Understanding healthHealth is a mul

Understanding health

Health is a multifaceted term that is variously used to describe an indivi-dual’s physical disposition, the state of a nation or economy or the relative success of a business. It suggests a sense of well-being that is worked for, achieved and protected by both individual commitment and community support. Yet, health is more than simply a physical state and is increasingly linked to other desirable attributes, such as happiness and, more sig-nificantly, attractiveness. As health and beauty are conflated, all manner of ‘health’ promoting programmes to promote health, and billions more on recovering it, at the same time that thousands of Although it seems to be a self-evident concept, ascertaining what ‘health’ means and, for the purposes of this chapter, how it is risked through per-formance technologies, is not as straightforward as it may first appear. For instance, health is probably best understood as a relational rather than independent concept because defining health positively, in terms of what it is, in and of itself, is difficult. Essentially, what constitutes a healthy body is only apparent the moment that the body falls ill or is incapacitated. As health is essentially temporal, it is typically measured at those moments when symptoms seem to suggest that the body may be compromised, which means that ‘health’ itself is never really established. It is, therefore, only mean-ingful when the body is confronted with a disease or other contagion that threatens to disrupt it, which means that health can curiously be regarded as ‘the absence of non-health’ (Callahan 1973: 85). Like most social iden-tities, then, health is most often defined negatively, in terms of what it is not, rather than what it is, which is clearly apparent when it is characterised simply in relation to expected physical competencies (Boorse 1977). Such medical models frame health essentially as the absence of illnesses, injuries or disabilities, suggesting that the ideal healthy state is achieved by the removal or mitigation of disruptions and the restoration of the body to ‘normal functioning’ (Allmark 2005; Lorber and Moore 2002). Simply put,without illness, there is health. Although it presents a compelling, and relatively simple model, further definitional problems emerge. ‘Normal functioning’, ‘illness’ and ‘disease’, rather than being self-evident, each require further delineation. Like health, disease and illness are not easily defined independently of the body and, therefore, exist uncomfortably in isolation as their meaning is determined primarily through their relationship with the corpus

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Pemahaman KesehatanHealth is a multifaceted term that is variously used to describe an indivi-dual’s physical disposition, the state of a nation or economy or the relative success of a business. It suggests a sense of well-being that is worked for, achieved and protected by both individual commitment and community support. Yet, health is more than simply a physical state and is increasingly linked to other desirable attributes, such as happiness and, more sig-nificantly, attractiveness. As health and beauty are conflated, all manner of ‘health’ promoting programmes to promote health, and billions more on recovering it, at the same time that thousands of Although it seems to be a self-evident concept, ascertaining what ‘health’ means and, for the purposes of this chapter, how it is risked through per-formance technologies, is not as straightforward as it may first appear. For instance, health is probably best understood as a relational rather than independent concept because defining health positively, in terms of what it is, in and of itself, is difficult. Essentially, what constitutes a healthy body is only apparent the moment that the body falls ill or is incapacitated. As health is essentially temporal, it is typically measured at those moments when symptoms seem to suggest that the body may be compromised, which means that ‘health’ itself is never really established. It is, therefore, only mean-ingful when the body is confronted with a disease or other contagion that threatens to disrupt it, which means that health can curiously be regarded as ‘the absence of non-health’ (Callahan 1973: 85). Like most social iden-tities, then, health is most often defined negatively, in terms of what it is not, rather than what it is, which is clearly apparent when it is characterised simply in relation to expected physical competencies (Boorse 1977). Such medical models frame health essentially as the absence of illnesses, injuries or disabilities, suggesting that the ideal healthy state is achieved by the removal or mitigation of disruptions and the restoration of the body to ‘normal functioning’ (Allmark 2005; Lorber and Moore 2002). Simply put,without illness, there is health. Although it presents a compelling, and relatively simple model, further definitional problems emerge. ‘Normal functioning’, ‘illness’ and ‘disease’, rather than being self-evident, each require further delineation. Like health, disease and illness are not easily defined independently of the body and, therefore, exist uncomfortably in isolation as their meaning is determined primarily through their relationship with the corpus