ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH

ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH Name Institution Affiliation Course Date of Submission Orange County Public Health Health is an important aspect of every human being. Every man, woman and child has to look at or be looked at to make sure that they maintain a stable healthy condition. However, the need to look at health is a broader perspective is needed hence the rise of public health. Public health is a form of science that entails the protection and improvement of health of communities. Thisis usually done through education, research on diseases and promoting healthy ways of living (New York, 2012). Public health entails improving the health of people not only in a specific region but in the whole globe and helps in preventing health problemsbefore they come into being.Information is usually passed to people in many channels. Organizations like the World Health Organization or any other concerned individual may be used to pass information to a particular group of people (Freshman, 2013). Moreover, public health encompasses many subfields including community, environmental and behavioral health. In the United States, different states have few disparities in the way their public health in governed. In the Orange County, public health practioners and organization encourage immunization for children. This is mainly to prevent the acquisition of diseases like hepatitis B, polio and yellow fever. The Florida Health Department in Orange county specifically encourage parents to make sure that their children are vaccinated early enough to avoid any future regrets (New York, 2012). Moreover, the community health office in Orange County empowers the residentsby providing platforms like health forums and research to teach them on healthy safety standards. The health department also champions for improved dental health. Every individual is advised to visit the dentist at least once a week to have their dentals checked. Dental infection preve...