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Concept of health and disease

Factors affecting health:

1. National economy

2. Cultural believes

3. Socio-economic status

4. Maternal and child health care

5. Education

6. Occupation

7. Environmental sanitation

8. Physical, social ,emotional care

9. State of nutrition

10.Accidents

11.Level of education, literacy

12.Climate

13. Immunization

14. Ignorance about health / health education

15.Family size, family spacing

Impact of health on individual, family and community:

Individual:

 Prevent diseases and improve health conditions.

 Healthy individual will enforce his health condition through proper

nutrition and healthy habits and sports.

 Prevent individual from occupational hazards thus enhance

productivity.

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