IMPLEMENTATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH'S CORE FUNCTIONS

Health Departments Implementation of Public Health's Core Functions: An Assessment of Health impacts

Abstract

The purpose of this article was to investigate the relationship between state health agencies adherence to the recommendations of the United State's Institute of Medicine's (IOM) report, 'The Future of Public Health and changes in their population's health.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION6

Hypothesis7

DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS8

Basic Functions and Essential Public Health Functions8

Public Health and Functions of Essential Public Health9

Essential Public Health by PAHO10

The Health Care System in the United States of America: The Nation's Insurance14

Government Programs16

The Weaknesses of the Public Health Challenges20

The Concepts of Public Health Today and Tomorrow23

The PSPA: what does it include and what does it exclude?25

Materials and Methods29

Sample29

Variables30

CONCLUSION31

REFERENCES32

Health Departments Implementation of Public Health's Core Functions: An Assessment of Health impacts

Introduction

This research focuses on the various aspects of health care in United States of America and the implementation of public health's core functions in health departments. . Although separate, the various public health activities have a long history. The organization of the health departments of governmental jurisdictions (cities, districts, nations) really began in the nineteenth century, and originally focused on sanitation. Initially, attention was mainly drinking water supply, clean and safe disposal of human waste and other types, particularly in urban. Then be undertaken initiatives to control communicable diseases by other means, such as tuberculosis. As has been advanced knowledge of the determinants of health and the causes of, efforts have been expanded public health; interest in healthy child development has resulted in maternal and child nutrition programs and child safety. The safety and health programs occupational introduced a wide range of workplaces.

Hypothesis

The three core functions, assessment, assurance and policy development, were considerably and positively associated to improvements in health population status from 1990 to 2000 among US communities. As many agencies were disengaging from policy development, organizations may have discovered that either assessment and/or assurance were adequate for successful improvement of population health statuses.

Discussion and Analysis

Basic Functions and Essential Public Health Functions

If anyone wants that programs are well supported and adapted to the needs real, it is essential to go beyond a general statement about the importance of health population and develop more specific lists on the functions or services. The term "Essential public health functions was introduced in the specialized vocabulary through the project that resulted in a report on the future of public health developed by the Institute of Medicine of the United States. Public health's core functions are defined as policy development, assesment and assurans. Theses terms are commonly used in numerous agencies of public health and schools, but the concept have verified a very high concept, which needs extra definition. (Ragin, 2007, 59- 70)

The World Health Organization used the technique to explore Delfosvii recognize essential functions:that is, population protection against prevent injury. Environmental hazards, encourage pro active-health behaviour and take action for disasters. Compulsorly considered chief categories of essential functions that meet with this standard are protection of environement( quality of drinking water, safety of food,waste and sewerage ...