Public Health

What is Public Health?

Public health is a social science (designed for social change) of keeping, promoting and improving the health issues of communities. Public health supports healthy standard of living, inquire about public health diseases and deterrence of infectious diseases (CDC Foundation, n.d.). For example, as a public health issue in Philippines and a social factor, limited education brings about women’s’ inability to make better decision in contraceptive measures. York (2012) described correlative measure of contraceptive with cultural awareness, in Philippines. According to

Public Health Issue-Texting while Driving

The description of an underrecognized issue in public health is the mental addiction of texting while driving. This is especially true among youngsters. This is a public health concern that requires recognition and increased awareness. Many research surveys have shown negative effects of texting while driving. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, (2012), driver interruption was the leading cause of 18 percent of all fatal crashes – with 3,328 people died – and crashes

Transtheoretical Model versus the Health Belief Model

           In today’s society and looking at the community health intervention, community changes as a result of human behaviors can be seen as either a tool or need process. The earlier we understand the important of such a need process the faster we can tackle human behaviors in public health. Several health circumstances begun with behavior threat, such as the real problem of drug abuse, alcohol abuse, excessive tobacco used, irresponsible driving, reckless eating disorder, unprotected sexual attitude and other hasty behaviors that negatively lead to health