Public Health Principles

This IFSS Basic Level Public Health Principles course provides introductory knowledge, skills, and abilities related to how regulatory agencies promote health and prevent and control feed- and food-related illness.

• Goal: Participants will be able to recognize basic public health concepts.

• Scope: Topics in this course include Foundations, Ten Essential Services, and Public Health Policy.

Course Objectives

Foundations

• Define the purpose of public health

• Identify the relationship between the ten essential services and the three core functions of public health

• Recognize examples of public health activities

• Identify examples of public health campaigns

Ten Essential Services 

• Define public health systems

• Identify the ten essential services of public health

Public Health Policy

• Recognize how incidents drive policy

• Recognize how stakeholders influence policy

• Differentiate between preventive and reactive approaches to public health policy development and implementation

Duration

• Unit 1: Foundations – 20 minutes 

• Unit 2: Ten Essential Services – 15 minutes

• Unit 3: Public Health Policy – 15 minutes

• Total course time – 1 hour