This document discusses dimensions of health according to the WHO and components of primary health care. It defines health as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being. The WHO recognizes physical, mental, and social as major health dimensions with spiritual and emotional as minor dimensions. Physical health refers to bodily functions while mental health is a balance between the individual and world. Social dimension is about interactions and relationships. Primary health care aims to provide essential, affordable care through health education, nutrition, maternal/child services, immunizations, disease control, and essential drugs.

1. Washiful Islam Shadvi
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PBH 101
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Faculty: Amzad Ali
NORTH SOUTH
UNIVERSITY

2. *HEALTH
*PUBLIC HEALTH
*PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
DESCRIPTION AND
COMPONENTS OF

3. HEALTH
• “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social
well being and not merely an absence of disease or
infirmity” -WHO

4. DIMENSIONS OF HEALTH (Set by the WHO in
1948)
MAJOR DIMENSIONS
• PHYSICAL
• MENTAL
• SOCIAL
MINOR DIMENSIONS
• SPIRITUAL
• EMOTIONAL

5. PHYSICAL DIMENSION
PHYSICAL HEALTH REFERS TO THE STATE OF THE BODY AND ITS
ABILITY TO PERFORM BODILY FUNCTIONS.
• EAT NUTRITIOUS FOOD
• NEVER SKIP A MEAL
• STAY HYDRATED
• REGULAR EXERCISE
• ESSENTIAL REGULAR CHECKUPS
• MAINTAIN GOOD SLEEPING HABITS
• AVOID ADDICTIVE SUBSTANCES

6. MENTAL DIMENSION
A STATE OF BALANCE BETWEEN THE INDIVISUAL AND THE
SURROUNDING WORLD.
• SETTING REALISTIC GOALS
• OPEN MINDED
• UNDERSTAND WHAT OTHERS EXPECT OF YOU
• POSITIVE OUTLOOK
• FREE FROM INTERNAL CONFLICT

7. SOCIAL DIMENSON
ABILITY TO INTERACT WITH OTHERS, BUILDING AND MAINTAINING
SATISFYING RELATIONSHIPS.
• ENHANCE INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS
• ADOPT POSITIVE SELF-IMAGE
• ACCEPT AND UNDERSTAND DIVERSE CULTURAL NORMS
• BUILD NETWORKS AMONG DIFFERENT KINDS OF PEOPLE

8. SPIRITUAL EMOTIONAL
Spiritual health refers to our personal Ability to cope, adjust and adapt
beliefs and values and to seek meaning
and purpose of life
• PRAYER
• PEACE
• FORGIVENESS
• COMMITMENT
• YOGA
• MEDITATION
• HOPE
• ACCAPTENCE OF OUR
STRENGTHS AND
WEAKNESSES
• POSITIVE OUTLOOK
• AWARENESS OF WHAT
OTHERS EXPECT FROM
YOU
• STRONG
COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN FAMILY
FRIENDS AND PEERS

9. The science and art of preventing
diseases, prolonging life and
promoting health through
organized efforts.
PUBLIC HEALTH

10. FUNCTIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH
• The assessment and monitoring of the health of communities and
populations at risk to identify health problems and priorities.
• The formulation of public policies designed to solve identified local
and national health problems and priorities.
• To assure that all populations have access to appropriate and cost-
effective care, including health promotion and disease prevention
services.

12. Essential health care based on
practical, scientifically sound and
socially acceptable methods and
technology, made universally
accessible to individuals and families
in the community. It is through their
full participation and at a cost that
the community and the country can
afford to maintain at every stage of
their development in the spirit of self-
reliance and self-determination. (WHO
& UNICEF, 1978)
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE

13. Goals of primary health care
The ultimate goal of primary health care is better health for all.
WHO has identified five key elements to achieving that goal:
• Reducing exclusion and social disparities in health (universal
coverage reforms);
• Organizing health services around people's needs and
expectations (service delivery reforms);
• Integrating health into all sectors (public policy reforms);
• Pursuing collaborative models of policy dialogue (leadership
reforms); and
• Increasing stakeholder participation.

14. ELEMENTS OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
• Health education
• Food supply and proper nutrition.
• Maternal and child health including family planning.
• Safe drinking water and sanitation.
• Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI)
• Prevention and control of endemic disease
• Appropriate treatment of common diseases, injuries and
accidents.
• Provision of essential drugs.

15. Presentation By,
Washiful Islam