Phases of history of health development
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Health
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.”
Phases of history of health development
- Phase of Disease control (1880-1920)
- Not only the control of particular disease(s)
- Control of man’s physical environment through sanitary legislation and reform.
- Phase of Health Promotion (1920-1960)
- Mother and child health
- School health
- Industrial health
- Mental health
- Public health nursing
- Provision of basic health care
- Phase of Social Uplift (1960-1980)
- New diseases and disorders of chronic nature emerged as public health problems;
- Cancer
- Cardiovascular diseases
- Diabetes
- Drug dependence
- Could not explain by germ theory or tackled by traditional approaches.
- Social and behavioral risk factors
- Phase of Health for All (1980-2000)
- Health is a human right
- Not uniformly dispensed to entire population
- A vast majority of population was beyond any access of health services
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