HHD

Question 1

Health and wellbeing 

Answer 1

relates to 
an individual’s physical, mental, 
emotional, social, and spiritual 
states, where an individual can 
experience balance and an overall 
level of satisfaction, enabling them 
to effectively function

Question 2

Optimal health and

wellbeing 

Answer 2

involves an individual 
experiencing the highest possible 
level of health and wellbeing 
when taking their unique 
experiences, characteristics and 
lifestyle into account

Question 3

Infirmity 

Answer 3

is a state of weakness
or a lack of energy, usually due to
old age

Question 4

Illness 

Answer 4

is a self-perceived negative 
state of health and wellbeing, in 
which an individual believes that 
they are experiencing something 
which makes them unwell

Question 5

Disease 

Answer 5

is a diagnosable negative
state of health and wellbeing which
is accompanied by symptoms

Question 6

Dynamic 

Answer 6

refers to something that

is constantly changing over time

Question 7

Subjective 

Answer 7

refers to something
which is influenced by unique
and individual opinions and
judgements

Question 8

Physical health and wellbeing 

Answer 8

is the functioning of the body and
its systems, including the body’s
capacity to perform daily tasks
and activities

Question 9

Mental health and wellbeing

Answer 9

is the current state of wellbeing of
the mind, involving the ability to
think and process information

Question 10

Emotional health and well-being 

Answer 10

is
the ability to express, control and
manage feelings in a positive way
and display resilience

Question 11

Social health and wellbeing 

Answer 11

is the ability to form meaningful 
and satisfying relationships with 
others, as well as the ability to 
appropriately manage and adapt to 
social situation

Question 12

Spiritual health and

wellbeing 

Answer 12

includes the ideas, 
beliefs, values and ethics that an 
individual possesses, contributing 
to a sense of meaning, purpose, 
and belonging

Question 13

Objective 

Answer 13

refers to something

aimed at or sought; a target

Question 14

Collective 

Answer 14

refers to a group
of individuals or things; it also
describes things of this nature

Question 15

Tax 

Answer 15

is a compulsory financial 
contribution to state revenue made 
by citizens or residents which 
is used to finance government 
spending, including the provision 
of public goods and services, 
such as public healthcare, public 
schools, public infrastructure, and 
police services

Question 16

Globalisation 

Answer 16

refers to the 
process of countries across the 
world becoming increasingly 
interconnected due to transport 
and technological communication 
developments

Question 17

Trade 

Answer 17

involves the exchange
of goods and services between
countries in exchange for financial
compensation

Question 18

Communicable diseases

Answer 18

are infectious diseases that are
transmitted from the environment,
including through air, food, water,
and other infected organisms

Question 19

Health status 

Answer 19

refers to an individual or population’s overall 
health, taking into account a 
range of measures, such as life 
expectancy and experiences of 
illness, disability and disease

Question 20

Prevalence 

Answer 20

refers to the number
of cases of a particular disease
or condition that are present in a
population at a given point in time

Question 21

incidence 

Answer 21

refers to the number of
new cases of a particular disease or
condition that arise in a population
in a certain period of time

Question 22

Health status indicators 

Answer 22

are measurement tools used to 
understand health status, 
which refers to an individual or 
population’s overall health, taking 
into account a range of measures, 
such as life expectancy and 
experiences of illness, disability, 
and disease

Question 23

Morbidity 

Answer 23

refers to ill health in
an individual and the levels of ill
health in a given population group

Question 24

Mortality 

Answer 24

refers to the number of

deaths in a population

Question 25

Mortality rate 

Answer 25

refers to the 
number of deaths in a population 
in a certain period, usually 
expressed per 1000 or 100,000 
live births in a twelve month period

Question 25

Mortality rate 

Answer 25

refers to the 
number of deaths in a population 
in a certain period, usually 
expressed per 1000 or 100,000 
live births in a twelve month period

Question 26

Maternal mortality rate 

Answer 26

refers to the number of deaths of pregnant
women before birth, during birth,
or within the first six weeks after
birth, per 100,000 live births

Question 27

Infant mortality rate 

Answer 27

refers to the number of deaths of infants
between birth and their first
birthday per 1000 live birth

Question 28

Under 5 mortality rate

Answer 28

refers to the number of deaths of children
under five years of age per 1000
live births

Question 29

Burden of disease 

Answer 29

is a measurement of the impact of 
disease and injuries, specifically 
measuring the gap between the 
current health status and an ideal 
situation where everyone lives 
to an old age, free of disease 
and disability. Burden of disease 
is specifically measured by the 
unit disability-adjusted life years 
(DALYs)

Question 30

Disability-adjusted life year 
(DALY) is a measure of burden 
of disease in which one disabilityadjusted life year (DALY) equals 
one healthy year of life lost due to 
the experience of a disability or 
disease (YLD) or premature death 
(YLL)