TY - JOUR
T1 - From Physical to Spiritual
T2 - A Qualitative Study of Jakartans Health & Sickness
AU - Sokang, Yasinta Astin
AU - Westmaas, Alvin Henry
AU - Kok, Gerjo
N1 - Funding Information:
The study was funded by the Center for Research and Community Service of Krida Wacana Christian University, Jakarta, Indonesia (04 /UKKW/LPPM-FPSI/Lit/I/2014). This study was conducted as part of the PhD project of the first author, which was funded by the Indonesian Endowment Fund for Education, Ministry of Finance, Republic of Indonesia (PRJ-1033/LPDP.3/2016). The APC was funded by the Department of Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Funding Information:
Acknowledgments: We would like to thank all of the study respondents, as well as our research assistants for their support and hard working during the data collection. We would also like to acknowledge the LPDP (Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education) for funding the first author’s PhD project.
Funding Information:
Funding: The study was funded by the Center for Research and Community Service of Krida Wacana Christian University, Jakarta, Indonesia (04 /UKKW/LPPM-FPSI/Lit/I/2014). This study was conducted as part of the PhD project of the first author, which was funded by the Indonesian Endowment Fund for Education, Ministry of Finance, Republic of Indonesia (PRJ-1033/LPDP.3/2016). The APC was funded by the Department of Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019/10
Y1 - 2019/10
N2 - Understanding the perceptions of health and sickness can help the government, health providers and health promoters encourage individuals to participate in healthy behaviors and to follow a healthy lifestyle. Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia, is a culturally, socially and financially diverse city, with complex health care needs. As yet, there is no published data available about Jakartans' (i.e., the citizens of Jakarta city) perceptions on health and sickness. This study aimed to describe what health and sickness mean to Jakartans. To this means, we collected data using an open-ended survey about the meanings of health and sickness from 640 Jakartans. Five main themes of health and sickness emerged. The five themes of health were health as a physical condition, a psychological condition, a spiritual condition, a capability to carry out daily activities, and a healthy lifestyle. The themes regarding sickness were sickness as a physical condition, a psychological condition, an abnormal circumstance or bad situations, a spiritual condition, and an inability to carry out daily activities. We discussed how the above-mentioned perceptions might influence the daily health-related behaviors of Jakartans. In contrast to the typical biomedical approach, we found that, in Jakarta, health was not merely seen as a causal effect of the physical world. Further details are discussed.
AB - Understanding the perceptions of health and sickness can help the government, health providers and health promoters encourage individuals to participate in healthy behaviors and to follow a healthy lifestyle. Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia, is a culturally, socially and financially diverse city, with complex health care needs. As yet, there is no published data available about Jakartans' (i.e., the citizens of Jakarta city) perceptions on health and sickness. This study aimed to describe what health and sickness mean to Jakartans. To this means, we collected data using an open-ended survey about the meanings of health and sickness from 640 Jakartans. Five main themes of health and sickness emerged. The five themes of health were health as a physical condition, a psychological condition, a spiritual condition, a capability to carry out daily activities, and a healthy lifestyle. The themes regarding sickness were sickness as a physical condition, a psychological condition, an abnormal circumstance or bad situations, a spiritual condition, and an inability to carry out daily activities. We discussed how the above-mentioned perceptions might influence the daily health-related behaviors of Jakartans. In contrast to the typical biomedical approach, we found that, in Jakarta, health was not merely seen as a causal effect of the physical world. Further details are discussed.
KW - perception
KW - Jakarta
KW - health
KW - sickness
KW - qualitative study
KW - PERSPECTIVES
U2 - 10.3390/ijerph16193564
DO - 10.3390/ijerph16193564
M3 - Article
C2 - 31554179
SN - 1660-4601
VL - 16
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
IS - 19
M1 - 3564
ER -