Category:Public health

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"The science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through organised efforts of society." (Sir Donald Acheson)

Public health is concerned with the promotion and protection of health, and the interplay between economics and health care.

Health protection is a branch of public health which is chiefly concerned with protection from harm from communicable diseases and non-infectious environmental hazards, such as toxins and radiation. In England many public health practitioners are employed by the Health Protection Agency. Other administrations have different arrangements.

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The main science of public health is epidemiology.

The Faculty of Public Health (FPH) is the standard setting body for Public Health specialists in the UK.

Public health resources on the Internet

  • Faculty of Public Health, of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom
  • Public health (workforce} development website
  • United Kingdom Public Health Association
  • The Association of UK Public Health Observatories
  • Public Health Development Resource Unit (for information on training and development in public health)
  • On line UK public health textbook
  • Public health electronic library (a branch library of the national electronic library for health
  • Peter English's exam revision notes circa 1997.
  • American public health association
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
  • Information on Public Health training, practice and research in the UK from the perspective of a Specialist Registrar. Includes information on health protection, prison health and flu pandemic planning

Pages in category "Public health"

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