Population Dynamics and Its Effects on Health Status of People

Subject: Social Studies

Overview

Population Dynamics and Its Effects on Health Status of People

Population Dynamics

Biology's field of population dynamics examines the size and age distribution of a population as a dynamic system that is influenced by both biological and environmental factors. Examples of population dynamics include population growth and decline. The population is always changing. The population's size, distribution, and density are all changing over time. The dynamics for population distribution have been provided by both artificial and natural causes, including migration and natural causes like birth and death.

Migration, births, and deaths all affect population growth or decline. High infant mortality, illiteracy, family economics, social and cultural traditions, religious norms and beliefs, and other factors all have a significant impact in population. Poverty, a lack of access to healthcare, malnutrition, and other factors are also directly influencing population change.

Censuses are taken to determine population size. In Nepal, the census is the main source of population data. It is carried every every ten years. A census gathers information on the population's characteristics and current state. Since this data alone is insufficient for planning, additional sources like regular polls should also be employed. Additionally, projections of the population's growth rate, distribution, and demographic make sense of what will happen in the future. This contributes in a practical way to planning.

Causes of Rapid Population Growth

  • Being in poverty involves having too many hands, too much work, and too little money.
  • The prevalence of underage marriage, the persistence of polygamy in modern society,
  • In a combined family, childcare is simple.
  • Birth rates are higher than mortality rates, and there is an inequality between the two.
  • Assumptions about religion and society (preference to son)
  • Inadequate education
  • Lack of family planning resources, including contraceptives
  • Refugee policy is less effective.
  • More couples in the agricultural industry are living at home, engaging in regular sex, and doing so because of the professional structure.
  • Immigration, migration, and open borders
  • Due to a lack of entertainment options, etc., most rural places view sexual activity as a form of enjoyment.

Consequences of Population Growth

Studying the effects of population growth can be divided into two parts as follows

  • Positive Impact
    • Maximum utilization of the tools and resources at hand
    • Intensify development efforts
    • Skilled labor is readily available for development
    • Assistance with money, talent, and technology development
  • Negative Impact
    • Increase in inequality, unemployment, and poverty
    • Usage of natural resources without reason,
    • Deforestation,
    • Greater challenges and pressure in the public sector,
    • Issue with housing: unmanaged urbanization, unmanaged settlement
    • Social unrest, an upsurge in social crime and other evils,
    • Increased environmental contamination, a rise in dependency rates, unequal land distribution
    • Increases nutritional issues as a result of food shortages,
    • Domestic dispute
    • Starvation
    • Issues with food
    • If clothing is not available on demand, it will become more expensive to provide the essential apparel for the growing population. People with little incomes are unable to organize garments as needed as a result. Additionally, there is a decrease in the amount of clothing consumed.
    • Insufficient education,
    • Comparative slowdown in economic growth,
    • Don't raise your health bar, etc.

Impact of Population Decline

The nation lacks the productive labor force it requires as a result of population reduction. This affects the overall development of the nation. The labor force needed for development projects should be sourced from abroad. The social, cultural, economic, and political spheres of the nation may also be affected.

Effect on Health by Population Dynamics

Human beings need to be healthy in order to survive. Every country's citizens have a fundamental right to good health, and it is the government's primary duty to ensure that all citizens have access to health care services and facilities. The nation's assets and pillars are healthy citizens. Everyone in the nation should be in good bodily, social, and mental health. Any nation's population must be in good bodily, social, and mental health in order for it to develop. The socioeconomic progress of the nation is significantly influenced by the availability of healthy labor. One of the most important variables in raising national productivity is improved health. Health care on a national and individual level is negatively impacted by rising population pressure. While population expansion puts more strain on healthcare resources, insufficient nutrition is also contributing to a rise in infant and child death rates. The health of the mother and the newborn can be significantly impacted by inadequate medical care and nutrient-poor diets. The likelihood of early death and impairment exists even in newborn children, and child mortality rates rise. According to estimates, only 20 out of every 100 people in Nepal have access to health services and facilities. Additionally ineffective are health services. This is a result of a lack of suitable medical facilities, medications, and trained medical personnel. Only a small portion of the population appears to have access to healthcare when one considers the population's constant growth.

The management of health care for the expanding population in Nepal while working with limited resources and resources is a huge issue. It is more complicated because of the declining but still high birth and death rates, maternal and infant mortality, teen and young adult reproductive health, the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic, rapid urbanization and migration, the unequal distribution of the population, the early marriage trend, the elderly population, and the population replacement that poses a threat to healthcare services and facilities. The rural population is now facing more difficult versions of these issues. The desired outcome has not been attained despite ongoing efforts to make things better.

It is extremely challenging to supply the general populace with the most basic healthcare in a nation with such little resources and means. The following are specific examples of population dynamics, in particular how population expansion affects health.

  • The country's facilities and medical treatment are insufficient due to population expansion.
  • We have to invest a lot of money to offer basic healthcare and services in a nation like ours with scarce resources.
  • Education, nutrition, access to food and clean water, as well as environmental cleanliness, would all suffer from increased population expansion. People's health may deteriorate as a result of these many causes' consequences.
  • Providing the general people with high-quality healthcare is challenging.
  • The number of people per doctor, person in a bed, and person in a hospital is growing. Providing everyone with affordable, high-quality healthcare is challenging.
  • The availability of health care and facilities is negatively impacted by an aging population on two fronts: on the one hand, high birth rates result in poor maternal health, and on the other, the inability to provide for newly born children negatively impacts their health as well as that of their mothers.
  • Uneven land distribution, increased hunger issues brought on by a lack of food

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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