Aging in the United States: Opportunities and Challenges for Public Health

The outcome of having more and more diverse elderly population will become very large, especially in the education and training requirements for economic, residential and medical sectors, and health and social workers 2, 3 . As adults continue to grow, public health experts find innovative ways to meet the diverse needs of this population, deal with the lack of elderly-trained experts, and overwhelming for carers and families We must mitigate the demands. The public health system must also contribute its expertise to opportunities and challenges of aging in the United States. For example, a public health monitoring system that assesses and monitors the health of a wider population helps track changes in the living conditions of elderly people. The public health training program can be used to educate professionals on aging and to face the myth related to aging.

There are plenty of opportunities for public health, making maximum use of the potential of aging and the needs. The next step is to develop a healthy geriatrics school for public health schools. Public health policies and interventions can also be exploited and expanded through collaboration with aging service networks and other non-traditional partners such as transportation, housing, planning agencies. Public health initiatives must clearly address the vulnerability of the elderly to natural disasters, the threat of infectious diseases, and other emergencies. Finally, public health is likely to benefit from innovative approaches such as experiencing healthy aging and reshaping, bringing the elderly to participate in activities that bring value to their lives and communities There is. Articles in the "Wall Street Journal" series present lenses to strengthen our overall focus on population aging as a resource, not burdens on society.

In the United States, the Public Health University Association represents a public health school certified by the Public Health Education Committee (CEPH). Delta Omega is a honorary association of public health graduates. Established in 1924, the Association is located at Johns Hopkins University Sanitary Public Health Faculty. Currently there are about 68 chapters in the US and Puerto Rico. The early days of public health started in ancient times. From the beginning of human civilization, people noticed that contaminated water and lack of proper waste disposal spread infectious diseases (gas theory). Early religion tried to regulate health-related behavior from the type of food consumed, up to the regulation of certain indulgences such as eating and drinking and sexual relations. Leaders are responsible for the health of their subjects to ensure social stability, prosperity and order.

Early public health in the United States Public health in Europe and the United States comes from environmental protection methods and is a necessary countermeasure against regional threats including trends, regional environmental conditions and waste management23. The US and Europe also share public health initiatives. The general motivation often lacks widespread attention to the happiness of the population. Among the dominant classes, fear of social unrest and revolution (and disease transmission) is spurring a lot of public health work. Public health benefits are often inconsistent with economic and international trade interests 24. When these two contradictions exist, business interests tend to win.