Collins Dictionary of Medicine (2005) has defined "Public Health" as: "The branch of medicine concerned with ___________ of disease and the promotion of health in populations by organizing efficient systems of sanitation, by controlling communicable diseases, by ensuring safety in the workplace, by public health education and by the provision and organization of medical, nursing and ancillary health services. An extensive organization of agencies exists to administer public health."
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms (6th Edition, 2003) has defined "Public Health" as: "The state of health of a community or of a population. The art and science dealing with the _____________ and improvement of community health."
The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia (2013) has defined "Public Health" as: "Public health is the field of medicine and hygiene dealing with the prevention of disease and the promotion of health by government agencies. In the US, public health authorities are engaged in many activities, including inspection of persons and goods entering the country to determine that they are free of contagious disease. They are empowered to isolate persons with certain diseases and to ______________ such individuals, if necessary, for the public good."
Public health officials are responsible for supervising the purity of the water, milk, and food supply as well as the persons who handle these items and the public eating places that dispense them. They are responsible for the good health of animals that supply food and for the _______________ of wildlife, rodents, and insects that contribute to disease.
Public health officials collect vital ___________ on death rates, birth rates, communicable and chronic diseases, and other indicators of the state of public health.