Slides for LESSON ONE Levels of Prevention #3 for Topic #2 Public Health as a System #2 Public Health in America #1

Levels of Prevention Text Figure 3-2. Source: From Brownson RC, Remington PL, Davis J, eds. Chronic Epidemiology and Control. 2nd ed. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association; © 1998.

Public Health as a System Text Figure 1-2, Source: Handler A, Issel M and Turnock BJ. A conceptual framework to measure performance of the public health system. Amer J Pub Health 2001;91(8):1235-1239

The PUBLIC HEATH IN AMERICA statement capsulizes these concepts in a broad vision of healthy people in healthy communities, an articulation of public health’s mission to promote physical and mental health and prevent disease, injury and disability. It then expands these somewhat abstract vision and mission statements to describe the what and how of public health in terms designed somewhat differently for external and internal audiences.