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	PUBLIC HEALTH,
		Public health includes four major areas: (1) the promotion of positive health and vitality; (2) the prevention of infectious and noninfectious disease as well as injury; (3) the organization and provision of services for diagnosis and treatment of illness; and (4) the rehabilitation of sick and disabled persons to their highest possible level of function.
		Essential aspects of health were woven into daily activities, including personal hygiene, health education, exercise, codes of conduct and self-discipline, dietary practices, food and environmental sanitation, and treatment of minor ailments and injuries.
		These advances were achieved largely through public health programs for the control of high blood pressure and through health education of the public on the hazards of saturated fats and cigarette smoking.
	www.history.com /encyclopedia.do?articleId=219988 (1787 words)

	Public health - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Public health is an aspect of health services concerned with threats to the overall health of a community based on population health analysis.
		The frontline on public health initiatives are state and local health departments.
		One of the founders of the modern public health is Andrija Stampar.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Public_health (1204 words)

	Public health law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Public health law focuses on legal issues in public health practice and on the public health effects of legal practice.
		Public health law typically has three major areas of practice: police power, disease and injury prevention, and the law of populations.
		Bioterrorism is a growing focus of this practice area, and public health lawyers have worked in the creation of the Model State Emergency Health Powers Act and the Model State Public Health Act.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Public_Health_law (283 words)

	public health - Encyclopedia.com
		Public health officials are responsible for supervising the purity of the water, milk, and food supply as well as the persons who handle these items and the public eating places that dispense them.
		Public health authorities are also concerned with the pollution levels in air and water, and must assure the safety of water used for drinking, for swimming, and as a source of sea food.
		Public health agencies impose standards of public health on local communities when needed; they give financial and technical assistance to local communities in time of crisis, such as that caused by epidemics, hurricanes, and floods.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-publiche.html (977 words)

	Public health - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Public Health is an aspect of Health Services concerned with threats to the overall health of the population of a community based on population health analysis.
		The WHO sets standards and provided global surveillance, but national bodies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia in the U.S.A. and their local affiliated Medical Officer of Health are usually the lead in responding to Public Health threats.
		In order for public health policies and programs to develop, it was necessary for governments to gain some understanding of the causes of disease.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Public_health (667 words)

	Health Belief Model: Encyclopedia of Public Health
		The health belief model, developed by researchers at the U.S. Public Health Service in the 1950s, was inspired by a study of why people sought X-ray examinations for tuberculosis.
		The Health Belief Model relates largely to the cognitive factors predisposing a person to a health behavior, concluding with a belief in one's self-efficacy for the behavior.
		Nevertheless, the health belief model continued to be the most frequently applied model in published descriptions of programs and studies in health education and health behavior in the early 1990s.
	health.enotes.com /public-health-encyclopedia/health-belief-model (837 words)

	Public health -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The frontline on public health initiatives are state and local (additional info and facts about health department) health departments.The major degree in Medicine related to this is The Master in Public Health (M.P.H.), while the Residency specialty is Community or Public Health Medicine.
		The development of public health policies and programs required governments to gain some understanding of the causes of (An impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning) disease.
		Certainly, one of the most important public health issues of the present is that of (A serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles) AIDS.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pu/public_health.htm (824 words)

	Public health
		Public health generally refers to a function of government in attempting to prevent disease among the subject population.
		During the modern era, most governments well recognize the importance of public health programs in reducing the incidence of disease, disability, and the effects of aging.
		Public health programs which provided smallpox vaccination have in recent years successfully eradicated that disease from the face of the Earth.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/pu/Public_health.html (254 words)

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		Public health functions involve identifying health problems and the factors that cause them, developing a strategy to address these problems, and seeing that these strategies are implemented in a way that achieves its goals.
		Public health practice certainly includes, but is not limited to, the activities of federal, state, and local health agencies (such as the federal Centers for Disease Control, state health departments, and local public health departments).
		Public health laboratories were developed to assist in diagnosing new cases so that prevention and control activities could be put in place to avoid further spread.
	tigger.uic.edu /~bturnock/practice.htm (4304 words)

