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What is Human Health

Chapter 16
Handbook of Research on Global Indicators of Economic and Political Convergence
Health is the level of functional or metabolic efficiency of a living organism. In humans it is the ability of individuals or communities to adapt and self-manage when facing physical, mental or social challenges. The World Health Organization (WHO) defined health in its broader sense in its 1948 constitution as “a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” This definition has been subject to controversy, in particular as lacking operational value and because of the problem created by use of the word “complete”. Other definitions have been proposed, among which a recent definition that correlates health and personal satisfaction. Classification systems such as the WHO Family of International Classifications, including the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) and the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), are commonly used to define and measure the components of health.
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Health Status and Convergence in Developing Open Economies: Is Health Status Converging in Developing Economies?
Tonmoy Chatterjee (Ananda Chandra College, India) and Soumyananda Dinda (The University of Burdwan, India)
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 18
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0215-9.ch016
Abstract
This chapter delves into the relationship among different economic issues like economic growth, health status and international trade in the context of convergence literature. In this chapter we illustrate and provide arguments behind the convergence of health status in developing economies in the presence of open economy regime. In this respect we consider a panel data set of 17 developing economies of the time span 1960-2011. In the present study we have found convergence not only in measure of health care status but also in the measure of trade and openness and therefore we have dealt with such kind of complexities. Apart from these we have found that health status improves in the post liberalization period but cross-sectional divergence increases in post liberalization era.
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Toxicity in Architectural Plastics: Life-Cycle Index of Human Health in Building (LCI-HHB)
The register of life-affirming processes in the biological, the physical, and the emotional register of a population.
Published in Chapter: Toxicity in Architectural Plastics: Life-Cycle Index of Human Health in Building (LCI-HHB); From: Examining the Environmental Impacts of Materials and Buildings
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