Definitions

Question 0

Life Expectancy

Answer 0

An indication of how long a person can expect to live if the current death rates stay the same.

Question 1

Health Status

Answer 1

The level of health being experienced by an individual or a population after taking into account factors like life expectancy, disability rates and risk of disease.

Lowest: ill health | Medium: neutral health | High: optimal health

Question 2

Mortality

Answer 2

Rate of deaths that occurred in a population in a given period of time for a specific cause/all causes.

Question 3

Trend

Answer 3

A trend is a general movement or pattern. ie) in graphs or statistics

Question 4

YLL (years of life lost)

Answer 4

A way of measuring mortality. If a person dies from a specific condition, 30 years before the predicted life expectancy, they then have contributed 30 YLLs to that particular cause of death.

Question 5

Morbidity

Answer 5

Refers to ill-health, including disease, injury and disability. It is the level of ill-health in a population. Morbidity rate refers to the rate of ill-health in a population in a given period of time.

Question 6

YLDs (years lost due to disability)

Answer 6

Measure of the impact of morbidity on a group or population. ie) indication of he severity of the condition and how much it interferes with normal life.

Question 7

Incidence

Answer 7

The number of new cases of a condition in a given period of time (usually 12 months). This data can be useful for identifying which conditions are increasing in diagnosis and which ones are decreasing.

Question 8

Prevalence

Answer 8

The total number of cases of a condition at a given time.

Question 9

Burden of disease

Answer 9

The impact of a particular disease in relation to the a out of healthy life lost due to premature illness of a person, or population.

Question 10

DALYs

Answer 10

Disability adjusted life years: 1 DALY is equal to one year of ‘healthy’ life lost due to premature death or living with a illness.

Question 11

Individual Human Development

Answer 11

Changes that occur and people people experience from conception to death. Often characterised by milestones that are predictable and occur in sequential order.

Question 12

Physical Development

Answer 12

Changes that occur to he body and it’s systems.

Growth, increase in complexity, motor skills develop, decline in body systems.

Question 13

Social Development

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Reverts to the social skills and behaviours individuals learn from a young age.

CRBSV
Communication skills, relationship skills, behaviours, social roles, values and beliefs.

Question 14

Emotional Development

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Refers to the emotions the development of the full range of emotions and learning ways to deal and express them emotionally.

SAME
Self concept, awareness of emotions, management of emotions, expression of emotions.

Question 15

Intellectual Development

Answer 15

Both the processes that occur within the brain and the increasing complexity of the brain.

LAMP KTC
Language, attention, memory, problem solving, knowledge, thought patterns, creativity and imagination.

Question 16

Health (WHO 1986)

Answer 16

A resource for everyday life, not the objective of living. Health is a positive concept emphasising social and personal resources as well as physical capacities.

Question 17

Physical Health

Answer 17

Refers to the overall wellbeing of the body and it’s systems.

Question 18

Social Heath

Answer 18

Refers to the quality of interacting with others.

Question 19

Mental Health

Answer 19

The wellbeing of an individual in which they can realise their own capabilities, able to deal with normal stresses of life, work productively and able to give back to community.

Question 20

Characteristics of Physical Health

Answer 20

Body weight, blood pressure, cholesterol, diet, energy, functioning of body systems, fitness, illness.

BBCDEFFI

Question 21

Characteristics of social health

Answer 21

Friendship networks, social skills, relationships with family
FRS

Question 22

Characteristics of mental health:

Answer 22

Confidence, stress levels, self esteem, thought patterns.

Question 23

Puberty

Answer 23

Biological changes that occur in youth that allows the individual to start sexual reproduction.

Question 24

Optimal Health:

Answer 24

Refers to the highest level of health that can be obtained depending on the individual.

Question 25

Motor skills:

Answer 25

Refers to the control of the muscles in the body.

Fine vs Gross