1.Definition, concepts and evaluation of public health. .ppt

Evaluation of Public Health

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Definition, concepts and evaluation
of Public Health
B. Pharm VIII Sem
SOCIAL AND PREVENTIVE
PHARMACY
BP802T
Module 1 –Concept of Health and
Disease

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Definition of
Health
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines
health as a “state of complete physical, mental, and
social well-being, not merely the absence of disease
or infirmity” (WHO, 1947).

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Concept Of
Health
Anunderstandingofhealthisthe
basisofallthehealthcare.
Healthisnotperceivedthesameway
byallthemembersofacommunity
includingvariousprofessionalgroups
(likebiomedicalscientists,social
scientists,healthadministrators,
ecologists)givingrisetoconfusion
abouttheconceptofhealth.

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Concepts of Health of Health
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Healthisevolvedoverthecenturiesasaconceptfrom
individualconcerntoworldwidesocialgoaland
encompassesthewholequalityoflife.
Changing concept of health till now are:
The various changing concepts of health as follows:
1. Biomedical concept
2. Ecological concept
3. Psychosocial concept
4. Holistic concept

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1. Biomedical
concept
Traditionallyhealthhasbeen
consideredasanabsenceofthe
diseasesandifsomeonewasfree
fromdisease,thenthatpersonwas
consideredhealthy.
Thisconceptisknownasbiomedical
concept,anditisbasedonthe“germ
theoryofthedisease.”

6. 2. Ecological Concept
• Deficiencies in the biomedical concept
gave rise to other concepts.
• The ecologists put forward the concept
of ecological concept.
• Ecologists viewed health as a dynamic
equilibrium between man and his
environment, and the disease as a
maladjustment of the human organism to
environment.

7. 3. Psychosocial Concept
•Advances in social sciences showed that
health is not only a biomedical
phenomenon, but one which is
influenced by social, psychological,
cultural, economic and political factors of
the people concerned.
•These factors must be taken into
consideration in defining and measuring
health.
•Thus health is both a biological and
social phenomenon.

8. 4. Holistic Concept
• The holistic model is a synthesis of all
the above concepts.
•Holistic concept recognizes the strength
of social, economic, political and
environmental influences on health.
•It has been variously described as
multidimensional process involving the
wellbeing of the person as a whole.
•The emphasis is on the promotion and
protection of health.

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RecommendedJournals:
1.ResearchinSocialandAdministrativePharmacy,Elsevier,Ireland
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