Public Health

Area 6
Public Health

• Science of protecting and improving the

health of communities through education,
promotion of healthy lifestyles, and
research for disease and injury prevention.
 • Epidemic
• Disease that affects many people
within a community, population or
region.
• Pandemic
• Spread over multiple countries or
Terminologies continents
• Endemic
• Something that belongs to a
particular people or country
• Outbreak
• A greater-than-anticipated increase
in the number of endemic cases.
• Single case in a new area.
Core Areas

• Behavioral Science or
Health Education
• Biostatistics
• Emergency Medical
System
• Environmental Health
• Epidemiology
• Health Services
Administrative/Managem
ent
Core Areas
• International/Global Health
• Maternal and Child Health
• Nutrition
• Public Health Laboratory Practice
• Public Health Policy
• Public Health Practice
 Ottawa Charter for Health
Promotion
• First International Conference on Health
Promotion
• Ottawa, 21 November 1986

o The lack of definition of PH in Pharmacy

o The lack of perceived relevance to pharmacy students
o The lack of a textbook focusing on the roles of pharmacists in PH
o The lack of pharmacy faculty educated in and with appropriate experience to teach PH
o The lack of sites where students could become involved with PH projects and work with PH personnel
-Gibson, 1972
 Sustainable
Development
Goals
 Millennium
Development
Goals
 Sustainable
Development
Goals
Philippine Health Care Sector

Philippine Health
Food and Drug
Department of Insurance
Administration
Health (DOH) Corporation
(FDA)
(PHIC)
 Fourmula One (F1)

• blueprint of reform implementation aiming for a

more responsive health system, more equitable
health financing, and better health outcomes
• Within the medium term 2005-2010, F1 was
devised to address the issues on fragmentation of
Health the Philippine health system and inequity in
health care.
Programs
Components

• Health Financing
• Health Regulation
• Health Service Delivery
• Good Governance in Health
Health Programs/Campaigns
• Philhealth Sabado
• “PhilHealth Sabado. Magseguro. Magparehistro.”
• Aims to enlist parents and family members of public
school students who are not yet PhilHealth
members.
Health Programs/Campaigns
• DOTS
• Political commitment with increased and sustained
financing
• Case detection
• Standardized treatment, with supervision and
patient support
• An effective drug supply and management system
• Monitoring and evaluation system, and impact
measurement
Health Programs/Campaigns
• Yosi Kadiri
• 2009 Global Adult Tobacco Survey
• started in the early 90’s during the term of former
undersecretary Juan Flavier
• R.A. No. 9211, known as the Tobacco regulation Act of
2003
Health Programs/Campaign
• 4-oclock Habit
• First launched in 1996 which encouraged communities to seek and destroy breeding
places of mosquitoes every 4pm daily
• “Stop, Look, and Listen”
• Aksyon Barangay Kontra Dengue – DOH + DILG
Health Programs/Campaigns
• Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
• Fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with
each other that they may solve their common problem and help others recover from
alcoholism
Thank You!