Health promotion is one of the
process of enabling people to gain increasing control over their health and
also to improve it. Psychosocial factors influence a number of health behaviours
which includes proper diet, adequate exercise, and avoiding cigarettes, drugs,
excessive alcohol and risky sexual practices that have a wide-ranging impact in
the domain of health. On a sustained basis, Preventive interventions
reduce depression and feelings of hopelessness, aggressive and delinquent behaviour,
as well as alcohol, tobacco and drug use.
As a whole, Mental health problems affect
society not just a small, isolated segment. They are therefore one of the major
challenge to global development. No group is immune to mental disorders, but
the risk is higher among the poor, homeless, the unemployed, persons with low
education, victims of violence and so on. Initially,
health only meant the body’s ability to function well and It was only disrupted
because of physical ailment or disease. World Health Organization
(WHO) associated the term health with a person’s overall physical, mental as
well as social well being and not just the absence of ailment in the year of
1948.
Definition
of health was extremely broad and thus seemed rather vague. It was discarded as
being impractical for a long time. 1980’s brought a new concept of health and
in here stated health as a resource for living and not just a state. Children
and adolescents, abused. It is essential to take utmost care of your health. It
is only when we are healthy we would be able to take good care of other aspects
of our life. There is no National health insurance system for the citizens of
India. This is the reason why the private sector is the main healthcare provider in
the country. While there are government hospitals at many places in the country
where the diagnoses is done for free and people are also given access to free
medicines, many people hesitate visiting these facilities due to lack of
hygiene. Also, since these offer free services there is a lot of waiting here.
The government must work
upon maintaining these facilities and should also set up more of these so that
the needs of every citizen can be catered to. The common man in India requires
bearing huge healthcare expenses. Most of the savings made by them are spent in
taking care of their family’s health. Those who buy healthcare insurance also
need to spend amount from their pocket when it comes to undergoing various
treatments as there are loopholes in these policies. For more
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