title: Health and behaviour.
abstract: This paper describes the changing concepts of health and disease including the burden of disease and the effect of biological, psychological and social factors on health. In particular, the impact of behaviour on health is discussed and means of affecting behaviour for health, such as religion, are described.
authors.affiliation: Division of Health Protection and Promotion, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mohit
mesh_terms: D017281:Cost of Illness; D015438:Health Behavior; D006292:Health Priorities; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D019083:Mediterranean Region / Q000453:epidemiology; D008603:Mental Health; D011598:Psychoneuroimmunology; D011603:Psychophysiology; D011788:Quality of Life