Definition of Terminologies

Question 1

Define health

Answer 1

Complete state of physical, mental and social well being and not the absence of disease only

Question 2

Define health promotion

Answer 2

Process of enabling people to increase their control over and improve their health
i.e. planned actions aimed at empowering people to control their health by gaining on it’s determinants

Question 3

Define Public health

Answer 3

The science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting physical health and efficiency through organised community effort for

• sanitation of the environment
• control of community infections
• education of individuals in personal hygiene
• organisation of medical and nursing services for early dx and preventive treatment of disease
• development of social machinery that will ensure a standard of living adequate to ensure maintenance of health in every individual

Question 4

Define Rehabilitation

Answer 4

Process of restoring a person’s social identity by repossession of his/her normal roles and functions in society

Question 5

Global health

Answer 5

Any heath problems, issue and concerns that transcend national boundaries, are influenced by circumastances and experiences in other countries and are best addressed by cooporative actions and solutions

Question 6

Determinant

Answer 6

A factor that contributes to the development of a trait

Question 7

Epidemic or outbreak

Answer 7

Occurence of a specific health related event in excess of the normal expectancy

Question 8

Clinical care

Answer 8

Prevention, treatment and management of illenss and the preservation of mental and physcial well-being throught services offered by health care system (medical and allied health professions)

Question 9

Health outcome

Answer 9

Results of a medical condition that directly affects the length or quality of a person’s life

Question 10

Epidemiology

Answer 10

Study of the distribution and determinants of disease or health related events and their application to promote health and prevent and control these diseases

Question 11

Health economics

Answer 11

This is a branch of econimcs concerned with the allocation of resources among alternative uses and how effectively and efficiently these resources are used