CPH INTRO

• DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH

  Epidemiology

   Biostatistics

  Health Services/Health Policy and Management

  Health Administration

  Environmental Health

  Occupational health

  Social and Behavioral Health

  Nutrition
• CHARACTERISTICS OF PUBLIC HEALTH

  PREVENTIVE ASCPECTS AND POPULATION LEVEL
• 3 CORE FUNCTIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH
• 3 CORE FUNCTIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH

  Assessment, Policy Development, Assurance
• Primary Prevention

  prevents an illness or an injury from occurring at

  all, by preventing exposure to risk factors.
• Secondary Prevention

  seeks to minimize the severity of the illness or the damage due to an injury-causing event once the event has occurred.
• Tertiary prevention


  seeks to minimize disability by providing medical care and rehabilitation services.
• Dr C.E Winslow

  The science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, promoting health and efficiency through organized community effort:
• Hanlon


  It is dedicated to the common attainment of the highest level of physical, mental and social well-being and longevity consistent with available knowledge and resources at a given time and place.
• Purdom

  It prioritizes the survival of human species, the prevention of conditions which lead to the destruction or retardation of human function and potential in early years of life, the achievement of human potential and prevention of the loss of productivity of young adults and those in the middle period of life and the improvement of the quality of life especially in later years.
• Nightingale

  The act of utilizing the environment of the patient to assist him in his recovery.
• HEALTH

  person’s physical and psychological capacity to establish and maintain balance.

  Successful defense of the host against forces that disturb body

  equilibrium.
• Physical health


  condition that enables person to maintain a strong and health body.
• Mental health

  refers to how a person feels, thinks of himself, control his emotions and adjust to the environment.
• Social health

  refers to how a person feels, thinks and act towards everybody around him.
• DISEASE

  failure of the body’s defense mechanism to cope with forces tending to disturb body equilibrium.
• DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

  Income and Social Status

  Education

  Physical environment

  Employment and Working conditions

  Social Support Networks

   Culture

  GeneticsPersonal Behavior and Coping Skills

  Health Services Gender
• STAGES OF DISEASE

  Pre-Disease stage Latent stage (asymptomatic)

  Symptomatic stage
• URBANIZATION


  it has been forecast that by the year 2020, the urban population comprise 65 to 75% of the total population
• INDUSTRIALIZATION


  more women joining the work force. This may or may not have adverse effect on the family. Care of children will be entrusted to caretakers.
• ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN

  environmental degradation caused by deforestation, deterioration of seas and rivers due to industrial waste, indiscriminate disposal of waste.
• THE REVENGE OF THE GERMS

  the discriminate consumption and overuse of antibiotics have resulted in drug-resistant bacteria, viruses and parasites.
• Pre-American Occupation


  up to 1898
• American Military Government


  1898-1907
• Philippine assembly


  1907-1916
• The Jones law


  1916-1936
• The Commonwealth


  1936-1941
• Japanese occupation


  1941-1945
• Post World war II


  1945-1972
• Post EDSA revolution


  1986 to present
• Public health works began at the old Franciscan Convent in Intramuros where Fr. Juan Clemente put up a dispensary in 1577 for treating indigents in Manila. This eventually became the San Juan de Dios Hospital.
• General hospitals

  • San Juan de Dios Hospital• Chinese General hospital• Hospicio de san Jose in Cavite• Casa dela Caridad in Cebu• Enfermeria de Santa Cruz in Laguna
• CONTAGIOUS HOSPITALS

  San Lazaro Hospital

  Hospital de Palestina in Camarines Sur

  Hospital delos Lesprosos in Cebu

  Hospital de Argencina in Manila for smallpox and cholera
• MILITARY HOSPITAL

  •Hospital Militar de Manila

  •Hospital Militar de Zamboanga
• NAVAL HOSPITAL

  •Hospital dela Marie in Cebu

  •Hospital de Basilan
• OTHER HOSPITAL/ASYLUMS

  •Hospicio de San Pascual Baylon in Manila

  •Asylum of St. Vincent de Paul in Manila for

  poor girls

  •Hospital of San Jose for orphaned children and mentally ill
• RA 7394


  Consumer Act of the Philippines- an act providing penalties for manufacture, distribution and sales of adulterated foods, drugs and cosmetics
• RA 7610


  Special protection of Children against child abuse, exploitation and discrimination
• EO 39which created the Philippines National AIDS Council as a national policy and advisory body in the prevention and control of HIV-AIDS
• RA 7432


  Senior Citizen’s Act- which grant benefits and special privileges in order to maximize the contributions of senior citizen to nation building