2. Definition of
Health
• Classic definition:
Health is absence of disease.
• The WHO defined Health as:
“A complete sate of physical,
mental and social well-being and not merely
the absence of disease”
4. Definition of
Public Health
• Public Health is community health. It is the science
of protection and improving the health of families
and communities through promotion of health
lifestyles, research of disease and injury prevention
and detection and control of infectious diseases.
Overall, Public health is concerned with protection
the health of entire populations.
6. Definition of
Primary Health Care
• Primary Health Care is not primary care alone.
It is also primary, secondary and tertiary levels
of care.
• Moreover, Primary Health Care is a new
approach to health care, which integrates at the
community level all the factors required of
disease status of population.
7. Components of
Primary Health Care
Primary
Health
Care
Provision of
essential
drugs
immunization
MCH/FP
Health
Education
Treatment
of common
diseases
Adequate
nutrition
Communicable
disease control
Sanitation &
safe water
supply