Individual Assignment: Community Newsletter

HCS/457: Public and Community Health

Introduction Thehistory of public healthis derived from many historical ideas, trial and error, thedevelopmentof basic sciences, technology, andepidemiology. In the modern era, James Linds clinical trial of variousdietary treatmentsof British sailors withscurvyin 1756 and Edward Jenners 1796 discovery thatcowpoxvaccinationpreventssmallpox have modern-day applications as the science and practices ofnutritionandimmunizationare crucial influences on health among the populations of developing and developed countries [ CITATION The14 \l 1033 ].

What is Public Health? We do not think about the responsibilities of those in public health, nor do we focus...