Review Questions Flashcards
What does HABD stand for?
(Healthy active by design)
What does HABD do?
A practical guide to incorporating health and physical activity into the design of the built environment
What are the 6 risk factors for Lifestyle diseases?
Smoking Physical Inactivity Risky alcohol consumption Poor Diet Obesity Hypertension
Describe some of the risk factors for depression in chronic diseases?
Worsening condition Unrelieved Pain Dysphasia (communication) Functional impairment Social isolation Diagnosis and treatment
What are the health impacts of extreme events as a result of climate change?
Humans - (Death/Injury/Illness)
Natural Environment - (Air, food & water Quality)
Built Environment - (Damaged Structures & transport limited breakdown of equipment)
Social Consequences (Mental Health/Dislocation)
Who is vulnerable as a result of climate change?
Regional: Rural and isolated – exposure and adaptive capacity
Reduced access to services and at times greater reliance on climate for income
What factors may influence psychosocial health?
External Factors - (Family/The wider environment/Social Bonds & Support)
Internal Factors - (Bad Self esteem/Personality/Helplessness/Life Span & Maturity)
Describe the 3 ways social relationships can influence health?
Behavioural - can influence and ‘control’ health habits – protective health behaviours
- Psychosocial – mechanisms to explain how social ties influence health – social support, sense of control, social meanings from groups.
- Physiological – supportive interactions benefit immune, endocrine and cardiovascular functioning.
What is Physical Activity?
Bodily movement that is produced by contraction of skeletal muscles and that substantially increases energy expenditure
Whats Mortality?
Refers to dying, death rate
Whats Morbidity?
The way of living, ability to function without pain, discomfort - quality of life
Define the different types of prevention?
Primary Prevention - (Refers to initiatives aimed at healthy people before any risk factors emerge and is designed to prevent progression to disease)
Secondary Prevention - (Is focused on disease risk factors and the early stage of disease with the intention of stopping further progression)
Tertiary Prevention - (Refers to actions to prevent progression to complications of disease)
Define reliability and validity in terms of measurement?
Reliability – gives accurate, consistent measures
Validity – measures what it claims to measure
List the direct and indirect methods of measuring physical activity?
Direct Methods - ( Heart rate monitors, Pedometers, Accelerometers, Calorimetry)
Indirect Methods - (Observation & Surveys)
