Wetin na Pɔblik Ɛlth? Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt am simpul wan!

Wi ɔl want fɔ gɛt wɛlbɔdi ɛn gladi at. So, tide wi go tɔk bɔt wan spɛshal eria we de ɛp fɔ mek yu, yu famili, yu padi dɛn, ɛn di wan ol sosayti gɛt wɛlbɔdi. Dis na wetin wi kɔl Pɔblik Ɛlth . Sɔntɛm yu dɔn yɛri dis wɔd bifo. Lɛ wi si wetin i bi insay simpul wɔd dɛn ɛn aw i de afɛkt wi layf.

Wetin na Pɔblik Ɛlth? I rili simpul!

Naw, if yu gɛt kol, yu kin go to dɔktɔ. Di dɔktɔ kin chɛk yu ɛn gi yu mɛrɛsin we gɛt fɔ du wit yu. Na dat na jenɛral wɛlbɔdi biznɛs, we min se fɔ trit ɛnibɔdi wan bay wan. Bɔt, pɔblik wɛlbɔdi biznɛs difrɛn smɔl, na tin we bɔku pipul dɛn kin tink bɔt. Na ya, spɛshal pipul dɛn nɔ de luk ɛnibɔdi, bɔt dɛn de luk wan ol grup fɔ pipul dɛn, ɔ wan ol sosayti. Dɛn kin luk pan di wɛl bɔdi prɔblɛm dɛm na wan patikyula eria, ɔr wan patikyula pipul dɛm, ɛn aw fɔ sɔlv dɛm.

Tink bɔt am dis we. Insay wan vilej, data sho se dayarɛa de kam mɔ pan yɔŋ pikin dɛn. Dɔn pipul dɛn we sabi bɔt pɔblik wɛlbɔdi biznɛs kin kam fɔ no wetin mek. Sɔntɛm na we klin wata nɔ de, ɔ sɔntɛm tɔylɛt nɔ de. Dɔn dɛn kin gɛda wit di pipul dɛn na di vilej, tɔk to di lida dɛn na di kɔmyuniti, ɛn fɛn sɔlv fɔ dis prɔblɛm. Sɔntɛm dɛn kin bigin wan program fɔ klin wɛl, ɔ tich pipul dɛn bɔt aw i impɔtant fɔ was dɛn an. Si? Dis nɔ jɔs de bɛnifit wan famili, bɔt i de bɛnifit di wan ol vilej, bɔku pipul dɛn wan tɛm. I tan lɛk di protɛkshɔn we yu dɔktɔ we de mɛn pikin dɛn kin gi yu, apat frɔm di advays we yu kin gɛt frɔm yu dɔktɔ we de mɛn pikin dɛn. Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, pɔblik wɛlbɔdi biznɛs na fɔ tink bɔt di wɛlbɔdi fɔ di wan ol kɔmyuniti, nɔto jɔs bɔt wan pɔsin.

Udat de ɛp fɔ du dɛn pɔblik wɛlbɔdi wok ya?

Dis tan lɛk big tim we de wok togɛda. Ɛni wan pan dɛn gɛt spɛshal wok fɔ du. Lɛ wi si udat na dɛn pipul ya?