	Booklist: Encyclopedia of Public Health.
		Subsequent to 9-11, information is increasingly available in the news media about essential public health functions, including, for example, environmental protection; the prevention, surveillance, and control of communicable diseases; occupational health; and specific public health services, such as emergency disaster services.
		Readers looking for information on public health administration and agencies will not be disappointed; neither will others looking for information on the history, philosophy, and ethics of public health.
		Here too is information on communicable and noncommunicable diseases and conditions, injury related to acts of individual and mass violence, epidemiology, environmental health, behavioral and community health issues, personal health services, nutrition, and public health and the law.
	archive.ala.org /booklist/v98/jul/45encyclopediapublic.html (414 words)

	Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health: Public health
		Public health is the science and clinical practice of population and community-based efforts to prevent disease and disability, and promote physical and mental health.
		Public health measures aimed to ensure the safety of food and water supplies, and to prevent transmission of communicable (capable of being transmitted) diseases.
		Public health professionals are employed by hospitals, health plans, managed care organizations, clinics, medical relief organizations (e.g., American Red Cross, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society) and schools as well as federal, state, and local government health departments.
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	Encyclopedia of public health -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The Encyclopedia of public health is a thorough reference set of four volumes covering all aspects of (additional info and facts about Public health) Public health for a lay public.
		It covers (A disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact) infectious diseases and other topics related to public health, such as causes of (Any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.) injury or (additional info and facts about chronic disease) chronic diseases.
		Topics indirectly related but relevant to public health, such as the oath of (Medical practitioner who is regarded as the father of medicine; author of the Hippocratic Oath (circa 460-377 BC)) Hippocrates, are covered.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/E/En/Encyclopedia_of_public_health.htm (288 words)

	Public health Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health - Find Articles
		Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health,, by Barbara Wexler
		Public health is the science and clinical practice of population and community-based efforts to prevent disease and disability, and promote physical and mental health.
		Public health measures aimed to ensure the safety of food and water supplies, and to prevent transmission of communicable (capable of being transmitted) diseases.
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	Health Policy
		The formal legislation authorizing such boards was passed by the Parliament of Upper Canada in 1834, but it was not until 50 years later that the PUBLIC HEALTH Act compelled local governments to set up health boards and impose sanitary regulations.
		The idea of health insurance had emerged in Germany in the late 1880s and spread throughout Europe, but SOCIAL SECURITY programs were scarcely a priority in infant Canada.
		The allied provincial and territorial health ministers deny that extra charges threaten medicare, claiming that the extra revenue is needed to supplement health funds in the face of rising costs and shrinking federal cost sharing.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1SEC821829 (1623 words)

	public health - Encyclopedia.com
		In the U.S., public health is studied and coordinated on a national level by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; internationally, the World Health Organization plays an equivalent role.
		New Survey Reveals That the Public Misjudges Greatest Threat To the Nation's Health; While most Americans view AIDS, HIV and other STDs as biggest threat, public health officials warn that obesity is most critical.
		Law and the public's health: the legal system provides many tools to promote public health, but it includes necessary limits to protect individual rights.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1B1-376093.html (655 words)

	Encyclopedia of Adoption
		The Encyclopedia of Adoption provides a complete, single-volume reference to the social, legal, economic, psychological and political issues surrounding the adoption experience and its unique terminology.
		An introduction provides a brief history of adoption, exploring its role in society from ancient times to the present, and numerous appendixes gather important statistics on adoption and foster care and list social service and adoption organizations.
		The Encyclopedia of Adoption is an indispensable tool for anyone seeking to understand this complicated topic.
	encyclopedia.adoption.com (410 words)

	PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The Public Health Service is charged with promoting the highest level of health attainable for every American and cooperating with foreign governments in health projects.
		It provides financial assistance for the development and delivery of local health services, for education in the health professions, and for research in medical sciences.
		The service also encompasses the Office of Public Health and Science, which is headed by the assistant secretary for health and includes the Office of the Surgeon General.
	www.history.com /encyclopedia.do?articleId=219989 (712 words)

	Public Health
		Provides information on the Public Health program at the University at Albany, as well as news from the School of Public Health.
		Offers extensive listing of health topics (such as avian influenza and cancer), and a large collection of health information, broken down by participating country.
		Published by the Center for Health Communication, of the Harvard School of Public Health.
	library.albany.edu /subject/publichealth.htm (490 words)

