Project Report

On
LIVING ENVIRONMENT
VS
HEALTH

(AHE 01)

Under the guidance of:

DR. HINA PARVEZ

Submitted By:
NAME: MOHAMMAD AZAD
Roll No. 135630917
Course: BDP (Final Year)
Study Centre Code: 2713

IGNOU, Aligarh
Certificate
 This is to certify that the project of AHE-01

entitled “LIVING ENVIRONMENT VS HEALTH”

being submitted by MOHAMMAD AZAD

program B.A. Enrollment No. 135630917 under

supervision and guidance of undersigned.

(DR. HINA
PARVEZ)
(Project
Coordinator)
 Acknowledgment
I would like to take this opportunity
to express sincere thanks and deep
sense of gratitude to my project guide
Dr. Hina Parvez for her motivation and
guidance without which this project
would not have been possible. I consider
myself fortunate for having the
opportunity to learn and work under her
guidance.
At last but not the least I thank my
parents and friends for their support and
affection throughout this project work.

Mohammad Azad
Title: Living Environment VS Health
We live on earth in different types of
surroundings. This surrounding is our
environment the physical environment on the
earth provides favorable conditions for the
existence and growth of different life forms;
including man. Both the physical and Biological
environments are in a close interaction with
each other and forms a stable self-perpetuating
system. In prehistoric times man lived in
harmony with nature but in the course of his
evolution man has develop a new type of
environment, the man made environment man is
a social animal; the socio-cultural environment
also place an important role in his life.
The environment is constantly changing and this
affects life on earth; some of these effects can be
lasting and irreversible.
Environmental Health
Environmental Health can be define as “the
aspect of public health that is concerned with all
external conditions such as all forms of life,
substances, forces, problems and challenges and
any other condition in the surrounding of man
that may exert an influence on man’s health and
well-being” Disease, in this sense, represents a
maladjustment of the human being to his
environment. Although ancient civilizations were
aware of the effects of environment on health,
the importance of clean environment in the
modern times was realised in Europe only after
the Industrial revolution in 1842. It was known as
“The great sanitary awakening”.
Community Health
Community Health is defined more broadly and
encompasses the entire gamut of community-
organized efforts for maintaining, protecting and
improving the health of the people. It involves
motivation of the individual and groups to change
the pattern of behaviour.
In community Health, instead of studding
individuals as a patient, it is essential to
understand:
 The patient represents the community
  Community Diagnosis is essential.
 Planning treatment for the community is the
objective.
Community diagnosis may require relevant data
these are collected and interpreted.
 Age and sex distribution in the population
under study and its distribution in social
groups – in the community.
Flat No.
Apartment Name
Address
Particulars of the house
1.Surface Area
2.No. of Bed Rooms
3.No. of Toilet
4.No. of ventilators
5.Accessibility to sun light

Members of the House Gender Age

 Discussion
Out of the five houses, I surveyed the surface
area of the flats ranges from 1450 sq m to 1880
sq m. Three of the five flats were having 3 bed
rooms and were quite spacious. However the
ventilation facility were not satisfactory as there
was no arrangement for cross ventilation.
Further, residents reported that they get sunlight
for about two to three hours a day. Two of the five
flats situated at the road side reported noise
pollution chiefly by the vehicles passing by. All of
the five houses had their own water purifier and
none of them were using tap water for drinking
our cooking purposes.
Out of 10 members we surveyed none of them
were aware of the exact concept of health
envisaged by world health organization 4 out of
10 persons reported to have been doing exercise
on a daily basis. Walking was the most preferred
mode of exercise however 8 out of 10 people
found to be deeply concerned about their
balanced diet 7 out of 10 reported that they
wash hands before meal but only when they are
at home. All people to fast food at least once a
week. More over half of them work having fast
food on a daily basis and three of them were
overweight half of them admitted to have visited
a doctor in last six month and for them were
diagnosed diseases related with unhealthy life
style. As expected, 9 out of 10 persons were not
satisfied with work done by municipal authorities
in providing a clean environment.
 CONCLUSIONS
The Survey, as we found is following the pattern
of a typical modern life style and the problem of
over crowdedness of our urban regions were
people despite being reasonably well off
economically could not keep them self-healthy
because of their life style. While it was pleasant
to find that all of the five houses made sure that
they have access to pure drinking water but
unfortunately all of them were found to be taking
fast food and ignoring its harmful effects our
findings also suggest their indifferent attitudes
towards daily physical exercise.
Survey signifies that the rapid and to much
migration towards urban centres has made these
congested. spacious and healthy living is
becoming difficult day by day inadequate
planning and not very satisfactory
implementation of existing regulations has made
the matter worse. Both community and
government are responsible for this.
They have to work together to make amends
people need to be responsible in keeping their
environment clean and follow general guidelines
for good environment and Government should
also need to rectify the regulations when needed
and educate and encourage people towards
healthy community living and better
environmental health.
 BIBLIOGRAPHY

 Bharucha, Erach, Textbook of Environment

studies, 2nd Ed. Oriental Black Swan

publication 2013.
 Morgan, Monroe, Environmental Helath 3rd

Ed. Cengage learning, 2002.

 www.google.com
 www.wikipedia.com
 SAMPLE QUESTIONNAIRE

1. What is the concept of Health in your view?

a) Physical fitness
b) Mental well being
c) Absence of disease
d) Physical mental & social well being
2. Do you exercise?
a) No Exercise b) less then 1
hr/ week
c) Less than 2 hr/week d) more then2
hr/week
3. Which forms of exercise you prefer?
a) Walking b) Running
c) Swimming d) Work out
4. Your attitude about balance diet?
a) casual b) concerned
c) care free d) deeply
concerned
5. Do you wash your hands with soap?
a) always b) often
c) only at home d) at times
6. How often do you take fast food?
 a) daily b) once in a week
c) twice in a week d) more than two
times/week
7. opinion about weight of your body?
a) healthy b) under weight
c) slightly overweight d) overweight
8. When you fell ill?
a) last one month b) six month ago
c) one year ago d) more than one
year ago
9. What was nature of disease?
a) water borne b) air borne
c) life style related d) related to noise
pollution
10. How you rate your municipality?
a) good b) satisfactory
c) not bad d) poor
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Environmental health
1.1 Community Health
1.2 Relationship between environment and health
1.2.1 Genetic influences
1.2.2 Behavioral influences
1.2.3 Environmental influences
2. Health problems related to food
3. Health problems related to water
3.1 Chemical hazards
3.2 Biological hazards
3.3 Developmental activates & diseases
4. Communicable diseases
5. Air pollution and its effect on health
6. Noise and its effect on health
7. Stress and its effect on health
7.1 Environmental stress factors
7.2 Stress-related diseases
8. Radiation and its effect on health
9. Cancer and the environment
10. Smoking alcohol and drugs
11. Role of information technology
12. Particulars of houses surveyed
13. Sample questionnaire
14. Discussion
15. Conclusion
16. Bibliography