AOS 1 - Part 1 Flashcards
Define Morbidity
Ill health in an individual or population group
Define Mortality
refers to deaths at a group or population level
Define Health status
An individual’s or populations level of overall health
Define Health indicators
Measurements used to determine health status
Define YLL
How many years of life lost due to premature death
Define YLD
How many healthy years of life lost due to illness, injury or disability.
Define Self-assessed health status
How a person perceives their health at an given time. Can be subjective
Define Disability-adjusted life year (DALY)
A measure of overall disease burden, expressed as YLL + YLD
Define life expectancy
How long somoene can expect to live for if death rates don’t change
Define mortality rate
Number of deaths per 1000 or 100000 people
Define burden of disease
A measure of the impact of diseases and injuries. It measures current health status and an ideal health status
Define incidence
The rate or number of new cases of a condition
Define prevalence
The total current number of cases of a condition at any given time
Define under-5 mortality
Death rates of children under the age of 5 over a 12 month period
Define maternal mortality ratio
Deaths per 1000 mothers as a result of pregnancy or childbirth, up to 6 weeks after delivery
Define under 5 mortality rate
Deaths per 1000 children under the age of 5
Define infant mortality
Death rates of infants over a 12 month period
Define maternal mortality
Number of deaths of mothers as a result of pregnancy or childbirth, up to 6 weeks after delivery, over a 12-month period
Define infant mortality rate
Deaths per 1000 infants
Explain interrelationship
The way in which two or more things are related to each other
Explain how health is subjective
Everyone has different opinions about health and how some dimensions are more important than others
Explain how health is dynamic
Someone’s current health status is constantly fluctuating
Provide 1 way that health acts as a resource individually
- living independently
- effectively running a household
- Time for social activities
Provide 1 way that health acts a resource nationally
- Higher average income
- Improved life expectancy
- Less strain on health system
Provide 1 way that health acts a resource globally
- Promotes sustainability
- Reduced war and crime
- Promotes economic development
Define health and wellbeing
A person’s state of physical, mental, social, emotional and spiritual existence, characterised by an equilibrium in how they feel about their life.
Define health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE)
It is the number of years in full health that a person can expect to live, based on current rates of ill health and mortality.
