basic concept of health

• Health is defined as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not just the absence of disease or infirmity
• Health means:

  • No obvious evidence of disease and normal functioning
  • Several organs of the body functioning adequately and in relation to each other (Equilibrium or Homeostasis)
• Changing Concepts of Health:

  • Biomedical Concept
  • Psychosocial Concept
  • Holistic Concept
  • Ecological Concept
• Ecological Concept:

  • Dynamic equilibrium between man and his environment
  • Relative absence of pain and discomfort, continuous adaptation and adjustment to the environment for optimal function
• Psychosocial Concept:

  • Health is influenced by social, psychological, cultural, economic, and political factors of the people concerned
• Holistic Concept:

  • Synthesis of all concepts
  • Unified/multidimensional process involving the well-being of a person in the context of their environment
• Philosophies of Health:

  • Health is a fundamental human right
  • Health is the essence of productive life
  • Health is intersectoral
  • Health is an integral part of development
  • Health is central to the concept of quality of life
  • Health involves individuals, state, and international responsibility
  • Health and its maintenance are a major social investment
  • Health is a worldwide social goal
• Dimensions of Health:

  • Physical: Perfect functioning of the body, every cell and organ functioning at optimum capacity and in harmony with the rest of the body
  • Mental: A state of balance between the individual and the surrounding world, harmony between oneself and others, coexistence between the realities of the self and others, and the environment
  • Social: The quality and quantity of an individual's interpersonal ties and the extent of involvement with the community
• Operational Definition Of Health;

  A condition or quality of the human organism expressing adequate functioning of the organisms in given conditions, genetic or environment.
• Biomedical Concept:

  • absence of disease
  • based on "germ theory of diseases"
  • human body as a machine and disease because of the breakdown of the machine, and the doctors task is to repair the machine.