Health: a dream from reality to the future

Abstract

This paper argues that health is a realistic productive force that may enhance the index of happiness. As the basis of all developments and the source of a person’s and his/her family’s happiness, health requires not only primary and secondary prevention, but also policy prevention, that is to say, grade-zero prevention. Therefore, people should pay more attention to Health in All Policies. As a new preventive strategy, the policy prevention will help improve people’s health significantly and promote the concepts of “Healthy China” and “the Chinese Dream” or “the World Dream” to realize a dream from reality to the future.

Keywords

health promotion / primary and secondary prevention / policy prevention / infectious disease / non-communicable disease

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Acknowledgements

No funding was received for this work. This paper represents part of Dr. Chunsong Hu’s doctoral thesis. Chunsong Hu wrote the manuscript, and Prof. Qinghua Wu is the first author’s supervisor. The authors have read and approve of the final manuscript. They further gratefully acknowledge the editors and experts who performed a critical review of this work.

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Chunsong Hu and Qinghua Wu declare that they have no potential conflicts of interest. This manuscript does not involve a research protocol requiring approval by the relevant institutional review board or ethics committee.

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