Berridge, Virginia. (2016). Public Health: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford, United Kingdom. Retrieved from Oxford University Press.
The challenges within the public health field are forever changing, as told by Berridge, which are inevitable and continuing. Under the three levels of public health, global, national, and local, the goals differ but the priority of a healthy population as a whole remains the same. This chapter in Berridge’s book is intended to help us understand the challenges with the broad agenda that the public health field faces. This chapter speaks of how lifestyle is a direct cause of certain health risks. Lifestyle is usually a choice made by a person, with certain exceptions, but some do not realize the obvious and sometimes not so obvious health risks associated with the lifestyle choices that they make. Many believe that screening is a type of prevention for these lifestyle risks, usually done by a physician. However, it takes more than just screening; it takes modification and adjustment of this lifestyle as well. Not only is modification essential for prevention of lifestyle health risks, it is also necessary to spread awareness and be informed. Homeostasis is pertinent here, not only physically, but to be of sound mind as well. Many have always considered the public health field as only medical and physical health, not considering the fact that the broad field actually encompasses all aspects of health, including mental and emotional health as well. While many believe this stigma, it has been mostly removed and allowed for the public health field to grow and expand in to a wide variety of areas allowing for a more in depth review of what public health really is. This information will help me in my research by explaining how knowledge, awareness, and education are catalysts to enable people to live fully healthy lifestyles regardless of sex, race, age, and socioeconomic status.
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