public health

noun

1. health services to improve and protect community health, especially sanitation, immunization, and preventive medicine.

Other Word Forms

• public-health adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of public health¹

First recorded in 1610–20

Example Sentences

Winter spoke passionately about the need for a network of parks “along the backbone system of our waterways,” saying this can boost ecosystems, improve air quality and protect public health.

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The commission found that national spending had fallen by 3% in real terms since 2018 and warned that more analysis was needed to understand how the decline was impacting public health and wellbeing.

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There have also been considerable advancements in the ability to observe methane super-emitters through satellites and remote sensors, according to Seth Shonkoff, executive director at the science research institute PSE Healthy Energy and an associate researcher at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health.

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Over the past century, everything from cars to the automation of daily household chores to online shopping has removed physical activity from our lives, says Bethany Barone Gibbs, who chairs the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the West Virginia University School of Public Health.

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“The initiative was carefully crafted to protect the environment while ensuring that plans for much-needed housing, clean energy, reliable water supplies, and public health and safety facilities are reviewed in a timely manner,” Barrera said.

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