Practical Guide for Preventive Medicine and Public Health

Description

This book addresses all aspects of hospital and public health safety in today's world. Preventive healthcare (also known as preventive medicine, preventative healthcare/medicine, or prophylaxis) refers to actions made to prevent disease rather than treat it. Disease and disability, like health, are made up of a number of physical and mental states that are influenced by environmental variables, genetic predisposition, disease agents, and lifestyle choices. Health, sickness, and disability are all dynamic processes that start before people know they're being impacted. Disease prevention is based on proactive measures that can be classified as primal, primary, secondary, or tertiary. The goal of public health, which includes mental health, is to enhance people's quality of life through preventing and treating disease. This is accomplished by the monitoring of instances and health indicators, as well as the promotion of healthy habits. Hand washing and breast-feeding are common public health activities, as are vaccines, suicide prevention, and condom distribution to curb the spread of sexually transmitted illnesses. The book is meant to raise awareness of the need for public health to be developed in government.