Question 7 · LDEK · Definitions
Indicate Winslow’s public health definition:
- A. public health is “the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health and efficiency through the organized efforts of society to hygiene the environment, control infectious diseases, educate individuals on private hygiene, organize medical and caring services…”.
- B. public health is “organized effort of society to protect, promote and restore human health”.
- C. public health is “organized effort of society, first and foremost, through public organizations to improve, promote, protect and restore population health as a result of collective actions…”.
- D. public health is “collective actions to permanently improve health of the entire population”.
- E. public health is “the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts of society”.
Hint
Winslow's 1920 definition is the classic long one that goes on to list specific tasks such as sanitation, infection control and hygiene education.
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