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A.Szerląg(Editedby),Healthinpedagogicaldiscoursesandschoolpractices.Selectedperspectives,Kraków2010
ISBN:978-83-7587-418-1,©byOficynaWydawnicza„Impuls”2010
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Healthinpostmodernity
conductedforinstancebyCBOS(CentrumBadaniaOpiniiSpołecznej–Public
OpinionResearchCentre)alsoillustratethedominantpositionofhealthamong
othervalues.Ithastobepointedoutthathealth–however-isnotanoverriding
one.About70%ofrespondentsclaimthatstrivingforgoodhealthisoneofthe
prioritiesinentirelife,butwedonotknow,howmanyofthemchooseitasthe
firstone.Suchhierarchyofvaluesreflectsthenormativesystemofvaluesand
doesnotgiveusanypossibilitytoreachthereal(genuine)valueofhealth,whichis
neverreachedbysimplyaskingindividualsabouttheirlifegoals.Subjectivevalues
declaredduringthesurveycannotillustrategeneralhealthactivityoranother
aspectsofhealthconsciousness.
Table1.Temostimportantconditionsofhappylife
health
goodmarriage
kids
work
money
providence,god
honesty
cheerfulness,optimism
kindnessandsocialrespect
education
strongpersonality
freedom,liberty
othervalues
Temostimportantconditions
ofhappylife(upto3values)
48,8
30,3
31,8
11,0
10,7
56,6
15,4
total
10,4
67,8
8,4
4,7
5,8
6,3
men
64,4
56,2
40,5
37,5
11,4
11,2
10,0
11,0
36,9
%
6,8
7
7
6,1
,5
,5
women
70,9
56,2
24,1
26,7
19,0
10,9
57,0
11,4
5,8
4,2
3,5
9,2
9,8
Source:www.diagnoza.com.
Tissimplequantitativestudydoesnotshowanybothprofessionaland
commondefinitionsofhealth.InthelaststudyofIwonaTaranowicz12wecan
findexamplesofempiricallycaughtevery-daydefinitionsofhealth.Only15%of
respondentstreathealthasthestatewithoutanyhealthtroublesorlackofill-
ness.Mostofthemclaimthathealthmeansphysicalandmentalfitness,self-suf-
ficiencyandindependence.Inshort,healthisastateofthewholebody,which
12I.Taranowicz,Zdrowieisposobyradzeniasobiezjegozagrożeniami(Healthandthewaysof
managingitsthreats.Tesociologicalanalysis),Arboretum,Wrocław2010.
