Public health is the science and art of preventing disease, - TopicsExpress



          

Public health is the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting physical health and efficacy through organized community efforts for the sanitation of the environment, the control of communicable infections, the education of the individual in personal hygiene, the organization of the medical and nursing services for the early diagnosis and preventitive treatment of disease, and the development of social machinery which will ensure every individual in the community a standard of living adequate for the maintenance of health; so organizing these benefits in such a fashion as to enable every citizen to realize his birthright and longevity. - Charles-Edward Amory Winslow, 1877-1957
Posted on: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 01:43:04 +0000

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