ARIZONA PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION
41st Annual Meeting – Tucson, Arizona – October 6,7,8, 1971

RESOLUTION #2 – CONCERNING PREVENTIVE HEALTH

WHEREAS, there exists in various segments of the many publics confusion regarding the preventive and curative aspects of health, and

WHEREAS, the public health team plays a vital role in the promotion of optimum health for all the public, and

WHEREAS, the public health team does not equate preven­tive health solely with longevity but defines it in terms of the quality of life,

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the members of the Arizona Public Health Association convey to the many publics that preventive public health includes not only the absence of disease but the maintenance of health; promotion of health; psychological well being; environmental influences; detection of disease; surveil­ lance of the public and all factors which influence the quality of life

61~1971_(1) Promotion of preventive health (preventive health)