... disease that must be reported by health officials to public health departments for public health reasons including protection of the public s health. Dictionary of Public Health Promotion and Education90c12.qxd ... students, health services, and appropri-ate preparation of health educators and other professionals. The intent isto promote, improve, and protect the health of students as well as that of faculty ... The key components of public health include health policy, epi-demiology, nutrition, occupational and environmental health, health edu-cation, control of communicable disease, health services...