Defining Needs of Vulnerable Populations

The definitions of health differ in various policy documents. The World Health Organization at the time of its formation in 1948 defined health as a “state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing and not just the absence of disease.” The definition has overtime undergone amendments to include the fourth dimension of spiritual health. Svalastog et al. (2017) explained that spiritual health involved a sense of satisfaction and fulfillments with our lives, self-confidence, as well as peacefulness and tranquility with the internal and external environment. Mahatma Gandhi is quoted to have said that “health was real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver” (Oleribe et al. 2018). His definition of wealth alludes sought to argue that health is significant compared to material wealth and that a community will experiences difficulty prospering if its people are not healthy. 

People define health in terms of their health conditions or practices they have adopted to stay healthy. However, to most people, the lack of signs and symptoms means they are healthy. This means that the idea of health checkups is foreign to them. This notion stands in the way of diagnosis treatment of major illnesses such as HIV and cancer. The idea of health has also been corrupted by beauty standards such as those that pinpoint at the flat tummy, small waist, and stomach muscles (abs). This is further complicated by the commercialization of health and health products.

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References

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. Pan African Medical Journal, 30. https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2018.30.292.15436

Svalastog, A. L., Donev, D., Jahren Kristoffersen, N., & Gajović, S. (2017). Concepts and definitions of health and health-related values in the knowledge landscapes of the digital society. Croatian Medical Journal, 58(6), 431-435. https://doi.org/10.3325/cmj.2017.58.431