Measuring population health status
Chapter 18Measuring population health status Assessing health status of a population The health of a population can be described in general terms and in relation to specific conditions. A health…
Health and illness
Chapter 15Health and illness Definition of health The World Health Organization (WHO 1948) has defined health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the…
Health needs assessment
Chapter 24Health needs assessment Why should we assess health needs? Health services have usually developed in response to a perceived need for them by either service users (i.e. the public)…
Health promotion
Chapter 34Health promotion What is health promotion? In 1986, the Ottawa Charter defined health promotion as the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health….
