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Health stautes in chinese
Smoking
Smoking related illnesses killed 1.2 million in the People's Republic of China; however, the state tobacco monopoly, the China National Tobacco Corporation, supplies 7 to 10% of government revenues, as of 2011, 600 billion yuan, about 100 billion US dollars.
Sex education, contraception, and women's health
SEX EDUCATION lags in China due to cultural conservatism. From ancient China to the first half of the 20th century, formal sex education was not taught. Instead, a woman's parents were mostly responsible for her sex education after she is wed.[
Many Chinese feel that sex education should be limited to biological science. Combined with migration of young unmarried women to the cities, lack of knowledge of contraception has resulted in increasing numbers of abortions by young women.
SARS
Although not identified until later, China’s first case of a new, highly contagious disease, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), occurred in Guangdong in November 2002, and within three months the Ministry of Health reported 300 SARS cases and five deaths in the province.
A vaccine was developed and first-round testing on human volunteers completed in 2004.
HIV and AIDS
The AIDS disaster of Henan in the mid-1990s is estimated to be the largest man-made health catastrophe, affecting five-hundred thousand to one million persons. It was also in Hebei, Anhui, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Hubei and Guizhou
HIV was transmitted via blood sale. Blood plasma mixture from several persons was returned so that same person could give blood up to 11 times a day.
The disaster was only recognized in 2000 and found out abroad in 2001.
As of 2005 about 1 million Chinese have been infected with HIV, leading to about 150,000 AIDS deaths.
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis is a major public health problem in China, which has the world's second largest tuberculosis epidemic (after India).
Progress in tuberculosis control was slow during the 1990s.
Detection of tuberculosis had stagnated at around 30% of the estimated total of new cases, and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis was a major problem.
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Leprosy
Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, was officially eliminated at the national level in China by 1982, meaning prevalence is lower than 1 in 100,000.
There are 3,510 active cases today. Though leprosy has been brought under control in general, the situation in some areas is worsening, according to China’s
Mental health
100 million Chinese people have mental illnesses that are varying degrees of intensity.
Currently, dilemmas such as human rights versus political control, community integration versus community control, diversity versus centrally, huge demand but inadequate services seem to challenge the further development of the mental health service in the PRC.
China has 17,000 certified psychologists, which is ten percent of that of other developed countries per capita.
NutritioN
In the 2000–2002 period, China had one of the highest per capita caloric intakes in Asia, second only to South Korea and higher than countries such as Japan, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
In 2003, daily per capita caloric intake was 2,940 (vegetable products 78%, animal products 22%); 125% of FAO recommended minimum requirement.
dempographic
China is a populous nation in East Asia whose vast landscape encompasses grassland, desert, mountains, lakes, rivers and more than 14,000km of coastline.
Population: 1.379 billion (2016)
Life expectancy: 75.99 years (2015)
Fertility rate: 1.57 births per woman (2015)
Population growth rate: 0.5% annual change (2016)
GNI per capita: 15,500 PPP dollars (2016)
Growth rate: 0.64% (2016 est.) (159th)
Official languages: Mandarin Chinese, Standard Mandarin
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China is a populous nation in East Asia whose vast landscape encompasses grassland, desert, mountains, lakes, rivers and more than 14,000km of coastline.
Population: 1.379 billion (2016)
Life expectancy: 75.99 years (2015)
Fertility rate: 1.57 births per woman (2015)
Population growth rate: 0.5% annual change (2016)
GNI per capita: 15,500 PPP dollars (2016)
Growth rate: 0.64% (2016 est.) (159th)
Official languages: Mandarin Chinese, Standard Mandarin
Cont’
Chinese hospitals lack nurses and as a result the patient’s relatives must act as care takers.
The hospital also does not provide accommodation for care-takers or relatives. This forces these good people to rent a reclining chair from the hospital and for sleeping in the room. Over the long term this is definitely is a test of endurance for the relatives.
Bribery is also commonplace in the Chinese medical system. Patients who need immediate surgery will try to bribe their doctor
Cultural indiactors to health
Acupuncture: meridians are pathways of energy, or “chi”, which lead to various organs.
Cupping: using heated bamboo cups to reduce stress, congestion, colds.
Herbology: use of plant or animal parts in the treatment of illness and deficiencies and to stimulate the body’s “chi”.
Yin/Yang concept: elders may avoid the cold, and may avoid certain foods considered to be “cold” foods.
Meditation/Exercise: often used to help alleviate stress.
Psychological indiactors to health
Psychosocial factors
marital status
number of close friends (for help and support in case of illness, employment search, borrow money from friends, advice, depressed or feeling lonely)
familiarity with neighbors (frequency of contact with neighborhood, surrounding residents)
trust level (the degree of trust of the residents toward people/colleagues/legal system/press/police/government
education level (attending or attended college/never went to college)
religion (religious belief/no religion).
Behavior factors
Smoking
alcohol consumption
condom use at the last sexual contact
Phcycoloical
Anxiety and depression
suicide