HHD Flashcards
stages of the lifespan
prenatal infancy toddlerhood childhood youth early adulthood middle adulthood later adulthood
stages of the lifespan age range
prenatal - conception - birth infancy - birth - 18 months toddlerhood - 18 months - 3 year s childhood - 3 - 12 years youth - 12 - 18 year s early adulthood - 18 - 39 years middle adulthood - 40 - 64 years later adulthood - 65 +
What does APGAR stand for
Appearance Pulse Grimace Activity Respiration
What is an APGAR test
A 10 point score to determine the babies wellbeing at birth. They are tested 1 and 5 minuets after being born and scored between 0-2 to make an overall score out of 10
Who funds medicare?
Funded by the government and and 2% of our taxes
What is medicare?
A system to improve the access to healthcare of all Australians in need of treatment, regardless of age and income at little cost
Medicare services offered through medicare?
- tests and examinations (x-ray)
- eye test
- procedures performed by practitioners
- doctors consiltation
What are the 3 stages of prenatal development?
Germinal stage
Embryonic stage
Foetal stage
Germinal stage
The first stage of prenatal development, measured form the moment of conception until implantation (about two weeks post-conception)
Embryonic stage
The second stage of prenatal development, measured from implantation (about two weeks post-conception) until the eighth week after conception
Foetal stage
the third stage of prenatal development, measured from the end of week 9 until birth
DALYS
Disability adjusted life years - years of healthy life lost due to premature death, illness or injury
YLL
years of life lost due to premature mortality
YLD
Years of life lost due to disability or injury
PBS
- government subsided medications
- provide essential medications to Australians regardless of their ability to pay
- over 4000 medicines on the list
Life expectancy
an indication of how long a person can expect to live, it is the number of years of life remaining to a person at a particular age if death rates do not change
life expectancy for male and female
if death rates don’t change
male - 80
female - 85
What are the determinants of health
physical development social development emotional development mental development spiritual development
physical development
- functioning of the body and its systems
- physical capacity to perform daily activities or tasks
- supported by factors such as regular physical activity, consuming a balanced diet, having appropriate rest, sleep, maintaining an Ideal body weight and the absence of illness, disease or injury
social development
- form meaningful and satisfying relationships with others
- ability to manage or adapt appropriately to different social situations
- the level of support provided by family within a community to ensure that every person has equal opportunity to function as a contributing member of society
- social health supported by strong communication skills, empathy for others and a sense of personal responsibly
emotional development
- mange and express feelings in a healthy way and being able to display resilience in everyday life.
- an awareness and acceptance of ones feelings and the related behaviours involved in expressing those feelings
mental development
- current state of wellbeing relation the the mind or brain,
- the ability to think and process information in order to positively form opinions and make decisions.
- a feeling of belonging is important
spiritual development
ideas, beliefs, values and ethics that arise in the mind and conscience of human beings
-spiritual health includes the concepts of hope, peace, a guiding sense of meaning or value and reflection on your plate in the world
physical development examples
fitness level coordination and strength appropriate weight for height functioning immune system free from illness
