Defining Heath Flashcards
YLL?
Years of Life Lost.
YLD?
Years Living w/ Disability.
DALY’s
Disability Adjusted Life Years.
Australian life expectancy?
82.2 years.
Female life expectancy (AUS)
84.8 years.
Male life expectancy (AUS)
79.8 years.
Define mortality?
Deaths in a population.
Mortality rates?
Indication of deaths occurred in a period of time for a specific cause.
What is a trend?
Something that tells you what has been happening over a period of time. (A general movement or pattern)
How do you measure a populations health status?
Country v country, location eg rural v city, gender, age and in Australia indigenous v non indigenous.
Define health status?
An individual’s or a populations overall health, taking into account various aspects such as life expectancy, amount of disability and level of disease risk factors. (AIHW 2008)
How do you measure an individual’s health status?
Fitness tests, BMI, blood tests, urine, blood pressure.
WHO?
World Health Organisation.
What is intellectual development?
The development of processes in the brain, such as thought, knowledge and memory.
What is physical development?
Change in the body and system can be in size (growth).
Complexity (i.e. Increase of complexity in nervous system).
Motor skills (learning to walk).
PIES - (individual human development)
P- physical development
I- intellectual development
E- emotional development
S- social development
PMS - (health (who))
P- physical health
M- mental health
S- social health
How is DALY’s calculated?
YLL + YLD = DALY
What is the burden of disease measured in?
DALY’s
Stages of the lifespan?
Prenatal -> Infancy -> Early Childhood -> Late Childhood -> Youth -> Early Adulthood -> Middle Adulthood -> Late Adulthood.
Prenatal info?
Fertilisation -> Birth Roughly takes 38 wk to complete. Most uncertain period in lifespan. One cell to over 200 Billion Fastest growth period. Organs, structures and growth occur.
Infancy info?
Birth -> age 2 Rapid growth and development. Use simple words. Identify familiar people. Play social games. Throw tantrums.
Early Childhood info?
Age 2 -> Age 6 Slow and steady growth. Gain many new skills Social interaction w/ others. Toilet use. Eating with adults at table.
Late Childhood info?
age 6 -> age 12
Physical, social, intellectual and emotional changes.
Refining of skills.
Youth info?
12-> 18
Puberty starts earlier.
Rapid growth.
Increased independence.
Sexual maturity.
Physical changes that enable ability to reproduce.
Significant social, emotional and intellectual changes occur that allow greater independence.
Complex relationships occur and development of life goals.
