Criteria/definition of public health.
Select one (1) everyday example of something that exemplifies public health based on your knowledge gained reading/viewing course materials.
Reply to this discussion and make sure you:
Include a picture or video that represents your example (ideally this picture was taken by you but you may also clip images from the Web).
Briefly describe what you have represented and how this meets your criteria/definition of public health.
Identify which of the 10 Essential Public Health Services (more than one can be cited) are being represented by your example.
Sample Solution
The world’s population is today confronted by multiple health problems.Certain problems present an immediate threat to health, whereas others are persistent, long-term problems with relatively stable incidence and prevalence among the populations they affect. Examples of the former include influenza epidemics and hurricanes; the latter include atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and colon cancer. Health problems also vary for different populations and settings, and an immediate threat among one population might be a chronic problem among another. For example, an outbreak of malaria in the United States in 2006 would be an immediate threat, but malaria in Africa is a chronic problem.
