DEVELOPMENT AND HEALTH

 Process of development consists of a series of positive as well as negative changes

that have direct impact on health.
 Positive changes include more and better education, more income, higher standard of
living, increased willingness to spend money on health.
 Positive changes also include more hospitals, clinics, doctors, nurses etc.
 Healthcare becomes an important activity of the civil society and more resources are
diverted to this social sector. That’s why, there is a positive correlation between
development between health indicators and development.
Negative Impact
 Byproducts of economic development have very adverse impact on the health.
 Environmental pollution is one of the major byproducts of development which are
greatly effects on the health of the peoples particularly in the city.
 About 70 % of the people living in large cities gets clean drinking water and the rest
drink contaminated water.
 Air pollution caused by Vehicles and urban industries has made urban environment
unhealthy which caused to various diseases and overcrowded hospitals &
dispensaries.
 The three factors constitute the foundation of economic development i.e. natural
resources, human beings and technology.
 For sustainable development, the human beings should be uses the resources in a
judicious way without damaging the environment.
 Infact, the current style of development is just a factor of production and hence should
be exploited to get higher levels of benefits.
 As the economy diversified and shifts from primary to secondary and tertiary
occupations, life becomes more sedentary.
 The manual labour which agriculture requires gives place to mental work.
 Lack of adequate movement and exercise for the body and excess of fat and sugar
along with physical and mental stress have given rise to a number of systematic
diseases like hypertension, obesity, diabetes, heart ailment and diseases of digestive
system.
 As life becomes complicated and complex, joint families break and social system gets
disturb and explosive.
  According to some estimates, at least ¼ of the peoples suffer from mental or
emotional problems.
 Development is also having its effect on the priorities of the people. In early times,
the three describes goals of life: Wealth, Health and Character
 If wealth is lost, nothing is lost (3) (1)
 If health is lost, something is lost (2) Now reversed (2)
 If character is lost, everything is lost (1) (3)
 Development process has now reversed this order. Wealth is now gets top, next health
and last character.
 Peoples are now prepared to use any means to get wealth.
 Indian societies have not remained untouched by this act. It has becomes one of the
most corrupt societies of the world.
 Peoples don’t mind even ruining their health just to become wealthy. They treat
human body like an engine.
 Development has brought people closer to each other. Newer and better means of
transport and communication have enabled them to move fast and interact among
themselves more frequently than ever before that causes various harmful diseases
which travel fast and affect larger number of people.

Individual Health

Genetic Influences Environmental Influences Behavioral Influences

Physical Chemical Biological Sociological

Psychological

Radiation Poisons Animals Overcrowding Stress

Vibration Toxins Microbes Isolation Anxiety
Humidity Allergens Neglect Depression
Forces Irritants Adjustment Discomfort
Abrasion Boredom
Noise
 Individual Health

Genetic Influences Environmental Influences Behavioral Influences

Physical Chemical Biological Sociological

Psychological

Radiation Poisons Animals Overcrowding Stress

Vibration Toxins Microbes Isolation Anxiety
Humidity Allergens Neglect Depression
Forces Irritants Adjustment Discomfort
Abrasion Boredom
Noise