What is health?-A experience
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This is the summary of my experience in the health sector and generating a pattern out of this experience
Health: My Exploration
After water, food, clothing and shelter, the next most important requirement for a person is health. I have been reading and writing about health for quite some time, but a pattern has been developed in my readings and writings. I have not been concentrating on anyone particular aspect but rather shifting from one aspect to another, as a result covering them neither deeply nor broadly.
A sector working starts with the planning which lays down objective for which one has to work followed by meeting the targets laid out in the planning. In my opinion, understanding a plan and extracting the right kind of data out of it is not an easy task, since they are not reader friendly. It once took me 6 hours to read just 24 pages health plan document. I have discussed its solution in one my previous articles about extracting data from a plan. This sector planning can be dissected into non-scientific and scientific aspects. Non-scientific aspects comprises of society, policy, governance and economics. Though, this is an undiscovered territory for me, which I would like to explore in the future. I have discussed the social problem of rape with respect to the health, but again significant part is devoted to science.
Scientific aspects are concerned with the factors which lead to unhealthy body and measures to prevent as well as cure them. This is the aspect in which I have tried to explore various aspects. Various aspects of the human lifestyle like sleep, use of instruments (Cell phone, alarm clock), food, habits (smoking, physical activity) have been discussed. I have tried to explore the part which contradicts the common notions of our thinking, things/lifestyle which is considered bad may not be so bad and vice-verse. For example, nightmares can have some good medicinal property. Other than lifestyle, the only other aspect which I have tried to discuss is the disease. The methods of quizzes (Helmenthiasis, Tuberculosis, Leprosy, Trichomoniasis) or article writing were used to provoke people to give a second thought about the way they perceive a particular disease (like malaria).
Efforts were made to widen the perspectives of the people rather than focusing on any kind of research, treatment or diagnosis of disease. The belief behind the task was the fact that if people become aware of the possibilities, they themselves can address other issues and leading the society to a better global health.
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11th Feb 2012 (#)
Lordy, that was a lot to soak in. I might have to come back re-visit this page. I am not saying it is not well written, it is just, wow. Thank you for sharing.:)
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17th Feb 2012 (#)
thanks for share
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