%0 Journal Article
%T The paradigms of public health practice: Lessons for disciplinary public health and community physicians in the developing countries
%A M.C Asuzu
%J -
%D 2017
%X Background: Public health (PH) is the application of any science or art organizationally, for the prevention of one, a few, or several diseases; as well as the promotion of health, happiness and longevity for the people at large; and efficiently. Most of these fall within the responsibility of the government to its polity; but in the modern world, individuals and groups of public-spirited people are also getting involved in these. Many paradigms for the practice of public health exist ¨C the government (public) health services on the one hand and the other vertical public health services, covering only sanitary/environmental health or other non-clinical public health sub-specialties; preventive medicine, social medicine; or community medicine and health, and primary health care as well.
%K Because of the two ways of entering into the public health service
%K disciplinarily by primary post-professional direct and full-PH or partial specializations therein
%K or by the ordinary entry into the government (public health services) or by entry into any of the above six different paradigms of its practice
%K there is often a misunderstanding of the entire meaning
%K practices
%K relations and efficient running of these public health services.
%U https://www.ajol.info/index.php/jcmphc/article/view/162445