Thursday, January 28, 2010

Introduction To Health Education:
a)Defination of health

The World Health Organaization(WHO) has defined health as "a state of physical,mental,and social well being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity".This defination emphasizes that a healthy person must be physically fit,mentally alert and socially adaptable which help to maintain his/her quality of life in his/her society.Health of individuals differs from each other.An individual may feel better in one aspect he/she may feel worse in the other aspect of health.Health is multidimensional.It cannot be described in a single word or in a phrase.Some of the charatcer of a healthy person are cheerfulness,a good appetite,sound sleep,free from diseases,free from internal conflicts,well adjusted,self control,self disciplined,sense of cooperative motive etc.

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