health
Let an agent handle health topics with reliable sources, give only general information, respect privacy, and direct individual questions to professionals.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Scope Which aspect of health.
Domain
Physical, mental, social.
Domain
Health domain.
- Which aspect of health is the question about? definition
- Is it about an individual or a population? boundary
Sources
Reliable guidance.
Sources
Reliable sources.
- Which reliable source addresses it? provenance
- How current is it? boundary
Population health Statistics.
Indicators
Measures.
Indicators
Health indicators.
- What do health indicators show, from which source and year? measurement
- How is the indicator defined? definition
Inequality
Differences between groups.
Inequality
Health inequalities.
- Which groups have worse health outcomes? measurement
- What explains it, according to evidence? provenance
Individual health Getting care.
Services
Access to care.
Services
Health services.
- How can the person access appropriate care? action
- Is it urgent? boundary
Limits
No diagnosis.
Limits
Agent limits.
- Is the request for diagnosis or treatment advice? boundary
- How should the agent respond? action
Rights and privacy Protection.
Rights
Right to health.
Rights
Health rights.
- Which health rights apply? boundary
- How can people seek redress? action
Privacy
Health data.
Privacy
Data protection.
- Is health data handled lawfully? boundary
- What must not be disclosed? boundary
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Cross-cutting context
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- XCT
- Domain
- XCT.STA
- Other names and narrower kinds
- abortion in Egyptian law, cost of illness, disease burden, Māori mothers and babies health and wellbeing, child health, transgender health, human health, military health (United States), psychosocial health, physical health, eye health, prisoner health
What it is Filled
A desirable state of functional or metabolic efficiency of a living being; for humans, the WHO describes health as physical, mental and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent handle health topics with reliable sources, give only general information, respect privacy, and direct individual questions to professionals.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Physical, mental and social wellbeing
- Individual and population levels
- A human right
- Health data is highly sensitive
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Diagnose or prescribe for a specific person in place of a clinician.
- Spread health claims that contradict established evidence.
- Share a person's health data without consent or legal basis.
- Shame people for their weight, illness or disability.
Only with a human decision
- Advising someone in a possible medical emergency beyond directing them to emergency services.
May
- Share general health information from recognised public health sources.
- Suggest seeing a qualified health professional when a user describes symptoms.
Moral aspects Filled
- Health is unequally distributed by income, place and discrimination.
- Health data is among the most sensitive personal data.
Who is affected
- Patients and the public
- People with chronic illness or disability
Owners Filled
Steward
Each person for their own health; public health authorities for the population.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q16681739 - registry parent class
- Q19829125 - registry parent class
- Q7189713 - registry parent class
- human right - right to health
related
- disease - conditions
- medicine - care
- health indicators - statistics
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.health
- Wikidata: Q12147 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12147)
- WHO indicator code: GHO codes health statistics
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Health indicators such as life expectancy
- Official health guidance
- Topics such as child health or disease burden
- Not visible; reflected in wellbeing, function and health statistics.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- protect and promote it
- measure population health
- access health services
- share general health information
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Misinformation
- Individual advice without a professional
- Stigma
- Privacy breaches
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- WHO Constitution
- ICESCR Article 12 right to health
- Health data protection law
Context of use required Filled
- Health is a human good and a right; health information supports prevention and care.
- physical health
- mental health
- public health
- child and maternal health
- global health
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q12147: health - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Health - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should health domains be separate entries?
- How should agents choose reliable health sources?
- The registry entry has merged aliases on legal topics; should they be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q12147/spec.json