SAC 1 Flashcards
life expectancy
An indication of how long a person can expect to live, it is the number of years of life remaining to a person at a particular age if death rates do not change.
Years lost due to disability (YLD)
A measure of how many healthy years of life are lost due to illness, injury or disability
Disease
A physical or mental disturbance involving symptoms, dysfunction or tissue damage.
Self-assessed health status
A measure based on a person’s own opinion about how they feel about their health and wellbeing, their state of mind and their life in general. It is commonly sourced from population surveys.
life expectancy
An indication of how long a person can expect to live, it is the number of years of life remaining to a person at a particular age if death rates do not change.
Years of life lost (YLL)
A measure of how many years of expected life are lost due to premature death
Morbidity
Refers to ill health in an individual and the levels of ill health in a population or group.
Prevalence
Refers to the total number of cases of a condition at a given time
Incidence
Refers to the number of new cases of a condition in a given period (usually 12 months)
Disability Adjusted Life Year (DALY)
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.
Rate of hospitalisation
Provides an indication of levels of ill-health that require medical treatment
Psychological distress
the social and cultural conditions into which people are born, grow, live, work and age. These conditions include family, peer group, housing, access to health information, education, employment and income.
Health and Wellbeing
relating to the state of a person’s physical, social, emotional, mental and spiritual existence and is characterised by an equilibrium in which the individual feels happy, healthy, capable and engaged
Dynamic
Health and wellbeing is constantly changing. EG: if someone has an accident and breaks their arm and then it heals
Subjective
Health and wellbeing is influenced by and based on personal beliefs, feelings or opinions
Social health and wellbeing
the ability to form meaningful and satisfying relationships with others and the ability to manage or adapt appropriately to different social situations
Physical health and wellbeing
relates to the functioning of the body and its systems; it includes the physical capacity to perform daily activities or tasks
Emotional health and wellbeing
the ability to recognise, understand and effectively manage and express emotions as well as the ability to display resilience
Mental health and wellbeing
relates to the state of a person’s mind or brain and the ability to think and process information. Optimal mental health and wellbeing enables an individual to positively form opinions, make decisions and use logic.
Spiritual health and wellbeing
relates to ideas, beliefs, values and ethics that arise in the minds and conscience of human beings. It includes the concepts of hope, peace, a guiding sense of meaning or value, and reflection on a person’s place in the world.
Illness
How an individual experiences a disease. It is subjective.
Mortality
Refers to death.
Burden of disease
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 disease and disability.
Core activity limitation
when an individual has difficulty, or requires assistance with any of the three core activities