	Encyclopedia: Chief Public Health Officer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The Chief Public Health Officer is the head of the Public Health Agency of Canada.
		The Chief Public Health Officer is responsible for:
		Assuming the role of the federal government spokesperson on public health issues, in particular, during public health emergencies.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Chief-Public-Health-Officer (187 words)

	Additional Reading (from public health) -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The key elements in health insurance are advance payment of premiums or taxes, pooling of funds, and eligibility for benefits on the basis of contributions or employment without...
		Public-health efforts are directed toward the health of a community, whereas private-health efforts are directed toward the health of individuals.
		Public health professionals concerned with a broad set of issues affecting personal and environmental health, such as pollution control and federal and state funding for health programs.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-35576?tocId=35576 (1022 words)

	Press Release (ILO/98/39): New encyclopedia lists main threats to worker health worldwide - Public information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Health effects of man-made mineral fibres and the potential for toxicity related to such fibres has been reviewed in the Encyclopedia.
		The Encyclopedia lists the various infirmities that repetitive strain can induce, such as epicondylitis, a painful condition that occurs at the elbow, where muscles that permit the wrist and fingers to move meet the bone, or carpal tunnel syndrome, a similar condition in the wrist.
		Such occupational carcinogens are very important in public health terms because of the potential for prevention through regulation and improvements in industrial hygiene practices.
	www.ilo.org /public/english/bureau/inf/pr/1998/39.htm (2726 words)

	Public Health law - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Public Health law - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The branch of law that focuses on legal issues in public health practice and on the public health effects of legal practice.
		Public Health law, Police Power, Disease and Injury Prevention and Law of Populations.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Public_Health_law (312 words)

	Public Health Service Commissioned Corps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Public Health Service Commissioned Corps is the uniformed division of the United States Public Health Service (PHS) and one of the seven Uniformed Services of the United States.
		Members of the PHS Commissioned Corps wear uniforms of the United States Navy with special corps insignia and hold rank similar to that of Naval officers (Commander, Admiral, etc.).
		The uniformed services component of the PHS (then the Marine Hospital Service) was formalized by legislation in 1889, which established the Commissioned Corps under the Supervising Surgeon (later Surgeon General).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Public_Health_Service_Commissioned_Corps (337 words)

	Online TDM Encyclopedia - Health and Fitness
		Health experts recommend at least 30 minutes of moderate exercise a day, at least 5 days a week, in intervals of ten-minutes or more, and additional exercise up to 60 minutes per day of vigorous physical activity appears to provide additional health benefits (Cavill, 2001; www.cdc.gov).
		According to a major study by the Harvard University School of Public Health, cardiovascular diseases are the leading causes of premature death and disability in developed countries, causing ten times as many lost years of productive life as road crashes (Murray, 1996, Table 2).
		The health benefits of Nonmotorized Facilities such as paths and sidewalks extend to all sectors of society including the elderly and the disabled, not just people who run or cycle for exercise.
	www.vtpi.org /tdm/tdm102.htm (5856 words)

	BU Today \| Archives \| Public health A to Z, pole to pole
		That happened recently to Kris Heggenhougen, a professor of international health at the School of Public Health, when he was asked by Elsevier Press to be the editor in chief of a 7-volume, 29-section encyclopedia of public health.
		Approximately 600 top public health scholars and professionals will contribute to the encyclopedia, which will be released as both a hardbound and an online resource.
		Gerald Keusch, SPH associate dean for global health, is on the editorial advisory board, and Davidson Hamer, an SPH associate professor of international health, is a coeditor of a section on infectious diseases.
	www.bu.edu /phpbin/news-cms/news/?dept=4&id=38055 (528 words)

	United States Public Health Service Summary
		The United States Public Health Service (PHS) was founded first by President John Adams in 1798 as a loose network of hospitals to support the health of American seamen.
		The origins of the Public Health Service may be traced to the passage of an act in 1798 that provided for the care and relief of sick and injured merchant seamen.
		Members of the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps wear uniforms of the United States Navy with special corps insignia and use rank insignia identical to that of Naval officers.
	www.bookrags.com /United_States_Public_Health_Service (914 words)

	Tompkins Cortland Community College Library: Nursing Resources - E-Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Encyclopedia of Public Health (2002) - 4 vols.
		Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health (2002) - 5 vols.
		Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying (2002) - 2 vols.
	www.sunytccc.edu /library/nursing_ebooks.asp (372 words)

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