Glossary of terms

Question 1

World Health Organisation (WHO) definition of health

Answer 1

A state of complete physical, emtnal and social-wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or injury.

Question 2

Physical Health

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Physical Fitness, body weight, blood cholesterol, blood pressure, level of fitness, feelings of wellbeing, energy, body system functions.

Question 3

Social Health

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Freidnship networks, being a part of a group or team, relationships with family, state of relationship with school/work mates, social needs meet

Question 4

Mental Health

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Self-esteem, confidence, level of stress, feelings, thought patterns

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Emotional Health

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Attitude, maintain life balance by setting priorities, seek support by expressing emotion appropriately, remaining aware of thoughts and feelings.

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Spiritual Health

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Ideas, beliefs, values and ethics.

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Indicators

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Incidence, prevelance, morbidity, DALY, Burden of disease, YLL, YLD, Mortality, Life expectancy, sef-assessed health status.

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Life Expectancy

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An indication of how long a person is expected to live for. It is a number o years of life remaining to person at a particular age if death rates do not change.

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Mortality

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Refers to death caused by a particular disease, illness, or other environmental factors.

Question 10

Morbidity

Answer 10

Ill health (disease, illness, environmental factors)

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Incidence

Answer 11

Number of new cases of a condition in a given time period (usually 12 months)

Question 12

prevelance

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Total number of cases of a condition at a given time

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Years of life lost (YLL)

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The number of years of life lost due to premature death

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year of life lost to disability (YLD)

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One YLD is equal to one ‘healthy’ year of life lost to time liven with illness, injury, or disability.

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Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALY)

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1 DALY is equal to one year of ‘healthy’ life lost due to living with a disability/illness as well as time die to premature death
DALY = YLL + YLD

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Burden Of Disease

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Combination of nortality and morbidity data so that conditions that contribute differently to health and wellness can be compared
e.g - cancer causes a lot of health and illness while chronic conditions such as asthma caused illness but less death.

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Health Status

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Health Status is the level of health being experienced by an individual or population after taking into account factors such as life expectancy, disability eates and risk of disease.

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Sociocultural Factors

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Sociocultural factors help determine an individuals or populations health and wellbeing, and are considered to be anything related to the social and cultural conditions into which people are born, grow, live, work and age that work raise or lower the healrg status.

Question 19

Sociocultural influences on health and wellbeing

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Social connection (family, peer group)
Social exclusion, social isolation
Early life exclusion
Food security
Socioeconomic Status = education + employment + Income (SES)
Access to healthcare

Question 20

Social Connections - Friends
How do your friends impact your health behaviours and health status?

Answer 20

Interests
Activities you are involved on at school and within the community
Values
Influences behaviour and decision making
Aspirations and goals
Types of relationships developed

Question 21

Social Connection - Family
Hoe does your family impact your health behaviours and health status?

Answer 21

food intake
Excercise
Family cohesion and support
Role models
Socioeconomic status (SES) - educations parents occupation and income
Access to resources and opportunities
Community participation