T he CONCEPT OF HUMAN HEALTH

HEALTH

1. INDIVIDUAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH
2.THE LEVEL OF TH POPULATION AND METHODS OF ITS EVOLUTIN

social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease" according

to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Physical is about the body.
Mental is about how people think
and feel.
Social talks about how people live
with other people. It is about family,
work, school, and friends.

on the active, passive, and assisted cues people observe and

adopt about their own health. These include personal actions for preventing or minimizing the effects of a disease, usually a chronic condition, through integrative care.

It consists ,
Physical health
Mental health

is dependent on genetic determinators and also on social,

economic and ecological factors.
That means, one's genes are partly responsible for one's physical health, but also other circumstance.
It is also the result of regular exercise, proper diet and nutrition, and proper rest for physical recovery.
A physically fit person usually has a normal weight for their height. The relation between their height and weight is called their Body Mass Index

diseases.
Help your body manage blood sugar and insulin levels.

Help you quit smoking.
Improve your mental health and mood.
Help keep your thinking, learning, and judgment skills sharp as you age.

and nutrition.
It protects you against many chronic noncommunicable diseases,

such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer.
Eating a variety of foods and consuming less salt, sugars and saturated and industrially-produced trans-fats, are essential for healthy diet.

lifestyle. Combined with physical activity, your diet can help you

to reach and maintain a healthy weight, reduce your risk of chronic diseases (like heart disease and cancer), and promote your overall health.
NUTRITION PRODUCTS
Vitamins
Carbohydrates
Proteins and fat.

proper sleep:

It helps us repair and restore our organ

systems including our muscles, immune systems, and various other hormones.
While our body is resting, immune cells known as T-cells spend that time racing around our bodies. Other immune cells also work better with more sleep.

person's emotional and psychological well-being. A state of emotional and

psychological well-being in which an individual is able to use his or her
thinking and emotional (feeling) abilities,
function in society, and
meet the ordinary demands of everyday life.

defined as the science of protecting the safety and improving

the health of communities through education, policy making and research for disease and injury prevention. The definition of public health is different for every person.
Essential public health functions (EPHF) are the indispensable set of actions, under the primary responsibility of the state, that are fundamental for achieving the goal of public health which is to improve, promote, protect, and restore the health of the population through collective action

outcomes of a group of individuals, including the distribution of

such outcomes within the group".
According to Akarowhe (2018), the working definition of population health is expressed thus; population health is an art, process, science and a product of enhancing the health condition of a specific number of people within a given geographical area population health as an art, simply means that it is geared towards equal health care delivery to an anticipated group of people in a particular geographical location; as a science, it implies that it adopt scientific approach of preventive, therapeutic, and diagnostic service in proffering medical treatment to the health problem of people; as a product, it means that population health is directed toward overall health performance of people through health satisfaction within the said geographical area; and as a process it entails effective and efficient running of a health management/population health management system to cater for the health needs of the people

a given place, such as New York City, Kansas, or

Bangladesh. It also refers to differences in health – for example, between the rich and the poor.

A population’s health is the product of many causes, operating at many levels “from cells to society” (see infographic below). Research to understand these causes can point to new ways to improve population health — see “How Can Population Health Science Improve Health?“ for examples.

Your zip code matters more than your genetic code when it comes to health. “The Power of Place: A tale of two twelve year-olds” tells the story of Ella and Amara, and how their prospects for healthy lives are shaped by where they live.

simply as a state free from disease but as "the

capacity of people to adapt to, respond to, or control life's challenges and changes".
 The World Health Organization (WHO) defined health in its broader sense in 1946 as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

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