Abstract

The purpose of the paper is the highlight the application of the United States novel Public Health 3.0 to an international public health system. Public health 3.0 was developed as a call for action in a building block format that starts with local public health. The sole purpose of the 3.0 model is the bring public health into the 21st century, with the overarching aim of meeting the challenges of systematic public health issues. This article took the components of the proposed Public Health 3.0 model and applied it to the current landscape of the public health system in the Caribbean Island of Trinidad and Tobago. The limitation of the 3.0 model is quite simple and can be phrased as a question “Are developing countries ready to adopt the 3.0 model?”. There is very limited scope on the infrastructure and governance of the public health system in Trinidad and Tobago, hence making the 3.0 model a bit more advanced and a stretch for the current system. With the current research and information available of the public health system in Trinidad and Tobago, the Public Health 3.0 model can only be applied in a hypothetical manner. Future research can focus on investigating the type of public health system in Trinidad and Tobago to precisely assess if the Public Health 3.0 model is a good fit for their public health system.

Keywords: Public health 3.0; Trinidad and tobago; Chief health strategist; Caribbean