Types of health programs/guides

What Public health is concerned with

it is concerned with the organisation and collective effort to improve the health status of the entire population

What public health refers to

Refers particularly to the ways in which governments monitor, regulate, and promote health status and prevent disease

What is old public health

It was government interventions that aimed to clean up the physical environment to reduce the risk of infectious diseases

What is the social model of health

It takes into account the important role that sociocultural factors play in bringing about improved health outcomes

Aim of the social model

If these factors can be addressed many disease and illnesses can be prevented

What is the Ottawa charter for health promotion

It is a document developed by WHO in 1986 to assist governments and other interested groups in implementing the social model of health

Health promotion definition

the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health

What does the biomedical model focus on

Focuses on the physical or biological aspects of disease and illness

What does the biomedical model involve

involves diagnosing the disease or illness & then treating the illness or condition once symptoms are present

What is the main focus of the biomedical model

focuses mainly on the use of technology to diagnose and cure diseases, and the services provided by doctors, specialists and hospitals. Individuals are the focus of this approach