PHED-3507EL Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Health Equity, Almaty, Ottawa Charter For Health Promotion
15 Jan 2016
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Discuss the community health 3507 el course objectives and the requirements for the class. Accurately define the terms health, community health, population health, public health, and global health. Briefly related the history/evolution of community/public health, including the recent history of community and public health, in the twentieth century (cid:1) (cid:1) A state of complete physical, mental, and social well being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity (world health. The ability to identify and to realize aspirations, to satisfy needs, and to change or cope with the environment. Health is therefore a recourse for everyday life, not the objective of living. Health is a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as a physical capacities . Group of people who have common characteristic characteristics of communities: membership, common symbol systems, shared values and norms, mutual influence, shared needs and commitment, shared emotional connection.
