Defining Heath

Question 1

YLL?

Answer 1

Years of Life Lost.

Question 2

YLD?

Answer 2

Years Living w/ Disability.

Question 3

DALY’s

Answer 3

Disability Adjusted Life Years.

Question 4

Australian life expectancy?

Answer 4

82.2 years.

Question 5

Female life expectancy (AUS)

Answer 5

84.8 years.

Question 6

Male life expectancy (AUS)

Answer 6

79.8 years.

Question 7

Define mortality?

Answer 7

Deaths in a population.

Question 8

Mortality rates?

Answer 8

Indication of deaths occurred in a period of time for a specific cause.

Question 9

What is a trend?

Answer 9

Something that tells you what has been happening over a period of time. (A general movement or pattern)

Question 10

How do you measure a populations health status?

Answer 10

Country v country, location eg rural v city, gender, age and in Australia indigenous v non indigenous.

Question 11

Define health status?

Answer 11

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)

Question 12

How do you measure an individual’s health status?

Answer 12

Fitness tests, BMI, blood tests, urine, blood pressure.

Question 13

WHO?

Answer 13

World Health Organisation.

Question 14

What is intellectual development?

Answer 14

The development of processes in the brain, such as thought, knowledge and memory.

Question 15

What is physical development?

Answer 15

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).

Question 16

PIES - (individual human development)

Answer 16

P- physical development
I- intellectual development
E- emotional development
S- social development

Question 17

PMS - (health (who))

Answer 17

P- physical health
M- mental health
S- social health

Question 18

How is DALY’s calculated?

Answer 18

YLL + YLD = DALY

Question 19

What is the burden of disease measured in?

Answer 19

DALY’s

Question 20

Stages of the lifespan?

Answer 20

Prenatal -> Infancy -> Early Childhood -> Late Childhood -> Youth -> Early Adulthood -> Middle Adulthood -> Late Adulthood.

Question 21

Prenatal info?

Answer 21

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.

Question 22

Infancy info?

Answer 22

Birth -> age 2
Rapid growth and development.
Use simple words.
Identify familiar people.
Play social games.
Throw tantrums.

Question 23

Early Childhood info?

Answer 23

Age 2 -> Age 6
Slow and steady growth.
Gain many new skills
Social interaction w/ others.
Toilet use.
Eating with adults at table.

Question 24

Late Childhood info?

Answer 24

age 6 -> age 12
Physical, social, intellectual and emotional changes.
Refining of skills.

Question 25

Youth info?

Answer 25

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.