Concept of Health, Public Health and Primary Health Care Components of Health, Public Health and Primary Health care

1. Public Health
Concept of Health, Public Health
and Primary Health Care
Components of Health, Public
Health and Primary Health care
 Presented by: Samya Rahman
ID no: 1512428620

2. • Concept of Health
What is Health?
 Formal definition: "A state of
complete physical, mental, and
social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease"
according to the World Health
Organization (WHO)

3. Components
of
Health
1. Physical Health
2. Mental Health
3. Emotional
Health
4. Spiritual Health
5. Social Health
6. Environmental
Health

4. 1.PHYSICAL HEALTH
• Eats a well balanced
diet
• Exercises regularly
• Avoids tobacco,
alcohol and drugs
2. MENTAL HEALTH
• has high self- esteem
• enjoys trying new
things
• is free of mental
illness
3.EMOTIONAL
HEALTH
• Expresses
emotions
constructively
• Asks for help
when sad

5. 4.SPIRITUAL HEALTH
-Has a sense of purpose in life
-Feels a unity with other human beings
5. SOCIAL HEALTH 6. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
 Has access to clean water and air
 Recycles used paper,glass products
and aluminum
 Has a clean and uncrowded living
space
• Respects other
• Has supportive
relationships
• Expresses needs to
others

6. PUBLIC HEALTH
What is public health?
- the health of the population as a whole, especially
as monitored, regulated, and promoted by the
state.

7. Components of Public Health
 Health promotion
 Surveillance
 Monitoring
 Analysis
 Outbreaks
 Epidemics
 Disease prevention
 Communication
 Risk
 Research

8. PRIMARY HEALTH
CARE
• What is Primary Health
Care?
- Primary health care (PHC)
refers to "essential health
care" that is based on
scientifically sound and
socially acceptable methods
and technology, which make
universal health care
universally accessible to
individuals and families in a
community.

9. Levels of Primary Health Care
 Primary Level- lower level of chronic
disease requiring self management support
 Secondary level- high disease risk requiring
disease/care management
 Tertiary level- high disease complexity
requiring care co-ordinate

10. Components of
Primary Health
Care
1. Public Education
2. Proper Nutrition
3. Clean Water and
Sanitation
4. Maternal and Child
Health Care
5. Immunization
6. Local Disease
Control
7. Accessible
Treatment
8. Drug Provision

11. Difference between
Health, Public Health and
Primary Health Care
HEALTH
Health is an individual
person's health. It is
their responsibility to
keep their mind, body
and everything else
healthy.
Public Health
Public health is a
society's health. It is
concerned with threats
to health based on
population health
analysis. The focus of
public health is to
improve health and
quality of life through
prevention and
treatment of disease

12. HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH

13. Primary
Health Care
Primary health care is
the services that is
provided in a country.
The ultimate goal of a
primary health care is
the attainment of
better health services
for all.

14. THANK YOU
Presentation By, Samya Rahman