Transforming Human Health: Celebrating 50 Years of Discovery and Progress (2022)
Chapter: PUBLIC HEALTH
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“When public health does its best job, nothing happens.”
—Georges Benjamin, Executive Director of the American Public Health Association and NAM Member
Environmental Health
Protecting Resources to Protect People
Reducing Pollutants in American Waters
Protecting Communities from Toxic Waste
Eliminating Ozone-Destroying Chemicals
Revealing the Dangers of Secondhand Smoke
Hurricane Katrina Exposes Health Disparities
The Flint Water Crisis Brings Environmental Health Inequity to the Fore
International Agreement to Slow Climate Change
A Climate Countdown
Health Disparities and Health Equity
Studying Disparities in Minority Health
A National Spotlight on Health Disparities
Creating Protections for Americans with Disabilities
Guiding Culturally Aware Health Care
Identifying Inconsistent Care Quality and Opportunities for Improvement
Digging Deeper into Disparities
New Offices Dedicated to Minority Health
Recognition of Same-Sex Marriage
Gender-Identity-Aware Health Research
Advancing Health Equity at the Community Level
Sexual and Reproductive Health
Federal Support for Family Planning
Birth Control
Abortion as a Health Care Service
Sexual Orientation Is Not a Mental Illness
Cervical Cancer, Human Papillomavirus, and a Cancer Vaccine
Toxic Shock Syndrome
Pharmacological Abortion
Human Egg Preservation
Substance and Alcohol Use Disorders
Classifying and Controlling Substances
Methadone Maintenance Treatment for Opioid Addiction
The Federal “War on Drugs”
Tobacco Use
Formalizing the Treatment of Addiction
Medical and Recreational Marijuana Use
The U.S. Opioid Epidemic
Discrimination, Stigma, and Substance Use Disorder
The Health Effects of Vaping
Injury and Violence Prevention
Prioritizing Worker Safety
Miners’ Safety
Automobile Safety
The Origins of Safety Culture
Firearm Safety
Standards to Address Biological Hazards
Consolidating Injury Prevention and Control
A Workplace Safety Research Agenda
Protections for Servicemembers
Oral, Eye, and Hearing Health
Detecting Hearing Loss in Infants
The Modern Era of Contact Lenses
Advances in Cataract Surgery
Restoring Hearing Through Cochlear Implants
Invention of LASIK Eye Surgery
A Revolutionary New Diagnostic Tool for Eye Diseases
The Benefits of Fluoride
The First Digital Hearing Aid
Alternatives to Braces
Defining the Essential Role of Oral Health
Health Disparities in Dental Care
Removing the Background Noise from Hearing Aids
Healthy Nutrition and Behavior
Establishing Dietary Guidelines
Standardized Nutrition Labeling
Nutrition Science Helps Understand the “Double Burden”
Reduced Use of Trans Fats
Marketing Contributes to Childhood Obesity
Child Nutrition Programs
Health Benefits of Physical Activity
Reducing Sodium Intake
Harmful Effects of Added Sugars
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Establishing a Public Health Agenda
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
Surveying Behavioral Risk
Healthy People 2000
A Roadmap for Community Change
Healthy People 2020 and 2030
