The impact of social and cultural interaction in promoting health and well-being among individuals

Continuing the search for optimal exploitation of resources in the Argentine health system, we find the theories of Lev Vygotsky, who, if he applied his ideas to the field of health, would probably emphasize the influence of social and cultural interaction in promoting health and well-being among individuals.

You can say that healthy habits are learned and mediated by a person's social and cultural environment. Therefore, it will address improving health by focusing on how the social environment influences the adoption and maintenance of healthy habits, as well as the importance of education and social support to promote positive changes in a person's behavior throughout their life. Moreover, it can highlight the role of perceived self-efficacy and innate motivation to change this behavior, as well as the need to adapt health interventions to each person's individual and contextual characteristics.

On the other hand, self-perceived confidence, which is a person's perception of his or her self-confidence, affects various aspects of life such as decision-making, self-esteem, and the ability to achieve goals and face challenges. That is, high self-perceived confidence is usually associated with better performance and greater ability to overcome obstacles, while low confidence can generate doubts and limitations in behavior as well as performance.

In the context of health, perceived self-efficacy refers to a person's confidence in their ability to adopt and maintain healthy behaviors, such as exercising regularly, following a balanced diet, or quitting smoking. Scientific studies have shown that the higher a person's perceived self-efficacy regarding a particular health behavior, the more likely they are to maintain and enhance that behavior in the long term.

Therefore, when dealing with improving resources in a health system, it is important to take into account people's self-efficacy, because it can greatly influence their desire to change behaviors and their ability to do so successfully. Actions that the health sector can and should take may include strategies to increase people's self-perception, such as communicating the benefits of healthy behaviors, and providing support and practical resources in order to help people set achievable goals and develop the skills needed to meet these challenges. Challenges that may arise in the social and cultural context.

In short, the application of Vygotsky's ideas in the field of health ends up being a tool that can help relieve pressure on the currently crowded health system and thus motivate the population to have a better quality of life, thus achieving health system improvement. resources.