5.3 old public health

Question 1

what are the 8 policies and practices of old public health

Answer 1

• improved water and sanitation
• better quality housing and fewer slums
• better quality food and nutrition
• introduction of quarantine laws
• safer working conditions
• more hygienic birthing practices
• provision of antenatal and infant welfare services
• mass immunisation programs

Question 2

define ‘old public health’

Answer 2

government actions that focused on changing the physical environment to prevent the spread of disease