• Epidemiologists: Dɛn kin kɔl dɛn pipul ya bak "disease detectives." Na dεn wan wae de luk fכ di patεn dεm wae de sik dεm de skata pan wan patikyula grup pan pipul dεm, εn wetin de mek dεn de kam. Fɔ ɛgzampul, we dengue epidemic de, na dɛn kin luk fɔ tin lɛk aw i de skata, ɛn udat de pan denja pas ɔl.
• Wɛlbɔdi Ɛdyukeshɔn Spɛshal: As di nem sho, dɛn pipul ya kin tich pipul dɛn bɔt dɛn bɔdi, aw fɔ gɛt wɛlbɔdi, ɛn aw fɔ gɛt wɛlbɔdi savis. Fɔ mek pipul dɛn no bɔt dis na di men tin. Dɛn kin du wokshɔp, sheb smɔl smɔl buk dɛn, ɛn gi infɔmeshɔn tru difrɛn midia dɛn.
• Pɔblik Ɛlth Dɔktɔ dɛn: Dɛn dɔn tren dɛn dɔktɔ dɛn ya spɛshal wan bɔt pɔblik wɛlbɔdi biznɛs. Dɛn kin wok na kɔmyuniti wɛlbɔdi sɛnta ɛn sɔntɛnde dɛn kin tek lidaship wok fɔ shep gɔvmɛnt wɛlbɔdi polisi dɛn.
• Kɔmyuniti Ɛlth Wokman dɛn: Na dɛn pipul yaDɛn tan lɛk brij bitwin di pipul dɛn na di vilej ɛn di siti ɛn di wɛlbɔdi savis dɛn. Dɛn kin wok klos wit di kɔmyuniti, no wetin dɛn nid, ɛn ɛp dɛn. Insay wi kɔntri, Famili Ɛlth Midwayv na gud ɛgzampul fɔ dis. Dɛn kin go na di os dɛn ɛn gi di advays ɛn savis we dɛn nid to mama ɛn pikin dɛn.
• Biostatisticians: I tan lɛk se na strenj nem, nɔto so? Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, na dɛn kin gɛda, analayz, ɛn ɛksplen di data we gɛt fɔ du wit wɛlbɔdi biznɛs. Dis infɔmeshɔn de ɛp di wan dɛn we de mek di polisi ɛn ɔda pipul dɛn fɔ disayd fɔ du impɔtant tin dɛn. Fɔ ɛgzampul, dɛn analisis kin ɛp fɔ no us ej grup ɛn rijyɔn dɛn kin gɛt wan patikyula sik.
• Occupational Health and Safety Specialists: Ilɛksɛf yu de wok na ɔfis ɔ na faktri, yu nid fɔ mek shɔ se yu sef. Dis na di pipul dɛm we de chɛk if di wokples de mit di sef standad dɛm. Di inspekshɔn dɛn we dɛn kin du kin ɛp fɔ mek di wokman dɛn nɔ gɛt aksidɛnt.
• Rɛstɔrant Inspɛkta dɛn: We wi bay it na shɔp, wi nɔ kin si if dɛn pripia am klin ɛn klin. Na da tɛm de dɛn pipul ya kin bi impɔtant. Dɛn kin inspɛkt rɛstɔrant ɛn ɔtel dɛn ɛn mek shɔ se dɛn fala di wɛlbɔdi standad dɛn we dɛn nid. Na dat mek wi kin ɛnjɔy it we wi nɔ de fred. Na wi kɔntri, Pɔblik Ɛlth Inspɛkta (PHI) dɛnsɛf de du dis wok.

So, wetin wi min wit pɔblik wɛlbɔdi biznɛs?

Pɔblik wɛlbɔdi biznɛs na di tin dɛn we de arawnd wi we de afɛkt aw lɔng wi de liv ɛn aw wi de liv fayn. Dɛn tin ya nɔ kin afɛkt ɔlman di sem we. Na dat mek masta sabi pipul dɛn kin stɔdi sɔm patikyula grup dɛn fɔ pipul dɛn (fɔ ɛgzampul, pipul dɛn we kɔmɔt na wan patikyula rijyɔn, wan patikyula rays, ɔ wan patikyula ej grup). Dɛn want fɔ no us prɔblɛm dɛn ɛni grup gɛt ɛn wetin dɛn go du fɔ mek dɛn go bifo.

Imajin aw i go fayn if ɔlman gɛt di sem gud wɛlbɔdi biznɛs ɛn fasiliti dɛn? Dat min se ɔlman fɔ gɛt fayn ɛn ikwal akses to di tin dɛn we dɛn nid fɔ mek dɛn gɛt wɛlbɔdi. Wi nɔ de de yet. Bɔt di pɔblik wɛlbɔdi sɛktɔ dɔn mekɔp dɛn maynd fɔ mek wi rich de as i pɔsibul.

