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What is Public Health?

Public health is the science and art of protecting and improving the health of communities through education, promotion of healthy lifestyles, and research for disease and injury prevention. Public health is concerned with protecting the health of entire populations. These populations can be as small as a local neighborhood, or as big as an entire country.

What does Public Health do for the community?

Ten Great Public Health Achievements —United States, 1900-1999

1. Vaccination
2. Motor-vehicle safety
3. Safer workplaces 
4. Control of infectious diseases 
5. Decline in deaths from coronary heart disease and stroke 
6. Safer and healthier foods 
7. Healthier mothers and babies 
8. Family planning 
9. Fluoridation of drinking water
10. Recognition of tobacco use as a health hazard

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