Preliminary Core 1 - CQ1 What does health mean to individuals? Flashcards
What is Health?
Our physical, mental and social well-being
Influenced by things like behaviours, physical environment, social connection, biomedical factors, cultural background etc.
Balancing different aspects impact how we feel and approach our lifestyle
What is Heath Literacy?
The ability for people to access, understand and apply info about health to make decisions
List some examples of the causes of different health levels
Lack of recourses, education, healthcare, nutrients
Language barrier, disabilities, wealth, hygiene, location
What are the 5 Dimensions of Health?
Physical
Social
Spiritual
Mental
Emotional
What is Physical Health (DOH)?
The wellness of the body and the absence of chronic pain or discomfort
What is Social Health (DOH)?
The ability to interact with others in a cooperative and interdependent way
What is Spiritual Health (DOH)?
Having a sense of purpose and meaning in life
Feeling connected with others + society
What is mental health (DOH)?
The ability to realise our abilities to cope with the normal stress of life, work productively and make contributions to the community
What is Emotional Health (DOH)?
Coping with life events and acknowledging our own emotions as well as those around us
What is Relative health?
Your health in relation to time periods, potential, others
It can be used to compare and judge our health
What is the Dynamic Nature of Health?
Having the potential to your change your health regularly
What is the Health Continuum?
It is a scale to position your health ranging from Death/Injury to Optimal Health
These positions may change throughout our lives
What is the Perception of Health?
How an individual views and understand the term health
What are the factors that influence our perception of health?
One’s own term of health
Social Construct
Lifestyle behaviours
The relative health
Environment
What is Social Construct?
An idea created and accepted by society
What are the 7 Factors in our social construct?
Age
Gener
Level of education
Community Values + Expectations
Location
Cultural/Ethic background
Socioeconomic status
What are the 5 Measures of health?
Life Expectancy
Mortality
Morbidity
Incidence
Prevalence
What is Life Expectancy?
How long a person or group of people are expected to live (Usually measured at birth)
What is Mortality?
The death rate in a given area or a time period
What is Morbidity?
The rate of illness or disease
What is the Incidence?
The occurrence/rate/frequency of a disease in a PERIOD OF TIME
What is Prevalence?
The rate of disease/issues in a POINT in time
It is able to tell us the changes in health and the impact of it
What are the 7 aspects of Health?
Mental Health
Food habits
Physical activity
Body image
Drug use
Sexual health
Road safety
What are protective factors?
Actions or habits that individuals do to keep them from risky, unwanted and harmful activities which can leave a negative impact on their health
What are Risk behaviours?
When individuals do things that harm are not meeting the recommended health levels like participating in unhealthy rituals and avoiding necessary tasks.
