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Work on vulnerabilitiesReflect possible vulnerabilities and adjust your personal Health Care. Our inherited genetic dispositions, our natural and socio-economic environment, our nutritional habits, our working place, our lifestyle, ... - there are many factors with relevance for our health. We may have considered and reduced possible causes for infections and accidents. We may have decided for a balanced diet and we may favour areas with known clean air and social contacts supporting relaxed social atmosphere. However, all of us will carry factors which dispose for enhanced health risks. These factors determine our personal risks. Identification of such risks is certainly a central aspect of a personal Integrated Health Care. Inadequate possibilities for education and socio-economic factors such as poverty significantly enhance vulnerability.  The concept of vulnerability is important because of its implications for health. The experience of vulnerability creates stress and anxiety which affects physiological, psychological and social functioning. Although everyone is vulnerable at different times in his or her life, some individuals are more likely to develop health problems than others. Vulnerability is affected by personal factors as well as factors within the environment. Trends in society indicate that increasing numbers of vulnerable people will create additional demands on an already over-burdened health care system. Vulnerability is an area that requires much further research and application.  |
