DYNAMIC STATE OF HEALTH: A MODERN SCIENTIFIC JUSTIFICATION OF THE CONCEPT

Abstract

The article presents the concept of the «dynamic state of health» as a contemporary interdisciplinary category encompassing physiological, behavioral, mental, social, and existential aspects of human functioning. Based on a systemic analysis of evidence, it is demonstrated that health is not a static condition but rather a complex, multilevel, and variable system of adaptations, regulations, and responses of the organism and personality to external and internal factors. An author’s expanded definition of the term “health” is proposed, in which the concept of dynamic equilibrium is central. The significance of this concept for building a modern national public health system oriented toward demographic stabilization, disease prevention, resilience, and long-term preservation of population health is substantiated.

Purpose of the study. To substantiate and systematically describe the concept of the «dynamic state of health», to define its components, mechanisms, and significance for public health, psychology, and public health policy.

Research methods. Systemic approach, comparative analysis of modern health concepts, interdisciplinary analysis, categorical analysis, and generalization of evidence-based scientific data.

Scientific novelty. For the first time, a systematic theoretical justification of the concept of the «dynamic state of health» is provided as a cognitive-semantic, interdisciplinary category integrating biological, physiological, mental, social, and existential aspects of human functioning. The mechanisms of health dynamism (self-regulation, adaptation, compensatory processes, resilience, and existential dimensions, etc.), which previously had been considered fragmentarily within individual disciplines, are revealed and structured.

Conclusions. The dynamic state of health is the result of shared responsibility between the individual and the public health system: at the individual level-through proactive behavior, maintenance of functional capacities, and self-regulation; at the public health system level-through policies and environments that systematically ensure conditions for healthy choices, adaptation, and population resilience throughout the entire life course.