Public Health
The science of protecting and improving the health of families and communities through the promotion of healthy lifestyles, research for disease and injury prevention and detection and control of infectious diseases
What is Public Health?
Assess and monitor population health status, factors that influence health, and community needs and assets.
What is Public service #1 and assesment?
The non-medical immediate needs of
individuals that impact health, for
example: food, clothing, housing,
diapers, transportation that impact
health
What are social needs?
A Medical condition caused by increased levels of lead in the body.
What is lead posioning?
How Lead Got Into Flint Water?
changed its water supply from the Detroit Water and Sewage Department (DWSD) to the Karegnondi Water Authority (KWA).
Unfortunately, when the city made the switch, the water distribution pipes started to corrode, leading to one of the worst public health crises the United States had seen to date.
prevent disease or injury before it
ever occurs
What is Primary Prevention?
Communicate effectively to inform and educate people about health, factors that influence it, and how to improve it
What is Public Service # 3 and Policy Development ?
There is a long-standing underinvestment in
actual human well-being and it cannot be
addressed “unless and until an attack on
racism and other social determinants of health
is motivated by an embrace of the moral
determinants of health” (Berwick, June 2020)
What are the moral determinants of health?
Who should be Screened for lead poisoning?
What is all Children?
What month and year did Flint’s water crisis began?
April 2014
Unfortunately, Flint residents continued to experience toxic lead levels in their water for another four years. It wasn’t until February 2019 that the water was considered safe to drink.
Reduce the impact of a disease or
an injury that has already occurred
What is Secondary prevention?
Utilize legal and regulatory actions designed to improve and protect the public’s health
What is Public Service #6 and Policy Development ?
“The conditions in which people are born, grow,
work, live, and age, and the wider set of forces and
systems shaping the conditions of daily life,
including economic policies and systems,
development agendas, social norms, social
policies, and political systems” (WHO)
What are the social determinants of health?
Common Sources of Lead Poisoning
What toys, paint, jewelry, water etc?
No wrong answer
According to Dr. Hanna-Attisha, what effects did the children who were exposed to toxic levels of lead
the pediatrician who first reported the elevated lead levels in Flint children said nearly 80% of the children she tested would need special education services due to the effects of lead poisoning. etc
Soften the impact of an ongoing
illness or injury that has lasting
effects
What is Tertiary prevention?
Build and support a diverse and skilled public health workforce
What is Public Health #8 and Assurance?
Poverty [discrimination/bias/injustice based on] minority race and/or ethnicity, social isolation, and limited community resources – play a major role in health, and significant gaps remain in health and in life-expectancy based on poverty, race, ethnicity,
and community environment”
(HHS, 2019)
What are social risk factors?
Pennsylvania's Plumbing System Lead Ban and Notification Act (PA Lead Ban) became effective on January 6, 1991, and applies to all plumbing construction or repairs done after that date.
What is the PA Lead Act Ban?
What themes did Dr. Hanna-Attisha cover in book?
Racism, inequalities etc
Chain of Causation need (three hosts)
What are agent, host, and Environment?
Build and maintain a strong organizational infrastructure for public health
What is public health #10 and Assurance?
“the attainment
of the highest level of health for
all people” (DHHS)
What is health equity?
Preventing lead exposure
How Did the Flint Water Crisis Get Resolved?
The Flint water crisis is still ongoing!!!!
However the water is considered safe to drink, and infrastructure changes are still underway, as are several lawsuits and legal cases.