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Dimension of Health
Physical Health
Psychological Health
Spiritual Health
Social health
Intellectual Health
Environmental Health
Physical Health
Eating
Exercise
Sleep
Use of Drugs and Alcohol
Risky behaviors
Disease or illness
Disability
Psychological health
Mental and emotional state
Awareness and acceptance of feelings in
ourselves and others
Ability to express emotions in a constructive way
Ability to function independently
Ability to cope with challenges and stressors
Spiritual Health
Spiritually healthy individuals:
Identify their own basic purpose in life
Learn how to experience love, joy peace and
fulfillments
Help themselves and others achieve their full
potential
Social Health
Refers to the ability to interact effectively
with other people and the social environment,
to develop satisfying interpersonal
relationships, and to fulfill social roles.
Intellectual health
Refers to your ability to think and learn from life
experiences, your openness to new ideas, and your
capacity to question and evaluate information
An intellectually healthy person:
Thinks through values
Makes decisions
Sets goals
Handles problems or challenges effectively
Environmental Health
Refers to the impact your world has on your
well-being.
It means protecting yourself from dangers in
the air, water, and soil, and in products you
useand also working to preserve the
environment itself.
Health Promotion
Movement in which knowledge, practices,
and values are transmitted to people for use
in lengthening their lives, reducing the
incidence of illness, and feeling better
Levels of Prevention
Primary-includes all activities carried out to keep
healthy people and prevent those from getting
diseases
Secondary- interventions taken at the early
stage of a problem before it becomes serious
Tertiary- includes behaviors that are involved in
treatment and rehabilitation
Cancer
Primary Prevention- Educate the public about
behavioral factors that increase risk, signs and
symptoms of cancer, methods of treatment
Secondary Prevention- Screening for disease by
taking tissue samples etc.
Tertiary Prevention- Providing treatment for
disease such as surgery to remove tumor
The World Health Organization (WHO) identifies core functions of public health
programs including :
vaccines
Environmental sanitation
Nutrition
3. Fats
supply the most concentrated
B12, Niacin,
source of energy
Provide feeling of fullness and
satisfaction since fats take
longer to digest
4. Vitamins
A,B1, B2,
Folic Acid
C, D , E , K
5. Macrominerals
6. Microminerals
calcium
Phophorous
* iron
Magnesium
Sodium chloride
* copper
Potassium
* zinc
* manganese
* selenium
* chromium
* iodine
* flouride
Balance Diet
- is a diet which contains all the nutrients
required for health, in appropriate proportions.
HYGIENE
- the general term that refers to the conditions and activities that are
used to maintain health and safety with proper sanitation and
personal cleanliness
Sanitation involves the hygienic disposal and treatment by the civic
authority of potentially unhealthy human waste.
Some types of hygiene:
Personal hygiene such as oral, dental and body hygiene
Food hygiene and safe handling and preservation techniques home
and restaurants
Public sanitation services clean water, waste disposal, garbage
collection
The list of diseases that could be reduced with proper access to sanitation
and hygiene practices:
Anaemia,malnutrition
Ascariasis(a type of intestinal worm infection)
Cholera
Dengue
Hepatitis
Leptospirosis
Malaria
Ringwormor Tinea (a type of intestinal worm infection)
Scabies
Schistosomiasis
Typhoidand paratyphoid enteric fevers
Poliois another disease which is related to improper sanitation and hygiene
Mothers role
Mothers have historically fulfilled the primary role in raising children.
EXPANDED
PROGRAM ON
IMMUNIZATION
VACCINES
SCHEDULES/ DOSES
DOSE
ROUTE
SITE
BCG
(bacillus
calmette
guerin)
@ BIRTH
school entrance
0.05 ml
0.10 ml
ID
intradermal
right upper
arm/ DELTOID
DDT
(Diptheria,
Pertusis,
Tetanus)
1 mos./6 wks
2 mos./12 wks
3 mos./14 wks
0.5 ml
0.5 ml
0.5ml
IM
intramascular
right/left
upper outer
thigh
OPV
(Oral Polio
Vaccine)
1 mos./6 wks
2 mos./12 wks
3 mos./14 wks
2-3 gtts
2-3 gtts
2-3 gtts
ORAL
MOUTH
Hepa B
@ BIRTH
1 mos./6 wks
2 mos./12 wks
0.5 ml
0.5 ml
0.5ml
IM
intramascular
right/left
upper outer
thigh
VACCINES
SCHEDULES/
DOSES
DOSE
MEASLES
9 mons.
0.5 ml
with Vit. A
( 100,000
units)
ROUTE/
%
PROTECTED
SITE/
Duration
Of
Protection
Sub-Q
right/ left
Subcutaneo upper arm
us
2-3 gtts
Mouth
ORAL
COMMUNICABLE
DISEASES