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Public Health Week
What is Public Health Week?
Since 1996, APHA has organized National Public Health Week and developed campaigns to educate the public, policy-makers and public health professionals about issues important to improving the public’s health. The Oregon Public Health Division participates each year with various activities involving state and county government and community organizations.
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What is Public Health?
"The science and practice of protecting and improving the health of a community, as by preventive medicine, health education, control of communicable diseases, application of sanitary measures, and monitoring of environmental hazards."
-- American Heritage Dictionary
Public health is what we, as a society, do collectively to assure the conditions in which people can be healthy.
-- The Institute of Medicine
What does Public Health do?
Public Health Week Archive
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During the 20th century, the health and life expectancy of persons in the U.S. has lengthened by 30 years; 25 years of this gain is attributable to advances in public health.
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