Test 1 Flashcards
Health and wellbeing
State of a persons physical, social, emotional, mental and spiritual existence characterized by an equilibrium which individual feels happy, healthy, capable and engaged.
Illness
A subjective concept related to personal experience of a disease or injury.
Optimal health and wellbeing
The highest level of health and wellbeing an individual can realistically attain at any particular time, taking into account genetics and the different environments in which people live.
Physical health and wellbeing
Relates to the state and functioning of the body and its systems, includes ability to perform daily tasks.
Social health and wellbeing
Relates to the ability to form meaningful and satisfying connections/relationships with others and the ability to manage and adapt appropriately to different situations.
Emotional health and wellbeing
The ability to recognize, understand and effectively manage and express emotions as well as the ability to display resilience.
Mental health and wellbeing
Relates to the state of an individuals mind and relates to ability to think and process information.
Spiritual health and wellbeing
Relates to the ideas, beliefs, values and ethics that arise in the minds and conscience of people. Includes concepts of hope a guiding sense of meaning or value and reflection of a persons place in the world.
Dimensions of health and wellbeing
The components that make up an individuals overall health and wellbeing. The dimensions are physical, social, emotional, mental and spiritual.
Components of optimal hwb (individually)
- work productively
- Gain an education.
- Exercise
- Reduced Health care costs.
-Earn an income.
Components of optimal hwb (Nationally)
-Longer healthier lives.
-Health system savings
-Reduced stress/anxiety on community.
- Increased social participation.
Components of optimal hwb (globally)
- Promotes sustainability
-Reduces risk of disease transmission between countries.
-Promotes economic development.
Self assessed health status
An individuals own opinion about how they feel about their health, their state of mind and their life in general.
Life expectancy
The number of years of life, on average remaining to an individual at a particular age if deaths rates do not change.
Health adjusted life expectancy (HALE)
The average length of time an individual at a specific age can expect to live in full health.
Mortality
Refers to death, often at a population level.
Mortality rate
Measure of the proportion of a population who die in a one-year period.
Infant mortality rate
The number of infants who die before their first per birthday per 1000 live births
Under 5 mortality rate
The number of deaths of children under 5 years per 1000 live births
Maternal mortality ratio
The number of mother who die as a result of pregnancy childbirth or associated treatment per 100,000 women who give birth.
Morbidity
Ill health in an individual and levels of ill health within a population.
Incidence
Refers to the number of new cases of a disease/condition in a population during a given period.
Prevalence
The total number or proportion of cases of a particular disease or condition present in a population at a given time.
Burden of disease
A measure of the impact of diseases and injuries, specifically the gap between current health status and an ideal situation where everyone lives to an old age free of disease and disability.
DALY
A measure of burden of disease.
Years of life lost (YLL)
A measure of how many years of expected life are lost due to premature death.
Years of life lost due to disability (YLD)
A measure of how many healthy years of life are lost due to disease, injury, or disability.
disease
A physical or mental discomfort involving symptoms, dysfunctions or tissue damage
