Public health is the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and
promoting fisical and mental health and efficiency through organized community
effort for the sanitation of the environment, the control of community infection, the
education of the individual in principles of personal hygiene, the organization of
medical and nursing service for the early diagnosis and preventive treatment of
disease, and the development of the social machinery which will ensure to every
individual in the community a standard of living adequate for the maintenance of
health.
Ilmu Kesehatan Masyarakat adalah ilmu dan seni
memperpanjang usia hidup dan meningkatkan
yang
dapat
mengganggu
kesehatan,
misalnya
kebiasaan
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b. Pelayanan kesehatan lingkungan ( environmental health services),
disebut juga sebagai pelayanan kesehatan masyarakat (public health
services).
kesehatan
diselenggarakan
secara
diartikan
sendiri
sebagai
atau
setiap
bersama-sama
upaya
yang
dalam
suatu