A disease lasting 3 months or more...
In __________, Haven Emerson and C.E.A. Winslow worked with the APHA to issue a set of guidelines for the basic functions of the local health department.
1945
Create the healthiest nation in one generation
A continuous cycle of planning, organizing, training, equipping, exercising, evaluating, and taking corrective action in an effort to ensure effective coordination during incident response.
The area of study, research and practice that places a priority on improving health and achieving equity in health for all people worldwide...
In response to the cultural and political changes of the 1960s, the APHA revised the definition of ___________.
core public health functions
Improve the health of the public and achieve equity in health status
The overall health and safety of the U.S. population achieved by preventing disease, monitoring, regulating, and promoting health through organized efforts, including core functions, and essential services by several federal departments and agencies.
Michael A. Pyles, Ph.D.
A preparation of the nicotine-rich leaves of an American plant, which are cured by a process of drying and fermentation for smoking or chewing
Tobacco
This will eventually lead to the IOM definition of core public health functions in 1988 and the development for the _________.
epidemiology triangle
American Public Health Association
A person’s condition with regard to their psychological and emotional well-being.
Mental Health
Name 2 of the 4 core public health functions...
Health surveillance, planning, and program development
Health promotion of local health activities
Development and enforcement of sanitation standards
Health services provisions
An infectious and frequently fatal disease marked by fever and severe internal bleeding, spread through contact with infected body fluids by a filovirus, whose normal host species is unknown.
Ebola virus
Vital Statistics
Communicable Disease Control
Sanitation
Laboratory Services
Maternal and Child Health
Public Health Education
The American Public Health Association works to advance the health of all people and all communities. As the nation’s leading public health organization, APHA strengthens the impact of public health professionals and provides a science-based voice in policy debates too often driven by emotion, ideology or financial interests. APHA is at the forefront of efforts to advance prevention, reduce health disparities and promote wellness.
Agent
Environment