Bir Şehir Cemaati Olarak Sosyal Sınıflar, Beden ve Ruh Sağlığı

Batı ülkelerinde, aşağı sınıflara mensup kadın ve erkek nüfusun, bedenen ve ruhen daha büyük oranda hasta olmaları ve daha erken bir yaşta ölmeleri, dikkatleri yukarı ve aşağı sınıf yaşama şartlarına çevirmiştir. Bu durum, bazı ülkelerde, fakir tabakaları oluşturmakta olan aşağı sınıfların benimsedikleri hayat tarzlarının ve sahip oldukları imkânların yetersizliği sebebiyle birtakım politik plânlama tedbirlerinin alınmasını gerekli kılmıştır. Aşağı sınıfların sağlık sorunlarının yaratılmasında pek çok sosyoekonomik ve sosyo-kültürel faktörün etkili olduğu görülmüştür. Aşağı sınıflar, toksik, tehlikeli ve sağlığa aykırı ekolojik alanlarda yaşamak zorunda kalmış olan gruplardır. Bu insanların sağlıksız birtakım yeme alışkanlıklarına sahip oldukları; daha çok sigara içtikleri, daha büyük oranda uyuşturucu ve alkol kullandıkları da bulgulanmıştır. Ayrıca, bu insanların, düşük gelir sahibi olmanın yanında, her an işlerini kaybetme, kaza kurbanı olma, aile geçimsizliği yaşama ve boşanma gibi stres kaynağı olan psikolojik baskılar altında bulundukları, bu sebeple de bedenen ve ruhen sağlıklarını kaybettikleri görülmektedir. Yazımız, bugün Türkiye için de gündemde olduğunu ve üzerinde yeterince durulmadığını düşündüğümüz işsizliğin ve fakirliğin yaratacağı ve nesiller boyunca sürecek olan etkilerinin neler olduğunu incelemeye ve dikkatleri özellikle sağlık problemleri üzerine çekmeye çalışmaktadır.

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Şehir cemaati, sosyal sınıflar, fakirlik, stres, beden ve ruh sağlığı

The Relationship of Physical and Mental Health to Social Classes as an Urban Community

The fact that members of the lower class male and female population in Western countries become physically and mentally ill at a larger rate and that they die at a younger age has drawn attention to the living conditions of the upper and lower class. This situation has required certain political planning precautions to be taken in certain countriesdue to the life styles and inadequate opportunities of the lower class that makes up the poor segments of the society. Several socioeconomic and socio-cultural factors have been noted to have affected the health issues of the lower class, who has to live in toxical and hazardous ecologic conditions that contradict with health. It has been noted that these people have unhealthy eating habits and smoke a lot, as well as using a lot more drugs and alcohol. Furthermore, the other reason for these people to suffer from physical and mental health is that they are subject to such psychological pressure as losing job, becoming victim of an accident, family troubles and divorce, in addition to having to ends meet with a considerably low income, all of which contribute to their losing physical and mental health. This article aims at investigating and drawing attention to the consequences of unemployment and poverty, and the related corresponding effects on generations to follow, which is a current -though not receiving the necessary attention- issue in Turkey

Keywords:

Urban community, social class, poverty, stress, physical and mental health,

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