Citation

Public Health Rev. (2010) 2010; 32(1): 83-98.

Affiliation

Los Angeles County Department of Public Health; University of California at Los Angeles - School of Public Health; UCLA School of Medicine. (jfielding@ph.lacounty.gov)

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region)

DOI

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Abstract

As in other countries, public heath in the United States continues to evolve to ensure healthy families and communities as well as individuals. Great achievements in the control of infectious and chronic disease and injuries will need to be sustained while we face new challenges, including providing universal access to high quality health care as well as addressing the underlying behavioral risk factors and the social, physical and environmental determinants of health. Meeting these challenges will require strengthening the governmental and non-governmental public health systems and working closely with other sectors.