Health and Health Inequalities Quiz

The WHO's definition of health is criticized for being binary and absolutist, and for not accounting for contextual factors such as societal norms and differences in mortality or morbidity between populations.

Alternative definitions introduce the concept of 'the extent to which,' based on the realization of aspirations, the ability to satisfy needs, and coping with a range of environments, avoiding the binary and absolutist difficulties of the WHO's definition.

A potential problem is failing to recognize potentially vast differences in mortality or morbidity between populations or changes in expectations over time based on the contemporaneous and local mortality and morbidity experience.

<p>A possible strength is that health is contextually defined by societal norms around aspiration and need, and therefore evolves over time.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Alternative definitions of health seek to temper the aspirational and absolutist definition by introducing an analogous concept based on the realization of aspirations, the ability to satisfy needs, and coping with a range of environments.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>These definitions avoid the binary and absolutist difficulties of the WHO and instead introduce an analogous concept ('the extent to which') based on the realisation of aspirations, the ability to satisfy needs, and to cope with a range of environments.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Health is contextually defined by societal norms around aspiration and need and therefore evolves over time.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It could be problematic in failing to recognise potentially vast differences in mortality or morbidity between populations or changes in expectations over time based on the contemporaneous and local mortality and morbidity experience.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Health is contextually defined by societal norms around aspiration and need and therefore evolves over time.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>These definitions introduce an analogous concept ('the extent to which') based on the realisation of aspirations, the ability to satisfy needs, and to cope with a range of environments.</p> Signup and view all the answers