What is public health? Students in the UGA Health & Wellness class are here to help you find out! They have strategically identified examples in the Athens community that they feel represent public health in action. This blog is dedicated to explaining, understanding, and discussing what their interpretations of public health, as well as their reactions to learning about topics of health and wellness.

Thursday, February 14, 2013

This Is Public Health- Eris Jackson


I put a "This Is Public Health" sticker on a No Smoking sign in The Reserve Apartment gym facility. This is an example of public health because it is preventing people from second-hand smoke that do not smoke and also creating a healthy and welcoming environment for people to work out in.

I decided to use this example because I like to spend the free time I do manage to get here in the gym and I like the fact that I do not have to worry about anybody smoking disturbing my peace of mind.
Posted by at

1 comment:

  1. UnknownApril 3, 2013 at 10:13 PM

    I think this is an important example of public health because second hand smoke is dangerous for everyone. Also the smell of cigerrettes is bad for people. Second hand smoke is just as bad as the person smoking it.

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)