In 1946 the Constitution of the World Health Organization (WHO) was drafted to address social reasons for wellbeing issues and also the biomedical reasons. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) 1947, Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity; this can be taken from a professional …show more content…
The theory behind health whether it be from an official or popular statement both are unambiguously cultural and or historical ; for example in the Western side of the world the image of a person who is large will already be categorized as obese whereas as in the African community being overweight could be a sign of wealth and status.
Models of health are a frame of reference or way of thinking of health.
This essay will be in relation two Models of Health: Social and medical and the differences and similarities between the two of them.
The Medical Model is the model of Health which focal point is the biological view of absences of diseases and illness. Out of the two models of health this is the most dominant Model as it is practiced by professionals with whom people rely to be diagnosed by and provided treatment for the disease because of this this tends to be the first idea that comes to mind when the term Medical health is