Open AccessHolistic Health Model Of Sustainable Development
Author(s) -
Annamária Mató-Juhász,
Emőke Kiss-Tóth,
Krisztina Szegedi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
european scientific journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1857-7881
pISSN - 1857-7431
DOI - 10.19044/esj.2016.v12n21p227
Subject(s) - sustainable development , dimension (graph theory) , consciousness , mental health , psychology , sociology , engineering ethics , business , political science , engineering , mathematics , neuroscience , pure mathematics , law , psychotherapist
Health can be interpreted not only as an important element of sustainable development. It is connected to its all the three pillars namely its environmental, economic and social dimension as well. Health can be found directly or indirectly in every goal related to sustainable development. Considering the importance of health, the aim of our research was to elaborate a holistic health conscious model encouraging sustainable development. Holistic health conscious model means a model including the physical, psychical and mental health of the individual. Furthermore, besides the responsibility of the individual environmental effects are also taken into account as well as the intervening factors. In addition, it integrates the aspect of sustainable development. In our research, first of all we were looking for the answer to the following (1) what kind of stakeholders play a role in developing health consciousness? (2) What is the role of individuals, the state, the companies and NGOs in developing health consciousness? The article presents the holistic health model which was created as a result of the empirical research.