Health is a complex phenomenon, and it can be approached from many wings. Public health aims to understand and influence the social, cultural and economic determinants of health as well as to study and structure health systems as efficient channels for health services delivery. Public health is thus, a discipline built on the academic tradition of inquiry involving research, teaching and professional practice to prevent disease and promote health in populations. Poor people usually have the worst health outcomes and people are pushed further into poverty due to ill health. Health services fail poor people because health systems are often caught in a web of failed accountability.

This paper seeks to make explicit a shared understanding conceptual frame-work of public health, and to analyze the Public Health status in India, particularly in Karnataka (state) with empirical evidence with 250 respondents to judge the demographical, Public Health status and factors which are mainly concern with the public health. Finally, researchers mainly highlight to draw suitable findings and suggestions to improvement of public health in India, Particularly in Karnataka.

KEYWORDS: Health, Public, Population, disease, poor people