TOPIC

FACTORS INFLUENCING HEALTH

- JAIDEEP. S
 INTRODUCTION:
 BIOLOGICAL FACTORS
 ENVIRONMENTAL
FACTORS
 LIFE STYLE FACTORS
 PSYCHOLOGICAL
FACTORS
 BIOLOGICAL FACTORS:

• PATHOGENIC MICRO
ORGANISM
• BIOLOGIC
HEREDITARY FACTOR
• OTHER FACTORS
 AGE
 SEX
 GROWTH AND
DEVELOPEMENT
 PATHOGENIC MICRO ORGANISM:

 PATHOGEN- ANY
MICRO ORGANISM
THAT HAS THE
CAPACITY TO CAUSE
DISEASE
EXAMPLE: COVOID -
19[SARS-COV-2]
 BIOLOGIC HEREDITARY FACTOR:
• DOWN’S SYNDROME
• CYSTIC FIBROSIS
• HUNTIGTON’S SISEASE
SOME COMMONLY GENETIC DISEASE THAT AFFECTS
HUMAN HEALTH
 OTHER FACTORS:
 AGE
 SEX
 GROWTH

GROWTH:
 GIGANTISM
 DWARFISM
 ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR:

 NATURAL ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR

 AIR
 WATER
 SOIL
 RADIATION
 NOISE
 SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTQAL FACTOR
 INCOME
 EDUCATION
 POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SYSTEM IN THE SOCIETY
 SOCIAL AND CULTURAL SYSTEM
 HEALTH CARE SERVICE
 AIR POLLUTION:

 INCREASE THE RISK

OF
• RESPIRATORY
FUNCTIONS
• HEART DISEASE
• LUNG CANCER
EXAMPLE: ASTHUMA
 WATER POLLUTION:
 DUE TO
• CONTAMINATED WATER
• DISEASE: DIARRHEA,TYPHOID,POLIO
 ACCORDING TO UN , EVERY YEAR
APPROXIMATELY 297,000 CHILDREN
UNDER FIVE DIE FROM DISEASES
LINKED TO POOR SANITATION , POOR
HYGIENE OR UNSFE DRINKING WATER
SINCE 2020
 SOIL POLLUTION:
 THIS POLLUTION CAN
HARM HUMAN,PLANTS
AND ANIMALS HEALTH
 IN HUMAN, IT CAUSE
NEUROMUSCULARBLOC
KAGE AS WELL AS
DEPRESSION OF THE
CENTRAL NERVOUS
SYSTEM,HEAD
ACHE,FATIGUE ETC.....
 RADIATION:
 IT CAN DAMAGE THE
DNA OF OUR CELLS
 HIGH DOSES OF
RADIATION COULD
ALSO LEAD TO CANCER
IN LATER LIFE
 NOISE POLLUTION:
 EXCESSIVE NOISE CAN
SERIOUSLY HARM
HUMAN HEALTH
 AT
SCHOOL,WORK ,HOME
 CAN DISTURB
SLEEP,CAUSE
CARDIOCASCULAR AND
PSYCHOLOGICAL
EFFECTS
 SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS:
 INCOME
 EDUCATION:
• TYPICALLY LEADS TO BETTER
JOBS,MORE MONEY AND MANY OTHER
BENEFITS INCLUDING BETTER HEALTH
INSURANCE
• UNESCO GLOBAL EDUCATION
MONITORING REPORT SHOWS :
ATTAINMENT OF HIGHER LEVEL OF
EDUCATION AMONG MOTHER IMPROVES
CHILDERNS NUTRITION
 POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SySTEM:
 INVRESEMENT OF
VALUES
 TAXES
EXAMPLE: GST
 CULTURAL SYSTEM:
IN MANY ATICLES:
“HEALTH RISKS”, “CULTURAL
PRACTICES” AND “CULTURE”
“HEALTH IMPLICATIONS”
AND”CULTURAL PRACTICE”
• FGN
• CHILD MARRIAGE
• CORPORAL PUNISHMENT
 LIFE STYLE FACTOS:
 DIET
 REST
 EXERCISE
 AVOIDING THE USE OF
ALCOHOL ,DRUGS AND
TOBACCO
 SITTING DOWN FOR TOO
LONG
 ETC.....
 PHYSIOLOGICAL FACTOR:
i. EMOTIONS,FEELINGS
ii. EX:FEAR,STRESS,ANXIETY
,EMOTIONS,TENSION,CAN
LEAD TO HYPER
TENSION,HEAT ATTACK
ETC...
iii. DEPRESSION CAN ALSO
LEAD TO SUCIDE.
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