Question

Describe which definition of the concept of health (e.g. WHO definition of health) most applies to the experiences of health and healthcare in developing or poor countries.

Answer 1

Who defines health as the complete physical, mental, and social well being not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. This may not be completely acceptable for the developing or poor countries. They were mainly focusing on the physical health aspects,and mainly curative in nature. Preventive and promotive may not be that much evident in these countries. Also the Rehabilitative things they may not be not at all aware. So as a whole this countries will be focusing on things like , when there is problem such as fever or head ache or something else the person will go to the hospital and met the doctor and he will prescribe some medicine and he will take it and after that he may not consult the doctor until and unless another problem arises. So the curative aspect of the disease is also in the developing stage only, because they may not have enough number of docters or health professional and they have to wait long time meet the doctor, they have to travel a lot to find a hospital etc. These are the some of the difficulties they were facing and based on this problem they wants to identify the solution for the problem. So the health in this context may not be aa good thing for the poor countries and they have to do a lot of workfor the same.