Dɛn pɔblik wɛlbɔdi biznɛs ya kin chenj as tɛm de go. Dis na bikɔs nyu prɔblɛm dɛn kin kam wit wɛlbɔdi biznɛs. Dɔn bak, we di sayɛns bɔt mɛrɛsin dɔn go bifo, sɔm sik dɛn we na bin big prɔblɛm trade nɔ de mɔna pipul dɛn igen. Dɔn bak, dɛn tin ya kin difrɛn frɔm wan kɔntri to ɔda kɔntri.

Fɔ ɛgzampul, sɔm pan di big big pɔblik wɛlbɔdi prɔblɛm dɛn we wi de tɔk bɔt na Sri Lanka na:

• Fɔ kɔntrol di dengue epidemic.
• Inkris pan Nɔn-Kɔmyunikɛbl Disizin (NCD), lɛk Dayabitis, Ay Blɔd Prɛshɔn, ɛn At Sik.
• Pikin dɛn we nɔ de it fayn ɛn prɔblɛm dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit it we big pipul dɛn gɛt.
• Fɔ ridyus di aksidɛnt dɛn we kin apin na rod.
• Kidni sik, spεshal krεse kidni sik (CKDu - Chronic Kidney Disease of unknown etiology) na sɔm εria dεm.
• Fɔ pe mɔ atɛnshɔn to mental wɛlbɔdi.
• Fɔ mek di bad bad tin dɛn we de apin to di envayrɔmɛnt nɔ bɔku pan di wɛlbɔdi biznɛs.
• I stil nid fɔ kɔntrol sik dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt lɛk TB.
• Sɔm grup dɛm pan pipul dɛm de pan ay risk fɔ gɛt wɛl bɔdi prɔblɛm bikɔs ɔf diskrimineshɔn (lɛk sistɛm rasis) .
• Fɔ pripia fɔ di sik ɔ pandemik dɛn we go kam tumara bambay.

Dis na jɔs sɔm ɛgzampul dɛn. Pɔblik wɛlbɔdi biznɛs na sɔntin we rili bɔku. I de luk fɔ sɔlv di prɔblɛm dɛn we dɔn de fɔ lɔng tɛm ɛn bak fɔ di nyu nid dɛn we de kam.

Aw di pɔblik wɛlbɔdi sistɛm de wok na kɔntri lɛk Sri Lanka?

Insay kɔntri dɛn lɛk Amɛrika, bɔku bɔku institiushɔn dɛn de lɛk di Sɛntral fɔ Kɔntrol ɛn Prɛvenshɔn fɔ Sik (CDC). Insay wi kɔntri, di Ministri fɔ Wɛlbɔdi biznɛs na di men institiushɔn, ɛn dɛn de du dɛn pɔblik wɛlbɔdi savis ya na di provinsial, distrikt ɛn rijinal lɛvul. Yu go dɔn yɛri bɔt di rijinal wɛlbɔdi dairektrɔ ɔfis dɛm, Mɛdikal Ɔfisa fɔ Wɛlbɔdi ɔfis dɛm (MOH ɔfis dɛm). Dɔn bak, ɔfisa dɛn lɛk Pɔblik Ɛlth Inspɛkta (PHI) ɛn Famili Ɛlth Midwayv dɛn kin go na di vilej os dɛn ɛn gi dɛn savis.

