The attack comes less than two weeks after a Montana wilderness guide was fatally mauled by a grizzly bear that authorities said probably was defending a moose carcass near Yellowstone National Park. The body of the Durango woman, 39, was found Friday by her boyfriend, hours after she didn't return from walking her two dogs, state Parks and Wildlife spokesman Jason Clay said. SJBPH will be publicizing opportunities to participate in the assessment, and you can visit /apc for more information.An autopsy this week will determine the official cause of death for a Colorado woman found dead after what authorities suspect was a bear attack. With your feedback, SJBPH will prioritize the public health issues unique to the communities we serve, and through the plan, create strategies to work with local partner organizations and providers to address these issues. As we embark upon this process, that includes collecting and analyzing data related to chronic health indicators as well as quality-oflife factors like housing, education and mental health, our goal is to engage local community members in the effort to shape public health policy. On a local level, San Juan Basin Public Health is launching our next Community Health Assessment that will result in a new Public Health Improvement Plan to be released within the next year. Public health initiatives focus on serving populations, not just individuals, and improving everyone’s ability to reach their highest health potential, not just those who can afford it.
Another important distinction between public health and individualized medical care is the foundational emphasis on health equity. Health policy that aims to increase life expectancy and lower health care costs should demonstrate an investment in public health efforts that address multiple determinants of health, such as environmental factors, behavioral health and housing. Currently, medical health care expenditures amount to close to 18 percent of our GDP, whereas the more cost-effective public health initiatives have been vastly underfunded, despite the evidence that they greatly improve the health of the nation. The importance of highlighting public health’s role in extending life and improving health is crucial. Providing and supporting vaccinations is a key tool in today’s public health toolbox. have no idea what it’s like to watch a child die a painful death from a tetanus infection or to witness a loved one experience brutal paralysis and death from polio. Vaccines have been so effective at improving health and saving and extending lives that most people in the U.S. This historical examination would not be complete without an acknowledgement of the impact of vaccines on improved health and life expectancy in the U.S., although widespread use of vaccines did not occur until the 1900s compared to some of the earlier life-extending population health improvements mentioned above. Also, other social advancements such as greater understanding of nutrition, better housing conditions, air quality improvements, child labor laws and higher literacy rates also greatly improved overall health and life expectancy. Historians have concluded that improved sanitation, public water treatment, sewage management, food inspection and municipal garbage collection almost eliminated the aforementioned causes of death. This period is actually referred to as the “First Public Health Revolution” and it occurred before the medical interventions of antibiotics and advanced surgical techniques were in place. However, while most people imagine medical advancements to be the reason for this increase, the largest gain in life expectancy occurred between 18 due to public health improvements such as control of infectious diseases, more abundant and safer foods, cleaner water, and other nonmedical social improvements. life expectancy has more than doubled to almost 80 years (78.8 in 2015), with vast improvements in health and quality of life. The average lifespan at the time was around 35 years. With a lack of medical understanding of these ailments, a common treatment was bloodletting. People died painfully, mostly in infancy or childhood, primarily from diseases such as tuberculosis, pleurisy, typhus, tonsillitis, cholera and dysentery. Living conditions then were vastly different from today due to poor sanitation, lack of proper sewage management, non-existent or inadequate treatment of drinking water, no food inspection or municipal garbage collection, crowded housing and no real understanding of nutrition. With National Public Health Week taking place April 3-9, I ask you to take a trip back in time and imagine yourself living 200 years ago in 1817.
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