Public Health And Urban Life

China embarked on public health affairs just during the period of Republic of China, while some coasty cities began earlier and achieved to some extent due to the influence of western concept on public health. Hence, as an inland city, Chengdu commenced to modernize its public health under the duel impacts of foreign concession and coasty city. One of these important changes characterizes in the emergence of Chengdu Sanitation Affairs Institute, which specializes in administrating public health and also has made great efforts as well as contributing to the urban environment and civic health care in the past ten years.In course of research on Sanitation Affairs Institute in Chengdu, this essay attempts to redisplay civic contemporary living habits and health concepts authentically, and explores how this institute has transformed original habits and concepts as well as what efforts or measures it has made when it conducts modern administration on public health. Meanwhile, the essay tries to analyze the institute's contribution along with its limitation, and also briefly explains the relationship between public health and urban life.This essay falls into several parts as follows:Preface: Introduce the thesis significance, research methodology and creative points; summarize the relevant research on public health at home and abroad; define the scope of public health in this essay;Chapter 1: mainly introduce the outset of public health enterprise in modern China, which has been influenced by the eastwards communication of western medicine; briefly describe the changes on public health enterprise in several big cities such as Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Guangzhou and so on.Chapter 2: State the public health condition in Chengdu during the period of Republic of China and the crisis and disasters as a result of civic ignorance on it.Chapter 3: study on the development profile of Chengdu Sanitation Affairs Institute, including its historic transformation, organization staff, fees origination as well as specific administrative function.Chapter 4: analyze on the relationship between the institute and citizen's urban life, including improving the daily drink and street sanitation as well as altering the civic health concepts; state the great efforts this institute has made in order to ensure civic physical health and protect from contagious diseases.Conclusion: On basis of the overall efforts and contribution, analyze the institute's roles and impact on public health and urban life, as well as the lessons it offers to our contemporary public health enterprise.