Seminar 1

Question 1

how has public health changed with its theories

Answer 1

miasma (dirty air) to more germ based, now public health is concerned with chronic conditions and mental wellbeing

Question 2

how has public health changed

Answer 2

now tackling high risk individuals often has a small effect on the population as a whole as the proportion is relatively small

Question 3

why do waves impact diminish over time

Answer 3

one solution brings light to another problem

limitations of science and knowledge, over time more specific as society becomes more complex

Question 4

how to describe public health to someone with no knowledge (your definition)

Answer 4

idea of collective effort to improve the populations health via health protection and promotion where the state plays a key part but balances carefully in order not to become a nanny state and removing peoples freedoms

Question 5

thoughts on a fifth wave? problems and solutions

Answer 5

addictive and risky behaviours (alcohol diet drugs) addressing mental health causes and not focusing on cures. survival of the race? (extreme) shift in humans image from greed and reproducing