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Chapter Three: An Introduction To Public Health
Chapter Three: An Introduction To Public Health
Chapter Three: An Introduction To Public Health
Chapter Three
An Introduction to Public
Health
Reflection of Last Session
What did you learn?
Life Expectancy
Definition of Health
promote health.
Friends & Family
individual
Image from CDC’s Public Health101 http://www.cdc.gov/nphpsp/essentialservices.html
Public Health Information and
Analysis
Existing government data
• Read Chapter 4
Resources:
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digital-drugs-binaural-beats by digitalbob8 is licensed under CC BY 2.0
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What is Public Health? by Global Health with Greg Martin is licensed under a Standard YouTube License
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Public Health System is from the Public Health Practice Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ,
National Public Health Performance Standards Program, User Guide (first edition), 2002. (Current version available at
www.cdc.gov/nphpsp)
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Inequation is available in the public domain.
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Vandalised by KylaBorg is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Acknowledgements:
Adapted from the Foundations for Community Health Workers, 2 nd Edition (Berthold) with
permission from Wiley Publishing by the
Institute of Workforce Innovation of the Metropolitan Community College Kansas City and the
Workforce Solutions Group of St. Louis Community College.
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