本教材的选材涉及公共卫生领域的各个方面，内容涵盖公共卫生的基本概念及政策，公共卫生基本原则及服务，健康教育，健康促进，流行病学，传染病的预防与监控，环境与职业健康，食品药品安全等。同时，教材中的部分内容还涉及当代中国公共卫生发展现状以及存在的问题，突出了公共卫生全球化的理念。教材内容严谨，语言规范，每章后配有形式多样的习题，供学生及时巩固学习的内容，提高专业英语语言应用能力。

《新编公共卫生英语教程》适用于预防医学，卫生事业管理以及卫生检验等 4 年制或 5 年制专业学生，由大连医科大学外语教研部，公共卫生学院及辽宁省肿瘤医院的专家，学者编写。美国公共卫生专家 Bette Lawrence 负责全书的审校。

尽管在编写本书的过程中，编者倾注了很多心血，但在内容上难免会有不足与即疪，敬请专家和同道以及广大读者批评指教。

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$\diamond$$\diamond$diamond\diamond Unit 1 Public Health I … 1
$\diamond$$\diamond$diamond\diamond 第 1 单元 公共卫生 I ...1
READING A An Overview of Public Health … 1
阅读 A 公共卫生概述 ...1
READING B Public Health Services … 9
阅读 B 公共卫生服务 ...9
$\diamond$$\diamond$diamond\diamond Unit 2 Public Health II … 18
$\diamond$$\diamond$diamond\diamond 第 2 单元 公共卫生 II ...18
READING A Social Determinants of Health … 18
阅读 健康的社会决定因素 ...18
READING B Global Health and the Law … 27
阅读 B 全球健康与法律 ...27
$\diamond$$\diamond$diamond\diamond Unit 3 Health Education and Promotion … 37
$\diamond$$\diamond$diamond\diamond 第 3 单元 健康教育和促进 ...37
READING A Health Promotion and Health Education … 37
阅读 健康促进与健康教育 ...37
READING B The Changing Context of Health and Behavior … 46
阅读 B 健康和行为不断变化的环境 ...46
$\diamond$$\diamond$diamond\diamond Unit 4 Preventive Medicine … 54
$\diamond$$\diamond$diamond\diamond Unit 4 预防医学 ...54
READING A Introduction to Preventive Medicine … 54
阅读 预防医学导论 ...54
READING B Designing Tomorrow’s Vaccines … 63
阅读 B 设计明天的疫苗 ...63
$\diamond$$\diamond$diamond\diamond Unit 5 Epidemiology in Public Health … 72
$\diamond$$\diamond$diamond\diamond 第 5 单元 公共卫生流行病学 ...72
READING A An Outline of Epidemiology … 72
阅读 A 流行病学概述 ...72
READING B Achievements in Epidemiology … 80
阅读 B 流行病学成就 ...80
$\diamond$$\diamond$diamond\diamond Unit 6 Occupational Health … 89
$\diamond$$\diamond$diamond\diamond 第 6 单元 职业健康 ...89
READING A Current Challenges of Global Occupational Health … 89
阅读 全球职业健康的当前挑战 ...89
READING B Prevention and Control of Airborne Dust in Workplace … 97
阅读 B 工作场所空气传播粉尘的防治97
$\diamond$$\diamond$diamond\diamond Unit 7 Environmental Health … 106
$\diamond$$\diamond$diamond\diamond 第 7 单元 环境健康 ...106
READING A Environment Hazards and Their Effects on Health … 106
阅读 环境危害及其对健康的影响 ...106
READING B Noise Pollution: A Modern Plague … 115
阅读 B 噪音污染：现代瘟疫......115
$\diamond$$\diamond$diamond\diamond Unit 8 Food Safety … 125
$\diamond$$\diamond$diamond\diamond 第 8 单元 食品安全...125
READING A Food Safety: a Public Health Priority … 125
阅读 食品安全：公共卫生优先事项......125
READING B The FDA as a Public Health Agency … 134
阅读 B FDA 作为公共卫生机构......134
$\diamond$$\diamond$diamond\diamond KEY TO EXERCISES … 143
$\diamond$$\diamond$diamond\diamond 练习的关键 ...143
$\diamond$$\diamond$diamond\diamond GLOSSARY … 157
$\diamond$$\diamond$diamond\diamond 词汇表。。。157

Public health is the science of protecting and improving the health of families and communities through prometion of healthy lifestyles, research for disease and injury prevention and detection and control of infectious diseases. Overall, public health is concerned with protecting the health of entire populations. These populations can be as small as a local neighborhood, or as big as an entire country or region of the world.
公共卫生是通过倡导健康的生活方式、疾病和伤害预防研究以及传染病的检测和控制来保护和改善家庭和社区健康的科学。总体而言，公共卫生与保护全体人口的健康有关。这些人口可以小到一个当地社区，也可以大到世界整个国家或地区。

Public health professionals try to prevent problems from happening or recurring through implementing educational programs, recommending policies, administering services and conducting research, in contrast to clinical professionals like doctors and nurses, who focus primarily on treating individuals after they become sick or injured. Public health also works to limit health disparities. A large part of public health is promoting healthcare equity, quality and accessibility.
公共卫生专业人员试图通过实施教育计划、推荐政策、管理服务和进行研究来防止问题发生或再次发生，而医生和护士等临床专业人员则主要专注于治疗生病或受伤的个人。公共卫生还致力于限制健康差异。公共卫生的很大一部分是促进医疗保健公平、质量和可及性。