| Public health has been described as "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals." |
公共衛生已被廣為描述為＂可藉由社會、組織、公眾的和私人的、社區性和單一個人的組織化努力和有依據的選項，來預防疾病、延長壽命和促進健康的科學和藝術”。 |
| It is concerned with threats to the overall health of a community based on population health analysis. |
公共衛生是在以群眾的健康分析為依據，討論有關社區整體健康的各種威脅。 |
| The population in question can be as small as a handful of people or as large as all the inhabitants of several continents (for instance, in the case of a pandemic). |
這邊所討論的群眾，數量可以少至只有幾個人，也可以多到數個大洲上的所有居民（例如，在疾病大流行的情況下）。 |
| Public health has many sub-fields, but typically includes the interdisciplinary categories of epidemiology, biostatistics and health services. |
公共衛生有許多子領域，但通常包括跨學科的數個類別如流行病學、生物統計學和健康照護。 |
| Environmental health, community health, behavioral health, and occupational health are also important areas of public health. |
公共衛生的重要領域也包含了環境健康、社區健康、行為健康和職業健康。 |
| The focus of public health interventions is to prevent and manage diseases, injuries and other health conditions through surveillance of cases and the promotion of healthy behavior, communities, and (in aspects relevant to human health) environments. |
公共衛生介入方式的焦點在於透過對病例和促進健康的行為、社區和（與人類健康相關的方面）環境的監測及推廣，達到預防和管理疾病、受傷和其他的健康問題。 |
| Its aim is to prevent health problems from happening or re-occurring by implementing educational programs, developing policies, administering services and conducting research. |
其目的是藉由實施教育計劃、制定政策、管理公共服務系統和進行研究以防止健康問題的發生或再發生。 |
| In many cases, treating a disease or controlling a pathogen can be vital to preventing it in others, such as during an outbreak. |
在許多情況下，對疾病的治療方式或病原體的掌握對於在其他疾病的預防是極為重要的，像是在疾病暴發的期間。 |
| Vaccination programs and distribution of condoms to prevent the spread of communicable diseases are examples of common preventive public health measures, as are educational campaigns to promote vaccination and the use of condoms (including overcoming resistance to such). |
疫苗接種計劃和防治傳播性疾病散播的安全套發放即為是常用的預防性公眾衛生措施的例子，以及推廣疫苗接種和使用安全套的教育活動（包括克服對此措施的抵制）。 |
