TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Community Relations and Public Health
A1  - Billittier, Anthony J.
A1  - Chalmers, Tracy Fricano
A1  - Donnarumma, Robert
A2  - Cooney, Derek R.
PY  - 2016
T2  - Cooney's EMS Medicine
AB  - Public  health  as  defined  by  Charles-Edward  A.  Winslow  is  “the  science  and  art  of  preventing  disease,  prolonging  life,  and  promoting  health  through  the  organized  efforts  and  informed  choices  of  society,  organizations,  public  and  private,  communities,  and  individuals.”1The  World  Health  Organization  (WHO)  defines  the  whole  of  public  health  as  “a  state  of  complete  physical,  mental,  and  social  well-being  and  not  merely  the  absence  of  disease  or  infirmity.”2  Public  health's  charge  is  to  protect  the  health  of  the  population,  which  can  range  in  size  from  a  small  group  of  people  to  several  continents.  Overall,  public  health  strives  to  prevent  illness  and  injury  by  protecting  individuals  from  things  they  cannot  directly  control  (eg,  drinking  contaminated  water,  inhaling  tuberculosis  bacteria)  and  promoting  healthy  behaviors  for  things  they  can  directly  control  (eg,  eating  healthily,  exercising  regularly,  not  smoking).  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1126789437
ER  -