Mid-year Exam Revision

Question 1

What is burden of disease?

Question 2

What is core activities?

Question 3

What is core activity limitation?

Question 4

What is disability adjusted life years (DALY)

Question 5

What is health and wellbeing?

Answer 5

A person’s physical, social, emotional, mental and spiritual existence characterized by equilibrium in which they feel happy, healthy, capable and engaged

Question 6

What is health indicators?

Question 7

What is health status?

Question 8

What is hospital separations?

Question 9

What is incidence?

Question 10

What is life expectancy?

Question 11

What is morbidity?

Question 12

What is mortality?

Question 13

What is prevalence?

Question 14

What is psychological distress?

Question 15

What is self-assessed health status?

Question 16

What are years of life lost due to disability (YLD)?

Question 17

What are years of life lost (YLL)?

Question 18

What is emotional health and wellbeing?

Answer 18

The ability to recognise, understand and effectively manage and express emotions as well as the ability to display resilience. The characteristics of optimal emotional health and wellbeing include:
- Recognise and understand the range of emotions
- Effectively respond to and manage emotions
- Experience appropriate emotions in different scenarios
- Have a high level of resilience

Question 19

What is mental health and wellbeing?

Answer 19

The state of a person’s mind or brain and the ability to think and process information. Optimal mental health and wellbeing enables an individual to positively form opinions, make decisions and use logic, and is associated with low levels of stress and anxiety, positive self-esteem, as well as a sense of confidence and optimism. The characteristics of optimal mental health and wellbeing include:
- Low levels of stress and anxiety
- Positive self-esteem
- Process information to solve problems
- High levels of confidence
- Positive thought patterns
- Use logic and reasoning to form opinions, make decisions and solve problems

Question 20

What is physical health and wellbeing?

Answer 20

Relates to the functioning of the body and its systems, including physical capacity to perform daily activities or tasks. Characteristics of optimal physical health and wellbeing include:
- Healthy body weight
- Freedom from illness, disease or injury
- Adequate energy levels
- Ability to complete physical tasks adequately
- Appropriate levels of fitness
- Strong immune levels
- Well-functioning body, systems and organs

Question 21

What is social health and wellbeing?

Answer 21

The ability to form meaningful and satisfying relationships with others and the ability to manage or adapt appropriately to different social situations. The characteristics of optimal social health and wellbeing include:
- Effective communication with others
- Supportive and well-functioning family
- Productive relationships with other people
- Supportive network of friends
- Ability to manage or adapt appropriately to different social situations

Question 22

What is spiritual health and wellbeing?

Answer 22

Ideas, beliefs, values and ethics that arise in the mind and conscience

Question 23

What are sociocultural factors?

Question 24

What is advocacy?

Question 25

What is equity?

Question 26

What is direct costs?

Question 27

What is indirect costs?

Question 28

What is clean eating?