Question

ABOUT HEALTH:

- What do we need to measure?

- Let's discuss at least 5 different measurements related to health.

- How and where these could be measured? Why are these important?

- How will they help in MEGI Cycle?

Answer 1

1.Health status can be measured usong pathological and clinical measu status res and is usually measured using instruments.Along with this, we can also use history of patient like genetic, family and symptoms.

2.different measurements are blood pressure, temperature, blood sugar,blood oxygen and heart rate.

3.Health can measure in homes,clinics,hospitals,community settings like community health centres and primary health centres.Standardized scales or instruments and pathological measures are needed to measure health.

It is important to maintain good health,to detect abnormalities and diseases among peoples,it helps to prevent complications,reduce mortality and morbidity rate.

4.The measurements of health helps in forming MEGI cycle.MEGI stands for Measure,Estimate,Guide and Influence.In the MEGI cycle,there are many human elements and the ultimate operation is not a closed -loop system.we want to apply a cybernetic approach to personal health.In addition to common sensory found in almost every smart phone,other measurement technologies are appearing including those that measure temperature ,perspiration, heart rate,sleep,galvanic skin resistivity,blood oxygen,blood sugar and blood pressure making cyber health possible.After the measurements of these parameters, the system give guidance according to the condition which induces people to achieve and desired state.Some people may accept the guidance and follow.