Becoming familiar with the opening statements will set you on the right track to begin journey in developing an understanding of the importance of people's health. The connection between people's health and community oral health will become apparent throughout the text. Thinking of specific examples, such as those in the Opening Statements, will enable you to envision what is meant by the topics of health, public health, and dental public health. It is also necessary to review the more formal definitions of these terms that occur in most texts on the topics Various definitions exist for these terms; however, the following definitions should suffice for use
within the scope of community oral health practice for the dental hygienist:
Health has been described by the world Health organization(WHO) as follows: Health comprises complete physical and social well-being and is not merely the absence of disease
Public health, as described by Winslow, is “the science and art f preventing disease prolonging life, and promoting physical health an d efficiency through organized community efforts. "It is concerned with lifestyle and behavior, the environment, human biology, and organizations of health programs and systems. The public pertains to the community state, or nation. Public health is people's health
Dental publie health has been described by the American Board of Dental Health as the science and art of preventing and controlling dental disease and promoting dental health through organized community efforts. It is that form of dental practice which serves the community as the patient rather than the individual. It is concerned with the dental education of the public, applied dental research, and the administration of group dental care programs, as well as prevention and control of dental diseases on a community basis In this text, the terms public health and community health are used synonymously, and both refer to the effort that is organized by society to protect, promote and restore the health and quality of life of the people.
The term population health has been defined as “the health outcomes of a group of individuals including the distribution of such outcomes within the group." It is an approach to health with a goal to improve the health of the entire population, One major step in achieving this goal.
Becoming familiar with the opening statements will set you on the right track to begin journey in developing an understanding of the importance of people's health. The connection between people's health and community oral health will become apparent throughout the text. Thinking of specific examples, such as those in the Opening Statements, will enable you to envision what is meant by the topics of health, public health, and dental public health. It is also necessary to review the more formal definitions of these terms that occur in most texts on the topics Various definitions exist for these terms; however, the following definitions should suffice for use within the scope of community oral health practice for the dental hygienist: Health has been described by the world Health organization(WHO) as follows: Health comprises complete physical and social well-being and is not merely the absence of disease Public health, as described by Winslow, is “the science and art f preventing disease prolonging life, and promoting physical health an d efficiency through organized community efforts. "It is concerned with lifestyle and behavior, the environment, human biology, and organizations of health programs and systems. The public pertains to the community state, or nation. Public health is people's healthDental publie health has been described by the American Board of Dental Health as the science and art of preventing and controlling dental disease and promoting dental health through organized community efforts. It is that form of dental practice which serves the community as the patient rather than the individual. It is concerned with the dental education of the public, applied dental research, and the administration of group dental care programs, as well as prevention and control of dental diseases on a community basis In this text, the terms public health and community health are used synonymously, and both refer to the effort that is organized by society to protect, promote and restore the health and quality of life of the people. The term population health has been defined as “the health outcomes of a group of individuals including the distribution of such outcomes within the group." It is an approach to health with a goal to improve the health of the entire population, One major step in achieving this goal.
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