Public Health Campaigns
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Welcome to the world of Public Health Campaigns!
Public Health is "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" (1920,
C.E.A. Winslow)
Here is an “official definition”:
Public Health professionals are
concerned with YOUR health and
create campaigns to do important
things like:
Inform about the importance of helmets for
motorcyclists
Promote Active
Lifestyle
So that you can chill on the beach
without worries!
Here is an example of a Public Health
Campaign that promotes a
balanced diet:
And here Bill Clinton is discussing an important
issue of HIV/AIDS
Public Health professionals and even politicians
use such campaigns to keep the public healthy
Because it is much better to prevent diseases than treat
them!
And way cheaper
too!!!
Why should I care?!
Public Health Campaigns are being used in Health
Communication area to send people a message
promoting health or warning about health risks.
To put it simply: They are determined
to make your life better!
Awesome, right?!
Did you have to do the Smallpox
vaccine?!
Umm…No….
That’s because it Public Health professionals promoted
vaccination and eradicated the disease from the world. Now
it only exists in labs and millions of people are being
saved! Wow! That’s Awesome! And now I don’t have to do the
painful vaccination!
How?! Here is an example!
Now can you see that Public Health Campaigns deal with big issues that affect the whole
population?!
Therefore…They affect
YOU!
Public Health Campaigns really
seem to be important….Then why do they still
get
criticized?!
Critics are concerned with things like:
etc.
Some Interesting Facts about Public Health
USA is ranked number 1 among countries that spend the
most on healthcare
….
And number 27 in the highest life expectancy list
….
We spend $100 billion a year treating heart disease while
its major causes-obesity, diabetes and hypertension are
preventable
…..
At the same time only 2 to 3 % of health care spending
goes for preventing illnesses
Obesity, Smoking and Alcohol are the leading causes of
deaths….
Public Health Campaigns
CAN change that!
The Government needs to invest more money into
preventing diseases and create Public Health
Campaigns that will make people change their
behaviors!
Stay Healthy!
Credits Images: Photo on slide 20 by Arturo Ceccopieri
Photo on slide 19 by Nelly Ciolkowski
Other photos by Yana Koroleva
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Info: 1. Winslow, C.E.A (1920 ). "The untilled
fields of public health". Science 51
(1306): 23–33.
2. (2008). Better health through
prevention. Center of science in public interest
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