BETTER HEALTH FOR INDIVIDUALS

Question 1

What is health?

Answer 1

Health is the state of complete physical, social and emotional wellbeing and not nearly the absence of disease

Question 2

What are the dimensions of health?

Answer 2

1. Physical
2. Social
3. Mental
4. Spiritual

Question 3

What is the relative nature of health?

Answer 3

How we judge our health compared to others/ other times in our lives

Question 4

What are protective behaviours? Give some examples

Answer 4

Those that enhance good health (eating fruit & veg, exercise, sun safety)

Question 5

What are risk behaviours? Give some examples

Answer 5

Those that contribute to poorer health (smoking, binge drinking, unsafe sex)

Question 6

What are the 4 determinants of health?

Answer 6

1. Sociocultural
2. Socioeconomic
3. Environmental
4. Individual

Question 7

What are the components of the ‘sociocultural’ determinant?

Answer 7

1. Family
2. Media
3. Peers
4. Religion

Question 8

What are the components of the ‘socioeconomic’ determinant?

Answer 8

1. Education
2. Employment
3. Income

Question 9

What are the components of the ‘individuals’ determinant?

Answer 9

1. Attitudes
2. Knowledge
3. Genetics

Question 10

What are the components of the ‘environmental’ determinant?

Answer 10

1. Geographical location
2. Access to health care
3. Access to technology

Question 11

What are some examples of modifiable determinants?

Answer 11

Diet
Exercise
Smoking
Drug use

Question 12

What are some examples of non modifiable determinants?

Answer 12

Genetics 
Gender 
Age 
Ethnicity 
Culture

Question 13

Who are the 6 levels of society who have the responsibility to promote good health?

Answer 13

1. Individuals
2. Communities
3. Schools
4. Non-government
5. Government
6. International organisations

Question 14

What is an example of how governments could promote good health?

Answer 14

• making policies and laws (no smoking areas, taxing cigarettes, drinking age)
• funding research
• making ads and initiatives (eg. No smoking ads)

Question 15

When was the ottawa charter released?

what are the 5 Ottawa charter action areas?

Answer 15

1986 
P- developing personal skills 
S- creating supportive environments 
C- strengthening community action 
P- building healthy public policy 
R- reorienting health services

Question 16

What is the acronym for the Ottawa charter?

Answer 16

P. S. C. P. R

Question 17

What are the principles of social justice?

Answer 17

• equity
• diversity
• supportive environments

Question 18

What is equity?

Answer 18

The allocating of resources to those who need them the most (eg. Giving more funding to those who have a disability)