Health

Question 1

Define health according WHO

Answer 1

WHO(1948) provided the widely accepted definition of health which is as follows
Health is the state complete physical mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

Question 2

Ottawa charter who definiton

Answer 2

A resource for everyday life,not the objective of living.Health is a positive concept emphasizing socialand personal resources,as well as physical capacities

Question 3

Define health illness continuum

Answer 3

The health illness contunuum is a graphical illustration of well being, first proposed by John W Travis in 1972.

Question 4

Describe health illness continnum

Answer 4

It descirbes the persons well being is more than Simply an absence of illness but also incorporates the individuals mental and emotional health. Travis believed that the standard approach to medicines which assumes a person is well when there are no signs or symptoms of disease waa insufficient