1. “Should our policies be aimed
at improving the quality of life”
PRESENTER: SANDEEP YADAV
CMAT ROLL NO:MHM-036-2014
D A T E : 6 TH M A R C H 2 0 1 4

2. What is Quality of Life (QOL)?
 The term “quality of life” is used to indicate the
general well-being of people and societies.

3. Factors determining quality of life
 Wealth and employment
 Environment
 Physical and mental health
 Education
 Recreation
 Social well-being
 Freedom/Human rights
 Happiness

4. Wealth and employment
 Wealth in general is regarded as an overall well
being.
 Employment is directly related to earning wealth.

5. Environment
 Good environment first point to pollution free
environment.
 Good environment to live in.
 Good working environment.

6. Physical and mental health
 Good physical health means NO DISEASE
 Healthy people.
 Good mental health means a good state of mind.
 Better mental state can help better creation,
productive thoughts etc..

7. Education
 Education is the basic requirement for QOL.
 Education creates awareness.
 It provides the sense of judgment for “what is
wrong and what is right!”
 Overall for every factors to improve QOL like health,
environment etc. education is vital.

8. Recreation
 It about utilizing the leisure time in a productive
way.
 Recreation can be done through educational movies
that can help to improve QOL.

9. Social well-being
 Making good relation in the society
 Sharing your thoughts
 Helping out in productive or some social causes like
cleaning resident areas, sport events, blood donation
program etc

10. Freedom/Human rights
 Freedom is an essential term to make good state of
mental health.
 Freedom and human rights are some what related so
fulfilling human rights can get to acquire freedom.

11. Happiness
 Happiness is a cumulative figure of many factors we
have discussed earlier.
 Employment, health, education, recreation, rights,
freedom etc..

12. Why policies to be aimed to improve Quality of
Life?
 It acts as a measuring tool for development..
e.g. HDI (human development index)
QOL factors are the measuring tools for HDI
 Sustainable development can be achieved if policies
are made considering to improve the Quality of Life.

13. Thank You