HLTH202 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Measles Vaccine, World Health Organization, Health Promotion
26 Jul 2017
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The public is allowed to consume mcdonalds food at will, yet we regulate the size of the containers that maple syrup is in. Can mean different things to different people. Health is (cid:858)the capacity to do what matters most to you(cid:859) davies 2009 (cid:858)health is the way in which we live well despite our illnesses and disa(cid:271)ilities(cid:859) - saylor 2004:112. Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Problems with the who definition: absoluteness of the word (cid:862)co(cid:373)plete(cid:863) This would result in most of use being considered unhealthy most of the time: almost everyone has something wrong at some level at any given time. Prevalence of many communicable diseases as a cause of death declined steadily until the 50(cid:859)s. This may be because of diphtheria and whooping cough vaccines widespread use in the late 1940s as well as the measles vaccine introduced 1963.
