Better Health for Individuals

Question 1

What are the dimensions of health?

Answer 1

Physical, emotional, social, spiritual

Question 2

What is the positive health status of young people?

Answer 2

Young people (teenagers)become more aware of their health and negative behaviors towards it such as smoking/vaping has an increased rate of lung cancer. 90% of young people rate their health as good.

Question 3

Protective factors of health

Answer 3

Factors associated with a lower likihood of negative outcomes including regular exercise, low alcohol consumption, maintaining supportive relationships, and engaging with peers.

Question 4

Risk factors of health

Answer 4

behaviors that lead to the deterioration of health such as drug use, low self-esteem, poor social skills

Question 5

Societal perceptions of young people

Answer 5

It is generally believed that young people participate in negative behaviors but the statistics show that negative behaviors related to the health of young people are increasingly declining.

Question 6

What are the determinants of health?

Answer 6

Individual, socioeconomic, sociocultural, environmental

Question 7

What is the individual determinant related to?

Answer 7

Knowledge and skills, attitudes, genetics, protective and risk factors

Question 8

What is the sociocultural determinant related to?

Answer 8

Family, peers, media, religion, culture

Question 9

What is the socioeconomic determinant related to?

Answer 9

Education, employment, income

Question 10

What is the environmental determinant related to?

Answer 10

Geographic location, access to health services/technology

Question 11

What is a social construct?

Answer 11

A shared assumption based on the views on a range of groups across society

Question 12

Why is health not solely an individual responsibility?

Answer 12

The determinants are taken into account –> family, peers, community, government are heavily influenced by health. You choose your behaviours but your health is impacted by what you do

Question 13

What is the difference between modifiable and non-modifiable determinants?

Answer 13

Modifiable determinants relate to what can be changed such as diet, amount of physical health, and alcohol consumption. Non-modifiable determinants relate to things that can’t be changed such as age, gender, genetics

Question 14

Identify different social groups

Answer 14

Indigenous and non-indigenous, young people and elderly, people of a high and low socioeconomic status

Question 15

What is health promotion?

Answer 15

The process of enabling people to achieve more control over their health to improve it

Question 16

What are the 3 elements of health promotion?

Answer 16

Good governance for health, health literacy, and healthy cities, towns, and suburbs

Question 17

What are the 3 major approaches of health promotion?

Answer 17

Lifestyle/behaviour approaches, Preventative medical approaches, and Public Health approaches

Question 18

Name 5 stakeholders in health promotion

Answer 18

Individuals, community groups/schools, non-government organisations, government, and international organisations

Question 19

What does geographic location refer to?

Answer 19

Area that you live in –> urban, suburban, rural/remote