9. Chemmencherry Slum Chemmencherry slum is one of the newly emerged slums in Chennai. Chemmencherry is located near to Shozhangnallur, Chennai. It is rehabilitation block for slum dwellers from various parts of the Chennai city in order to relocate the slum dwellers from various areas in Chennai. In 2007, Tamilnadu slum clearance board has proposed 5190 tenements in an area of 17.81 hectares. The site is organized into 9 clusters with each cluster provided with a central open space surrounded by tenement blocks. About 5,190 families are present in these places. Of these 5,190 families, about 3,000 families are people affected by Tsunami. Though the building was properly built the living space allotted to each family is a single …show more content…
The Health of a person is not a stable one. Taking into the consideration of the understanding of the health among the respondents, it was understood as an absence of illness. 74% Respondents understood health as a condition of absence of physical pain. Most of the men flocks in this slum are semi skilled labors working as painters, carpenters, masons, peon, helpers, and drivers. Some women are working in the nearby emerging software companies as sweepers, gardeners, and helpers. The work of this people is tiresome and tough. They feel happy and healthy if they do not get any ache at the end of the day. These slum dwellers do also believe that reasons for all these pain due to some of the social, emotional, religious conditions.
62% Respondents state that health as a state of absence of weakness. In spite of being weak in their bodies yet, they engage in their daily routine work because it affects their survival. Over all idea of the respondents is that lack of physical strength is a part of life. Thus, according to them, weakness could not be considered as state of illness. Physical health is essential to engage in daily
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If the investment is lost then there would be a question for survival. Health is the core and essential for life. George Isaac makes a comment that the Concept of ‘Health’ is very much linked with one understands of life, because by and large it is the ‘quality of life’ which forms the major content of the word ‘health’ so in order to grasp the meaning of ‘health’ one needs to understand clearly the correlation between ‘life’ and
‘Health’ is a very broad notion, affected by a wide range of individual characteristics, behaviours and contextual factors.
In 1946 the World Health Organisation (WHO) defined health as “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”. This definition integrates the main concepts of health and identifies that health can be viewed differently by individuals and groups (Bowden, 2006). Health and well-being are the result of a combination of physical, social, intellectual and emotional factors (Dunkley, 2000a).
As stated by the World Health Organization (WHO), ‘health’ is defined as “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” (WHO, 1948). The health and wellbeing of individuals is generally determined by their circumstances and environment, a phenomenon referred to as the social determinants of health. WHO describes the social determinants of health as:
Health is not limited to a physical illness that can be cured or alleviated but must encompass the entire individual. It includes spiritual, emotional, social, mental and physical aspects of the individual. All of these areas must be assessed and evaluated when caring or a patient and their families (Chitty, 2007, p. 303).
Naidoo and Wills(2001, p.47) “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity’ - WHO (1946).” This definition falls into a holistic way of defining health, which believes that there are more areas to look at when thinking of health than just simply the absence of a disease. It considers the cause of why someone is ill and not just simply about ’fixing it’.
A negative concept of health concentrates on the absence of disease or illness. It suggests that you can only be regarded as being healthy if you have no disease or illness.
But over the past few decades, the definititon and concept of health has evolved to encompass more elements than just the physical well-being of a person. This is partly attributed to various researches and studies that have taken place around the world in the last 60 years. Already in 1948, the World Health Organization declared that health is “a state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not
“Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” (World Health Organisation, 2011)
The definition of health is fluid, ever changing and carries different meanings across individuals, societies and cultures. Although it is difficult
By looking at what different people say about health, it is clear that each one look at it differently. Therefore, there are many ways to define health. When we look at health, all physical, intellectual, emotional and social aspects should be considered because they all affect our health equally. Health can be defined in many ways, positively, negatively and holistically. It depends on how the individuals look at their health and how concerned they are about it. Our state of healthiness will depend on many things such as where do we live, what job do we do, what do we eat, who are our friends and everything else related to our lifestyle. Our choice about our lifestyle can make a difference to our health. If we are interested enough in ourselves, we can improve our own health. Some people think, that it depends only on the health care we obtain; however, it doesn't only depend on this. It is connected to our lifestyle as well.
“Don’t treat the disease, treat the patient” [9]. The concept of health has seemed to become complex in definition over the centuries as science improves. “Health is a complete state of physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.”-World Health Definition of Health (1948) [9]
In modern society there is a general consensus that ‘good health’ is something that everyone wants to experience and that each individual knows what this involves. Because there are so many different definitions of health and ill health it can become a very complicated concept. Walsh (2011) states that “In sociological terms ‘health’ and ‘illness’ are contested concepts. This means that the general meaning of these words should not be taken for granted.
The World Health Organisation defined health: “State of complete physical and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity” (WHO, 1946 p.100). Many factors influence health such as family traits, behaviours, access to quality healthcare and environment (quality of air, bad/good water and housing conditions) (WHO, 1946). The holistic view of health combines the mind (mental), body (physical), emotional and spiritual elements to a person (Ewes & Simnett, 2003).
I consider health as a state of wellness. With this, I bear in mind that each person’s idea of wellness may differ from the next. For example, a diabetic may consider his diabetes being under control and healthy when his
“Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” (WHO, 1948.)