Better Public Health in a Healthy Community

Health Matters is a weekly radio show sponsored by the Medicine Center Pharmacy on WHBC 1480 AM in Canton, Ohio. In this episode pharmacists, Brad White and James M. Adams (RS, MPH) Health Commissioner of Canton City Public Health discusses healthy lifestyles, researching the disease, injury prevention, and detecting, preventing, and responding to infectious diseases.

Public health is the science of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities. This work is achieved by promoting “Prevent, Promote, Protect.” Overall, public health is concerned with protecting the health of entire populations. 

Tune in to learn more about these topics in this program:

• What monkeypox is and what the risk is to the general public?

• What are the symptoms of MonkeyPox and how easily transmittable is it?

• What is important to know so that we can help friends, neighbors, or relatives who may be in this situation?

• What should we do to keep our school-age population safe?

• Getting both a covid vaccine and a flu vaccine at the same time?

Public health professionals try to prevent problems from happening or recurring through implementing educational programs, recommending policies, administering services, and conducting research—in contrast to clinical professionals like doctors and nurses, who focus primarily on treating individuals after they become sick or injured. Public health also works to limit health disparities.

A large part of public health is promoting health care equity, quality, and accessibility. James M. Adams and the staff of Canton City Board of Health deserve our thanks and appreciation for all they do to keep us and our community healthy.

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Thanks for listening today! We’d like to remind our listeners if you suspect you have a medical issue, please contact your healthcare provider. Thanks to our sponsor Health Commissioner of Canton City Public Health As always, we thank our listeners for joining us on Health Matters with the Medicine Center Pharmacy. 

Have a healthy week and we’ll see you again next Friday right here on News Talk 1480 WHBC.