In order to improve health we must learn how to define it and how to measure it. Please see some of the following resources I have chosen to use for defining health. 

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Godlee, Fiona. (2011) What is health? Retrieved on October 7, 2018 from https://www.bmj.com/content/343/bmj.d4817

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Huber, M. (2011). Health: How should we define it? BMJ: British Medical Journal, 343(7817), 235-237. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/23051314 

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Manchanda, R. (2014, August). What Makes us get sick? Look upstream. Retrieved on October 5, 2018 from https://www.ted.com/talks/rishi_manchanda_what_makes_us_get_sick_look_upstream?language=en

 

Robert H., B. (2017). Should the definition of health include a measure of tolerance? JAMA, (6), 585. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2016.14372

                                            

Sartorius, N. (2006). The meanings of health and its promotion. Croatian Medical Journal, 47(4), 662–664.

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Svalastog, A. L., Donev, D., Jahren Kristoffersen, N., & Gajović, S. (2017). Concepts and definitions of health and health-related values in the knowledge landscapes of the digital society. Croatian Medical Journal, 58(6), 431–435. http://doi.org/10.3325/cmj.2017.58.431

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Please note that the following link will take you to the current definition of health which is from 1946

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World Health Organization. (2018). Constitution of WHO: Principles. Retrieved October 2, 2018 from http://www.who.int/about/mission/en/