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Philosophy of Public Health: Ramadhan Tosepu.,SKM.,M.Kes.,Ph.D
Philosophy of Public Health: Ramadhan Tosepu.,SKM.,M.Kes.,Ph.D
Ramadhan
Tosepu.,SKM.,M.Kes.,Ph.D
OBJECTIVE
To state definitions of health
To state definitions and scopes of public health,
preventive medicine, social medicine, &
community medicine
To describe scientific approaches used in public
health
To describe goals and strategies of public health
Definition of Health ….
a state of relative equilibrium of body form and
function which results from its successful dynamic
adjustment to forces tending to disturb it. It is not
passive interplay between body substance and forces
impinging upon it but an active response of body forces
working toward readjustment (Perkins, 1938)
(Winslow, 1920)
DEFINITION OF PUBLIC HEALTH (cont’d)
Through
Intercepting disease
Processes by community
& individual action
Epidemiology
Biostatistics
Environmental health
Social sciences
Demographic science
Ultimate goal of public health
The prevention of disease
The promotion of health
2. Intervention:
1. reducing the number of individuals
2. susceptible to infectious & chronic disease
3. treating people early in the course of disease
4. modifying the environment
5. promoting healthy behavior of both