ENVIRONMETAL HEALTH AS A STRATEGIC ACTION FOR WELLBEING

Siswanto, Hadi (2015) ENVIRONMETAL HEALTH AS A STRATEGIC ACTION FOR WELLBEING. PROCEEDINGS International Seminar and Workshop on Public Health Action "Building Healthy Community".

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Abstract

The environmental health in term of physical, biological and social environment give a big contributions for wellbeing. The good and healthy environment and health are the basic rights. However, in implementing those as rights and the importance of environmental health, there is a problem. The problem is the inappropriateness between the policy and implementation on the field. The environmental health seems to be separated from the business process of health services. Conditions of environmental sanitation are still bad. The household which has a healthy house is around 50% and the sanitary latrine is less than 50%. The means of environmental health is not yet adequates. This study is a qualitative research and using the method and analysis through literature study, documents and phenomenon and it is completed by the information from six related informants with the policy formulation, determination and implementation. The research reveals that first, from the historical perspective, human life cannot be separated from the environmental condition. From the past, it is realized that there is a relation between nature and environment and the occurrence of disease. Second, from the health perspective basic change happens which is previously oriented to disease, physical defect and weakness into productive social, mental and physical health perspectives. This change is equivalent with the paradigm change which is from sick paradigm to healthy paradigm and the perspective change of the role of environment and environmental health. The environment is initially considered limited to its relation with the occurrence of disease. The conducted effort is aimed to prevent and break the chain of disease occurrence. It is now changed. The environmental health is not only connected to its relation with the occurrence of disease but also human rights and life quality. Based on this study, it is important to move the environmental health into a mainstream as a strategic action in order to improve human quality from many perspectives in the policy field and in its implementation as a value, socio-cultural and ecological system in the health, education and environment sector. Keywords: health, environmental health and mainstream.

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