency preparedness needs of a post 9/11 world.
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