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Purpose of Public
Health
• Provide disease
control and prevention
• Assure air and water
quality
• Promote healthy
lifestyles
• PROMOTE HEALTH
& REDUCE HEALTH
Question 1
• What was the
average life
expectancy for men
and women in the
year 1900 in the
United States?
– A. 46 / 48
– B. 75 / 89
– C. 100 / 100
– D. 67 / 71
Question 1
The Correct Answer
is A. The average life
expectancy in the
year 1900 was
46.3 - Males
48.3 - Females
1998
73.8 - Males
79.5 - Females
People are living longer!
Drugs and medical care
+5 years
Public Health impact
+25 years
Question 2 Which plot point coincides
with an epidemic?
D A C
Public Health achievements in the 20th century
Immunizations
have virtually
eliminated:
Smallpox
Diphtheria
Pertussis
Tetanus
Polio
Measles
Rubella
Public Health achievements in
the 20th century
Just imagine, in 1900, over 30% of
all deaths occurred among children
younger than 5 years old, primarily
from infectious diseases.
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Safe and
healthier foods
are now commonplace
because of:
Hand washing
Sanitation
Refrigeration
Pasteurization
Pest control
Healthier animal
care, feeding,
and processing
Improved food
supply safety
Fluoridation
Primary factor in the
decline of tooth decay
Benefits all, regardless
of age, education, or
income
Question 4 Which of the following is
the leading cause of death in the
United States?
A C
B D
Question 4 Which of the following is
the leading cause of death in the
United States?
A C
B D
A
Since 1950, age-adjusted death rates
from cardiovascular disease have
declined 60%, representing one of
the most important public health
achievements of the 20th century.
Despite the remarkable progress,
heart disease and stroke remain
leading causes of disability and
death in our country.
Workplace Safety
• Work-related health problems, e.g. coal workers'
pneumoconiosis (black lung), and silicosis --
common at the beginning of the century -- have
come under better control
• Severe injuries and deaths related to mining,
manufacturing, construction, and transportation also
decreased
• Since 1980, safer workplaces have resulted in a
reduction of approximately 40% in the rate of fatal
occupational injuries
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Conclusions.
• Medicine and public health
advance together with its styles of
action.
• If yesterday we dedicated
ourselves to patient and risk,
today is necessary to see people
in his integrity, with a human and
holistic base, harnessing his
capacities, so that it can face the
challenges of environment.
Conclusions...
• If we yesterday saw the
person in a clinical frame
today we must see it
beyond its surroundings: in
the scope that lives, studies
or work, with a holistic and
integrating approach.
• Enable and to do
participates person, the
community as far as health
self-management (Health
promotion): this it is defied
that public health
professionals should face.
Thank you
Please feel free to reach out
to myself via email with any
questions.
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