HEALTH AND ITS CONCEPTS - ENGLISH
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HEALTH-
Health is Wealth . It is true in all the senses as without health everything is useless.
To understand health in detail we need study all points related health. In this class we are going to study-
Ø Definition of health
Ø Philosophy of Health and
Ø Concepts of Health.
Ø Definition of health-Health is defined differently
“Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”
Philosophy of Health
To know
1. Health is a fundamental
2. Health is inter-sectoral.
3. Health is and integral part of development.
4. Health is the essence of productive life, and not the result of ever increasing expenditure on medical care.
5. Health is central to the concept of quality of life.
6. Health involves individuals, state and international
7. Health and its maintenance is a major social investment
8. Health is worldwide social
9. Health is natural.
Concepts of Health.
Concept means an abstract idea, or deep understanding of a topic. Concepts about health kept changing from time. Theses changing concepts are-
1. Biomedical concept.
2. Ecological concept.
3. Psychosocial concept.
4. Holistic concept
1. Biomedical concept.- Traditionally, health has been viewed as an “absence of disease”, and if one was free from disease, then the person was considered healthy. This concept, known as the “biomedical concept” has the basis in the “germ theory of disease” which dominated medical thought at the turn of the 20. The criticism that is leveled against the biomedical concept is that it has minimized the role of the environmental, social, psychological and cultural determinants of health. The biomedical model, for all its spectacular success in treating disease, was found inadequate to solve some of the major health problems. Developments in medical and social sciences let to the conclusion that the biomedical concept of health was inadequate.
2. Ecological concept.- Deficiencies in the biomedical concept gave rise to other concepts. The ecologists put forward an attractive hypothesis which viewed health as a dynamic equilibrium between man and his environment and disease maladjustment of the human organism to the environment. According to this Human, ecological and cultural adaptations.
3. Psychosocial concept.- Developments in social sciences revealed that health is not only a biomedical phenomenon but also influenced by social, psychological, cultural, economic and political factors of the people concerned. These factors must be taken into consideration in defining and measuring health. According to this concept health is both a biological and psychosocial phenomenon.
4. Holistic concept- The holistic model is a synthesis of all the above concepts. It recognizes the strength of social, economic, political and environmental influence on health. It has been described as a unified or multidimensional process involving the well-being of the whole person in the context of his environment. This concept explains the view of the ancients that health implies a sound environment. The holistic approach implies that all sectors of society have an effect on health, in particular, agriculture, animal husbandry, food, industry, education, housing, public works, communications, and other sectors. The emphasis is on the promotion and protection of health.
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