NEPHA‘s Definition of Public Health in Context of Nepal

“Science of health which keeps aim to sustainable uplift and maintaining human health at optimum standard through the execution of scientific evidence into behavioural effect.”

Definition of Public Health Service

“Directly delivering of services through combined and collaborative effort to all type of community/people or to certain targeted community/people to sustainable uplift and maintaining human health at optimum standard through the execution of public health scientific evidence into behavioural effect.”

Definition of Public Health Professional

“Those professionals, are directly involved to deliver of services through combined and collaborative effort to all type of community/people or to certain targeted community/people to sustainable uplift and maintaining human health at optimum standard through the execution of public health scientific evidence into behavioural effect by providing health service, teach public health, conduct public health research and provide public health related training to support public health development and having at least bachelor level degree in public health related subject from the recognized university or equivalent level of other academic institution.”

Definition of Public Health Expert

“Those professionals are directly involved to provide health service, teach public health, conduct public health research and provide public health related training to support public health development and having at least master level degree from the recognized university or equivalent level of other academic institution with 15 years of work experiences on subject related to public health science of health which keeps aim to sustainable uplift and maintaining human health at optimum standard through the execution of scientific evidence into behavioural effect.”

OR

“Those professionals are directly involved to provide health service, teach public health, conduct public health research and provide public health related training to support public health development and having Ph.D degree after master degree in public health related subject from the recognized university or equivalent level of other academic institution with 5 years of experiences on subject related to public health science of health which keeps aim to sustainable uplift and maintaining human health at optimum standard through the execution of scientific evidence into behavioural effect.”

Source: NEPHA

• NEPHA’s Definition of Public Health, Public Health Professional & Public Health Expert
• Nepal Public Health Association (NEPHA) Election Update 2078
• Organizational Profile: Nepal Public Health Association (NEPHA)