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Healthcare system - Ans✔✔-· delivers quality services to all people, when and
where theyneed them. The exact configuration of services varies from country
to country, butin all cases requires a robust financing mechanism; a well-
trained and adequatelypaid workforce; reliable information on which to base
decisions and policies; well-maintained facilities and logistics to deliver quality
medicines and technologies.( World Health Organization [WHO], 2015 )
WHO definitnion of Health - Ans✔✔-"Health is a state of complete physical,
mental, and socialwell-being and not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity."
ABIM definition of Health - Ans✔✔-The ability to conduct a life that is as
socially and economically rewarding as available physical and financial
resources will allow.
Webster's definition of health - Ans✔✔-The condition of being sound in body,
mind, and spirit, especially free of disease or infirmity
, list the 5 determinants of health - Ans✔✔-genetic inheritance
physical environment
social environment
health behaviors
healthcare
genetic inheritance as a determinant - Ans✔✔-epigenetics of the physical
environment with genetic traits leading to disease.
physical environment as a determinant - Ans✔✔-Health threats from exposure
to toxins and unsafe conditions
i.e. unsafe housing conditions
Social environment as a determinant - Ans✔✔-Sociodemographic
characteristics like race/ethnicity/ and socioeconomic status
health behaviors as a determinant - Ans✔✔-Behaviors that are beneficial for
health or can be negative towards health.
i.e exercise, not smoking, etc.
Healthcare as a determinant - Ans✔✔-The central focus is to restore or prevent
exacerbation of health problems. Doing this through accessibility, affordability,
quality, and adequate intensity