DEFINITION OF HEALTH

Part of health promotion is meeting a patient at their definition of health. One person’s health goals and possibilities may differ from another’s. 

Assume you are an intern at a community health clinic. Your supervisor has asked you to prepare a summary of the various definitions of health for the staff at the clinic. 

Search the Internet for representations of various definitions of health (e.g., a newborn, a well older adult, a person in a wheelchair, or a person with another disability). 

Prepare a 500-word summary of your findings. Include the following in your summary: 

• Description of 6 internet representations of definitions of health for the following types of individuals: 
• Newborn 
• Well adult Asian woman over 55 years of age 
• Disabled 35-year-old African American male veteran 
• Pre-teen white young woman entering middle school 
• Sexually active 20-something Hispanic male 
• Obese 75-year-old white male suffering from debilitating arthritis 
• Explanation regarding the importance of meeting a patient at their definition of health.