the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health
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Name three policies/practices associated with old public health
Quarrantine laws, mass vaccinations, improved nutrition, improved water and sanitation
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Define 'infectious disease'
diseases caused by micro-organisms, such as bacteria, viruses, parasites or fungi, that can be spread, directly or indirectly, from one person to another
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What is meant by 'Old public health'?
government actions that focused on changing the physical environment to prevent the spread of disease, such as providing safe water, sanitation and sewage
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Name two infectious diseases targeted through old public health.
Cholera, polio, tuberculosis, smallpox, typhoid
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What is meant by 'public health'?
the ways in which governments monitor, regulate and promote health status and prevent disease
