In this video we take a look at Public Health – the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through the orga
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nized efforts of society. Public health focuses on improving the health of a population and preventing health problems before they happen. It is a broad field and covers a range of topics such as air pollution, epidemiology, communicable disease control, risk assessment and health promotion. We’ll take a look at what public health is, how it is different to clinical medicine, who is responsible for doing it and how it’s done!
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In this video we take a brief look at Health Promotion, the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their health. Health
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promotion is a very important part of public health and an essential component in any public health program. We’ll also have a look at some key concepts and the Ottawa Charter – a landmark document that has been influential in providing guidance to the goals and concepts of health promotion.
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The Social Determinants of Health are the conditions in which people are born, grow, live and age. They have a large influence on our health. It also determines
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health inequities, which is the unfair and avoidable health difference between different groups of people In this video we take a look at the social determinants of health..what they are, how it impacts health and a useful framework to understand it.
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This video is a 4-minute summary of the Determinants of Health! Determinants are factors that can influence a person’s health. While the focus of health
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interventions has typically been, who people are and what they do, the conditions in which they are born, grow, live, work and age are critically important in determining the health of individuals and communities.
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Humanity & Inclusion has published a report on November 20, on the difficulties children with disabilities face in accessing education in the world’s poorest countries.
Let’s make Disability visible in the fight against HIV