Community Health Worker
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Public
health is concerned with threats to the
overall health of a community based on population
health analysis. Health is defined and promoted
differently by many organizations. The World
Health Organization, the United Nations
body that sets standards and provides global
surveillance of disease, defines health
as: A state of complete physical, mental
and social well-being and not merely the
absence of disease or infirmity. Public
health experts agree that nutritional, spiritual,
and intellectual aspects also affect an
individual's health.
The population
in question can be as small as a handful
of people or as large as all the inhabitants
of several continents (for instance, in
the case of a pandemic). Public health has
many sub-fields, but is typically divided
into the categories of epidemiology, biostatistics
and health services. Environmental, social
and behavioral health, and occupational
health, are also important fields in public
health.
An alternative
definition by Winslow from Modern Medicine
in 1920 is: the science and art of preventing
disease, prolonging life and promoting health
through the organised efforts and informed
choices of society, organisations, public
and private, communities and individuals.
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