Five Reasons To Celebrate Public Health (Including A Cartoon)

If you've ever been vaccinated, if you wear your seat belt or bike helmet, if you wash your hands routinely, you've benefited from public health.

And now it's time to celebrate: April 2-8 is National Public Health Week!

Here are four animated videos and one interactive timeline, all bringing public health alive.

The American Public Health Association shows how public health campaigns can help us become a healthier country in just one generation:

The Kaiser Family Foundation offers up an entertaining 101 for the Affordable Care Act:

HealthTeacher uses Taylor Mali's poem, "An Apple A Day Is Not Enough," to stress the importance of teaching health in school:

Trust me, it's more engaging than you'd think; these priceless archival images and stories are worth a scroll through. Take some time to explore The Evolving Role of Public Health, an interactive timeline made by the National Association of County and City Health Officials.