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.