SocialandPsychologicalfactorsandhealth.pptVIP

Social and Psychological factors and health  What does health mean? Defining health As a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or injury. ----The World Health Organization(WHO) From personal experience, the feeling of well-being is more than the perceived absence of disease and disability. Many influences—social, religious, economic, personal , medical –contribute to health. Social Factors and Health Natural Environment (Biological, physical, chemical) Social Environment (Polity, economy, culture, education, life