1.2. PRIVATE MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST: HEALTH, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL EDUCATION AND WELFARE. THE SOCIAL DIMENSION OF BASIC NEEDS. IMBALANCES AND INEQUALITIES IN LEVELS OF WELLBEING AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN MEXICO AND THE WORLD.

Humans are social by nature. We need others to survive, but also to lead a dignified life. What would a newborn child do if you leave him/her on the street and did not receive help from somebody? Although the baby has certain instincts, these are insufficient to survive the weather, disease, hunger and all the adversities he/she would face. Soon he/she would die.

A teenager or adult in your community also need to survive. if they get sick, they can go to the doctor. those who are not physicians engage in any other activity (farmer, astronaut, entrepreneur, etc.). because while they work on their field, there is someone else who is responsible for investigating which drugs are appropriate for each condition. In turn, the doctor may engage in such research because others produce the food they eat. food producers benefit from the work of the employees who make clothes or build houses, so we all benefit from the work of others and the rest of us.

Can you imagine what would happen if everyone had to do research on their own illnesses or medications, while building your home, caring for cows, make clothes, etc..? 

Life would be much more complicated belonging to a community enables us to meet our common and Basic needs.

Community must be understood as a set of people united by social, political, or religious arrangements, living in a region or town and having unique characteristics, interests and needs.In relation to these basic needs. Abraham Maslow proposed a psychological theory about human motivation, in a pyramid and set a way how to meet human needs.

NEED FOR SELF-

REALIZATION: Man tries to perfect his

actionsNEED FOR RECOGNITION: concern for self-esteem,

respect for others, the need

for status, fame, glory.

NEED FOR AFFILIATION AND AFFECTION: friendship, family, and re

lationships in general, including the sense of community are

important because man needs the other humans to survive.

SAFETY AND PROTECTION NEEDS: of family, work, housing, money. are important

because they safeguard the person's environment, not only of

other people, also on climatic factors.

BASIC NEEDS: include food, housing, health, clothing, education, safety and wholesome

recreation. are important because they enable humans to survive.

Defining well-being is difficult, but it is important to mention that it addresses issues affecting the quality of life of a person, such as education, health, food, social security, housing, urban development and a healthy environment. This implies that well-being  depends on the satisfaction of basic needs. It is then said that people whose basic needs are satisfied have well-being.

A person with higher education can get a better paying job, therefore, will have good nutrition and health, if required, could apply for medical services, also pay taxes, which if well employed, will serve to build public works: drainage , street lighting, drinking water and other services that make life more comfortable in the community. Therefore, it is clear that well-being is not only in material possessions, and personal and social well-being are interdependent.

In Mexico, the disparities are marked. According to the United Nations program for Development in our country, there are different levels of well-being and human development, as some entities such as municipalities of Nuevo Leon and Mexico City are estimated with a high level of development, in contrast with some regions of Chiapas and Oaxaca, considered in absolute POVERTY.

There are many people in the world living in absolute poverty, to be exact, they live on less than one U.S. dollar a day. 

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT absolute poverty: People are absolutely

impoverished if the minimum amounts of food, clothing and shelter necessary for survival absorb all of their income, and they live a razor’s edge existence.

relative poverty: People are relatively impoverished if the customary (average) standard of living in their society requires more spending than the income they have available. This standard changes as a society becomes more prosperous.

For example, the standard of living average Americans experienced in 1900 was below the poverty threshold (guideline) estimated by the US Department of Health and Human services in 2000.