PA Flashcards
What are the 6 dimensions of health?
Physical – related to fitness, such as fleibitity, strength, etc
Social – the support and interaction with others in the community
Intellectual – the purpose of and motivation for an individuals optimal level of stimulating activities
Environmental – the balance between work and home life and also between nature and community recourses
Emotional – your attitudes and beliefs towards yourself and also life
Spiritual – do you have a purpose in life? The self in relation to others the community, nature or some higher power
What is the definition of health?
a complete state of physical, mental and social health and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity
State 4 of the risk factors for depression in chronic diseases
Worsening condition Unrelieved pain Dysphasia Functional impairment Treatment and diagnosis
What are the health impacts of extreme events as a result of climate change?
People – death injury illness
Natural environment – damaged food, water and air quality
Built environment – damaged infrastructure, transport buildings
Social consequences – mental health, increased crime, aggression
Who is vulnerable as a result of climate change?
Regional, low SES, elderly, children, homeless, indigenous people, people with disabilities, elderly
What is psychosocial health?
A complex interaction between your intellectual, social, emotional and spiritual health
What factors may influence psychosocial health?
The macro environment – drugs, location, school The family – dysfunctional family Self efficacy – Self esteem – self worth Learned optimism – Learned helplessness – Life span and maturity -
Describe 3 ways social relationships can influence health?
Behaviour – can influence and control behaviour – eg. Good social relationship may increase someones PA levels whereas a bad may lead them to alcohol and drugs
Psychosocial – if you feel loved and cared for it can reduce stress and blood levels
Physiological – can have a positive effect on endocrine functioning, immune and cardiovascular health
Explain how sport and physical activity can be a vehicle for social inclusion and how it contributes to health?
- It can have a positive impact on mental health and wellbeing – by strengthening relationships between one another and giving safe places to exercise
- links children and families to schools, facilities and networks
- partially mediating depressive symptoms
Define Physical activity
any movement that takes place from muscle contraction resulting in energy expenditure
Define mortality
death/death rate
Define morbidity
the way of life/ QOL
Define the different types of prevention
Primary prevention – intiatives aimed at healthy people before any risk factors emerge. Designed to prevent progression to disease
Secondary prevention – aimed at disease risk factors and the early stage of disease with the intention of stopping further progression
Tertiary prevention – action taken to prevent progress to complication of disease
Can you explain what the paffenberger graph shows?
- physically active people have a lower risk of dying from any cause at any age
- younger people have a lower risk of dying from any cause
- lower relative risk for older ages with PA
- older people have a greater benefit from increasing PA
Can you draw the dose response curve? Explain what it means in terms of health and physical activity
People that are inactive have a very high health benefit if they just do low – moderate activity
Going from moderate to high doesn’t have as much of a health benefit
Analysing key finding on Blair et al figure (impacts on fitness on mortality rates)
High active people have a lower overall risk of dying, even people with 2-3 risk factors are only as likely to die as an low active with 0 risk factors