National Health Programs, Objectives, Fucntions

Program among these measures are the NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS, which have been launched by the central government of control/ eradication of communicable diseases, improvement of environmental sanitation, raising the standard of nutrition, control of population and improving rural health. Introduction

1. NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS OBJECTIVES, FUNCTIONING, AND OUTCOMES D. R. Chandravanshi Asst. Professor (Adhoc) SLT Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur C.G.

2. Content Objectives Introduction Health promotion Public health policy Guiding principles of NHP

3. introduction "Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.“ Health also means the capacities and abilities to play useful roles in society, to adjust ourselves to environmental changes and to cope with all related problems. The WHO strategy "Health for all” the philosophy of health promotion underline that health is: The value that empowers individuals or groups of people in accomplishing their aspirations, satisfying the need for success, changing and managing the environment, The wealth that ensures the society its social and economic development; only healthy society can create cultural values, enlarge national property and enjoy high quality of life, The means to achieve better quality of life.

4. Health promotion The modified National Health Program is based on the health promotion concept and strategy. Health promotion helps people: To increase the control over own health (identification of own health problems), and To improve the health condition by making choices and taking decisions conducive to health, increasing community awareness, developing competences to solve health problems and increasing health potential. Health promotion covers five areas of activities: The development of public health policy, The promotion of living and working environment supportive to health, The encouragement of the whole population to work for health,

5. Conti… The advancement of individual skills to promote health, The reorientation of health services. Health promotion is also defined as a skill to interfere into social systems and to encourage people to promote healthy environment. To this end, the NHP tends to "incorporate" health issues into different social systems (politics, economy, education, sport, science, family etc.)

6. Public health policy Each sector of economic and social policy (e.g. wages, taxes, social security, education, transport etc.) is related to health. Therefore, health policy should be developed at all levels and by all actors participating in public life. Bearing this in mind, the present NHP sets the objectives of the public health policy which has replaced the former idea of the state health policy. That permits to bring the governing mechanisms closer to people, moving them from the central level of the management and the state administration to the local level, committing at the same time all people and public institutions.

7. One superior, strategic goal: improving the health status of the population and enhancing the health-related quality of life; The three key areas of activities aimed at accomplishing the strategic goal: - changing lifestyles, Developing the living and working environment supportive to health, and Reducing inequalities in health and access to health services Many positive changes in the health status of the population are expected due to the accomplishment of tasks identified in accordance with each target. It is also hoped that adverse effects of major health problems will be also reduced. GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF NHP

8. references Health Programmes / Wellness | National Health Portal Of India (nhp.gov.in)