BScN, GNC (c), MHST Student
Lisa Van Casteren
Registered Nurse, GNC (c) & Educator
What is Health?
This units resources explore what is health.
What is Health? Resources
Toward a Contemporary Definition of Health
Bradley, K. L., Goetz, T., & Viswanathan, S. (2018, November 21). Toward a Contemporary Definition of Health. OUP Academic. https://academic.oup.com/milmed/article/183/suppl_3/204/5194600.
Brussow, H. (2013, July). What is Health. Microbial Biotechnology, 6(4), 341-348.
Goldmeier, H. E. (2020). Health. Salem Press Encyclopedia of Health.
Government of Canada. (2008, September 12). What is Health? https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/population-health/population-health-approach/what-is-health.html.
Huber, M., Knottnerus, J. A., Green, L., Horst, H. van der, Jadad, A. R., Kromhout, D., … Smid, H. (2011, July 26). How should we define health? The BMJ. https://www.bmj.com/content/343/bmj.d4163.
How do you define the health of populations?
Kindig, D. A. (1997). How do you define the health of populations? Physician Executive, 23(7), 6.
The Definition of Health: towards a new perspective
Leonardi, F. (2018). The definition of health: towards a new perspective. Internal Journal of Health Services, 48(4), 735-748. https:doi:10.1177/0020731418782653
Merriam-Webster. (n.d.). Health. In Merriam-Webster.com dictionary. Retrieved October 6, 2020, from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/health
Oleribe, O. O., Ukwedeh, O., Burstow, N. J., Gomaa, A. I., Sonderup, M. W., Cook, N., Waked, I., Spearman, W., & Taylor-Robinson, S. D. (2018). Health: redefined. The Pan African Medical Journal, 30, 292. https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2018.30.292.15436
Tulloch A. (2005). What do we mean by health?. The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 55(513), 320–322.
What is Health? The ability to adapt
What is health? The ability to adapt. (2009). Lancet (London, England), 373(9666), 781. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60456-6
What is Health? Videos
Public Health- Concepts of Health and Its Determinants: By Natalie Lovesey M.D.
Medski.com. (2016, June 29). Public Health- Concepts of Health and Its Determinants: By Natalie Lovesey M.D. [video]. Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQkYIpCmTDw
pdhpe.net. (2018, April 26). Meanings of Health [video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJQ04Af_XxI.