Chapter Flashcards
personal, social, economic and environmental factors that determine a person’s health
determinants of health
The group of factors that consists of innate features, sex and age
first group factors
factors that relate to personal choices around lifestyle like nutrition, smoking, alcohol consumption, etc
second group factors
Social factors, culture and support networks
third group factors
living and working conditions, for example: sanitation, access to health services and clean drinking water
fourth group factors
factors related to society like culture, education, environment and socioeconomic factors. Not to be confused with other groups, this group has factors that are largely controlled by the government
fith group factors
A determinate of health that is related to knowledge of good health, opportunities to improve socioeconomic status and better outcomes for an individual’s children
education
A determinate of health that shapes opinions of health, how much an individual seeks health services, and health practices
culture
A determinate of health that is related to safety, pollution, drinking water and socioeconomic status.
environment
How does the government’s opinion on health change an individual’s health?
the more the government focuses and promotes factors related to health and health care, the healthier the population will be
What is the benefit of universal health care?
populations with universal health care are more likely to be healthier
The way that families nourish and care for infant and young children. This begins before the child is born and can be slowed by poor health
child development
What is the healths factors that can stop or prevent child development?
poor nutrition, dropping out of school, poverty, abuse and discrimination
A determinate of health that influences the extent that illness effects a population or an individual
social factors
Cause of health that is related to the natural environment, macro issues (group 5) and inequalities (macro/societal level)
root causes
causes of health that are related to the build environment and social context (meso level)
underlying causes
causes of health that are related to life circumstances, behavioural factors and psychological factors. (micro level)
proximal causes
An indicator that helps understand how socioeconomic factors affect an infant and the development of the health care system.
infant mortality rate
How much disease cost a country in loss of productivity or cost on the country due to disease
burden of disease
An indicator that helps understand the avaliblity and access of healthcare in a region
perinatal (neonatal) mortality rate
An indicator that reflects disease in a community and general health status of a community. Also socio economic conditions
child mortality rate
An indicator that reflects a lack of health care services. Very rare in developed countries.
maternal mortality rate
What is the factor that has the strongest corriclation to health status
income group
How long a person is expected to live if they are born that year. Reflects health status of country as a whole
life expectancy at birth
Which health indicator is the best to measure health status of a country?
neonatal morality rate because it measures the deaths of the most vulnerable in a population (before 1 month)
Sickness in any form
morbidity
death
mortality
A condition that causes a person to be sick or die, but the period of sickness before death is quite long
disability
the number of people currently suffering or have a condition
prevalence
the proportion of a population with a certain condition at any time
point prevalence
how many people get a disease, or the flow of new cases
incidence rate
Interventions that occur before incidence
primary prevention
identifying a disease at the earliest point possible
secondary prevention
Managing a disease post diagnosis
teritary prevention
the system that governments uses to collect data on health records
vital regression
What are the four determinate of health (according to lecture)
individual, physical/environment, social, and health services
