Międzynarodowe koncepcje podstawowych funkcji/świadczeń zdrowia publicznego ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem funkcji środowiskowych i ich wpływ na identyfikację priorytetów zdrowia publicznego w Polsce

International concepts, ideas and theories concerning the fundamental functions/services in the sphere of public health International concepts, ideas and theories concerning the fundamental functions/services in the sphere of public health and their influence on the public health priorities identification and their influence on the public health priorities identification The article focuses on the international concepts, ideas and theories concerning the fundamental functions/services in the sphere of public health. Particularly it concerns the environmental problems, the influence of this functions on the public health priorities identification. The main goals of the work are the international approaches identification and description of the observed frequency of the environmental actions inclusion on the lists of public health functions. The nature and specifics of the analyzed issue as well as the Polish approach are presented in the context of the National Health Program for 2007–2015. The main theme of the paper relates to the basic questions: how and in which way the internationally identified and listed public health functions influence the priorities established in Poland and if the environmental actions are being included?