Don Brannen

Background

About Don Brannen

Public Health should be organized by society to protect, promote, and restore the people’s health. This effort should be community based, aimed at prevention of disease and injury, protection from disease threats, and promotion of health. Due to changing determinants of health, there is a need to determine the incidence and distribution of disease to all for the equitable control of health disparities, and the equitable delivery of public health services. The programs, services, and institutions involved should emphasize the prevention of disease and the health needs of the population as a whole. Public health activities change with changing technology and social values, but the goals remain the same: to reduce the amount of disease, premature death and disease produced discomfort and disability in the population. Public health is a social institution, a discipline, and a practice. To this end, commit to take responsive action when infectious disease threatens the community, to prevent the spread of disease and prevent injury and to promote a better quality of life through health education. Subscribe that Public Health Services: Are a basic human right; must be available, accessible, and coordinated with other human services; are provided using the most appropriate public health metric for cost effectiveness. Affirm a commitment to the principle of health equity achieved through the principles of beneficence, justice, and respecting an individual’s autonomy. Monitor and evaluate the functions and the purposes of the public health system to ensure: Services to the community meet quality standards; That the community health needs of the population as a whole are being met; That resources, people, and priorities are known and available for utilization; and Services dictated by laws, rules and regulations are available.