health and wellbeing and health status

Question 1

Health and wellbeing

Answer 1

Refers to the overall state of a person’s physical, social, emotional, mental and spiritual being and is characterized by an equilibrium in which the individual feels happy, healthy, capable and engaged

Question 2

physical health

Answer 2

relates to the functioning of the body and its systems, it includes the physical capacity to perform daily activities or tasks.

Question 3

Social health

Answer 3

relates to the ability to form meaningful and satisfying relationships with others and the ability to manage or adapt appropriately to different social situations.

Question 4

emotional health

Answer 4

Emotional health is about the positive management and expression of emotional actions and reactions as well as the ability to display resilience.

Question 5

Mental health

Answer 5

Mental health is the current state of well-being relating to the mind or brain and it relates to the ability to think and process information.

Question 6

spiritual health

Answer 6

Spiritual health is not material in nature, but relates to ideas, beliefs, values and ethics.

Question 7

dimensions of physical health

Answer 7

healthy body weight and free from disease

Question 8

dimensions of social health

Answer 8

social network with friends, effective communication with others.

Question 9

dimensions of emotional health

Answer 9

high levels of resilience,
effectively respond and manage emotions

Question 10

dimensions of mental health

Answer 10

low levels of stress and anxiety
high levels of confidence

Question 11

dimensions of spiritual health

Answer 11

sense of belonging , peace and harmony

Question 12

Health status

Answer 12

An individual’s or a population’s overall health, taking into account various aspects such as life expectancy, amount of disability and levels of disease risk factors

Question 13

Self-assessed health status

Answer 13

A measure based on a person’s own opinion about how they feel about their health and wellbeing, their state of mind and their life in general.

Question 14

life expectancy

Answer 14

An indication of how long a person can expect to live, if death rates do not change.

Question 15

HALE – Health Adjusted Life Expectancy

Answer 15

It is the number of years in full health that a person can expect to live, based on current rates of ill health and mortality

Question 16

mortality

Answer 16

Refers to deaths, particularly at a group or population level

Question 17

infant mortality rate

Answer 17

Measures the rate of deaths of infants between birth and their first birthday, usually expressed per 1000 live births

Question 18

under 5 mortality rate

Answer 18

Measures the number of children that die before their fifth birthday, usually expressed per 1000 live births

Question 19

morbidity

Answer 19

Refers to ill health in an individual and the levels of ill health in a population or group

Question 20

incidence

Answer 20

The number or rate of new cases of a disease during a specified time; usually a 12 month period

Question 21

prevalence

Answer 21

The number of proportion of cases of a particular disease or condition present in a population at a given time

Question 22

burden of disease

Answer 22

measure of the impact of disease and injuries, specifically it measures the gap between current health status and an ideal situation to where everyone lives to an old age free of disease and disability. Burden of disease is measured in a unit called the DALY

Question 23

DALY – Disability Adjusted Life Year

Answer 23

measure of burden of disease. One DALY equals one year of healthy life lost due to premature death and time lived with illness, disease or injury

Question 24

YLL – Years of life lost

Answer 24

A measure of how many years of expected life are lost due to premature death

Question 25

YLD – Years lost due to disability

Answer 25

A measure of how many healthy years of life are lost due to illness, injury or disability