Describe the history of community and public health and the role the health care industry and governments played. Identify where to find health data and how to use it to develop a community and/or public health project. Describe what the future role of the health care industry and governments will be and what the future trends of communicable and non-communicable disease indicate. Provide examples.
Consider the following points in your final paper:
What is public health and how has it changed over time?
• What has been the role of government and the health care industry in public health?
• Where can you find reliable public health data and how is the data used to create a community and/or public health project?
• How can we identify disease that is a potential threat to the public?
• What are ways to prevent both communicable and non-communicable diseases?
• What impact can the physical environment have on health?
• How can one change the behavior of a population?
• What is the systems-thinking approach and how is this strategy utilized in public health?
• Should the government take a larger or smaller role in public health?
• What are the future trends you see in community and public health? Is it good or bad?