I tan lɛk se ɔlman de kam togɛda fɔ briŋ wata na wan vilej. Nɔto jɔs gɔvmɛnt wɛlbɔdi institiushɔn dɛn, dɛn de wok wit bɔku ɔda pipul dɛn. Fɔ ɛgzampul:

• Ɔda gɔvmɛnt dipatmɛnt dɛn, lɛk di Envayrɔmɛnt Protɛkshɔn Ajɛns ɛn di Ministri fɔ Transpɔt.
• Ɔganayzeshɔn dɛn we de na di kɔmyuniti, rilijɔn ples dɛn lɛk tɛmpul ɛn chɔch dɛn .
• Ɔganayzeshɔn dɛn we nɔ de du biznɛs.
• Ɔspitul ɛn ɔda wɛlbɔdi biznɛs sistɛm dɛn.
• Kɔmyuniti volontia dɛn.

Ɔlman in sɔpɔt rili impɔtant fɔ mek wan wɔl usay ɔlman gɛt di wɛlbɔdi savis we i nid.

So us savis wi de gɛt frɔm dis pɔblik wɛlbɔdi sistɛm?

Di pɔblik wɛlbɔdi sistɛm de gi bɔku bɔku savis dɛn. Dɛn ɔl de aim fɔ gi ɔlman fayn chans fɔ gɛt wɛlbɔdi as i pɔsibul. Na sɔm pan di tin dɛm we pɔblik wɛlbɔdi biznɛs pipul dɛm kin du fɔ di kɔmyuniti dɛm ɔlsay na di kɔntri:

• Fɔ gɛda ɛn analayz wɛlbɔdi data: Dɛn kɔl dis Pɔblik Ɛlth Sɔvɛlayshɔn.Masta sabi pipul dɛn kin luk fɔ patɛns fɔ ɔndastand wetin wan kɔmyuniti nid. Fɔ ɛgzampul, dɛn kin no udat de pan denja fɔ gɛt wan patikyula sik. Dis kin ɛp fɔ no di say dɛn we dɛn kin ripɔt di wan dɛn we gɛt dengue, di ej grup dɛn, ɛn ɔda tin dɛn.
• Fɔ ansa to wɛlbɔdi imejensi: We infɛkshɔn sik apin, natura disasta apin, ɔ ɔda imejensi apin, pɔblik wɛlbɔdi masta sabi pipul dɛn kin de bifo. Dɛn kin gɛda data kwik kwik wan ɛn mek advays bɔt wetin fɔ du nɛks. Wi bin si dis klia wan di tɛm we COVID-19 pandemik de.
• Pɔblik ɛdyukeshɔn: Ɛlth ɛn sik na kɔmpleks tɔpik dɛn. Bɔt pipul dɛn we sabi bɔt pɔblik wɛlbɔdi biznɛs kin ɛp fɔ translet dɛn sayɛns tru tin ya to langwej we wi ɔl ɔndastand. Sɔm ɛgzampul dɛn na program fɔ mek pipul dɛn no bɔt it, ɛksesaiz, ɛn vaksin.
• Fɔ sɛt ɛn mek dɛn du wetin di rayt fɔ sef: Dɛn pipul ya kin inspɛkt ples dɛn we nid sɔm lɔ dɛn bɔt wɛlbɔdi biznɛs ɔ sef (lɛk rɛstɔrant, skul, wokples). Dɛn kin mek shɔ se ɔltin de akɔdin to di standad dɛn we dɛn nid.
• Fɔ mek polisi dɛn we go mek shɔ se pipul dɛn gɛt di sem chans fɔ gɛt wɛlbɔdi savis: Bɔku tin dɛn de we nɔto fɔ mɛn pipul dɛn we de afɛkt wi wɛlbɔdi ɛvride. Dɛn kɔl dɛn tin ya sɔshal ditɛminant fɔ wɛlbɔdi biznɛs . Fɔ ɛgzampul, tin dɛn lɛk klin wata, gud edyukeshɔn, sef os, ɛn wok. Pɔblik wɛlbɔdi masta sabi pipul dɛn kin stɔdi aw dɛn tin ya kin afɛkt sɔm grup dɛn pan pipul dɛn, dɔn dɛn kin mek polisi fɔ mek shɔ se ɔlman gɛt fayn chans.

