Being Healthy in a Modern World

This report explores the significance of health in the modern world, including the importance of maintaining physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being. It discusses various factors that influence health in society, such as social environment, public cleanliness, and healthy food. The report also covers different measures of health and their strengths and weaknesses, as well as techniques for caring and the contribution of individuals in promoting health. Overall, it emphasizes the need for individuals to put efforts into maintaining their health in the modern world.

BEING HEALTHY IN A
MODERN WORLD

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................3
Define health and explain the importance of health and its basic factors influence in society3
Basic understanding of a range of different measures of health and relative strengths and
weaknesses.............................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Being healthy refers to a state of remaining physically, mentally, emotionally and socially
well-being. It an be consider as a situation when a person is free of illness or health issue.
However, it is essential for people to put efforts for maintain their health condition. In context of
this report, it will focus on significance of health including range of different health measures. It
will also includes techniques or caring, inter-professional working and contribution of an
individual in health.
LITERATURE REVIEW
Define health and explain the importance of health and its basic factors influence in society
Health can be described as a condition of being well-being in mental, social and physical
context. As per views given by Hakkarainen (2016), it includes the situation of an individual free
from any type of diseases, infection, abnormality and presence of co-morbidity. However,
importance of health consist number of significances which are mentioned here. Initially, better
health is important to maintain increased strength of an individual which impact positively on
their regular performance. Secondly, it is significant to boost up motivation and morale level of
an individual which is helpful to improve their quality of life. Thirdly, appropriate health is
important because it facilitate to enhance immunity which is favourable to avoid infections or
severe diseases in future. Meanwhile, there are several health related factors that influence
society like social environment, public cleanliness, healthy food, emotional state and many more.
Moreover, atmosphere in society and disturbed emotional condition influence the mental health
an individual. Additionally, the public cleanliness and intake of healthy food is helpful to
maintain physical well-being.
The health factors are those things which can be used to modify to modify the quality of
life of residents. Everything which is present in our environment impact on health (Boynton and
Brackett, 2019). There are number of health factors which impacted on health are clinical care,
physical environment, health behaviours, social and economical factors. Initially, the economic
factors influence health of an individual because poor financial status is responsible for not
completing basic needs which impact negatively on human body. If body will not get required
amount of nutrition then metabolic activity get disturbed which can generate various diseases.
Secondly, the social factor consist societal company of an individual which should be correct

otherwise wrong friend circle will create bad habits like smoking, alcohol intake, dug abuse etc.
which has severe side effects of human body. These societal habits are responsible for
developing major health issue like diabetes, high blood pressure, depression, lung disease and
many more. Thirdly, the physical environment can influence the health of people because many
of infectious bacteria and harmful viruses exist in atmosphere which may harm humans and
develop severe health issues. In addition to this, the factor of clinical care is helpful as it will
diagnose specific disease and provide appropriate medical services for well-being of an
individual. Moreover, it consist the health behaviour which influence the condition of human
body in a way of a person effort towards their health. It includes the lifestyle and eating habits of
people which impact on their body.
Health to society is important because it facilitate comfort level of people which is
essential to spend life in appropriate manner. It is also significant as it has an effective
contribution towards economic progress of country due to healthy living of people for longer
time, more productive and save more. However, overall health condition of specific country is
responsible for affecting their economic growth in either positive or negative manner.
Basic understanding of a range of different measures of health and relative strengths and
weaknesses
In context of different health measures, it has been analysed that several factors are
required to be measured for evaluating appropriate health condition of an individual. According
to the opinion of Åkerblom and Fejes (2016), it consist several measures such as presence of
signs including blood pressure, temperature, tumour size, X-ray and specific co-morbidity.
Meanwhile, it consist other factors which are also consider as measures to determine relative
strengths and weakness of an individual regarding health including acceptability, reliability,
validity as well as responsiveness. Moreover, it includes the criterion of analysing these elements
through which specific health condition of a person can be understand and evaluated in terms of
providing appropriate care services for their welfare.
Measure of health can be metrical by using clinical and pathological and is generally
determined by clinicians or measured by instruments and equipments.
Caring technique involves to provide correct medication and other social support to make
life of an individual comfortable. It includes to make their bedding and help them in daily routine
work by maintain respect as well as dignity (Sherwin, 2018). Meanwhile, it involves to carry out

effective communication and improve will power & morale of patient to gain positive care
outcomes. Effective caring techniques consist the use of technological support for delivering
correct dosage of medications to patient. It also include the technique of providing desired
technical aids for individuals which helps them in daily routine activities. Moreover, it involves
utilisation of wheelchairs and other similar equipments for transferring patient from one medical
unit to another for clinical purposes.
In context of UK, they have taken several measures regarding issue of Coronavirus
including ensuring about adequate supplies of gloves with long tight-fitting cuffs, gowns that are
disposable fluid resistant full-sleeve gowns & single use, eye protection, clinical waste bags,
hand hygiene supplied, general purpose detergent and FFP3 respirators. UK government advice
for all the destinations and travellers to contact of care practitioners 6 to 8 weeks advance than
trip. They have a allocate teams of medical practitioners on airports to avoid spread of
coronavirus in their nation. Coronavirus disease is responsible to spread through physician
contact among people due to which government has decided to make infected & critical patients
to remain isolated in health care organisation. It is necessary for people to immediately report to
nearby care institution so that serious patients can be keep separate from healthy people which is
single important option to prevent the spread of this problem among citizen of the country.
However, it has been analysed that legal bodies create separate and specific care centres for
coronavirus infected people so that they can treated in separate manner. In addition to this,
government has provided healthy guidelines for people to avoid this infection such as washing
hands, cover mouth while sneezing or coughing and quickly consult a doctor if observe
symptoms of viral fever because these indications are similar with symptoms of coronavirus
infection.
Considering modern era, it has been analysed that an individual should maintain their
health condition to avoid infections, diseases or health issue in different seasons for comfortable
survival. It includes the to intake balanced diet, regular physical exercise and routine check up
for remaining healthy. However, it is necessary for a person to put efforts for improving their
stamina and immunity for being healthy in the modern world.
CONCLUSION
The report has been concluded that people should make efforts to maintain their heath
condition for gaining comfortable life. It includes to focus on daily routine of eating an other

activities for improving internals strength which is helpful to improve immunity and remaining
disease free. Measure of health includes pathological and clinical measure by using instruments
to evaluate entire health status of an individual.

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Åkerblom, E. and Fejes, A., 2016. Constructing the healthy citizen. In NERA 2016, NERA 44th
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Boynton, H. and Brackett, M.G., 2019. The Best Diet for a Healthy Gut Fill in the
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