Public Health Unit
Lesson One – Day Two: Public Health System
What is a Healthy Community?
Brainstorm a definition in your own words below:
Copy the formal definition from the powerpoint slide:
What is Public Health?
Brainstorm a definition in your own words below:
Copy the formal definition from the powerpoint slide:
Was your definition close to the ‘official’ definition for a ‘Healthy Community’ and ‘Public Health’?
Public health organizations can be categorized as:
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2.
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4.
Can you name an example of a Public Health organization for each category?
Public Health Government Agencies:
Level of
Government
The local
agency for
you is called:
LOCAL
STATE
NATIONAL
INTERNATIONAL
Montgomery County
Health Department
Pennsylvania
Department of
Health
Department of Health
& Human Services
(HHS)
World Organization
of Health
(WHO)
What do they
do? What is
their job?
“THINK – PAIR – SHARE” Activity:
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Think – please write below one example of a either a RESPONSIBILITY or LAW that level of
government is responsible for
Pair – stay in your seat (if possible) and find one or two partners to share your answers.
Share – one level of government at a time, please share your thoughts of a responsibility or law that
level is responsible for. If your partner(s) have a different example than you please add it to your notes.
Level of Government
Your Examples –
What is that level’s
responsibility or role in
our public health? Is
there a law they may be
responsible for?
Partner Examples
(if different than yours)
LOCAL
STATE
NATIONAL
INTERNATIONAL