1. FINAL PROJECT LINDSAY FISHER HCA415: COMMUNITY & PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSOR ADRIANE NIARE NOVEMBER 9, 2015 Community and public health are essential to society, however is often overlooked.

2. POPULATIONS  Goal: Enhance health-related quality and well-being for everyone  Physical  Mental  Emotional  Social  Understanding environments in order to live full, happy, successful lives  “promoting quality of life, healthy development, and health behaviors across all life stages.” (Healthy People 2020)

3. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE  Agencies will most likely provide the 10 “Essential Public Health Services.” to greater populations. Large cooperation is essential.  Performance indicates public health expenditures and per capita funding.  No set organization due to inconsistent measurement  Small populations have a lack of outstanding practices  The better health care, the increase of population

4. LEGAL AND ETHNICAL DIMENSIONS  Public Health Law- Provides an authority, puts limits on state powers, incentives and discentives for behavior, and often offers professional discretion  Public Health Ethics- Gives ongoing analysis, deliberates and justifies public health action and policy when law is overlooked.

5. FUNDING  Although public health is so important in our nation, not nearly enough funding is put in the system to make a total difference on the disease.  Awareness  Trust for Americas Health releases and reports on state spending and also recommends accountability tactics to ensure proper funding.

6. COMMUNICATION  “The realization that both science and communication are essential to promoting and protecting the health of the public was a major milestone in the emerging discipline of public health communication, reinforcing its vital role as a new core component of public health” (Jay M. Bernhardt)  Science is ever growing, Communication must keep up.

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