Problem
Identify the core functions of public health and the 10 essential services
"The 10 Essential Public Health Services (EPHS) describe the public health activities that all communities should undertake. For the past 25 years, the EPHS have served as a well-recognized framework for carrying out the mission of public health. The EPHS framework was originally released in 1994 and more recently updated in 2020. The revised version is intended to bring the framework in line with current and future public health practice."
"The 10 Essential Public Health Services provide a framework for public health to protect and promote the health of all people in all communities. To achieve equity, the Essential Public Health Services actively promote policies, systems, and overall community conditions that enable optimal health for all and seek to remove systemic and structural barriers that have resulted in health inequities. Such barriers include poverty, racism, gender discrimination, ableism, and other forms of oppression. Everyone should have a fair and just opportunity to achieve optimal health and well-being."
Viewing: How to Advance Essential Public Health Functions to Prevent the Next Pandemic
Based on the information above, consider the following questions.
• What are your initial impressions of the 10 EPHS?
• Take into consideration, your place of employment (or past employment), how could you embed the framework in your daily work? What are some of the challenges that you could foresee (if any) and (if there are potential challenges) how would you suggest addressing them?