What is public health? a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

during the last hundred years, several major public health issues have already afflicted humanity. Most frequently cited definitions of public health have stemmed from long-standing definitions, which raises several concerns including whether these definitions can respond to today's public health challenges. The present study aimed to identify and review available public health definitions in the first place.

Methods

in this scoping review, we undertook an electronic search in four databases (PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, and EBSCOhost) from inception until June 06, 2022, and a grey literature search in Google Scholar. Moreover, reference lists of publications included in the scoping review were screened manually for additional relevant publications. All types o

SUBMITTER: Azari R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10170773 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature