AOS 1: DP 1-4

Question 1

Health status definition definition

Answer 1

An individuals or populations overall health, taking into account various aspects such as life expectancy, amount of disability and levels of disease

Question 2

Self-assessed health status definition

Answer 2

An individuals own opinion about how they feel about their health, state of mind and life in general

Question 3

Life expectancy definition

Answer 3

The number of years of life on average an individual of a particular age is expected to live if death rates do not change

Question 4

Health adjusted life expectancy (HALE) definition

Answer 4

The average length of time an individual at a specific age is expected to live in full health

Question 5

Mortality Definition

Answer 5

The number of deaths in a population in a given period

Question 6

Mortality rate definition

Answer 6

a measure of the proportion of a population who die in a one year period

Question 7

Infant mortality rate definition

Answer 7

The rate of deaths of infants before their first birthday

Question 8

Under 5 Mortality rate definition

Answer 8

The number of deaths of children aged under 5

Question 9

Maternal mortality rate definition

Answer 9

The number of mothers who die as a result of pregnancy, childbirth or associated treatment

Question 10

Morbidity definition

Answer 10

Ill health in an individual and ill health within a population

Question 11

Incidence definition

Answer 11

refers to the number of new cases of a disease or condition in a population in a given time period

Question 12

Prevalence definition

Answer 12

The total number of cases of a disease or condition in a population in a given time period

Question 13

Burden of disease definition

Answer 13

A measure of the impact of disease and injury, specifically it measures the gap between current health status and an ideal situation where everyone lives to an old age free of disease and disability

Question 14

Disability Adjusted life year (DALY) definition

Answer 14

A measure of the burden of disease, one DALY equals one healthy year of life lost due to premature death and time lived with illness, disease or injury

Question 15

Years of life lost (YLL) definition

Answer 15

a measure of how many healthy years of expected life are lost due to premature death

Question 16

Years lost due to disability (YLD) definition

Answer 16

A measure of how many healthy years of life are lost due to disease injury or disability

Question 17

Health and wellbeing definition

Answer 17

The state of a persons physical, social, emotional, mental and spiritual existence, characterised by an equilibrium in which an individual feels happy, healthy, capable and engaged

Question 18

Dynamic definition

Answer 18

Constantly changing, often gradual and may not be obvious

Question 19

Subjective definition

Answer 19

Means different things to different people, influenced by personal belief and experience

Question 20

Physical health and wellbeing definition

Answer 20

Relates to the functioning of the body and its systems, including the physical capacity to perform daily activities

Question 21

Social health and well-being definition

Answer 21

Concerned with the ability to form meaningful and satisfying relationships with others as well as the ability to manage and adapt to different social situations

Question 22

Emotional health and well-being definition

Answer 22

The ability to express feelings in a positive way, as well as the positive management and expression of emotional reactions

Question 23

Mental health and well-being definition

Answer 23

Refers to the state of a persons mind or brain and related to the ability to think and process information enabling an individual to positively form opinions and make decisions

Question 24

Spiritual health and well-being Definition

Answer 24

defined as beliefs, ideas and values that arise in the minds of individuals including concepts of hope, peace and a guiding sense of meaning or value

Question 25

Illness definition

Answer 25

A concept that relates to aspects of health, a subjective concept related tp personal experience of a disease or injury

Question 26

Disease definition

Answer 26

A physical or mental disturbance involving symptoms, dysfunction and tissue damage