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Health is a resource for everyday life, not the objective of living; it is a positive concept, emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities." [5] Thus, health referred to the ability to maintain homeostasis and recover from adverse events.
Health can be considered a capital good; health capital is part of human capital as defined by the Grossman model. [30] Health can be considered both an investment good and consumption good. [31] Factors such as obesity and smoking have negative effects on health capital, while education, wage rate, and age may also impact health capital. [31]
Health – functional and metabolic efficiency of an organism. It is the ability to live long, function well (physically and mentally), and prosper. It is the ability to live long, function well (physically and mentally), and prosper.
Health sciences – those sciences that focus on health, or health care, as core parts of their subject matter. Health sciences relate to multiple academic disciplines, including STEM disciplines and emerging patient safety disciplines (such as social care research ).
A health system, health care system or healthcare system is an organization of people, institutions, and resources that delivers health care services to meet the health needs of target populations. There is a wide variety of health systems around the world, with as many histories and organizational structures as there are countries.
Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". [1] [2] Analyzing the determinants of health of a population and the threats it faces is the basis for public health. [3]
The ICF received approval from all 191 World Health Organization (WHO) member states on May 22, 2001, during the 54th World Health Assembly. [1] Its approval followed nine years of international revision efforts coordinated by WHO. [2]
Primary health care (PHC) is a whole-of-society approach to effectively organise and strengthen national health systems to bring services for health and wellbeing closer to communities. [ 1 ] Primary health care enables health systems to support a person’s health needs – from health promotion to disease prevention, treatment, rehabilitation ...