Conceptos De Salud

Question 1

Define health

Answer 1

A resource for living that permits people to lead a meaningful life.

Question 2

Define health status

Answer 2

A relative level of wellness, taking account of functioning, physical illness and mental wellbeing.

Question 3

Define health equity

Answer 3

The rights of people to have equitable access to services on the basis of needs, and the resources, capacities and power they need to act upon the circumstances of their lives that determine their health.

Question 4

Define primary health care

Answer 4

Services based on the social model of health and principles of equity, acceptability, cultural competence, affordability , and universalism.

Question 5

Define public health

Answer 5

The field of efforts that maintain life among all our communities, societies, and cultures.

Question 6

Define medical model of health

Answer 6

A way of thinking about health that is based on the detection and diagnosis of illness. It focuses on pathology.