Konin, Poland

Public Health

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⇑Public Health at ANS Konin

Language: PolishStudies in Polish
Subject area: medicine, health care
Kind of studies: full-time studies, part-time studies
University website: www.ans.konin.pl/english

⇑Test: Is Public Health the right fit for you?

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10 questions · two minutes

1. You read that the rate of a certain disease is much higher in one region than in neighbouring ones. What interests you?

2. You’re asked to design a campaign encouraging young adults to go for health screening. Where do you start?

3. How do you feel about working with statistics and epidemiological research?

4. The programme is taught in English to an international group, and you discuss health systems and health problems in different countries. How do you see that?

5. False information about vaccines is spreading on social media. How do you respond as a public health professional?

6. A local authority wants to fund a health programme, but the budget only covers one of three ideas. How do you help them choose?

7. Are you interested in how living conditions – income, education, where people live – affect their health?

8. On a placement with a health organisation, you’re asked to assess whether a prevention programme has worked. What do you do?

9. How do you react when a health threat emerges in your area, such as an outbreak of an infectious disease?

10. What motivates you most to pursue a Master’s degree in Public Health?

⇑Definitions and quotes

Health
Health is the ability of a biological system to acquire, convert, allocate, distribute, and utilize energy with maximum efficiency. The World Health Organization (WHO) defined human health in a broader sense in its 1948 constitution as "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." This definition has been subject to controversy, in particular as lacking operational value, the ambiguity in developing cohesive health strategies and because of the problem created by use of the word "complete", which makes it practically impossible to achieve. Other definitions have been proposed, among which a recent definition that correlates health and personal satisfaction.
Public
In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individual people, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the Öffentlichkeit or public sphere. The concept of a public has also been defined in political science, psychology, marketing, and advertising. In public relations and communication science, it is one of the more ambiguous concepts in the field. Although it has definitions in the theory of the field that have been formulated from the early 20th century onwards, it has suffered in more recent years from being blurred, as a result of conflation of the idea of a public with the notions of audience, market segment, community, constituency, and stakeholder.
Public Health
Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting human health through organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals." Analyzing the health of a population and the threats is the basis for public health. The "public" in question can be as small as a handful of people, an entire village or it can be as large as several continents, in the case of a pandemic. "Health" takes into account physical, mental and social well-being. It is not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, according to the World Health Organization. Public health is interdisciplinary. For example, epidemiology, biostatistics and health services are all relevant. Environmental health, community health, behavioral health, health economics, public policy, mental health and occupational safety, gender issues in health, sexual and reproductive health are other important subfields.
Health
You must all advance by taking good care of your health. Only by taking good care of your health, you can gain success. The fact is that if your health is not good, how can you do your service? Taking care of your health is as important as any of the other duties of your life. It is your duty towards your body. If your body does not work, how will you function and advance?
Haidakhan Babaji, The Teachings of Babaji, 9 January 1984.
Health
Health that snuffs the morning air.
James Grainger, Solitude, An Ode, line 35.
Health
Cur moriatur homo, cui salvia crescit in horto?
Why should (need) a man die who has sage in his garden?
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