CON CEPT OF HEALTH

BY:
Mr.Shubhangi V.Shekade
Health and disease
Definition of health

The World Health Organization (WHO)

defines “Health is a state of complete
physical, mental and social well being
and not merely the absence of disease
or infirmity”.
 DEFINITIONS OF HEALTH
“The condition of being sound in body, mind
or spirit especially freedom from physical
disease or pain.” - Webster
“Soundness of body or mind that
condition in which its are duly and
efficiently discharged .” - Oxford English
Dictionary
The soundness of body and mind is called Health.

A healthy person is one who is physically

and mentally fit in all respects.
Good
” health makes a man happy and
cheerful but some-times a healthy person
can also fall ill.
Person may get diseases like Viral fever,
Malaria etc.
The illness(or sickness) is called disease.
 Characteristics of good health.

• The person has capability to do work.

• The person feels himself efficient to
take decisions and work accordingly .
• The person remains in sound mental
condition.
• The person remain free from any
disease.
• The person does not suffer from mental
tension.
 Requirements of good health
We all know that , Good health essential for
Leading purposeful life.

For maintaning a good health

following conditions are essential.
1. Nutrition
2. Exercise and rest
3. Good habits
 Nutrition
Nutritive materials provide energy to work.
A man should take care of following factors
for maintaining his good health:-

1. Taking rest in time.

2. Eating balanced diet.
3. Should take bath daily.
4. Food should be fresh. etc
 Factors affecting Health:-
1. Social and economic factors
2. Environmental factors

3. Personal factors
4. Hereditary factors
 Social and economic factors
There are many social factors which
affects our health.
For example,superstition,religious and
social beliefs etc.
In absence of proper treatment and
care, effect of disease can make the
patient serious.
 Environmental factors
The environment in which a man
lives, can also affect his health.
Environmental factors may be
further divided into two parts:-
(a)Internal factors
(b)External factors
 Personal factors
Some personal factors also affects our
health.
Ex- eating and sleeping, tension, refrain
from taking regular exercise etc.can make
a healthy person ill.
 Hereditary factors
Some diseases like
colorblindness,haemophilia
Diabetes etc.transfer from one
generation to other Generation, these
situations called hereditary-factors.
Dimensions of Health

Physical
Mental
Social
Spiritual
Emotional
Vocational
Political
Physical Health
It means adequate body weight, height and
circumference as per age and sex with
acceptable level of vision, hearing,
locomotion or movements, acceptable levels
of pulse rate, blood pressure, respiratory
rate,chest circumference, head
circumference, waist hip ratio.
 It means The body structure and functions
confirming to laid down standards within the
range of normal development and functions of
all the systems.
 Sign of physical health
A good complexion
Clean skin
bright eyes
lustrous hairs
body with firm flush
not too fat
Sweet breath
 Signs of physical health

 Good appetite
Sound sleep
Regular activity of bowel and bladder
Smooth easily coordinated bodily
movements
All organs of normal size and functioning
normally
Pulse rate, BP exercise tolerance within
normal ranges
 Evaluation of physical health
Self assessment of overall health
Inquiry into symptom of ill health risk
factors
Inquiry into Medication
Inquiry into Fitness
Inquiry into Medical services
Clinical examination
Nutrition & dietary assessment
Mental Health

Mental health is not mere absence of mental

illness
Ability to respond to varied experiences of life
“ a state of balance between the individual and
surrounding world, a state of harmony between
oneself and others coexistence between the
relatives of the self and that of other people and
that of the environment”.
 A mentally normal person has the ability to
mix up with others, he/she makes friendship,
behaves in a balanced manner, keeps himself
tidy and observes adequate personal hygiene,
well oriented to time, place and person and
environments and he is unduly not suspicious of
others.
 Mental well being

Characteristics of Mentally healthy person :

 Free from internal conflicts
Well adjusted
Searches for identity
Strong sense of self-esteem
Knows himself, his needs, problems and goals
Good self control
Coping with stress and anxiety
 Social Health

It means ability of a person to adjust with

others in his social life, at home, at work
place and with people. Men interact with
men and they inter-relate and inter
depend on each other and pay their
effective role in accordance with a
situation.
Social Dimension

Harmony and integration a) within the

individual b) between each individual and
other members of the society c) between
individuals and world in which they live
Definition :- Quantity and quality of an
individual’s interpersonal ties and the extent
of involvement with the community
 Characteristic of social health
Possession of social skills,
 social functioning
Ability to see oneself as a member of
community
 Focuses on social and economic
conditions
 Spiritual Health
Spiritual health is connected with religious beliefs
and practices. It also deals with personal creeds,
principles of behavior and ways of achieving
peace of mind and being at peace with oneself.
It is intangible “something” that transcends
physiology and psychology.
It includes integrity, principle and ethics, the
purpose of life, commitment to some
higher being, belief in the concepts that
are not subject to “state of art”
explanation.
 Emotional Dimension
The emotional dimension of wellness
emphasizes an awareness and acceptance of
one's feelings
 Vocational Dimension :

Work – fully adapted to human goals,

capacities and limitations
Work often plays a role in promoting both
physical and mental health

Sudden loss of Job / after Retirement

 Other dimension
Philosophical
Cultural
Socioeconomic
Environmental
Educational nutritional
Curative dimension
Preventive dimension
 Concept Of
Health
• An understanding of health is the basis of
all the health care.
• Health is not perceived the same way by
all the members of a community including
various professional groups (like
biomedical scientists, social scientists,
health administrators, ecologists) giving
rise to confusion about the concept of
health.
• Health has evolved over the centuries from
the concept of individual concern to a
worldwide social goal.
• The various changing concepts of health
as follows:
1.Biomedical concept
2.Ecological concept
3.Psychosocial concept
4.Holistic concept
 1. Biomedical
concept
• Traditionally health has been considered as
an absence of the diseases and if someone
was free from disease, then that person was
considered healthy.
• This concept is known as biomedical
concept, and it is based on the “germ
theory of the
disease.”
• Health means “absence of disease.”
• The medical profession viewed the human
body as a machine and disease is an outcome
of the breakdown of the machine, and one of
the doctor’s tasks was to repair the machine.
• This concept has minimized the role of the
environment, social and cultural determinants
of the health.
• Developments in medical and social
sciences led 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 the concept
of ecological concept.
• Ecologists viewed health as a dynamic
equilibrium between man and his environment,
and the disease as a maladjustment of the
human organism to environment.
 3. Psychosocial
Concept
•Advances in social sciences showed that health is
not only a biomedical phenomenon, but one
which is 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.
•Thus health is both a biological and
social phenomenon
 4. Holistic
• The holisticConcept
model is a synthesis of all the
above concepts.
•Holistic concept recognizes the strength of
social, economic, political and
environmental influences on health.
•It has been variously described as
multidimensional process involving the
wellbeing of the person as a whole.
•The emphasis is on the promotion
and protection of health.
• The holistic approach implies that all sectors of
the society have an effect on health, in
particular, agriculture, animal husbandry, food,
industry, education, housing, public works and
other sectors.