Future Trends In Public Health

Public health is a priority around the world, and health care systems were created to help take care of the public. The United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom are industrialized countries that have different health care systems and approach public health differently. It is important to compare global health care systems to discover best practices, attempt to lower costs, and improve outcomes. Predicting future trends in public health is difficult, but to improve health care and one can look to the past to improve the future.
Health Systems around the World The United States’ healthcare system is often compared to health care systems in other industrialized countries. According to Davis, Stremikis, Schoen, and Squires (2014), “The

“While public health aim is to discover and resolve health issues in the community, the health care system is to protect and promote health while providing preventative care,” (Riegelman & Kirkwood, 2015, p. 244). Community-based approaches assist in the discovery of potential public health issues and research processes find alternatives to these issues within the population. For example, tobacco control programs and the restricted use of lead paint in businesses encouraged by communities that are involved in the research processes and implementation initiatives. This approach is better known as community-based participator research (Riegelman & Kirkwood, 2015, p.

In the industrialized countries, there are mechanisms in place to review their outcomes based on quality of care, access to care, efficiency, and heathy lives. In assessing each country’s strengths and weaknesses, the country has an opportunity to make changes to improve their practices in order to provide better cost-effective care. Community-based programs can be established to help research potential areas of risk to the public such as anti-smoking campaigns. Public health officials can also look in the past for lessons learned and provide education to communities to prevent potential epidemic outbreaks. If an outbreak is likely, health care systems and public health departments need to work closely to minimize the effects to the general