Outline of health

Summary

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to health:

Health – functional and metabolic efficiency of an organism. It is the ability to live long, function well (physically and mentally), and prosper.

Essence of personal health edit

  • Homeostasis – property of a system in which variables are regulated so that internal conditions remain stable and relatively constant. Examples of homeostasis include the regulation of temperature and the balance between acidity and alkalinity (pH).
  • Immunity
  • Life – characteristic distinguishing physical entities having biological processes (such as signaling and self-sustaining processes) from those that do not, either because such functions have ceased (death), or because they lack such functions and are classified as inanimate.
  • Mental health
  • Physical fitness
  • Survivability of the individual
  • Wellness

Reproductive health edit

Reproductive health

Poor health edit

Illness

Absence of health edit

  • Death – termination of all biological functions that sustain a living organism.

Health maintenance edit

Personal health maintenance edit

Self-care

Health maintenance of the masses edit

Health care

Health care industry edit

Health care industry

Public health edit

Public health

Health science edit

Health science

History of health edit

Health education edit

Medical education edit

Health professionals edit

Medical schools and colleges edit

General edit

Country specific edit

See also edit

External links edit

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USA)
  • National Center for Health Statistics (USA)
  • National Institute of Health (USA)
  • National Library of Medicine Pubmed Journal Search
  • European Agency for Safety and Health at Work EU-OSHA
  • The Public Health Portal of the European Union
  • World Health Organization