Project ReportOn

LIVING ENVIRONMENTVS

HEALTH

(AHE 01)

Under the guidance of:DR. HINA PARVEZ

Submitted By:NAME: MOHAMMAD AZAD

Roll No. 135630917Course: 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)

AcknowledgmentI 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 HealthEnvironmental 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

DiscussionOut 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.

CONCLUSIONSThe 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