Abstract: This book describes the public health system in broad strokes in order to focus the reader on basic public health goals, principles, structures, and practices. Public health shares with the clinical professions a fundamental caring for humanity through concern for health. For these reasons, public health is sometimes viewed as a type of clinical profession. Primary prevention intends to prevent the development of disease and the occurrence of injury, and thus, to reduce their incidence in the population. The central focus of clinical professions is to restore health or prevent exacerbation of health problems. The health care system undoubtedly has its smallest impact on primary prevention, once again that group of interventions that focus on preventing disease, illness, and injury from occurring. The control of an infectious disease outbreak is an example of the promise of public health collective action that prevents the occurrence of disease, disability, and premature death by assuring conditions in which people can be healthy. Among the programs administered by the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion is the Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant program, which provides funds to state-level agencies to support both public health agency capacity development and chronic disease prevention programs. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is the lead federal agency charged with improving the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. Unintentional injuries are a leading cause of death in the United States among all age, race, and ethnic groups, and motor vehicle accidents are the foremost cause of unintentional injuries. Good leadership is essential for the well-being of any organization, including public health.
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-07-01
Language: en
Type: book
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