New concepts in public health

ABSTRACT

This presentation briefly reviews the history of public health beginning with the sanitary awakening and social defenses associated with nineteenth century urbanization. It traces public health practice to its current form covering the gambit from health care access to emerging infractions. We discuss the principles and interrelations among the core areas of public health and identify salient connections with other professional disciplines, as well as with the current fundamental public health practice paradigm. We conclude with a review of public health education in the United States and Europe as alternative models for other countries. We also touch upon some of the major challenges in the future of public health and higher education