Chp 1: Health Of Australians Flashcards
Definition: Health status
An individual’s or a populations overall health, taking into account various aspects such as life expectancy, amount of disability and levels of disease risk factors
What is the WHO definition of health?
Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
Name: three health dimensions
Physical, mental and social health.
Definition: Physical health
The efficient functioning of the body and its systems, and includes the physical capacity to perform tasks and physical fitness.
Definition: Social Health
Being able to interact with others and participate in the community in both an independent and cooperative way.
Definition: Mental health
State of wellbeing in which the individual realised his or her own wellbeing, can coped with the normal stresses if life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community
Example: Good Mental health
- high confidence
- low anxiety/stress
- positive self esteem
- positive thought patterns
Example: Good Social health
- supportive network of friends
- supportive and well-functioning family
- productive relationships with people
Example: Good Physical health
- weight
- fitness
- energy levels
- blood pressure
- absence or presence of illness
Definition: optimal health
The best level of health an individual can realistically attain
Name: Four health indicators
- life expectancy
- mortality
- morbidity
- burden of disease
Definition: Life Expectancy
An indication of how long a person can expect to live, it is the number of years of life remaining to a person at a particular age if death rates don’t change. QUANTITY
Definition: HALE
Health Adjusted Life Expectancy: the no. of years someone has lived without reduced functioning due to ill health. QUALITY
Definition: mortality
Refers to deaths in the population.
Example: mortality measures
- U5MR
- infant mortality rate
- maternal mortality ratio
Definition: morbidity
Refers to ill health in an individual and the levels of Ill health in a population or group
Definition: incidence (morbidity)
The number or rate of new cases of a disease during a specified period of time.
Definition: prevalence (morbidity)
The number of cases of a particular condition/disease present in a population at a given time.
Definition: burden of disease
A measure of the impact of diseases and injuries, specifically it measures the gap between current health status and an ideal situation where everyone lives to an old age free of disease and disability.
Definition: U5MR
The numbers of deaths of children under five years of age per 1000 live births
Definition: chronic condition
Any disease or condition that lasts a long time (usually longer then six months) usually can’t be cured and therefore requires ongoing treatment.
Definition: DALY
Disability adjusted life year: a measure of burden of disease. One DALY equals on year of healthy life lost due to premature death and time lived with illness, disease and injury.
Definition: developed country
A country that has advanced adequately with regards to economy, technology and health status
Definition: communicable
Can be passed on from the environment to an individual. This can be from one person to another, from insects or from the physical environment.
