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HHD unit 1 aos 1 Flashcards

1
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Define health status

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

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Define social health and wellbeing

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

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Define Health

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Health refers to the physcial, mental, social, emotion and spirital health of an individual

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4
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Define 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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5
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State the WHO definition of health and wellbeing

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Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity

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Identify strength and weakness of this definition

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Strength: includes 3/5 dimensions and ‘not merely the absence of disease or infirmity’ means its achieve able
weakness: the ‘complete’ means it is almost impossible to reach and even harder to maintain

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Aspects of mental health

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Positive self esteem, confidence, levels of stress, feelings, thought patterns, process information

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Aspects of spiritual health

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Sense of belonging, peace and harmony, purpose in life, values and personal beliefs

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define mental health and wellbeing

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Relates to the state of a person’s mind or brain and relates to the ability to think and process information.

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How does social health affect mental health?

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Those who have positive and stable relationships are more likely to have better mental health

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How does physical health affect mental health?

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People who excercise regularly have less chance of developing mental illnesses

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12
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how can education effect health status?

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you get knowledge and skills

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13
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Define SES (socioeconomic status)

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is a person’s economic and social position in society compared to other people based on income, occupation and education

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What can change a persons perspective/priority of health and wellbeing

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age, gender, religion, culture, SES

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how does physical health affect emotional health

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Exercise in general is associated with a better mood and improved quality of life.

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Define wellbeing

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The state of being comfortable, healthy, happy or capable

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17
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Define Health and Wellbeing

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the state of a person’s physical, social, emotional, mental and spiritual existence and is characterised by an equilibrium in which the individual feels happy, healthy, capable and engaged

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18
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Define YLL (years of life lost)

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

19
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Define YLD (years lost due to disability)

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measures the proportion of healthy life lost due to living with a disease

20
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Define DALY ( disability adjusted life years)

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

21
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Provide examples of health status indicators

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morbidity, mortality, incidence, prevalence, burden of disease, disability-adjusted life years, years of healthy life lost due to disability, years of life lost, core activity, psychological distress, self assessed health status, rates of hospitalisation

22
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Define prevalence

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The total number of cases of a condition in a population at a given time

23
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Define life expectancy

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an indication on how long somebody is expected to live (as long as the current death rates stay the same

24
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define incidence

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Refers to the number of new cases of a condition in a population at a given time

25
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Define health status indicators

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standard statistics that are used to measure and compare health status

26
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Define Mortality

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the number of deaths in a population in a given period

27
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Define burden of disease

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

28
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What are the 3 core activities

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self care, mobility, communication

29
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Define core activity limitation

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when an individual has difficulty, or requires assistance with any of the three core activities

30
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Aspects of Social Health

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Productive relationships, Effective communication, supportive network of friends, well functioning family, Ability to adapt in different situations

31
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Aspects of Physical Health

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Adequate energy levels, Fitness levels, strong immune system, well functioning body systems, blood pressure

32
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Define emotional health and wellbeing

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Emotional health is about how we think and feel. The ability to understand and recognise emotions and handle life’s stresses and adapt to change and difficult times.

33
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Define spiritual health and wellbeing

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relates to ideas, beliefs, values and ethics that occur in the minds of humans

34
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Define physical health and wellbeing

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Relates to the efficient functioning of the body and its systems, and includes the physical capacity to perform tasks and physical fitness.

35
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Apects of emotional health

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Resilience, Experience different emotions, effectively manage emotions, recognise and understand emotions

36
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How does physical health affect social health?

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Excercising provides opportunities to create new relationships

37
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YLL + YLD = ?

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DALY

38
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What gender is more health conscious?

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Females

39
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How can employment effect health status?

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  • social interaction
  • physcial environment
  • gaining of knowledge and skills
40
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Define subjective

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influenced by the individuals perspective

41
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Where can you access health information?

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internet, phone, computer

42
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Define self-assessed health status

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A persons perspective on their own health and wellbeing

43
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Define Dynamic health

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Health and wellbeing that is constantly changing

44
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Income + occupation + education = ??

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socioeconomic status

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