HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS AND CORE FUNCTIONS
View the E-learning course – Introduction to public health (slides 1 -33) at https://www.cdc.gov/publichealth101/e-learning/public-health/
You will identify and discuss the Core Functions of Public Health. Your task for this first segment is to address the following questions in a 2- to 3-page paper:
– What are the three core functions of public health?
– What are the essential services associated with each of these?
– Give two examples each of federal, state, and local agencies or departments that carry out these core functions and essential services.
Length: 2–3 pages, excluding the cover page and a reference list.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2016). Core functions of public health and how they relate to the 10 essential services. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/ehs/EPHLI/core_ess.htm
Goldsteen, R., Dwelle, T., & Goldsteen, K. (2014). Introduction to public health (2nd ed.). New York: Springer Publishing Company. Read: Chapter 1: Introduction and overview; and Chapter 2: Origins of public health.
