1. 1.2. PRIVATE MATTERS OF PUBLIC
INTEREST: HEALTH, SOCIAL AND
EMOTIONAL EDUCATION AND
WELFARE. THE SOCIAL DIMENSION
OF BASIC NEEDS. IMBALANCES AND
INEQUALITIES IN LEVELS OF
WELLBEING AND HUMAN
DEVELOPMENT IN MEXICO AND THE
WORLD.

2. Humans are social by nature. We
need others to survive, but also to lead
a dignified life. What would a newborn child
do if you leave him/her on the street and did
not receive help from somebody?
Although the baby has
certain instincts, these are insufficient to
survive the weather, disease, hunger
and all the adversities he/she would
face. Soon he/she would die.

3.  A teenager or adult in your community also
need to survive. if they get sick, they can go to
the doctor. those who are not physicians engage
in any other activity (farmer, astronaut,
entrepreneur, etc.). because while they work on
their field, there is someone else who is
responsible for investigating which drugs
are appropriate for each condition. In turn, the
doctor may engage in such research
because others produce the food they eat. food
producers benefit from the work of the
employees who make clothes or build
houses, so we all benefit from the work of others
and the rest of us.
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4. Can you imagine what would happen if everyone
had to do research on their own illnesses or
medications, while building your home, caring
for cows, make clothes, etc..?
Life would be much more complicated belonging
to a community enables us to meet our common
and Basic needs.
Community must be understood as a set of
people united by social, political, or religious
arrangements, living in a region or town and
having unique characteristics, interests and
needs.
In relation to these basic needs. Abraham
Maslow proposed a psychological theory
about human motivation, in a pyramid and set a
way how to meet human needs.

5. NEED FOR SELF-
REALIZATION:
Man tries to
perfect his actions
NEED FOR
RECOGNITION: concern
for self-esteem, respect
for others, the need for
status, fame, glory.
NEED FOR AFFILIATION AND
AFFECTION: friendship, family, and relationsh
ips in general, including the sense
of community are important because man
needs the other humans to survive.
SAFETY AND PROTECTION NEEDS: of family, work,
housing, money. are important because they
safeguard the person's environment, not only of
other people, also on climatic factors.
BASIC NEEDS: include food, housing, health, clothing,
education, safety and wholesome recreation. are important
because they enable humans to survive.

6. Defining well-being is difficult, but it is
important to mention that it addresses
issues affecting the quality of life of a
person, such as
education, health, food, social security, housi
ng, urban development and a healthy
environment. This implies that well-
being depends on the satisfaction of basic
needs. It is then said that people whose basic
needs are satisfied have well-being.

7. A person with higher education can get a
better paying job, therefore, will have good
nutrition and health, if required, could apply
for medical services, also pay taxes, which if
well employed, will serve to build public
works: drainage , street lighting, drinking
water and other services that make life more
comfortable in the community. Therefore, it
is clear that well-being is not only in material
possessions, and personal and social well-
being are interdependent.

8. In Mexico, the disparities are marked. According
to the United Nations program for
Development in our country, there are
different levels of well-being and human
development, as some entities such
as municipalities of Nuevo Leon and Mexico
City are estimated with a high level of
development, in contrast with some regions
of Chiapas and Oaxaca, considered
in absolute POVERTY.

9. There are many people in the world living
in absolute poverty, to be exact, they live on less
than one U.S. dollar a day.
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
 absolute poverty: People are absolutely
impoverished if the minimum amounts of food,
clothing and shelter necessary for survival
absorb all of their income, and they live a razor’s
edge existence.
 relative poverty: People are relatively
impoverished if the customary (average)
standard of living in their society requires more
spending than the income they have available.
This standard changes as a society becomes
more prosperous.

10.  For example, the standard of living average
Americans experienced in 1900 was below
the poverty threshold (guideline) estimated
by the US Department of Health and Human
services in 2000.