HEALTH
Leisure and Leisure Services in the 21st Century
The Decline of the medical Model of Health
•New concept of health emphasize that our state of health is largely determined by factors than medical treatment
•Stress may both suppress the body’s immune system and also lead to hormonal imbalance which increases production of abnormal cell
• Stress :Social Illness
•Violent, crime, druge abuse
•antisocial behavior
•If there is a reduction in illness but at the same time it is offers by an increasing crime rate, we haven’t done anything to improve the health of the society
•Community
•Wellness model and Medical model
•Use of leisure is a critical variable in determine state of health
Possible Implication for leisure
•Groverment may increassingly seek to promote form of leisure
•Public school curriculum
•Students mojor Recreation take coursework dealing with various aspects of health and health services
The U.S. healthcare Crisis – still struck with the medical model
•Spending for health
•Lack healthcare insurance
•Harm done by medical malpractice and hospital
Possible Implication for leisure
•Decline in the medical model , recreation and leisure will increase
•Leisure is positively related to addiction
•Active /passive
•Manage oneself
•Self – esteem / regulation
•Relation of leisure service to public health agencies will increase
•Vocational specialties : TR integrate with PT and OT
• TR
Oversimplifying the bases of good health
•Absolute term : good and bad
Possible Implication for leisure
•Activities undertake in leisure has been that are “good for you”
Deteriorating Health in modern Nations
•The health of individuals who live in modern nations is decline, even as they are living longer
•Measure of health
•Limitation of activity
•Restricted activity day
Possible Implication for leisure
•Vast implications for leisure service
•Health service
•Adapting activities for people with some health problem
•TR services
•Solution
•Long term : environmental change
•Short term : use of leisure in more central way
Increased Rushing, Busyness, Stress
•Social acceleration is not a steady process but evolves in wave ( most often brought about new technologies or forms of socioeconomic organization)
•Type of accelerate in society
•Technology accelerate
•Acceleration of social change
•Acceleration of the pace life
Possible Implication for leisure
•Function of leisure in the coming decade will be reduce stress
•Limiting personal freedom in order to increase
group freedom
•Limiting stress will also limiting the recreation use of nature areas.
Smoking and death
•Tobacco is the second leading cause of death in the world
•Fourth most common risk factor for disease
•Local legislation
•Outlawing smoking in public place
•Education
Possible Implication for leisure
•Accompanying Activity form of leisure behavior
•Drinking
•Gambling
•Socialize
•Law Ban smoking in public places
Medical Tourism
•People from all around the world travel to other countries to obtain medical, dental and surgical care while at the same time touring, vocationing
•Rhinoplasty
•Liposuction
•Breast augmentation
•Orthodontic