Ukuxhumeka Phakathi Kwempilo Yakho, Ukufunda, Nemali
“Into enhle ngokufunda ukuthi akekho umuntu ongakuthathela yona” - BB King
Lokhu uchungechunge lwebhulogi ihlanganisa izigaba ezinhlanu zeSocial Determinants of Health (SDoH), njengoba kuchaziwe Abantu Abaphilile 2030. Njengesikhumbuzo, yilezi: 1) izindawo zethu nezindawo zethu ezakhiwe, 2) ukunakekelwa kwezempilo nezempilo, 3) isimo senhlalo nomphakathi, i-4) imfundo, ne-5) ukuzinza kwezomnotho.1 Kulokhu okuthunyelwe, ngithanda ukugxila kumthelela ongaba khona imfundo kanye nokuzinza kwezomnotho komunye nomunye, bese kuthi nathi, sibe nemiphumela yethu yezempilo.
Imfundo iye yachazwa “njengenye yezici ezibaluleke kakhulu ezingaguquguquka kwezenhlalo kwezempilo.”2 Umbono wokuthi imfundo ibophezela ekusimameni komnotho kanye nakwezempilo komuntu wonke kucwaningwe kahle futhi kwaqinisekiswa. Kufakazelwe ukuthi abantu abanamazinga aphezulu emfundo baphila isikhathi eside futhi banempilo ephelele futhi bajabule ngokwengeziwe kunaleyo engenayo.3
Imfundo nayo iboshelwe esikhathini sokuphila. Ucwaningo oluphuma ePrinceton lukhombisile ukuthi abantu baseMelika abaneziqu zasekolishi bavame ukuphila isikhathi eside kunalezo ezingenazo. Bahlaziye cishe amarekhodi esitifiketi sokufa ayizigidi ezingama-50 kusukela ngo-1990 - 2018 ukuqonda ukuthi umuntu oneminyaka engama-25 ubudala angaba kanjani neminyaka engama-75 ubudala. Bathola ukuthi labo abaneziqu zasekolishi baphila, ngokwesilinganiso, iminyaka emithathu ubude.4 Ucwaningo lwesikhathi eside oluvela eYale School of Medicine luthole ukuthi kubantu ababalandelela eminyakeni engaphezu kwengama-30, “u-3.5% wezifundo zabantu abamnyama kanye no-13.2% wezifundo zabelungu abaneziqu zesikole samabanga aphezulu noma ngaphansi bafa phakathi nocwaningo [kanti kuphela] 5.9 % wezifundo zabantu abamnyama no-4.3% wabamhlophe abaneziqu zasekolishi sebeshonile. ”5
Kungani lokho kunjalo, futhi kuthiwani ngokuba nemfundo okusenza siphile isikhathi eside futhi sibe nempilo?
Ngokusho kweThe Fundamental Cause Theory, imfundo nezinye izinto zenhlalo (funda i-SDoH) kumaphakathi nempilo yethu ngoba “zinquma ukutholakala kwenqwaba yezinsizakusebenza nezingezona izinto ezinjengemali engenayo, izindawo eziphephile, noma izindlela zokuphila ezinempilo, konke lokho ukuvikela noma ukuthuthukisa impilo. ”2 Enye inkolelo-mbono, i-Human Capital Theory, ixhumanisa imfundo ngqo nokuqina kokuqina komnotho ngokuthi leyo mfundo “ingukutshalwa kwezimali okuletha imbuyiselo ngomkhiqizo owandisiwe.”2
Empeleni, ukuba nezinga eliphakeme lemfundo kuholela ekufinyeleleni okwandayo kwezinto ezinomthelela omuhle empilweni yethu. Kusho ulwazi olwengeziwe, amakhono amaningi, namathuluzi amaningi okuphumelela. Ngalokhu, kuza amathuba amakhulu okuqashwa nokukhula komsebenzi. Ukuthola umholo ophakeme kusho ukuzinza kwezomnotho kuwe, komndeni wakho, kanye nekusasa lomndeni wakho. Ngokubambisana, imfundo kanye nokuzinza kwezomnotho kukunikeza amandla okuhlala endaweni enhle nephephile, mhlawumbe ngomsindo omncane nokungcola komoya. Ziyakuvumela ukuthi uchithe imali ethe xaxa kokuthenga ukudla nemikhuba enempilo njengokudla nokuzivocavoca umzimba, futhi zikunikeze inkululeko kanye namandla okugxila kakhulu empilweni yakho ukuze uphile impilo ende, enempilo, nenenjabulo. Izinzuzo zemfundo nokuzinza kwezomnotho akugcini nje ngokuphela kwakho, futhi. Imithelela yabo izwakala ezizukulwaneni ezizayo.
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2. https://www.thenationshealth.org/content/46/6/1.3
3. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5880718/
5. https://news.yale.edu/2020/02/20/want-live-longer-stay-school-study-suggests