Question

How do personal and community issues affect your health? [5 MARKS]

Answer 1

Reason Out: 2 Marks
Explanation : 3 Marks
Health means a state of physical, mental and social well-being of an individual. Physical health refers to the state of maintenance of our bodies, mental health through the state of maintenance of our mind, including the ability to express our emotions appropriately, ability to learn, ability to take the right emotional decisions etc. In this, the matrix of factors are so closely interlinked personally and community issues play a significant role.

Personal factors begin with personal hygiene. To keep our body clean to prevent contamination and infections. Regular bathing, brushing one's teeth, washing hands before eating, using clean vessels for cooking, everything aggregates to ensuring good health.
Again Community issues have a major bearing on health as man is a social animal. Harmony in the society that he lives is a must for a continuation of good health. Inequality in society, ill-treatment of one another, acts of vandalism and terrorism causing fear and insecurity of one's personal safety can cause huge amount of mental stress thus perpetuating ill-health.