UCSP

WEEK 15: CULTURAL,

SOCIAL ANDPOLITICAL
INSTITUTIONS

LESSON 11: HEALTH

INSTITUTIONS

CARMENCITA GADI
RABANO
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
IN THIS LESSON, YOU WILL LEARN THE FOLLOWING:
1. HEALTH AND ITS SPECIFIC ASPECTS
2. HEALTH AS A HUMAN RIGHT
3. LEARN CULTURE-SPECIFIC SYNDROMES AND ILLNESSES
4. UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS OF DIAGNOSIS,
PREVENTION AND HEALING (E.G., TRADITIONAL, WESTERN,
ALTERNATIVE HEALING SYSTEMS)
 DEFINING HEALTH AND ITS ASPECTS

HEALTH
according to the World Health Organization (WHO)
(1948) a state of complete physical, mental and social
well-being and not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity.”
FIVE MAIN ASPECTS OF HEALTH:

1. Physical health
2. Psychological health
3. Emotional health
4. Social health
5. Spiritual health
 PHYSICAL HEALTH

 refers to good body health and the

way that your body functions. This
includes eating right, getting
regular exercise and being at your
recommended body weight. It is
also avoiding vices, and being free
of disease and sickness.
PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH

 is the ability to recognize

reality and cope with the
demands of every life.
 EMOTIONAL HEALTH

 is having both an awareness of

your emotions and the ability to
manage and express those
feelings in an age-appropriate
manner.
 SOCIAL HEALTH

 Our ability to form satisfying

interpersonal relationships with
others, to adapt comfortably to
different social situations and act
appropriately in a variety of
settings.
 SPIRITUAL HEALTH

 refers to maintaining harmonious

relationships with other living
things and having spiritual
direction and purpose.
 HEALTH AS A HUMAN RIGHT

 means that everyone, regardless of race, gender, or social status, has the right
to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.
 right to health is an inclusive right.
 Everyone has the right not just to access medical services, but also to other
living conditions that enable us to be healthy.
 sanitation, adequate food, decent housing, healthy working conditions, and a
clean environment.
 contains freedoms and entitlements.
 freedoms include the right to be free from non-consensual medical treatment
(e.g., medical experiments and research or forced sterilization), and freedom
from torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment.
 THE ENTITLEMENTS

 1. The right to a system of health protection providing equality of

opportunity for everyone to enjoy the highest attainable level of health;
 2. The right to prevention, treatment, and control of diseases;
 3. Access to essential medicines;
 4. Maternal, child, and reproductive health;
 5. Equal and timely access to basic health services;
 6. The provision of health-related education and information;
 7. Participation of the population in health-related decision-making at
the national and community levels
 CULTURE-SPECIFIC SYNDROMES AND ILLNESSES

 Culture-specific syndrome or folk illness is defined as a combination of

symptoms that are considered to be a recognizable disease only within a
specific society or culture.
 With the growing spread of knowledge and learning across the globe, it is quite
inevitable for different cultures and nations to form their own terms for illnesses
that occur specifically in their regions.
 In the Philippines setting, many medical- related terms have been developed
throughout his country’s history.
a. PASMA
b. USOG
c. BINAT
 BINAT

 One example of a culture- specific illness.

 Filipinos is the relapse of the body’s system after it has

healed from sickness.
 Is described as something that happens to a person that has
recently healed from sickness but then shortly gets sick
again after.
 USOG

❖ Usually happens to young children

❖ This topic in Filipino psychology happens when an unsuspecting stranger
greets you with an evil eye.
❖ Symptoms of usog are usually a development of fever and sometimes
convulsions.
❖ Usog has been given theories as to why it happens to children.
❖ According to Fadul (1998), Usog is cause by a distressed in the child with
the visitor in his/ her house.
❖ The theory states that the stranger inside the child’s house may cause
distress and fear within a child.
❖ Thus, the child is overpowered or nauusog by the stranger and may feel
afraid or get sick.
PASMA

 refers to a "folk illness" unique to the Filipino culture that is said

to be most commonly brought about by exposure of "cold" and
water in many forms:
 water is believed to facilitate the unhealthy coldness that enters
the body in the Filipino culture
 is often the reason cited behind hand tremors, sweaty palms,
numbness, and pain, but it does not exist in modern medicine
SYSTEMS OF DIAGNOSIS, PREVENTION AND
HEALING

Medicine in the world is very vast in its scope.

There are many illnesses being discovered and
researched by different scientist and with this,
many forms of healing and treatment have also
been formed
 SYSTEMS OF DIAGNOSIS, PREVENTION AND
HEALING

There are different kinds of health systems established to

ensure public health and to provide universal health
services.
Western health systems
Traditional health systems
alternative health systems
 WESTERN HEALTH SYSTEMS

 are based on science and the skills of health workers

standardized and learned from health sciences schools.
 Patients are treated based on standardized diagnostic practices
 Is the modern day practices of the medical world and are
typically referred to as medical science.
 Western medicine and treatment is usually done by a doctor, nurse
 and other conventional healthcare provider.
 Their practices and methods are of western medical and
scientific Teachings and traditions.
 SURGERY- is a well- known forefront on western Medicine.
 TRADITIONAL HEALTH SYSTEMS

 refer to the healthcare beliefs and practices that have

been established by indigenous people in developing
nations.
 Traditional health systems are less intrusive compared to
western health systems, and make use of natural
medicines such as herbs.
 Massages and mind/body practices which address the
physical, mental, and spiritual wellbeing of the patient
are included as well.
 Most cases of countries who use traditional healing
can be found in some parts of Asia and Africa.
 Example of traditional healings include:
a. acupuncture
b. herbalism
c. use of Chinese medicine
d. rubs
 ALTERNATIVE HEALTH SYSTEM
 Is a healing practice that has the effect of medicine but does not
 necessarily originate from medical practice, or a scientific method. It
 consists of a wide range of healing practices health, care, therapies and the like.
 These alternative healings are not backed- up by scientific facts but has

 still proven successful in healing illnesses and psychological strains.

 examples:

 Christian faith healing

 traditional Chinese medicine
 naturopathy
homeopathy
chiropractors
THANK YOU
GOD BLESS