INFLUENCE OF CULTURE ON PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE DURING EPIDEMICS Authors: Ramesh R* and Siva Vidhya M
ABSTRACT
This paper tries to trace the influence of culture on physical and mental health of the people
during various epidemics. The epidemics include Plague, Small Pox, Cholera and COVID-19.
Both physical health and mental health are interrelated and spoiling one may have effect on
another. During various epidemics people had various issues both physically and mentally. So
people’s culture had a great impact on the health of the people. Because culture decides the way
in which the people considers a particular event. Culture had both positive and negative impact
on various epidemics including the recent Corona. From the past centuries the influence of
culture on novel virus cannot be neglected.
Key words: epidemics, health, culture, religion, impact Publication date: 01/03/21 https://ijbpas.com/pdf/2021/March/MS_IJBPAS_2021_5379.pdfDownload PDFhttps://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2021/10.3.5379
