Health

1. Citizenship Stage 2 Health

2. Health Care Definition
noun
the organized provision of medical care to
individuals or a community.
"health-care professionals“
Health care or healthcare is the diagnosis,
treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury,
and other physical and mental impairments in
human beings.

3. How have health care impacted us?
• Health care is conventionally regarded as an
important determinant in promoting the
general physical and mental health and well-
being of people around the world.
• An example of this was the worldwide
eradication of smallpox in 1980, declared by
the WHO as the first disease in human history
to be completely eliminated by deliberate
health care interventions.

4. Health Impact

5. • There are a lot of types of health issues
common with many people across the globe.
Disease is one of the most common.
• According to GlobalIssues.org, approximately
36 million people die each year from non-
communicable (not contagious) disease
including cardiovascular disease cancer,
diabetes, and chronic lung disease (Shah,
2014).

6. Factors to poor health
• Smoking cigarettes
• Poor Diet
• Inactivity
• Excessive alcohol consumption
• Neglect of oral hygiene
• Genetic disorders that are inherited

7. Maintaining good health
• Have a Healthy and balanced Diet
• Exercise regularly

8. Reference
• References
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