Question

 

• Explain what impact lifestyles, socioeconomic status, and community resources have on public and community health. Provide an example.
• How have you seen this at work in your own community?

Answer 1

Life style is a way used by people,groups and nations and formed in specific geographical, economic, political,cultural and religious text.

Variables of life style that ibfluence o health

1.Diet and body mass index

Poor diet and its consiquences like obesity is the common health care problem in urban socities unhealthy life style can measured by BMI. Urban life style leads to the nutrition problems like using fast foods and poor foods increasing problems like cardiovascular diseases.

2.Exercise

Continuous exercise along with a healthy diet increases the health.

3. Sleep : sleep has a clear influence on mental physical health.

4. Sexual behaviour: normal sex relation is necessary for the healthy life.

5. Substance abuse: Addiction is considerd as an unhealthy life style? It may cause variuos health issues.

6. Medication abuse: self treatment, sharing medication, using medication without prescription etc are considerd asnmedication abuse.

7.Application of modern technologies

Advanced technologies facilitates the life of human being.

8. Recreation: leisure pass time is a sub factor of lifd style.

9. Study: study is the exercise of soul.

Socioeconomic status

Socio economic status whether assessed by income education or occupation is linked to a wide range of health problems including low birth weight, cardio vascular disease , hypertension, arthritis, diabetics and cancer.

Community resources : primary health services include counselling and support services, health promotion activities. Other services include

-Aged care services

- Alcohol and drug programes

-carer respite

- maternal and child health services

- mental health programmes

-disability services

-outreach services

-problem gambling services

Example for community health resourses are hospitals , libraries, law enforcement substations, social clubs and recreation centers. These facilities offers services for the betterment ,and oftentimes ,safety of the community. We can see this in our community.