Public Health

Question 1

What is public health?

Answer 1

The study and practice of how best to improve the overall health and health gain of populations rather than individuals health

Question 2

What are the three domains of public health?

Answer 2

Health improvement

Health protection

Health service delivery and quality

Question 3

What are the 10 core elements of public health?

Answer 3

1. Surveying and assessing the populations health and wellbeing
2. Promoting and protecting the populations health and wellbeing
3. Developing quality and risk management with an evaluative culture
4. Working collaboratively for health
5. Developing health programmes and services and reducing inequalities
6. Developing and implementing policy and strategy
7. Working with and for communities
8. Strategic leadership
9. Research and development
10. Ethically managing self, people and resources