COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
illness
subjective experience of individual and physical manifestation of disease
disease
objective state of ill health, can be detected by medical science
health
is the extent to which an individual or group is able to realize aspirations and satisfy needs and change or
cope with the environment
WHO in 1947 defined health as
A state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity
Medical approach to health
restores health, physiological risk factors, access to healthcare (illness care) would improve the health of
canadians
behavioural approach to health
lalonde report (1947), improvements in the environment, reductions in self imposed risks and a greater
knowledge of human biology, decrease behavioural risk factors
, Socioenvironmental Approach to health
health closely tied to social structures, socioenvironmental risk factors, ottawa charter for health
promotion (1986)
Foundation Documents
lalonde report, ottawa charter, epp report, strategies for population health, jakarta declaration, bangkok
charter, toronto charter
determinants of health (12)
income and social status, social support networks, education and literacy, employment and working
conditions, physical environments, biological and genetic endowment, individual health practices and
coping skills, healthy child development, health services, gender, culture and social environments
health promotion
directed towards increasing the level of well-being and self-actualization
disease prevention
decreasing the probability of experiencing health problems
primary prevention
protection against disease
secondary prevention
activities that promote early detection
tertiary prevention