CPH 101 - Community & Public Health

Introduction to Public
Health

Jeremie R Galapon, RMT, MT(ASCPi)

 Course Description
 This course will explores the complex determinants of health and is
designed to help students use their understanding of theses
determinants to develop strategies to improve the health of
communities and populations.
 The course also includes the study of the Philippine Healthcare
Delivery System, related laws in public health and the global context
of public health.
 The laboratory course is designed to enable students to develop
knowledge and skills to access, generate, critically evaluate, adapt
and implement evidence in public health practice (“evidence-based
practice” “EBP”) to improve community health. The practice of
evidence-based public health incorporates the best available evidence
supporting public health interventions with consideration of
community preferences, values, resources and assets.

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 Course Overview

 Principles of Public Health Science

 Public Health Issues: Problems, Social
Determinants, and Interventions
 Public Health and Health Care
 Overarching Issues in Public Health
 Philippine Health Care Delivery System
 Related Laws in Public Health

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Course Summary Schedule

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LABORATORY ACTIVITIES

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Grading and Evaluation

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 Seatwork and Quizzes (30%)

 There are seatworks and quizzes in the course. The

format of quizzes will be multiple choice, true/false,
fill-in, matching, and short answer question.

 Seatworks are self-paced learning activities during

which all students work independently on a given
task at their own seat or in the library.

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 Assignments and Class Participation (20%)
 Learning is a collaborative process. Students are
expected to be in class and participate as actively as
they feel comfortable. These contributions are
invaluable to the learning process and are integral to
success in this course.

 The class will utilize a variety of learning strategies,

including lecture, discussion and interactive
activities. Assignments are tasks given to students
by their instructor to be completed out of the class
time. These activities are expected and constitute
part of your overall grade.
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 Attendance and Behavior Output (10%)
 In fairness to classmates, attendance and good
behavior at all classes is required.

 Please informed your instructor as soon as possible

in case of an anticipated absence.

 Unexcused absences may negatively impact your

grade. Excused absences, with documentation, will
not affect your grade.

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 Term Exams (40%)
 There are 2 major term exams (midterm and final)
consists of 50 questions that cover all of the
concepts taught in the course.

 To prepare for the exam, review all practice

questions thru schoology app.

 Prelim and prefinal are journal critiques or

PowerPoint presentation project.

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 Laboratory
There are two (2) papers (20%)

 Paper #1 – Public Health Issue Statement (The first

paper will require you to investigate a public health
problem)

 Paper #2: Public Health in the Community (The

second paper focuses on public health in action).
Guidelines of these papers will downloaded to your
schoology app.

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 Article Review and Critique (10%)
 A peer-reviewed article will be provided to the class during the
semester. Review and critique this article using the template provided.
In the template, you will be requested to identify: the research
questions/study aims, study design, population and sampling
procedures, intervention /comparison conditions if relevant, data
collection methods and measures, key findings, study strengths and
study limitations.

 Please do not copy large amounts of text to include in the review.

Summarize information when possible, in bullets, from the articles to
include in the review template.

 The review should be submitted in a word document thru schoology

app.

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 Attendance/Engagement (10%)

 The course is a face-to-face learning experience

designed for students to physically attend class and
participate in covering materials, interact with
classmates and share personal experiences,
knowledge, opinions, values as well as beliefs
regarding topics.

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 Laboratory activities (60%)

 Different laboratory activities will be given each

week.

 Guidelines of theses activities will be uploaded thru

your schoology app.

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Submitting Seatworks/Written Assignments/Papers/Article Review
and Critique/Laboratory Activities/

 Hard copies of all written materials are to be

submitted at, or before, the start of class and/or
electronically via the schoology app.

 As part of this course, we will utilize plagiarism

check to help determine the originality of your work.

 Any form of plagiarism will get a grade of zero in that

particular written works.

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 Late paper policy

 Late paper will lose half a grade for every day past
the due date.

 “Late” is defined as being 1 minute past the

deadline.

 Please note that computer, printer problems and

internet problems are not acceptable reasons for
having a late paper. Please be sure to save your
work regularly on your computer and to back it up
elsewhere (e.g. USB drive, DropBox, GoogleDrive).
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 Course Topics
Introduction to Public Health

1. Public Health Definition and Key Terms

2. History of Public Health
3. A Public Health Approach
4. Core Functions and Essential Services of Public Health
5. Stakeholder Roles in Public Health
6. Determining and Influencing the Public’s Health

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 Learning Objectives
After this course, you will be able to
• describe the purpose of public health
• define key terms used in public health
• identify prominent events in the history of public health
• recognize the core public health functions and services
• describe the role of different stakeholders in the field of
public health
• list some determinants of health
• recognize how individual determinants of health affect
population health

