Definitions of Public Health Practice

Use Chapter 1 in your Introduction to Public Health text to answer the following questions:

• What is the definition of public health? Remember to cite your source.
• How do the three core functions of public healthassessment, policy development, and assurancecompare and contrast to the functions of health care?
• What are the six disciplines of public health? 
  • How are these disciplines used to accomplish the core functions?
• Based on your personal or professional experience, which one of the six disciplines interests you the most? Why?