public health

noun

1. health services to improve and protect community health, especially sanitation, immunization, and preventive medicine.

Other Words From

• public-health adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of public health¹

First recorded in 1610–20

Example Sentences

Several public health experts stand behind Kennedy’s goal to tackle ultra-processed food, which they say the US eats at much higher rates than many other countries.

From BBC

But public health experts and former officials said a number of Kennedy’s goals were not worthwhile - and in some cases, harmful.

From BBC

Food reforms, while long part of the public health conversation, could also simply be unrealistic both politically and bureaucratically, some experts said.

From BBC

Ashish Jha, the dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health, served as the White House Covid-19 response coordinator from March 2022 to June 2023.

From Salon

The interview also touched on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the politics of public health.

From Salon