Exploring Effective Approaches to Optimal Health

Keywords: Optimal Health, Approach, Country, Models

Abstract

India, today, faces the soi-disant “dual disease burden†as the quota of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), better kenned as “lifestyle†disease; increases over the years along with a perpetuating ascend in communicable diseases. There is an impotent health-concrete regulatory environment guiding a moderate size and magnification of commercial health insurance with substantial potential causing a risk to the optimal health. The aim of the study is to outline the effective approaches to achieve optimal health. The reference is made from a selection of studies and reports that illustrated a variety of approaches to optimal health. The practical application sensitizes healthcare providers and others to identify each individual’s forward path towards improved health, even if it is not possible for them to procure a jeopardy-free status. In this way, the optimal health model aims to move each individual progressively in a more salubrious direction. If India wants to expedite its path to ecumenical healthcare and macrocosmic risk pooling coverage, it would require innovating in this regard as a matter of exigency.

How to cite this article:
Cannie S. Exploring Effective Approaches to Optimal Health. Int J Preven Curat Comm Med 2019; 5(4): 12-15.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24321/2454.325X.201923

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Published
2020-04-23