TIPH Photo-Shopping Cart Wipes

I took this photo of Shopping Cart Wipes at Publix.  This is an example of public health because it helps stop the spread of germs and diseases at a very common place, the grocery store.  Many people go to the grocery store each week and use a shopping cart to carry the food they are going to buy.  It is important to public health because it makes sanitation available, for free, to everyone shopping at the store.  If everyone who used a cart also used a sanitation wipe, the germs on the cart would be cut down tremendously and less diseases would be contracted.  Another reason shopping cart wipes are so important to pubic health is because they are located at a food store.  If the shopping cart is dirty, then food that will be consumed is put in the same cart and the food can pick up the germs and cause health problems for the consumer.  I chose this example of public health because it is something most people can relate to.  Because so many people go to the grocery store every day, if everyone used the sanitation wipes the amount of germs transferred between people would be exponentially less. The important thing for people to consider with this example of public health is that the people have to actually use the wipes.  The container and sign being on the wall itself is not going to lessen the germs; people have to use the wipes to help clean the shopping cart so that themselves and others will be at less risk for diseases.