Question

positive and negative influences on public health

Answer 1

POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE INFLUENCES ON PUBLIC HEALTH

PUBLIC HEALTH

the term public health came into general use during 1840. Public health act put forward by England, in 1848 described public health as protection, promotion and restoration of people's health

Definition (according to WHO's expert committee on public health administration )

"The science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health and efficiency through organized community efforts for the sanitation of the environment, the control of communicable infections, the education of the individual in personal hygiene, the organization of medical and nursing services for early diagnosis and preventive treatment of disease, and the development of social machinary to ensure for every individual, a standard of living adequate for the maintenance of health, so organizing these benefits as to enable every citizen to realize his birth right of health and longevity "

POSITIVE INFLUENCES ON PUBLIC HEALTH

Scientific advancements

Improved living standards

Industrialization and modernization

Higher literacy rate of feneral public

Better sanitary conditions

Improved sanitary conditions

Proper health laws

Improved nutrition

Better income paid to health care workers

National and international organizations such as WHO, Harvard health

NEGATIVE HEALTH INFLUENCES ON PUBLIC HEALTH

poor sanitary conditions

Poor standard of living

Population explosion in developing countries. This lead to overall poor living conditions and difficulty to reach public health actions to all

Political influences. Non transparent political influences may hinder the activities by organizations

Social media influences (Propaganda against public health activities such as vaccinations, especially in developing countries can harm public health)

Currently, the Public health activities are engaged in the broad concept of HEALTH FOR ALL, which aims to provide adequate health facilities to all people irrespective of any disparities. Improving the positive influences and minimizing the negative influences will help to achieve the same, very fast