The role of different pillars of public health

1. ROLE OFVARIOUS
DISCIPLINES IN
PUBLIC HEALTH
DrTanveer Rehman
Senior Resident
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2. Public health
“The science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting
health and efficiency through organized community effort” – CEAWinslow
■ We as a society do collectively to assure that people be healthy
■ Medical health – individual, diagnosis, treatment
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4. Ignaz Semmelweis
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5. Epidemiology
■ Distributions and determinants of disease at the population level
■ Detection, causes, and control of infectious disease epidemics
■ Skills in epidemiological research and quantitative methods
■ Various study design strengths and limitations.
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8. Biostatistics
■ Data management, analysis, and presentation of public health data
■ Applying mathematical and statistical formulas to solve public health
problems.
■ Techniques and methods for calculating population-based statistics
using different software packages.
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11. Health Policy and Management
■ Public health planning, organization, administration management,
evaluation, and policy analysis
■ Delivery, quality, and costs of healthcare for individuals and populations
from a managerial and a policy perspective
■ Legal and ethical considerations of public health programs.
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13. Environmental Health Science
■ Biological, physical, and chemical factors that affect the health of
populations
■ Potential impact of environmental agents on health, regulatory
approaches to environmental hazards, and preventative management
approaches.
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16. Social and Behavioural Sciences
■ Concepts/methods of social and behavioural sciences concerned with
individual public health and well-being, globally and domestically
■ Physical, social, and cultural factors that shape individual and
community health
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18. SUMMARY
1. EPIDEMIOLOGY
2. BIOSTATISTICS
3. HEALTH POLICY & MANAGEMENT
4. ENVIRONMENT HEALTH SCIENCE
5. SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
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19. THANKYOU
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