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Dibyendunarayan Bid MPT (Ortho) PGDSPT Senior Lecturer The Sarvajanik College of Physiotherapy Surat, Gujarat, India Thangamani Ramalingam A BPT MSc (Psy) Lecturer The Sarvajanik College of Physiotherapy Surat, Gujarat, India Foreword Nilima Patel PT
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7Foreword
A society is healthy when there is equal opportunity for all and access by all to the goods and services essential for full functioning as a citizen. The social health of individuals refers to that dimension of an individual's well-being that concerns how he gets along with other people, how other people react to him and how he interacts with social institutions and societal mores (Russell, 1973).
The concept of social health is less intuitively familiar than that of physical or mental health, and yet, along with physical and mental health, it forms one of the three pillars of most definitions of health. Social wellness is a major life area that is part of the aspects of wellness. It is necessary for a full and complete life. Our relationships play an important part of ‘who’ we are and ‘how’ we feel. They provide us with a support system. Social support attenuates the effects of stress and reduces the incidence of disease. Social support also contributes to positive adjustment in children and adults, and encourages personal growth.
In 1948, the World Health Organization defined health as “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”. The physical, mental and social health of a person is related to each other. Depreciation in any one of the three factors can lead to the same in other two, thus in turn depreciating the complete health of a person. Thus, it is important to understand how these aspects of health are individually different from other and how they are interrelated to each other to completely understand the meaning of complete health.
A person's ability to think, communicate and act makes that person successful and happy in life. For a general understanding, thinking can be vaguely related to mental health, communication to the social health and action to the physical health of a person. How a person behaves in a society determines the state of social health of that person and to a much greater extent the overall health of the person. This wonderful book Sociology for Physiotherapists and Nurses by Dr Dibyendunarayan Bid and Dr Thangamani Ramalingam A is 8an interpathic guideline not only to the physiotherapists but also to all who believe in ‘holistic health’ and is about how one of the three health aspects, the social health, contributes to holistic health.
Spiritual health of a person can also be termed as social health. Social factors such as virtue, morale and wisdom form the person's character, which in turn defines the person's way of interaction with the society and ultimately social health. Many diseases such as cardiovascular disorders, respiratory dysfunctions, pain syndromes, cancer and AIDS occur due to unhealthy lifestyle. Thus, social health of a person can be responsible for the degradation of mental health and physical health. Dr Dibyendunarayan Bid has deep insight into this dimension of individual's well-being, which can be justified as you explore the pages of this book.
The text is organized into 19 chapters including five new chapters and what will be more appealing to all students is the last part, the Question Bank put forward by the author. This area of ‘sociology’ for the physiotherapists and nurses will grow and develop as a specialty of its own in physiotherapy and nursing due to the interest and results of psychosocial factors responsible in rehabilitation.
I congratulate Dr Dibyendunarayan Bid and Dr Thangamani Ramalingam A with my sincere prayers to the Almighty to bless the committed authors, and readers, who believe in the concept of complete health for the upliftment of the society.
Nilima Patel PT
PhD (Rehabilitation and AM)PGDCC FIAP YCC YTCC
Senior Lecturer
College of Physiotherapy
Sir Sayajirao General Hospital and Medical College
Vadodara, Gujarat, India
9Preface
The need of an introductory book in sociology to be used by physiotherapy and nursing students was sincerely felt. The present work is done to meet this demand. Since sociology is a subject dealing with society, we kept in view these factors such as social relationships, social institutions, social change, social organization, social problems and social reconstruction, while writing this book.
Special efforts have been made to present the various topics in relation to the society and health in India. This book specifically meets the requirements of syllabus of various universities in this subject for physiotherapy and nursing students. The book is primarily to serve the physiotherapy, nursing, occupational therapy, speech therapy and paramedical students. It can also be used as a handy book of sociology by doctors, administrators, social workers, paramedical and health personnel.
Five new and interesting chapters are also added: Sociology of Stress, Sociology of Aging, Drug Abuse and Drug Addiction, Social Control and Sociology of Education. Question Bank is an added feature.
Suggestions are welcome from the readers of this book to improve the content.
Dibyendunarayan Bid
Thangamani Ramalingam A
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11Acknowledgments
I have received valuable assistance from many people in the preparation of this book. I would like to thank them all for their valuable suggestions. I am particularly thankful to our Honorary Secretary Professor MM Amla and Director Dr MT Rangwala of The Sarvajanik Medical Trust Surat, Gujarat, India. I am extremely grateful to my father Mr Dhrubaprasad Bid and mother Mrs Bharati Bid, father-in-law Mr Swapankumar Mukherjee and mother-in-law Mrs Shukla Mukherjee, for their constant encouragement and support in all possible ways. I am indebted to my wife Mrs Soumita Bid for her patience and support.
I hereby thankfully acknowledge all the help and assistance by Shri Jitendar P Vij (Group Chairman), Mr Ankit Vij (Group President), Mr Tarun Duneja (Director-Publishing) and all staff of Bengaluru Branch of M/s Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd, New Delhi, India, who bestowed upon this work with their highly painstaking efforts in the examination of this text, its editing and printing.
Dibyendunarayan Bid
It is my pleasure and privilege to engrave the deep sense of gratitude to my teachers who induced a great desire for teaching in me. I thank the management of The Sarvajanik Medical Trust Surat, who accommodated me as a teacher and give me all the freedom to accomplish my goals. I am also extremely grateful to my parents, wife, and my daughter and son, for their staunch support in writing this book. At last, my sincere thanks to all the authors who have already worked in this area and helped me in many subtle ways.
Thangamani Ramalingam A
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14Syllabus for Bachelor of Physiotherapy  
Introduction
 
Social Factors in Health and Disease
 
Socialization
 
Social Groups
 
Family
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Community
 
Culture and Health
 
Social Change
 
Social Problems of Disabled
Consequences of the following social problems in relation to sickness and disability; remedies to prevent these problems:
 
Social Security
Social security and social legislation in relation to the disabled.
 
Social Worker
Meaning of social work and the role of a medical social worker.
16Syllabus (Sociology) for BSc Nursing
Placement: Second Year Theory ‒ 60 Hours
 
Course Description
This course is designed to introduce the concepts of sociology related to community and social institutions in India and its relationship with health, illness and nursing.
 
Course Objectives
At the end of the course, the student will be able to:
  1. Describe the structure and the dynamics of the society.
  2. Discuss the relationship of the individual to the society.
  3. Understand the social problems and its influence on social changes and the factors contributing to it.
  4. Describe sociological concepts applicable to nursing.
  5. Determine role of sociology in nursing as related to social institution in India.
  6. Develop positive attitudes towards individual, family and community.
CONTENTS
 
Introduction
 
Individual and Society
 
Culture
 
Social Groups and Processes
 
Population
 
Family and Marriage
 
Social Stratification
 
Types of Communities in India (Rural, Urban and Regional)
 
Social Change
 
Social Organization and Social System
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Social Control
 
Social Problems