Unit 1, Outcome 1

Question 1

Define health

Answer 1

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

Question 2

Define wellbeing

Answer 2

The state of being healthy, happy and content, usually determined through self assessment. Therefore wellbeing is subjective and not easily measured.

Question 3

Define physical health

Answer 3

Relates to the efficient functioning of the body and it’s systems, and includes the physical capacity to perform tasks and physical fitness.

Question 4

Social health

Answer 4

Being able to interact with others and participate in the community in both and independent and cooperative way.

Question 5

Mental health

Answer 5

State of wellbeing in which the individual realises his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community.

Question 6

Health status

Answer 6

An individuals or a populations overall health, taking into account various aspects such as life expectancy, amount of disability and levels of disease risk factors.

Question 7

Mortality

Answer 7

Refers to deaths in a population

Question 8

Morbidity

Answer 8

Refers to ill-health in an individual and the levels of ill-health in a population or group

Question 9

Individual human development

Answer 9

The series of orderly, predictable changes that occur from conception until death. Development can be physical, social. Emotional or intellectual.

Question 10

DALY (disability adjusted life year)

Answer 10

A measure of burden disease. One DALY equals one year of healthy life lost due to premature death and time lived with illness? Disease or injury

Question 11

Incidence

Answer 11

The number or rate of NEW cases of a particular condition/ disease in a population during a given time.

Question 12

Prevalence

Answer 12

The number of proportion of cases of a particular disease or condition present in a population at a given time.

Question 13

Life expectancy

Answer 13

An indication of how long a person is expected to live. It is the number of years remaining to a person at a particular age if death rates do not change.

Question 14

Burden of disease

Answer 14

Is measured in DALY’S. 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. Burden of disease is measured in a unit called DALY