Core 1 Flashcards
Dynamic health means?
Health varies and can fluctuate every minute/day/year
Four dimensions of health?
Social, Mental/Emotional, Physical, Spiritual
Why is health considered a social construct?
Everyone constructs their own meanings of health and physical activity depending on our social circumstance and our interaction with the environment
Ottawa Charter created in?
1986
5 main action areas of Ottawa Charter and examples?
- Developing personal skills (eg. PDHPE compulsory for Kindergarten to Yr10)
- Creating supportive environments (eg. Childcare services in workplaces)
- Strengthening community actions (eg. Clean up Australia Day)
- Reorienting health services (eg. Royal Flying Doctor’s Service)
- Building healthy public policy (eg. Random breath test)
Aim of social justice?
Aims to decrease/remove inequity from a population but encouraging supportive environments and inclusiveness of diversity for all people
Principles of social justice?
- P - Participation
- E - Equity
- A - Access
- R - Rights
Difference morbidity and mortality?
Morbidity; incidence of ill health
Mortality; incidence of death
Bones in the body?
206
3 types of muscles in the body?
Skeletal, smooth, cardiac
How did meanings of health change over time?
Previously health was defined as ‘a state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease’ by the World Health Organisation (1946). This definition emphasises health as a positive experience and so those with a disability are not recognised. Over time, health has included a holistic approach looking at all individuals; disabilities, people living in areas of ill health, health problems
Health determinants?
- Individual factors
- Socioeconomic factors
- Sociocultural factors
- Environmental factors
What are individual factors? Eg?
Factors unique to each person (eg. Knowledge, skills, attitudes, values, genetics)
Socioeconomic factors?
Factors relating to a person’s level of income, education and employment
Sociocultural factors?
Relating to society in which people live, cultural practices and expectations that exist within these communities
Environmental factors? Eg?
Those things present in the environment in which people live and work which may be related to the geographic location. Eg. Quality of air, food and water available, climate, design of built environment