UNIT 11: THE CONCEPT OF HEALTH Flashcards
Good Health and Well-being is what SDG?
SDG 3
SDG 3 aspires to ensure the health and well-being for all including a bold statement to end epidemics of: (3)
AIDS
Tuberculosis
Malaria
By 2030
State of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of a disease and infirmity
Health
Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of a disease and infirmity
Was stated by?
WHO
Concepts of Health (4)
Biomedical Concept
Ecological Concept
Psychosocial Concept
Holistic Concept
Concepts of Health
Merely the absence of disease
If the person is not sick, he is considered healthy
Biomedical Concept
Concepts of Health
The human body is a machine and disease is analogous to the breakdown of this machine
Biomedical Concept
Concepts of Health
Minimizes the role of the environmental, social, and cultural determinants of health and was then found inadequate
Biomedical Concept
Concepts of Health
Health as a dynamic equilibrium between the human body and the environment
Ecological Concept
Concepts of Health
Disease as a maladjustment between the human body and the environment
Ecological Concept
Concepts of Health
Regards health as both a biological and social phenomenon
Psychosocial Concept
Psychosocial concept takes into consideration the following factors: (5)
Social
Psychological
Cultural
Economic
Political
Concepts of Health
A synthesis of all the other concepts with emphasis on the promotion and preservation of health
Holistic Concept
Concepts of Health
Holistic concept recognizes the strength of: (4)
Social
Economic
Environmental
Political
SEEP
Concepts of Health
Views well-being as a whole
Holistic Concept