Definition of Health Behavior

Health behavior is a person's response to stimulus or object associated with health-illness, disease, and factors that affect health, such as environment, food, drink and healthcare.

In other words, health behavior is all a person�s activities, both observable and unobservable. 

Health behavior is grouped into two:

1. The behavior of healthy people to stay healthy and increase

This behavior is called healthy behavior, including behaviors (overt and covert behavior) in prevention or avoidance of disease and disease causes.

For Example:

Eating with balanced nutrition, regular exercise, no smoking, no drinking, avoiding mosquito bites, brushing teeth before sleeping and after eating, washing hands with soap before eating, etc.

2. The behavior of sick people 

This behavior is called health-seeking behavior. This behavior includes actions taken by a sick person to obtain healing.

For Example:

Going to hospitals, clinics etc.

Health behavior done by someone is related to knowledge; the better knowledge of someone, the health behavior will be good.

Health behavior among individuals is also different each other, because it is influenced by many factors, such as economic factors, environmental factors, facility factors, and knowledge itself.

In the modern era like today in which there are many activity demands, we should realize the importance of health, it will create good and optimal behavior health. Thus, the condition of our health will be better.

The Importance of Health for Us

Health is the condition of the body that is free from pain, free from stress so that a person can do the activity optimally and think well.

A healthy body very supports activities that we do, without good physical health then our daily activities will be disrupted. Physical health only is not perfect if it is not supported by our mental or mind health, because the function of the body will decrease if our mind health is disrupted.

The result of health disruption includes the declining performance of the body. This condition will be very disturbing our daily activities. If the situation or condition is prolonged, it will be dangerous for us, for example, we are unable to work.

Physical health and mental health are very important, but many people ignore it. Many people are not aware if their body has limitations in the function.

If we want to get good quality of health, we must know when the body has to stop working, when the body needs refreshing, and also should know good food for our body.

A balanced activity should actually be run; otherwise it would be bad for us.

One more thing that is often underestimated is our mental health that comes from spiritual activity. People are too busy with the material and forget the spiritual, that's what happened today. And if our spiritual health is not good, we will not be able to feel comfort of our minds.

Our success is largely determined by the good performance of ourselves and all can only be achieved if our body and our mental health are maintained. 

Definition of Doping and Reasons for Using Doping In Athlete

Doping is provision / use by competitors, such as material that is foreign to the organism through any way or physiological material in abnormal amounts or given through an abnormal way in order to improve achievement. (International Congress of Sport Sciences; Olympiade Tokyo 1964).

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There are several reasons why an athlete uses doping:

1. Psychosocial Aspect

Every individual has potential in doing offense, moreover, when the environment provides an opportunity for the offense.

2. Personality

Individual who has negative or low self-concept and self-esteem, in the face of competitive situation, he has a tendency to seek personal gain by the use of unfair ways, one of them is doping usage.

3. Individual Social Environment 

a. Victory Social value 

In each competition, victory, achievement, or medal sometimes become the only dreams of every individual or group without considering the other things that allow athletes to justify any way, including doping.

b. Community Environment

Society is also a significant stressor. Defeat in a play always gets response from the community in the form of scolding, criticism, anger and even disproportionate rage, so that athlete must "win" in every event. 

c. Player environment

The desire to win is always present in the environment of players; either coach or official even family, so it can cause uncontrolled desire and sense of responsibility.

4. Lack of information about the dangers of doping for themselves and others.

5. Intense competition.

6. Commercialization, athletes or coaches are often less selective to face the incessant offer of drugs from manufacturer.

7. Propaganda, the competition to win a bonus for instance, is one of boosters for athletes to be able to grab honors in every event encountered, which unfortunately sometimes by any way, including the use of doping.

8. Frustrated because the exercise done does not produce achievement.