Contemporary Health Issues

Definition of Health. According to World Health Organization (WHO) Definition: “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely an absence of disease or infirmity. Operational Definition of Health: “A condition or quality of the human organism expressing the adequate functioning of the organism in given conditions, genetic or environmental”. Thus, Health means (a) No obvious evidence of disease and that the person is functioning normally (b) Several organs of the body are functioning adequately as well as in relation to one another. (In harmony or in equilibrium).