MAINTENANCE OF HEALTH.pptx total seven dimention of health

Dimention of health

1. MAINTENANCE OF HEALTH Introduction of maintenance of health The health maintenance behavior refers to any activity or behavior under taken primarily for the purpose of protecting or assuring current levels of health as observed by the individual. Although death is inevitable but we can increase our life span by using different health maintenance techniques. Our own health behavior is responsible for many disease and incidences, as we do not follow the rules of good health. We overlook our body basic needs e.g. proper nutrition, sleep, rest, exercise, personal hygiene and invite the health risks .

2. Health maintenance requires preventive measure at all three levels primary, secondary and tertiary. Researchers have proved this fact that people perform a wide range of activities that they believe will protect their health. Community health nurse must know all the concepts related to wellbeing. Optimum level of functioning and positive changes in health status. She should also know illness prevention of the patients.

3. Habits are the highly automated and self-executed behavior of man” their origin lies in focusing the attention or concentration but they get executed automatically, without any attention or concentration, by being repeated over a sufficient period of time in similar conditions. Habits can be related to physical or mental activities like those related to paying attention or thinking, or the basis of their merits and demerits habits can be of two types good or bed

4. Good habits are an asset for the individual in maintaining good health. It had following advantages :- Saves time and labor. B. Provided a feeling of social security. C. Assists in maintaining good health. D. Builds personality and hands over good education, work, profession and life by good habits related to thinking, reasoning, thoughts and etiquettes.

5. Generally bad habits gradually get converted into addiction. Its major examples are the people addiction to alcohol, smoking, opium and sedative drugs. He loses his ability to discriminate between the moral and immoral values and these people knowingly or unknowingly gets involved in the crime. Therefore, to avoid the transformation of habits into addiction person should have clear thinking and co-operative attitude to words forming new habits.

6. Formation of habits is a continuous process that goes on in the life of a man. Family, school and community contribute significantly in the formation of habits because the individual learns from his parent's friends, close relative, school and environment, most of the habits. Habits formed in the childhood have a deep impact or personality children from habits and adopt good qualities after seeing the examples. Some organization run “ sanskar Kendra” to form good habits.

7. Other important factors in the formation of habits are :- Doing the some work regularly without exception or break. 2. Repeating the new habits voluntarily. It is very important to leave or discontinue the bed habits immediately, following methods are used to get rid bad habit.  Leaving the habits by repeating it voluntarily. The habit that had to be left is practiced purposely.  Leaving the habit by generating disinterest or excessive use

8.  Feeling of opposition here the habit is left by analyzing it, given below ware some of the habit witch assist in achieving growth and progress in life :- Regularity of sleep, study and exercise. Habits related to personal hygiene which includes daily cleaning of skin, nose ears and teeth. Habits related to meals time and food intake, regularity defecation. Good habits related to the cleaning of clothes and use of cosmetics.

9. Habits related to general etiquettes good thoughts, thinking and reasoning. These include behavior and feeling related to generosity (kindness), selflessness, charity and honesty.