Something you may don’t know about public health

The definition of ‘health’ adopted by the PHAC (Public Health Advisory Committee) stated that ‘health is not just about physical injury or disease. A broad view of health assumes as a state of physical mental, social and spiritual wellbeing.

As you see from the model above, this four-sided house incorporates physical and mental wellbeing. It also includes interrelated components of personal and family relationships and a spiritual dimension. The most important information delivering to us is that the four sides of the house have to be strong and balanced to support the house stand. Transiting this architect principal into public health is that a strong health composes by all family/community, mental, physical and spiritual wellbeing.