IDSB04H3 Chapter 1: Chapter 1 summary
5 Dec 2010
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According to the world health organization (who), health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. This definition is much cites but rarely followed by international health actors, which typically frame international health in terms of disease control. Emerging consensus that addressing the social determinants of health is essential to ensuring the highest attainable state of health and well-being. These determinants include adequate housing, access to clean water, sanitation, nutrition, education, broad social policies and protections, safe working conditions, and living wages. Public health: is a concept that was coined in the 19th century to distinguish government efforts for the preservation and protection of health from private actions. Population health: proposes that individual determinants of health do not act in isolation, but rather interact in a complex fashion. For example, unemployment can lead to social isolation, poverty, and homelessness, with profound effects on health.
