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2).What is public health to you and what role does public health play in your life?
Public health refers to all the formulated methods to preclude diseases, nurture health and perpetuate life amongst the community as whole.
World health organization (WHO) is a world’s largest health organization whose main objective is to keep the world population healthy and blooming (Crockett et al., 2003). This organization makes people aware about the need of healthy life in rural areas as well as the areas which are most prone to epidemics.
Public health awareness is all about making the invisible visible. This means that people need to be aware about the health issues around the world. They must know what is good for them as well …show more content…

One must keep their environment clean. If we have to improve the public health then public awareness is a primary requirement. There are a number of ways in which we can spread awareness and educate the public how to protect the environment. Campaigns must be organized to make people aware, some of the examples for the awareness campaigns are: (a) Clean your neighbourhood (b) Vaccination and control of the diseases (c) Regular check-ups (d) Eating safer and healthier foods (e) Safe drinking water (f) Healthier mothers and babies and access to family planning (g) Recognition of tobacco and cigarette smoking as a threat to …show more content…

Of particular relevance is the need to assess whether products, processes, situations and activities could increase the risk of significant health consequences for human populations. The department of health in Western Australia has endorsed the use of health risk assessments of potential impacts to health during the planning stages of new developments and to evaluate activities where potential risks to health are being considered (Henrici, 2005). The processes outlined in this document provide a more specific characterization of potential risks to the public than currently available and being developed to assist proponents and others required to undertake formal impact assessments for new developments. These processes may also be useful for other forms of assessments where risks to the public are being considered. Users are also referred to the following publications when undertaking risk assessments for health: health risk assessment in Western Australia (department of health) environmental health risk assessment: guidelines for assessing human health risks from environmental hazards (ehealth council, department of health and aging). It is hoped you find these processes of assistance.
Environmental health risk assessments (ehras) and related risk assessment services reflects many types of decisions facing military

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