(A001) What Does Public Health Do?

The cornerstone of public health is prevention, particularly primary prevention. Prevention is public health’s historic and ideal approach to promoting health. In this training, you will learn about how public health has attempted to ensure conditions that promote health.
TRAINING OBJECTIVES:
- Review the breadth of public health practice
- Define the broad mission of public health
- Discuss the tools to change risky behaviors
- Define the different approaches to health for clinicians and public health practitioners
- Discuss the three types of prevention
- Discuss public health’s role in secondary and tertiary prevention
- Review HRSA designations of underserved areas
REGISTER FOR THIS CLASS AND GET MORE:
www.train.org/ND/course/1116143
- Add this class to your training transcript
- Test your comprehension with a quiz
- Earn 1.0 Certified Public Health (continuing education) credits
- Order an official Certificate of Completion
COURSE PROVIDER:
This training is brought to you by North Dakota Public Health Training Network (NDPHTN). We provide practical, practice-based training in core competencies for professionals around the world who protect and improve the public's health. Learn more at www.ndphtn.com
INSTRUCTOR:
Dr. Terry Dwelle is the former North Dakota State Health Officer and the current President and Educational Director of North Dakota Public Health Training Network (NDPHTN). Dr. Dwelle has over 40 years of clinical and public health experience in the United States, Eastern Europe, Latin and South America, and Central and East Africa.
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