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 Topic 1
Public Health Definition
and Key Terms

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 Public Health Defined

“The science and art of preventing

disease, prolonging life, and promoting
health through the organized efforts
and informed choices of society,
organizations, public and private
communities, and individuals.”
—CEA Winslow
Photo: IF Fisher and EL Fisk

Winslow CEA. The untilled field of public health. Mod Med 1920;2:183–91. 20
The Mission of Public Health

“Fulfilling society’s interest

in assuring conditions in
which people can be
healthy.”
—Institute of Medicine

“Public health aims to

provide maximum benefit for
the largest number of
people.”
—World Health Organization

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 Public Health Key Terms

clinical care: prevention, treatment, and management of illness and

the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services
offered by medical and allied health professions; also known as health
care.
determinant: factor that contributes to the generation of a trait.

epidemic or outbreak: occurrence in a community or region of cases

of an illness, specific health-related behavior, or other health-related
event clearly in excess of normal expectancy. Both terms are used
interchangeably; however, epidemic usually refers to a larger
geographic distribution of illness or health-related events.

health outcome: result of a medical condition that directly

affects the length or quality of a person’s life.

Stedman TL, ed. Stedman’s medical dictionary. 28th ed. Baltimore, MD: Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins; 2006.
Farlex, Inc. The free dictionary. Huntingdon Valley, PA: Farlex, Inc.; 2014. Available at: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/. 22
 Knowledge Check

Fill in the blank with the correct answer.

A. groups of people B. individuals

groups of people
Public health aims to provide ___________________
with the right to be healthy and live in conditions
that support health.

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 Knowledge Check

Fill in the blank with the correct answer.

A. pandemic B. intervention
C. epidemic or outbreak D. prevention

epidemic or outbreak is a disease

A(n) ________________________
occurrence among a population that is in
excess of what is expected for a given time
and place.

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 Topic 2
The History of Public Health

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 Sanitation and Environmental Health

500 BCE 1840s 1970

Greeks and Romans The Public Health The Environmental

practice community Act of 1848 was Protection Agency
sanitation measures established in the was founded
United Kingdom

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 Pandemics

Influenza Polio HIV

500 million infected Vaccine introduced 34 million living with

worldwide in 1918 in 1955; eradication HIV worldwide; 20%
initiative launched in decline in new
1988 infections since 2001

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 Preparedness for Disaster Response
Biologic September Hurricane
Warfare 2001 Katrina

Plague used as a Public health Emergency services,

weapon of war during surveillance public health
the Siege of Kaffa conducted after surveillance, and
the 9/11 attacks disease treatment
provided
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 Prevention Through Policy
Book Tobacco
Obesity
of Leviticus Laws

The world’s Laws banning smoking Food labeling and

first written in public places promotion of physical
health code activity

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 Knowledge Check

Which of the following events in public health history

have been pandemics? (Select all that apply)

A. Siege of Kaffa

B. Influenza

C. Polio

D. Hurricane Katrina

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 Topic 3
A Public Health Approach

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 A Public Health Approach

Risk Factor Intervention

Surveillance Implementation
Identification Evaluation

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Public Health Core Sciences

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 Cholera — A Public Health Approach

Cholera, a fatal intestinal

disease, was rampant during
the early 1800s in London,
causing death to tens of
thousands of people in the
area. Cholera was
commonly thought to be
caused by bad air from
rotting organic matter.
Photo: TJ Kirn, MJ Lafferty, CMP Sandoe, and R Taylor,
Dartmouth Medical School

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 John Snow, Physician

John Snow is best known for

his work tracing the source of
the cholera outbreak and is
considered the father of
modern epidemiology.

Photo: London School of Hygiene

and Tropical Medicine

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Epidemiology — What is the Problem?
Cluster of Cholera Cases, London — 1854

Image: The Geographical Journal

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Risk Factor Identification — What Is the Cause?
Cluster of Cholera Cases and Pump Site Locations

Image: The Geographical Journal

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 Intervention Evaluation — What Works?
Through continuous research, Snow understood what
interventions were required to

• stop exposure to the contaminated water

supply on a larger scale, and

• stop exposure to the entire supply of

contaminated water in the area

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Implementation — How Do You Do It?

John Snow’s research convinced

the British government that the
source of cholera was water
contaminated with sewage

Photo: Justin Cormack

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 Knowledge Check

Fill in the blanks with the correct answers.

Each public health core science helps us to

___________
protect and _________
promote the public’s health by
providing public health practitioners with the
answers they need.

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 Knowledge Check
Match each component of the public health approach
with the questions they answer.