Digri pan pɔblik wɛlbɔdi biznɛs? Wetin na dat?

Yɛs, ivin spɛshal digri program dɛn de fɔ di wan dɛn we want fɔ stɔdi dis tɔpik we dɛn kɔl pɔblik wɛlbɔdi. Yu go dɔn yɛri bɔt di `(MPH)` (Masta fɔ Pɔblik Ɛlth) digri . Dis na digri we pɔsin kin gɛt afta i dɔn gradyuet. Dat min se, wan we dɛn kin du afta yu dɔn gɛt digri ɔltɛm. I de gi dip trenin pan eria dɛm lɛk epidemiology, biostatistics, envayrɔmɛnt wɛlbɔdi sayɛns, wɛlbɔdi savis administreshɔn, ɛn soshal ɛn bihayvya sayɛns.

Dɔn bak, na sɔm yunivasiti dɛm , yu kin pik Pɔblik Ɛlth as mɛja ɛn du fɔs digri, dat na, `(BSPH)` (Bachelor of Science in Public Health) digri . Afta yu dɔn dis digri, yu kin ɔl tu go bifo fɔ du `(MPH)`, ɔ yu kin pe atɛnshɔn pan wok na dis fil.

Bɔt pɔblik wɛlbɔdi biznɛs nɔto jɔs pɔsin we sabi du in wok. I pas dat fa fawe. Na wan kɔlektif ɛfɔt fɔ pipul dɛm wae de luk fɔ chans fɔ ɛp ɔda pipul dɛm fɔ liv wɛl bɔdi layf as dɛn ebul.

So, wetin na di impɔtant tin we wi want fɔ kɛr go na os frɔm dis stori? Yu kin ɛp fɔ du dis bak?

Pɔblik wɛlbɔdi na sɔntin we de mɔna wi ɔl, di wɛlbɔdi fɔ di wan ol sosayti. Na program we de tray fɔ mek di wan ol pipul dɛn gɛt wɛlbɔdi, pas fɔ mɛn wan wan sik dɛn.

If yu rid dis atikul ɛn tink se, "Wow, fɔ ɛp fɔ mek ɔda pipul dɛn gɛt wɛlbɔdi ɛn sef na gud tin," dat min se yu dɔn ɔlrɛdi mek kɔmitmɛnt fɔ pɔblik wɛlbɔdi! Ivin if yu nɔ gɛt digri ɔ spɛshal trenin, di tin dɛn we yu de du ɛvride kin mek big chenj na ɔda pipul dɛn layf.

Tink bɔt tin dɛn lɛk dis:

• If pɔsin we yu sabi gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ go to dɔktɔ, ɛp am fɔ go.
• Yu kin go waka wan de insay di wik wit yu neba we tink se dɛn nid fɔ waka smɔl.
• Go to yu fambul ɔ padi we de in wan ɛn gi dɛn it we gɛt fayn fayn tin dɛn we yu kuk na os.
• Sheb impɔtant wɛlbɔdi infɔmeshɔn ɛn atikul dɛn wit yu famili ɛn padi dɛn. Fɔ ɛgzampul, yu kin sheb wan atikul lɛk dis.
• Infɔm yu lokal pɔblik ripɔt bɔt wan pɔblik wɛlbɔdi biznɛs we yu tink se impɔtant.

Pɔblik wɛlbɔdi na sɔntin we de afɛkt wi, yu, mi, ɔlman. So, wi ɔl gɛt di wok fɔ sɔpɔt dɛn wok dɛn de.

So, a op se yu ɔndastand wetin wi dɔn tɔk bɔt tide. Pɔblik wɛlbɔdi nɔto jɔs wɔd, na bɔt ɔl wi layf. If wi ɔl kam togɛda ɛn kɔntribyut smɔl smɔl, wi go mek wan sosayti we gɛt wɛlbɔdi ɛn gladi at. Yu ɔndastand?

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