Question

What is the role of Public Health at the community and national levels. What do you believe are the most important Essential Public Health Functions, why they are important in concept and practice.

Answer 1

The role of the Public Health is to ensure the healthy community. National funding can provide many resources to ensure the health status of the community.

1) Evaluation and health status: The data of health status of public should be collected to understand the need and proper management of the healthy life. The data can be used to guide the policy and programs.

2) Problem Investigation: This can be done by collecting data of the particular community, region, area to insure the health problem and its cure. Investigating the number of people facing problems regarding the health.

3) Threats to public health: This is one of the best way to know the health status of the people by finding out the threats or cause of the out break of the disease. By monitoring and keen observation on the public health can leads to find out the reason behind the threat. Finally, trying to reduce the threat.

3) Prevention program and health promotion: Conducting prevention programs such as by giving guidelines may help people to prevent themselves from getting ill. Supporting the environment changes to promote health as planting more trees, drinking clean water, proper sanitization, etc.

4) Social participation: Organising programs and encouraging people to participate in the health programs may decrease the lack of infromation of the disease.

5) Planing and management: These work can be accomplished only when everything should be planned and managed properly.

6) Education: Due to lack of education many people don't understand the problem, as they are unaware of the surroundings. This cause outbreak of dissease. A routine check up should be held so that health status can be easily determined.