What is Health?
Is the current situation conducive to health?
Do you feel healthy now?
“Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” - @WHO
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Is the current situation conducive to health?
Do you feel healthy now?
“Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” - @WHO
1/n
Health is not an endpoint in itself, rather a state of existence that facilitates a full and meaningful life.
By being healthy, one can self-actualise and play one's role in society. Life is not about being alive, it's about living and enjoying a good quality of life. 2/n
By being healthy, one can self-actualise and play one's role in society. Life is not about being alive, it's about living and enjoying a good quality of life. 2/n
Physical health involves
1) genetics
2) lifestyle (nutrition and physical activity)
3) access to quality healthcare
4) avoiding hazardous environments
5) avoiding high-risk behaviours (drinking and driving, drugs, unprotected sex) 3/n https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/150999#types
1) genetics
2) lifestyle (nutrition and physical activity)
3) access to quality healthcare
4) avoiding hazardous environments
5) avoiding high-risk behaviours (drinking and driving, drugs, unprotected sex) 3/n https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/150999#types
Where are all the health promotion campaigns educating the public about healthy lifestyle, apart from this mediocre attempt? 4/n @BorisJohnson
How is prohibiting people from exercising and going to the beach to get some vitamin D aligns with health promotion? 5/n https://www.facebook.com/eNCAnews/videos/396993681379352
Where is health in the shadow of starvation?
The response to COVID 19 "threatened to push 270 million people to the brink of starvation" 6/n https://www.wfp.org/news/wfp-chief-warns-grave-dangers-economic-impact-coronavirus-millions-are-pushed-further-hunger
The response to COVID 19 "threatened to push 270 million people to the brink of starvation" 6/n https://www.wfp.org/news/wfp-chief-warns-grave-dangers-economic-impact-coronavirus-millions-are-pushed-further-hunger
Mental wellbeing involves
1) being happy and fulfilled
2) absence of stress, anxiety and depression
3) feeling safe
4) resilience in the face of adversity
5) spirituality
6) having a sense of purpose
7/n
1) being happy and fulfilled
2) absence of stress, anxiety and depression
3) feeling safe
4) resilience in the face of adversity
5) spirituality
6) having a sense of purpose
7/n
"COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown has brought about a sense of fear and anxiety around the globe. This phenomenon has led to short term as well as long term psychosocial and mental health implications for children and adolescents." 8/n https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7444649/
"the pandemic and recession were associated with a 10 to 60% increase in deaths of despair above already high pre-pandemic levels." - Casey B. Mulligan 9/n
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3759788
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3759788
Social wellbeing refers to the social determinants of health
11/n
https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/issue-brief/beyond-health-care-the-role-of-social-determinants-in-promoting-health-and-health-equity/
11/n
https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/issue-brief/beyond-health-care-the-role-of-social-determinants-in-promoting-health-and-health-equity/
"Wellness is the optimal state of health of individuals and groups. There are two focal concerns: the realization of the fullest potential of an individual physically, psychologically, socially, spiritually, and economically,.." - @WHO 12/n
"...and the fulfilment of one’s roles and expectations in the family, community, place of worship, and other settings.”
@WHO 13/n
@WHO 13/n
How will unemployment affect the health of the population?
"1.6 billion workers in the informal economy – that is nearly half of the global workforce – stand in immediate danger of having their livelihoods destroyed" - @ilo 14/n https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_743036/lang--en/index.htm
"1.6 billion workers in the informal economy – that is nearly half of the global workforce – stand in immediate danger of having their livelihoods destroyed" - @ilo 14/n https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_743036/lang--en/index.htm
How will depriving our kids of play affect their physical and mental wellbeing? 15/n https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1397594/UK-children-Covid-lockdown-task-force-10-years-children-mental-health
What kind of impact will parenting under stress have on the physical and mental wellbeing of children in the wake of rising child abuse? 16/n
https://www.newswise.com/coronavirus/studies-highlight-unprecedented-and-unique-dangers-for-children-during-covid-19
https://www.newswise.com/coronavirus/studies-highlight-unprecedented-and-unique-dangers-for-children-during-covid-19
How will our children's health be affected as a result of lost education over 2 academic years?
" @UNESCO revealed startling divides in digitally based distance learning, with data showing that some 830 million students do not have access to a computer."17/ https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/12/1080732
" @UNESCO revealed startling divides in digitally based distance learning, with data showing that some 830 million students do not have access to a computer."17/ https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/12/1080732
"disrupted education could create a “lost generation” of children in Africa."
Online learning doesn't work for any child.
Here's my rewrite:
"disrupted education could create a “lost generation” of children" globally. 18/n
Online learning doesn't work for any child.
Here's my rewrite:
"disrupted education could create a “lost generation” of children" globally. 18/n
What is the impact of losing spirituality on health?
"Religious doctrines influence decisions about health and health behaviours. In the Judeo-Christian scriptures, for example, there is an emphasis on caring for the physical body as a “Temple of the Holy Spirit”" 19/n
"Religious doctrines influence decisions about health and health behaviours. In the Judeo-Christian scriptures, for example, there is an emphasis on caring for the physical body as a “Temple of the Holy Spirit”" 19/n
"a desire to provide high-quality care, and simply common sense, all underscore the need to integrate spirituality into patient care." 20/n https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3671693/
How healthy do you feel when you are disconnected, isolated and lonely?
1) social distancing
2) 2 m rules
3) elbow bumps
4) fear of fellow humans
5) masks covering up people's faces and smiles
6) us vs them dichotomy
7) anger and hate spreading
Is your wellbeing taking a hit? 21/
1) social distancing
2) 2 m rules
3) elbow bumps
4) fear of fellow humans
5) masks covering up people's faces and smiles
6) us vs them dichotomy
7) anger and hate spreading
Is your wellbeing taking a hit? 21/
How will the healthcare system be impacted by the economic crisis?
1) availability and accessibility of services
2) quality of care
3) accountability of providers
4) allocation of resources based on health impact
5) impact on underprivileged populations
22/n
1) availability and accessibility of services
2) quality of care
3) accountability of providers
4) allocation of resources based on health impact
5) impact on underprivileged populations
22/n
"financial depressions have a direct impact on the overall health, on the public spending directed to the health care system, on the quality of the provided services and on the restructure of the roles and functions of the health care personnel" 23/n
https://www.hsj.gr/medicine/economic-crisis-and-health-the-role-of-health-care-professionals.php?aid=3039
https://www.hsj.gr/medicine/economic-crisis-and-health-the-role-of-health-care-professionals.php?aid=3039
It's not about your health, the health of children, the elderly, the high-risk groups...
Governments don't care about your health.
Governments are just trying to save face following a colossal mistake.
Those who are sustaining this predicament fear their own death. 24/n
Governments don't care about your health.
Governments are just trying to save face following a colossal mistake.
Those who are sustaining this predicament fear their own death. 24/n
It's the self-preservation instinct on self-destruct mode.
What they forget to acknowledge is that death is lurking behind every turn. If death is in the books for you, it will happen even if you hide in the highest towers.
We are all born dying.
Choose to live now. 25/25
What they forget to acknowledge is that death is lurking behind every turn. If death is in the books for you, it will happen even if you hide in the highest towers.
We are all born dying.
Choose to live now. 25/25
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