Exam revision Flashcards
Health status
An individuals or populations overall level of health, taking into account various factors such as life expectancy, amount of disability and levels of disease risk factors including, illness, disability and death.
Self assessed health status
provides an overall measure of a populations health based on a persons own perceptions of their health
Health
a complete stater of physical, social and mental wellbeing,and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
Wellbeing
A complex combination of all dimensions of health, characterised by an equilibrium in which the individual feels happy, healthy, capable and engaged.
dimensions of health
Physical, mental social, spiritual and emotional
Physical health and wellbeing
is the functioning of the body and its systems
Social health and wellbeing
the ability to form meaningful and satisfying relationships with others and the ability to manage or adapt to different social situations. it also includes the level of support provided by family
Mental health and wellbeing
the current state of wellbeing relating to the mind or brain; relates to the ability to think and process information in order to positively form opinions and make decisions.
Emotional health and wellbeing
Refers to feelings and moods, and the ways in which people express, understand and exercise control over them.
Morbidity
refers to ill-health in an individual and the levels of ill-health in a population or a group
Incidence
the number or rates of new cases of a particular condition during a specific time.
Prevalence
The number or proportion of cases of a particular disease or condition present in a population at a given time.
Mortality
the number of deaths caused by a particular disease, illness or other environmental factors
disability
relates to an impairment of body structure or function, a limitation in activities or a restriction in participation
Burden of disease
a measure of the impact of disease and injuries; specifically, it measures the gap between current health and an where everyone lives in an old age free of disease and disability. Burden of disease in measured in a unit called the DALY
Disability adjusted life years (DALYs)
a measure of the burden of disease; one DALY equals one year of healthy life lost due to premature death and time lived with illness,
Disability adjusted life years (DALYs)
a measure of the burden of disease; one DALY equals one year of healthy life lost due to premature death and time lived with illness, .
rates of hospitalisation
the number of patients who experience an episode of admitted patient care.
Lifespan
the time in which life begins at conception and ends at death
Conception
when the sperm fertilizes the ova
Stages of the lifespan
Prenatal Infancy Childhood Adolescent Adulthood
Development
is the change, predictable and orderly a series of stages that is predictable and orderly eg walking, talking, puberty
Growth
refers to the measurable changes in the number and size of the body’s cell
Self-esteem
is how a person feels about their own abilities and self-worth
Self-concept
the idea individuals have of themselves; who, they are, who they want to be, what they value and what they believe others think of them
Reflex
is an involuntary action
Development milestone
is a task, undertaking or event that is expected to be achieved in order to successfully progess to a further level of development
Quantitative
is to measure, countor gain an idea of how much change is occurring by looking at quantities or amounts.
Qualitative
is to make subjective judgements or assumptions about development, describes each change that cannot be measured easily
Physical development
Refers to those changes that occur in an individuals body overtime, including growth. The changes that relate to people’s size and shape, and therefore body structure.
Intellectual development
also referred to as cognitive development; the ways in which people are about to think and reason. this type of development involves changes in how a person is able to think and reason as they grow older
Social development
is the increasing complexity of behaviour patterns used to relationships with other people. It it concerned with the ways in which an individuals ability to interact with those around them changes as they move through the lifespan. Social development involves learning how to communicate with different groups of people.
Emotional development
refers to feelings and moods, and the ways in which people express, understand and exercise control overtime. Emotions are the reaction of a person to a situation that involves feelings, Emotions can also be expressed through facial expressions and physical movements
