Úloha Verejného zdravotníctva a Ošetrovateľstva v napĺňaní programu Zdravie v 21.storočí: Prevencia civilizačných ochorení

Authors in this presentation suggest a role for Public health and Nursing as an institution focused on serving and protecting and promoting the health, quality of life, education and health monitoring of compliance programs. They point to the increasingly important role in health policy at the european and at the world level. Dominant objectives of European Union programs are particularly health promotion and disease prevention, improving living conditions, quality and access to health services. Gradually, they create the individual attributes such as health safety, health promotion, quality of life. Authors characterize the health status of the EU population as well as Slovak population and detailing programs of the EU and Slovakia in the field of public health. They approaching the issue of lifestyle diseases to their risk factors. Authors do not forget to the role of public health in the health of children and youth, with specific issues in old age.