A. Risk Factor Identification B. Surveillance

C. Implementation D. Intervention Evaluation

B. Surveillance 1. What is the problem?

A. Risk Factor Identification 2. What is the cause?
D. Intervention Evaluation
3. What works?

C. Implementation 4. How do you do it?

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 Topic 4
Core Functions
and Essential Services
of Public Health

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 Three Core Functions of Public Health
Systematically collect, analyze,
Assessment and make available information
on healthy communities

Policy Promote the use of a scientific

Development knowledge base in policy and
decision making

Assurance Ensure provision of services to

those in need

Institute of Medicine. The future of public health. Washington, DC: National Academies Press; 1988. 43
Ten Essential Public Health Services

1. Monitor Health
2. Diagnose and Investigate
3. Inform, Educate, Empower
4. Mobilize Community Partnership
5. Develop Policies
6. Enforce Laws
7. Link to/Provide Care
8. Assure a Competent Workforce
9. Evaluate
10. Research

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Core Functions at Government Levels
Policy
Assessment Development Assurance

Federal National tobacco Smoking ban Federal grants

public health on commercial for antismoking
surveillance flights research

State Monitor state Increase

Funding
for campaign
tobacco use tobacco tax
through
Proposition 99

Resources to help
Local Report on local County laws smokers quit
tobacco use prohibiting in multiple
smoking in bars languages

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 Knowledge Check

Which of the following is NOT a core function of public

health?

A. Assurance

B. Assessment

C. Authority

D. Policy development

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 Knowledge Check

The essential health services of monitoring health and

diagnosing and investigating disease relate to which
core public health function?
A. Assurance

B. Assessment

C. Policy Development

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 Topic 5
Stakeholder Roles
in Public Health

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 Partners in the Public Health System
Clinical Care
Community Delivery System

Government Ensuring the Conditions Employers

Public Health for Population Health and Businesses
Infrastructure

Academia The Media

Institute of Medicine. The future of the public's health in the 21st century. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press; 2002. 49
 Nongovernmental Organization Examples

Organization Type Example

Professional membership Public Health Association of the
organizations Phils
Associations related to a Cancer Society of the Phils
specific health concern
Organizations of citizens MAD – Mamayan Ayaw sa
focused on health concerns Droga
Foundations that support Bill and Melinda Gates
health projects and influence Foundation
public policy development

Institute of Medicine. Who will keep the public healthy? Workshop summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press; 2003. 50
Health Care as a Partner in Public Health

Public Health Health Care

Population focus Individual patient focus

Public health ethic Personal service ethic

Prevention or public Diagnosis and treatment

health emphasis emphasis
Joint laboratory Joint laboratory
and field involvement and patient involvement
Clinical sciences peripheral Clinical sciences essential to
to professional training professional training
Public sector basis Private sector basis

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 Other Partners in Public Health
• Vehicle for public discourse
Media • Health education and promotion
• Health communication
• Social media as catalyst
• Employer-sponsored health insurance
Employers programs
and Businesses • Wellness initiatives and benefits
• Healthy workplaces and communities

• City planning
Government
• Education
Agencies • Health in all policies

• Education
• Training
Academia • Research
• Public Service
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 Knowledge Check
Match each stakeholder to its role in public health.
A. Academia B. Employers and businesses
C. Government D. Media

D. Media 1. Vehicle for public discourse

C. Government
2. Health in all policies

A. Academia 3. Education and training

B. Employers and businesses 4. Wellness initiatives and benefits

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 Topic 6
Determining and Influencing
the Public’s Health

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 Health Determinants

• Genes and biology

• Health behaviors
• Social or societal
characteristics
• Health services or medical
care

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Social determinants of health. http://www.cdc.gov/socialdeterminants/FAQ.html. 55
What Determines the Health of a Population?
Genes and Biology

Social/Societal
Characteristics;
Total Ecology Health Behaviors

Medical Care

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Social determinants of health. http://www.cdc.gov/socialdeterminants/FAQ.html. 56
 Health Impact Pyramid

Frieden TR. Framework for public health action: the health impact pyramid. Am J Public Health 2010;100:590–5. 57
 Health Impact Pyramid

Frieden TR. Framework for public health action: the health impact pyramid. Am J Public Health 2010;100:590–5. 58
 Knowledge Check

List the four determinants of health.

1. Genes and biology

2. Health behaviors

3. Social/societal characteristics

4. Health services or medical care

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Knowledge Check
Fill in the blanks using the following
choices.
A. down B. up

1. As we move down the health impact

pyramid, the public health impact grows
greater.
2. As we move up the health impact
pyramid, the amount of individual effort
increases.

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Public Health Core Sciences

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Question #1

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Question #2

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Question #3

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Question #4

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Question #5

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Question #6

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 Group Discussion
 Choose one infectious disease and analyse how it
has affected the population globally and what public
health problems it has caused. Also, discuss what
measures the WHO has used to manage it?