Sustainable health, a multisectoral area for study, research, and practice towards improving health and well-being for all while staying within planetary boundaries, is a prerequisite to reaching the 2030 agenda and the work and journey towards a world in which everyone, everywhere can live a healthy and fulfilled life
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The implications of climate change on public health are broad and vast. The interconnectedness of all of earth’s systems and human health is an area that is a challenge to study; the climate change scenarios are variable. Public health is directly tied to the human ecosystem that we create through our unsustainable activities. The deterioration of public health on this planet is perhaps the most important consequence of our own unsustainable choices. Without good public health outcomes, human life on this planet is threatened and ultimately our actions could cause significant changes in human health, well-being and longevity. It is not the earth that is at stake – it is humanity.
Ecological sustainability is more than just continuing the resource flows of the natural world to sustain the economic machine, while maintaining diversity of species and ecosystems. It is also about sustaining the vast support systems for health and life which could be considered the real bottom line of sustainability.
The goal of any public health intervention should include a consideration for sustainability.
Sustainable public health refers to public health policies, programs, and practices that meet current population health needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. Some key principles of sustainable public health include:
- Prevention Orientation: Prioritizing prevention of illness and injury over treatment to reduce long-term healthcare costs and demands. This includes investments in health promotion and education.
- Health Equity: Ensuring all populations and communities have fair access to opportunities and resources that allow them to achieve full health potential. This means addressing social determinants of health.
- Green Public Health: Implementing public health initiatives that minimize environmental impact, such as green building designs, renewable energy sources in healthcare facilities, waste reduction policies, etc. This supports ecological sustainability.
- Life Course Perspective: Assessing health cumulatively across the lifespan to understand how early interventions can create lasting improvements in wellbeing over generations. This is a long-term approach.
- Systems Thinking: Recognizing connections and interdependencies across health, social services, transportation, environment, agriculture, education etc. Collaborative, integrated policymaking aligns these sectors to enable healthy living.
The key goals are meeting immediate public health needs without depleting renewable resources or causing environmental damage that would compromise wellbeing for future generations. It requires a holistic, farsighted, equitable approach across policies and sectors.
зі всіма відповідями попередніми погоджуюсь. з повагою Чорна Валентина
Sustainable public health is about mitigating the current health concerns while controlling the negative social, economic, and environmental impact of those measures.
Стійке громадське здоровя я не погоджуюсь, що це помякшення поточних проблем. Це вчасно проведення комплексних профілактичних заходів за допомогою мультидисціплінарним методом/фахівцями.
Sustainable public health places importance on ensuring the long-term health, environmental, and social welfare of communities. It emphasizes prevention, equity, and responsible environmental practices.
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