Better Health for Individuals Flashcards
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what is health?
Health is a state of complete physical, mental, social, emotional and spiritual well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
What are the dimensions of health?
- Physical
- Mental
- Emotional
- Spiritual
- Social
What is the difference between Mental health and Emotional health?
Mental health is more the functioning of the brain, while emotional health refers to the a persons mood often connected to their hormones.
what is the Physical dimension of health?
It refers to the more traditional definitions of health as the absence of disease and injury. (think more health instead of fitness)
what is the Mental dimension of health?
It refers to the persons ability to use their brain and think.
what is the Emotional dimension of health?
It is our ability to recognise and express feelings adequately. It relates to you self esteem as well as your ability control your emotions to maintain a realistic perspective on situations.
What is the Spiritual dimension of health?
Spiritual health relates to our sense of overall purpose in life.
What is the Social dimension of health?
The social dimension of health refers to our ability to make and maintain meaningful relationships with others.
What are some examples of how 1 dimension of health can effect another or multiple dimensions of health?
- Bad Physical health could lead to a person who suddenly gets the flu and is often isolated socially as to not infect others, struggles to focus in order to study or learn anything new, and may feel sad as a result of their isolation.
- good mental health can then lead to an increase in self esteem as mental performance improves. Greater self esteem then leads to more confidence in social situations and can lead one to ask the larger questions about life leading to increased spiritual health.
- A person with a good self esteem is more confident in social settings, makes friends quickly and often performs better in physical activity.
- Spiritual health will very easily affect emotional and mental health as having a purpose in life can help you to apply yourself to achieving goals.
- A bad social life can lead a person to question their purpose in life or feel isolated and unwanted. Such feelings can demotivate people from physical activity and lead them towards depression.
what are the 14 determinants of health?
- Knowledge
- Attitudes
- Genetics
- Culture
- Religion
- Peers
- Family
- Media
- Employment
- Education
- Income
- Geographical location
- Access to health services
- Access to technology
What are the ‘Individual Factors’ of the determinants of health and what do they refer to?
And what is the acronym for it?
Individual Factors (KAG): - Knowledge - In order to improve their health an individual needs to have good health knowledge e.g. knowing healthy food choices or knowing the recommended levels of physical activity
- Attitudes - Often achieving good health requires resilience, perseverance, self-belief and determination. People who value health and have these attributes are likely to achieve better health than those who do not
- Genetics - Genes can pre-dispose (make things more likely) you to particular diseases or health issues. For example, if your parents have diabetes or cardiovascular disease then you are more likely to also get such diseases.
What are the ‘Sociocultural Factors’ of the determinants of health and what do they refer to?
And what is the acronym for it?
Sociocultural Factors (CR*A*P FM) - Culture - Culture is all the traditions, values, and a number of other behaviours, including traditional foods or social activities which can all have an effect on your health
- Religion - Religion can be positive as in providing a purpose for life, promoting self worth and promoting protective behaviours. Although religion can be negative as well such as some regions place restrictions on clothes and social interactions
- Peers - your peers influence you by creating environments where you seek to fit into the group by adapting their behaviours.
- Family - Family will determine your culture and often have a huge impact on your choice of religion, friends and may even decide what and how much media exposure you have (particularly at a young age). Your family are your most intimate relationships and have a huge influence on your attitude towards health, the value you place on health, and influence your behaviour choices relating to protective and risk behaviours.
- Media - The media plays a large role in shaping health. This can be done through marketing campaigns such as “Quit”, “Coco-pops”, or McDonalds advertising. It can be direct through news articles that focus on pink ribbon day or TV shows such as “The Biggest Loser”.
What are the ‘Socioeconomic Factors’ of the determinants of health and what do they refer to?
And what is the acronym for it?
Socioeconomic Factors (EEI): - Employment - Your employment is your job. What you do for a living. Your employment status and your particular occupation has a large impact on your health.
- Education - Not only will education influence your choice of employment, but your education will directly impact your health. Education does not just refer to your level of education. That is, it does not just refer to whether you complete your HSC, go to University etc. Your education and health can be specific. e.g. learning about safe sex
- Income - Income relates to the amount of money coming into your bank account and often the more you earn the better your health can be. People with higher levels of income can afford many of the health care services that are not completely covered by Medicare.
What are the ‘Environmental factors’ of the determinants of health and what do they refer to?
And what is the acronym for it?
Geographical location factors (GAA):
- Geographical location - Within Australia there are people who are homeless, others who live in third world conditions, some who live in rural and remote areas, while many live in cities around the country. Someone’s geographical location can mean that they are exposed to pollution, or have limited access to fresh water. Geographical location can mean that foods purchased have had to travel further and have less nutrients in them as well as meaning a lack of educational or employment opportunities.
- Access to health services - Someone with easy access to health services is more likely to have better health outcomes than someone who has to travel long distances or cannot afford to access particular health services.
- Access to technology - Access to technology includes access to health care technology, such as kidney dialysis machines, as well as access to technology for knowledge, such as the internet.
What is Health Promotion?
Health promotion - It covers a wide range of social and environmental interventions that are designed to benefit and protect individual people’s health and quality of life by addressing and preventing the root causes of ill health, not just focusing on treatment and cure.
