The Public Health Department's role is to enable and support the PCT and its partners to improve the health of the population and reduce the health inequalities that exist between areas and groups in Blackburn with Darwen.
There are many different definitions of public health. We like the definition used by the UK Public Health Association. They believe public health:
- is an approach that focuses on the health and well being of a society and the most effective means of protecting and improving it.
- encompasses the science, art and politics of preventing illness and disease and promoting health and well being. It addresses the root causes of illness and disease, including the inter-acting social, environmental, biological and psychological dimensions, as well as the provision of effective health services.
- addresses inequalities, injustices and denials of human rights, which frequently explain large variations in health locally, nationally and globally.
- works effectively through partnerships that cut across professional and organisational boundaries and seeks to eliminate avoidable distinctions.
- relies upon evidence, judgement and skills and promotes the participation of the populations who are themselves the subject of policy and action.
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