Find below a list of resources addressing the question-What is Health? 

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Bircher, Johannes, and Shyama Kuruvilla. 2014. “Defining Health by Addressing Individual, Social, and Environmental Determinants: New Opportunities for Health Care and Public Health.” Journal of Public Health Policy 35 (3): 363–86. 

 

Branchard, B., Deb-Rinker, P., Dubois, A., Lapointe, P., O'Donnell, S., Pelletier, L., & Williams, G. (2018). At-a-glance - How Healthy are Canadians? A brief update. Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can., 38(10), 385–387. https://doi.org/10.24095/hpcdp.38.10.05

 

Card, A. (2017). Moving beyond the WHO definition of health: a new perspective for an again world and the emerging era of value-based care. WMHP. https://doi.org/10.1002/wmh3.221

 

Kiernan, C. & Karlawish, J. (July 17, 2019). It’s time to change the definition of ‘health’. STAT. Retrieved from https://www.statnews.com/2019/07/17/change-definition-health/

 

Tarantola, D. (2019). Is the WHO Definition of health aging well? Frameworks for “health” after three score and ten. APJH. 109(8).  doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2019.305177

 

World Health Organization. (n.d.). Constitution of the World Health Organization. Retrieved October 11, 2023 from https://www.who.int/about/governance/constitution