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The Conflation of Health and Healthcare

Journal: Archives of Community Medicine and Public Health (Vol.1, No. 1)

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Page : 006-006

Keywords : Prevention; Chronic diseases; Nursing; Primary health care;

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Abstract

Health is difficult to define while healthcare relates to the various services available. Recent election campaigns within the United- Kingdom seemed to conflate the terms health and healthcare. Healthcare investment is not a guarantee of improved health, a point the general public may fully not appreciate. Recently, I attended a meeting in west Wales with a community group. Their interest in health was focused on healthcare, so we discussed an alternative model:Health determinants include alcohol intake, smoking, diet and exercise. Some of these will have underlying factors, such as poverty, low self-esteem or educational attainment.

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