health service

…Traditionally, health management in the narrow sense has focused on preventive medical activities such as health education and health consultations, and has also included activities such as environmental management, therapeutic medicine, rehabilitation, and positive health care. However, with the expansion of social (and non-social) groups in recent years and the development and enrichment of health management activities, the content of health management has expanded, and the term health service is now often used. The purpose of these activities is to protect and develop people's health on a global level. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "health service" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…従来，健康教育，健康相談などの予防医学活動を中心にし，これに環境管理，治療医学，リハビリテーション，ポジティブ･ヘルス･ケア(積極的健康管理)などの諸活動を包括したものが狭義の健康管理とよばれてきた。しかし，近年の社会(および非社会)集団の拡大と健康管理の活動内容の整備，充実に伴い，健康管理の内容も拡大し，保健サービスhealth serviceという言葉もよく使われる。これらの活動の目的は，グローバルなレベルで人々の〈健康〉を守り育てることにある。…

※「health service」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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