public health
nounDefinition of public health
: the art and science dealing with the protection and improvement of community health by organized community effort and including preventive medicine and sanitary and social science
Examples of public health in a Sentence
a disease that poses a serious threat to public health
She got her degree in public health.
Public health officials warned of an influenza outbreak.
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Those public health concerns could bring major economic losses for the city. — Washington Post, "Will America’s ‘Least Sustainable City’ vote to kill rail transit?," 24 Aug. 2019 City officials say this information will help them improve public health. — National Geographic, "Air pollution linked to bipolar disorder, depression," 20 Aug. 2019 The impact of climate change on mental health is a looming public health crisis. — Krista Stevens, Longreads, "Greenland’s Deepening Ecological Grief," 19 Aug. 2019 And researchers argue that policing has become an urgent public health concern with real impacts on communities. — P.r. Lockhart, Vox, "Why police violence needs to be treated as a public health issue," 14 Aug. 2019 Bower specified that the public health concerns being raised pertaining to this watershed protection plan are not referring to drinking water quality, but rather to the quality of water used for recreation and the risk of pathogen exposure. — Melanie Feuk, Houston Chronicle, "Partnership launches to improve Cypress Creek water quality," 23 July 2019 Across Wisconsin, public health agencies and officials were urging residents to try to stay cool if possible, saying extreme heat can be dangerous and interact with some medications. — Alex Groth, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Thunderstorms rolling into southeastern Wisconsin as heat wave continues," 20 July 2019 Still a 'public health concern' The sexting research still yielded much for parents to be worried about. — Sonja Haller, USA TODAY, "Caught your teen sexting? Don't 'freak out,' experts say. Study found it can be healthy," 28 June 2019 Instead, public health officials said, Germans should consider opening their windows in the morning, dress accordingly and drink sufficiently. — Author: Rick Noack, Anchorage Daily News, "Europe’s record heat wave is changing minds about the value of air conditioning," 28 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'public health.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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public health
nounEnglish Language Learners Definition of public health
: the health of people in general
US
: the science of caring for the people of a community by giving them basic health care and health information, improving living conditions, etc.
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public health
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pub·lic health
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Medical Definition of public health
: the art and science dealing with the protection and improvement of community health by organized community effort and including preventive medicine and sanitary and social science