Quiz 1.1/4 What is health?

relate GPH issues to personal life and other courses, value health of all people and efforts to improve GH

soundness of body or mind, vigor, freedom from defect or disease

Limited, not very broad, focus on visible physical health

Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity 1948

health in broad terms

body, mind, social overlap

social responsibility, functionality, social acceptance, good living conditions, basic necessities, access to healthcare, realizing potential, moral well-being, eat well, freedom from illness

physical, mental, social, environmental, financial, occupational, intellectual, spiritual, emotional

complete well-being is not attainable, non-operational/ difficult to measure, epidemiologic transition has shifted disease from infectious to chronic, most people live with a chronic condition

more dynamic framework than concrete definition, relevant, operationalizeable, measurable for today's conditions of health

the ability to adapt and to self-manage in the face of social, physical, and emotional challenges

prevention,
prolonging life,
promoting physical and mental health
organized community efforts
control of community infections
education of indiv
service
early diagnosis and treatment
social machinery (community and govnt) for healthy standard of living

ecologic model in defined community at any level (dorm, srat),
collective expression of health of indiv in defined comm.
Determined by interaction of personal and family characteristics; the social, cultural, and physical environments, as well as health services and the influence of societal, political, and globalization factors

the study of the health of people who live in developing countries

health work abroad with a focus on developing countries and infectious/tropical diseases, water and santitation, malnutrition, and maternal and child health

pay attention to disease in LMICs, we vs them mindset, issues in kaplan def most pressing

the application of the principles of PH to the health problems and challenges that transcend national boundaries and to the complex array of global and local forces that affect them

a global perspective on PH problems

health problems, issues, and concerns that transcend national boundaries and may be best addressed by cooperative actions

we

water, sanitation, pollution, food and nutrition, access to HC and preventative services

basic human need, underlying, impact vulnerable populations, human costs, economic costs

EDOH, political stability, history, SDOH, culture, communication

Global health is an area for study, research, and practice that places a priority on improving health and achieving equity in health for all people worldwide. Global health emphasizes transnational health issues, determinants, and solutions; involves many disciplines with and beyond health sciences and promotes interdisciplinary collaboration; and is a synthesis of population-based prevention (realm of PH) with individual-level care (access to HC services and indiv level impact stuff)." Kaplan et al.

scope of problem

full breadth of important health threats (CD and NCD, under/over nutrition)

global scope, geographic reach, level of cooperation, indiv and pop, access to health, range of disciplines