Health as a Social Phenomenon
Health as a Social Phenomenon

Author(s): Martina Urbanová
Subject(s): Sociology, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: health; society; culture; anomie; values; way of life; lifestyle; health literacy;
Summary/Abstract: The present contribution introduces a sociological approach to health. Human health is viewed as a social phenomenon explained by social assumptions. The purpose of the text is to point out the relationship between human health and the society and its values reflected in the lifestyle. An analysis of selected empirical research in the area of values and health documents the difference between the ideal and the real culture, i.e. between what people claim and what they actually live. The results show the need for improvement of the social climate and healthcare literacy for our health is threatened not only by unhealthy food and environment pollution but also by various negative or even pathological phenomena we come across every day in relation to the anomic society.

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