Sociological Study Of

Healthy Lifestyle
What is Health?

• The word "health" refers to a state of complete

emotional and physical well-being. Healthcare
exists to help people maintain this optimal state
of health.
• The state of being free from illness or injury.
Facts on Health?

• Health can be defined as physical, mental, and social

wellbeing, and as a resource for living a full life.
• It refers not only to the absence of disease, but the
ability to recover and bounce back from illness and other
problems.
• Factors for good health include genetics, the
environment, relationships, and education.
• A healthful diet, exercise, screening for diseases, and
coping strategies can all enhance a person's health.
Health Problems

• Physical Activity and Nutrition

• Overweight and Obesity
• Tobacco
• Substance Abuse
• HIV/AIDS
• Mental Health
• Injury and Violence
• Environmental Quality
• Immunization
Health Problems

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES:
• Malaria
• Tuberculosis
• Diarrheal diseases
• Leprosy
• Filaria
• Others: like meningitis, viral hepatitis, Japanese
encephalitis, enteric fever
Health Problems

NUTRITIONAL PROBLEMS:
• Protein-energy malnutrition
• Nutritional anaemia
• Low birth weight
• Xerophthalmia
• Iodine deficiency disorders
Health Problems

ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION:
• lack of safe water in many areas of the
country
• use of primitive methods for excreta
disposal
Health Problems

MEDICAL CARE PROBLEMS:

• Unequal distribution of health resources
between rural and urban areas
• Lack of penetration of health services
within the social periphery.
Health Problems

POPULATION PROBLEMS:
• Employment
• Education
• Housing
• Health care
• Sanitation
• Environment
Health Problems
Awareness of Health Problems

• Awareness of disease and symptoms is essential for

screening and early detection. If members of the public
are aware of a disease and its symptoms, they are more
likely to take action to prevent it happening to them, or
go to healthcare providers for check-ups.
What causes a lack of awareness?

• Lack of awareness is due to the absence, inaccessibility

or inaccuracy of information, which is sometimes made
harder by cultural taboos, myths and fear, which can
stop people from taking preventative action or seeing
doctors.
For example, One out of four people in Africa believes
that cancer has no cure, and only 36% see cancer as a
major health issue.
What causes a lack of awareness?

• As a result of lack of awareness, people often come to

healthcare facilities when their disease has worsened or
reached a late stage, resulting in lower chance of
effective treatment. Around 70% of cancer patients in
Indonesia see physicians at a late stage.
• Lack of awareness is not only dangerous in terms of
worsening health outcomes, it can also be divisive in
society and can affect quality of life.
How to be more aware of your health

• Learning to read your own body.

• Treating the health problem.
• Dealing with health challenges.
How to be more aware of your health

Learning to read your own

body
• Recognize any existing
problem.
• Listen to your body.
• Strive to form the bigger
picture of a health
problem, especially one
that seems to have no
immediate answer.
How to be more aware of your health

Treating the health

problem
• Consider whether the
problem is something you can
deal with yourself or is
something in need of
professional attention.
• Deal with it yourself
• Decide which help is likely to
be the most useful.
How to be more aware of your health

Dealing with health

challenges
• Get a third and fourth
opinion for any major
diagnosis
• Research your medical
situation.
• Ask your doctor questions.
• Get a doctor you can confide
in without judgment or poor
reactions
Importance of Health Awareness

• Health awareness has high value to society. It can

provide important information about disease trends and
risk factors, outcomes of treatment or public health
interventions, functional abilities, patterns of care, and
health care costs and use.
• Feedback from real-world
• Clinical trials
Relative Atmosphere

• To improve health status of population and

clinical outcomes of care
• To improve social justice equity in the health
status of the population
• To reduce the total economic burden of
health care
Relative Atmosphere

• To raise and pool the resources accessible to

deliver health care services
• To promote health,education and health services
• To promote quality of life and life expectancy
• To promote maternal and child health, family planning,
adolescent health
Relative Atmosphere

• To prevent and control locally endemic diseases

Eg: dengue fever, filariasis etc.
• To provide immunization services.
• To prevent, control and manage common diseases and
injuries.
Eg: ARI, diarrhoea, malnutrition etc.
References

• https://www.slideshare.net
• https://www.medicalnewstoday.com
• https://www.roche.com
• https://www.wikihow.com
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
• https://www.urmc.rochester.edu
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