Informative Speech: Public Health In The Healthcare System

Topic: Public Health in the Healthcare System

General purpose: This speech is to inform.

Specific purpose: To inform my audience about the role public health plays in the healthcare system

Introduction:

I. Attention-getting device: Our former U.S. surgeon general, C. Everett Koop, once said that: “Health care is vital to all of us some of the time, but public health is vital to all of us all of the time.”

II. Statement of relevance:

Public health is something that every person in every part of the world is affected by. Without public health, individuals would not be able to be prevented from certain diseases and health concerns. Public health is the reason why people try to ensure we have cleaner water to drink, more nutritious food to

Those in the public health field, inform, educate, and empower people about health issues. They do it through the use of health campaigns and health advising. According to Creighton University’s website, they tend to “educate youth to make wiser choices regarding their health and to pass those lessons on to their children”.

B. Public health professions enforce laws and develop policies and plans that support individual and community health.

1. The School of Public Health states on their website Washington.edu that public policies are “designed to prioritize and solve identified local and national health problems”. Public health professionals work in partnership with government officials, community leaders, and educators to come up ways to modify and create a better public health policy that meets all the needs of those with health issues.

2. The laws that are created in the public health field allow individuals and communities to live with the assurance that the safety of their wellbeing has been accounted for. These include with providing transportation, shelter, help with physical and mental health issues, along with many other

According to workitdaily.com, last updated January 8, 2013, “Non- profit organizations play a critical role in public health by providing health services that government agencies and private businesses fail to address”. Non-profit organizations tend to work with minorities, veterans, or single mothers. While private settings are similar but more so look into working at health insurance companies or pharmaceutical brands.

2. According to apha.org, last updated January 1, 1995, “the primary providers of public health services are government public health agencies”. These public health professionals work to provide throughout the United States are responsible with protection over individual, and community health. While those that work in an educational setting work in colleges and universities to educate students about public health.

B. Careers in the public health field are quickly becoming some of the top sought out careers. The careers are as just diverse as the field itself with plenty options to choose that bring one’s interest to perspective.

1. Mental health counselors, healthcare social workers, and health service administrators are some of the occupations that have the highest growth rate by the year