CPHM: Intro to public health Flashcards
is a dynamic balance of physical, emotional, social, spiritual
and intellectual health.” – O’Donnel, 2009
health
• “a state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing and not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity” (WHO, 2015b, para.
health
• “basic and universal human right” – Sarrachi, 1997
health
“the State shall protect and promote the right to health of the people
and instill health consciousness among them” (Article II, Section 15)
health
who said that science and art of preventing disease. Prolonging life and promoting health and efficiency through organized community effort…
• Dr. C.E Winslow
t or f
- Health promotion and disease prevention
- People’s participation towards self-reliance: active and full involvement with people in the decision-making process: assessment, planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation
are Major Concepts of Public Health
true
t or f
is the science and art of
• organized community efforts and informed choices of society,
• private and public communities, communities, and individuals for the sanitation of the
environment,
true
t or f
Public Health
is the science and art of……
• control of community infections,
• the education of the individual in principles of personal hygiene,
true
Public Health
is the science and art of
• the organization of medical and nursing services for the early diagnosis and preventive treatment of disease, and
• the development of social machinery which will ensure to every i
true
Division of Public Health
• Epidemiology
• Biostatistics
• Health Services/Health Policy and Management/Health
Administration
• Environmental Health
• Social and Behavioral Health
• Occupational Health
Spanish Colonial Period
first Hospital in Cebu (1565)
Hospital del Santo Nombre de Jesus
• Sitio del Real Hospital Militar de Manila (1571)
Spanish Colonial Period
Spanish Colonial Period
treats the disabled, the abandoned and
the poor
San Juan de Dios Hospital
Spanish Colonial Period
provides care for lepers
San Lazaro Hospital
year of small pox vaccine
1800s
Spanish Colonial Period
beri-beri, cholera
Public health measures
what era?
Rendering of the Royal Military
Hospital of Manila
courtesy of the Intramuros
Administration Archive
Spanish Colonial Period
Bureau of Public Health was organized
The Philippine Revolution and American
Colonial Period
… more hospitals, implemented public health measures to prevent
the spread of diseases, introduced formal medical education, and
provided more medical benefits to Filipinos
The Philippine Revolution and American
Colonial Period
• Department of Health and Public Welfare (31st May 1939)
• additional health facilities and expansion of sanitation and MCH
services fell into disarray with the start of World War II
The Philippine Commonwealth and
establishment of the Republic
REORGANIZING THE DIFFERENT EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS, BUREAUS, OFFICES, AND AGENCIES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, MAKING CERTAIN READJUSTMENTS OF PERSONNEL AND REALLOTMENTS OF FUNDS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Executive Order No. 94
• the DOH was established with supervision over the Bureau of Health, Bureau
of Quarantine, Bureau of Hospitals and all local health offices in the country
Executive Order No. 94
[REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1082, June 15, 1954]
AN ACT STRENGTHENING HEALTH AND DENTAL SERVICES IN THE RURAL AREAS, AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR.
Rural Health Act of 1954
PROVIDING FOR MORE EFFECTIVE COORDINATION BETWEEN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY OPERATIONS
Executive Order No. 852 s. 1983
