NURS103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Ottawa Charter For Health Promotion, Canadian Nurses Association, Primary Healthcare
16 Dec 2017
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Health absence of disease (biomedical model, historical) Health: a resource for everyday life that is influenced by circumstances, beliefs, and the determinants of health (chn definition) Health: state of complete physical, mental, social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity (1946, who definition) Health: the extent to which an individual or group is able, on the one hand, to realize aspirations and satisfy needs; and, on the other hand, to change or cope with the environment. Health is therefore, seen as 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. (who, 1984) Health: - the extent to which an individual or group is able to on one hand realize their aspirations and satisfy their needs; and on the other hand able to cope or change with the environment.
