Outcome 1

Question 0

What is Social Development?

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The increasing complexity of behaviour patterns used in relationships withs other people.

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What is Physical Development?

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Changes to the body and it’s systems. These can be changes in size (growth), complexity (the increase in complexity of the nervous system) and motor skills (learning to walk)

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What is Intellectual Development?

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The development of processes in the brain such as thought, knowledge and memory.

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What is emotional development?

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The development of the full range of emotions and the optimal way of dealing with and expressing them.

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Fine Motor Skill

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The manipulation and coordination of small muscle groups such as those in the hands.

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Gross Motor Skill

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The manipulation and coordination of large muscle groups such as those in the arms and legs.

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Abstract Thought

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A complex thought process where ideas are the focus rather than tangible objects.

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Determinant of Health

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Factors that raise or lower the level of health in a population or individual. Determinants of health help to explain or predict trends in health and why some groups have better or worse health than others

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DALY

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

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Physical Health

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

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Mental Health

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State of well being in which the individual realises his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community.

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Social Health

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Being able to interact with others and participate in the community in both an independent and cooperative way.

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Health Status

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

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Life Expectancy

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An indication of how long a person can expect to live if the current death rates remain unchanged.

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Incidence

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Refers to the number (or rate) of new case of a disease/condition in a population during a given period.

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Prevalence

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The number of proportion of cases of a particular disease or condition present in a population at a given time.

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Morbidity

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Refers to ill-health in an individual to levels of ill-health in a population.

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Mortality

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Refers to death in a population

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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 disability. It is measured using DALY’s.

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Health

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A complete state of physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

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Individual Human Development

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The series of orderly predictable changes that occur from conception until death. Can be physical, social, emotional or intellectual.

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YLD

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A measure of how many ‘healthy’ years of life lost due to illness, injury or disability.

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YLL

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

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Biological Determinant

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Are factors relating to the the body that affect health and development.

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Behavioural determinants

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Are the actions or patterns of living of an individual or group that affect health.

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Social Determinant

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Refers to the social situation in which people live. Includes the people with whom an individual associates with, the decisions that are made on behalf of the community and the position of huge individual compared to others in society.

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Physical Environment

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Is the physical surroundings that in which we live, work and play.

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Biological Examples

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• Genetics
• Body Weight
• Hormones

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Behavioural Examples

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• Eating practices

- Participation in physical activity.

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Physical Environment Examples

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• Access to recreational facilities

- Work and Housing Environment

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Social Environment Examples

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Family Cohesion