unit 3 Flashcards
health and wellbeing?
The state of a person’s physical, social, emotional, mental and spiritual existence, characterised by an equilibrium in which the individual feels happy, healthy, capable and engaged
dimensions of health?
physical, social, mental, emotional, spiritual
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
social health and wellbeing?
relates to the ability to form meaningful relationships and satisfying relationships with others and the ability to manage or adapt appropriately to different situations. Includes the level of support provided by and family and within a community to ensure that every person has equal opportunities to function as a contributing member of society.
mental health and wellbeing
current state of mind or brain and it relates to the ability to think and process information. A mentally healthy brain enables an individual to positively form opinions and make decisions and use logic.
emotional health and wellbeing
relates to the ability to express emotions and feelings in a positive way. It is about the positive management and expressions of emotional actions and reactions as well as the ability to display resilience
spiritual health and wellbeing
relates to the ideas and beliefs, values, ethics that arise in the mind and conscience of human beings. Includes the concepts of hope, peace, a guiding sense of meaning or value, and reflection on a person’s place in the world.
difference between emotional and mental health and wellbeing?
The difference between emotional and mental health and wellbeing is appropriately experiencing, identifying and managing emotions, whereas mental health and wellbeing relates to the nature of feelings and thoughts that a person is having.
Illness?
Dynamic?
a subjective concept related to personal experience of a disease or injury.
It relates to the negative aspect of health and wellbeing
Dynamic is how a person’s health and wellbeing is constantly changing
subjective
how a person views their health and wellbeing. Different things to different people
example: A person with chronic disease may experience good health and wellbeing if their condition is being managed.
benefits of optimal health and wellbeing: individually
benefits of optimal health and wellbeing: nationally
benefits of optimal health and wellbeing: globally
Prerequisites for health as determined by WHO
peace, shelter, education, food, income, stable ecosystem, sustainable resources, social justice and equity
peace?
shelter?
education
food
income
stable ecosystem
sustainable resources
social justice and equity
health status indicators
incidence, prevalence, morbidity, burden of disease, YLL, YLD, disability-adjusted life year (DALY), life expectancy, health adjusted life expectancy (HALE), mortality (includes maternal and U5MR), self assessed health status
incidence
prevalence
morbidity
burden of disease
YLL
YLD
DALY
life expectancy
HALE
mortality
self assessed health status
health status of Australians and the biological, sociocultural and environmental factors that contribute to variations between population groups
- males and females
- Indigenous and non-Indigenous
- high and low socioeconomic status
- those living within and outside of Australia’s major cities
males and females: biological
males and females: sociocultural
males and females: environmental
indigenous and non-indigenous: biological
indigenous and non-indigenous: sociocultural
indigenous and non-indigenous: environmental
high and low socioeconomic status: biological
high and low socioeconomic status: sociocultural
high and low socioeconomic status: environmental
those living within and outside of Australia’s major cities: biological
those living within and outside of Australia’s major cities: sociocultural
those living within and outside of Australia’s major cities: environmental
the contribution to Australia’s health status and burden of disease on..
- smoking
- alcohol
- high body mass index
- and dietary risks (under-consumption of vegetables, fruit and dairy foods; high intake of fat, salt and sugar; low intake of fibre and iron).
smoking
alcohol
high body mass index
dietary risks: under consumption of fruit and vegetables
dietary risks: dairy foods
dietary risks: high intake of fat
dietary risks: high intake of salt
dietary risks: high intake of sugar
dietary risks: low intake of fibre and iron