4 CONCEPTS OF HEALTH

INTRODUCTION

If a person is not suffering from any disease it does not mean he/she is healthy. Health is a state of physical, mental, social and spiritual well being.

There are four concept of health.

1. PHYSICAL HEALTH

2. MENTAL HEALTH

3. SOCIAL HEALTH

4. SPIRITUAL HEALTH

PHYSICAL HEALTH

We all are familiar to physical health when we talk about a persons health we are generally talking about physical health. It is easy to identify and easy define. If a person is physically healthy he or she looks energetic and vigorous. 

For example if a person is physically healthy their color of eyes looks bright, have good appetite, muscles are well developed, good sleep and much more.

MENTAL HEALTH 

Mental health implies:

No internal conflicts.

One should deals other with courtesy.

One should be emotionally sensitive.

One should adjust in situation.

One should have no jealousy and feeling of fear.

Mental health is more complicated than the physical health. It is difficult to understand the person who is suffering from mental health. The person is unable to sleep properly. He cannot handle a tough situation in a correct way and emotionally broken.

Physical ill can also lead to mental ill like if a person is handicap he feels inferior to other. Such feelings may prevent him to interact with other properly.

SOCIAL HEALTH

The social health is the economic and social condition that effects a person or group in health status.

If a person is not mentally healthy his/her social health cannot be achieved. Mental health will influence the social health likewise physical health will also influence social health.

 

How will you identify a socially ill person? 

Like criminals they are not accepted socially so they are anti-social. Society control these behaviour of anti-social if not it will destroy society itself.

SPIRITUAL HEALTH 

Most difficult part of health to define. A healthy spiritual person obey the concept of doing good and not harming others. Recognising needs of other and helping them are the quality of good spiritual healthy person.

Do good so that someone else can help you in your problem is the basic thinking of a person. Blindly following any rule is not a sign of a healthy spiritual person.

CONCLUSION

From all above we  have concluded that the good health does not means only the physical health or one is not suffering from any disease. Good health implies person should be physically, mentally, socially and spiritually healthy. All four concepts of health are interlink with each other physical health to mental health to social health to spiritual health.

So if you want the good health work on four concept of health.