Mind Body Soul Mid Semester Test Flashcards
- Describe the difference between Mental and Emotional health and wellbeing
Mental health and wellbeing refers to:
‘the current state of wellbeing relating to the mind or the brain and it relates to the ability to think and process information in order to positively form opinions and make decisions’.
It is dependent on:
how well a person can function where their thoughts and behaviours are concerned.
Their ability to control their response to stress.
It involves:
a persons ability to plan, reason, solve problems, and learn from experiences, and meet the demands of every day life.
Emotional health and wellbeing relates to:
‘being able to manage and express feelings in a healthy way and being able to display resilience in everyday life. It emphasises an awareness and acceptance of ones feelings and related behaviours involved in expressing those feelings’.
The individual is able to freely express their own feelings and effectively arrive at personal choices that allow them to be a productive member of the community.
- Using your own example demonstrate an interrelationship between three dimensions of health and wellbeing
E.g. an individual who’s participating in regular sporting activities may experience positive physical health outcomes such as increased cardiovascular fitness. In turn, this may create greater opportunities for social activity via participation in other sports. A flow on effect occurs if they experience success when playing sport causing higher levels of self-esteem.
Overall, Playing sport can:
Increase cardiovascular fitness (Physical H&WB)
Provide more social interaction, teamwork and cooperation (Social H & WB)
Possible success increases self-esteem (Emotional H&WB)
4a. Define incidence
Incidence is:
‘the number or rate of new cases of a particular condition during a specific time’.
4b. Define Prevalence
Prevalence refers to:
‘the total number of people experiencing a particular condition at a specific time’.
4c. Define mortality
Mortality refers to:
‘the number of deaths caused by a particular disease, illness, or other environmental factor’.
4d. Define morbidity
Morbidity refers to:
‘the ill health in an individual and the levels of ill health in a population or group’.
4e. Define burden of disease
Burden of disease takes into account people who are not ill but have some limited function that affects their everyday life.
Disability adjusted life years (DALY) is a measure of the years of healthy life lost due to premature death, illness, or injury.
DALY = YLL + YLD
YLL: Years of life lost due to premature mortality
YLD: Years of life lost due to disability illness or injury.
4f. f. World Health Organization Definition of health (and give one limitation)
The most universally known and used definition of health was developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) that states:
‘Health is a complete state of physical social and mental wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity’.
As this definition was developed in 1946 and is still used today can you identify any limitations that you think exist in the definition.
Complete state of health and wellbeing is rarely attained and no one can have complete health at any one time. The use of the word ‘complete’ creates a limitation in this definition
4g. Define trend
A long term general movement or change in frequency, usually either upwards or downwards. For example an upward trend in a disease or unhealthy behaviour means that it is becoming more frequent.
Monitoring health trends is useful for the development of health policies and programs as well as disease prevention and treatment. They also provide insight into the development of disease patterns and the health of a population.
Whats the health continuum?
A scale monitoring your health during a day - from left to right from optimum H&W all the way to premature death.
The scale starts off well then gets more worse as you go right.
- Explain why DALYs were developed and what are they measuring
Disability adjusted life years (DALY) is a measure of the years of healthy life lost due to premature death, illness, or injury.
DALY = YLL + YLD
YLL: Years of life lost due to premature mortality
YLD: Years of life lost due to disability illness or injury.
- Explain how physical inactivity contributes to obesity
The prevalence of overweight and obesity among young people is increasing.
Overweight and obesity is strongly linked to long term health and wellbeing problems as well as direct and immediate issues pertaining to social consequences such as social isolation.
Young people who are overweight or obese have a greater likelihood of becoming overweight or obese adults.
7b. Explain how physical inactivity contributes to mental health disorders
Mental health illness can affect all the dimensions of health and wellbeing in young people. E.g. ADHD and Depression have implications for a young persons educational and occupational attainment.
Poor mental health and wellbeing also has a strong influence on the occurrence of mental health disorders later in life. E.g. experiencing a mental health disorder can be a risk factor for self harm and suicide.
The most common areas of concern impacting on mental health are coping with stress, school/study difficulties, body image.
What is every dimension of health?
PEMSS Physical Emotional Mental Social Spiritual
What is physical health? Provide an example.
Physical health and wellbeing refers to:
‘how efficiently and or effectively the body and its systems are able to function. It includes the reliability of body function freedom from disease or illness, and the condition of optimal physical wellbeing’.
- E.G: free from illness
