Health and Wellbeing / Health Status

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Health and Wellbeing

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

Question 2

Physical Health

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Relates to the functioning of the body and its systems, it includes the ability to perform daily tasks and activities.

Question 3

Physical Health Characteristics

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• Healthy Body Weight
• Appropriate Levels of Fitness
• Adequate Energy Levels

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Mental Health

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Relates to the brain or mind and it relates to the ability to think and process information. A mentally healthy brain allows an individual to positively form opinions and use logic.

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Mental Health Characteristics

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• Low levels of stress and anxiety
• High Levels of Confidence
• Positive Self Esteem

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Social Health

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

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Social Health Characteristics

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• Supportive network of friends
• Supportive and well-functioning family
• Effective communication with others

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Spiritual Health

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

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Spiritual Health Characteristics

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• A sense of belonging
• Positive meaning and purpose in life
• Peace and Harmony

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Emotional Health

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Relates to the ability to express feelings in a positive way. Emotional health is about the positive management and expression of emotional actions and reactions as well as the ability to display resilience.

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Emotional Health Characteristics

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• Have a high level of resilience
• Effectively respond to and manage emotions
• Recognise and understand the range of emotions

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Health Status

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

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Self-assessed Health Status

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

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Life Expectancy

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

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HALE (Healthy Adjusted Life Expectancy)

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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.

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Mortality

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Refers to death, particularly at a group or population level

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Infant mortality rate

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

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Under Five Mortality Rate

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

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Morbidity

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

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Morbidity rate

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A measure of how many people suffer from a particular condition during a given period of time.

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Incidence

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The number or rate of new cases of a disease during a specified time.

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Prevalence

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

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Burden of Disease

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

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DALY (Disability Adjusted Life Year)

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A 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.

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YLL (Years of Life Lost)

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

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YLD (Years lost due to Disability)

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