Unit 3 - SAC 1 - Part 1

Question 1

Health and wellbeing relates to…

Answer 1

…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

Question 2

What does it mean when health and wellbeing is said to be ‘dynamic’…

Answer 2

…it is constantly changing: headache > panadol > all better

Question 3

What does it mean when health and wellbeing is said to be ‘subjective’…

Answer 3

… health is viewed in many different ways by different people, a person with a chronic condition, may view health and wellbeing in relation to the management of that condition.

Question 4

Are disease and illness the same thing? Explain. (PAST EXAM QUESTION)

Answer 4

Disease is the physical or mental disturbance involving symptoms, dysfunction, or tissue damage, whereas, illness is a more subjective concept related to a personal experience of disease. Eg. A person may have a high pain threshold may experience a lower level of illness than a person with a low threshold for pain, even if their diseases are the same.

Question 5

5 dimensions of Health & wellbeing

Answer 5

Physical
Mental
Social
Emotional
Spriritual

Question 6

Physical health & wellbeing relates to…

Answer 6

… the function of the body and its systems, it includes the physical capacity to perform daily activities.

Question 7

Spiritual health & wellbeing relates to…

Answer 7

… ideas, beliefs, values, and ethics, that arise in the minds and consciences of human beings.

Question 8

Social health & wellbeing relates to…

Answer 8

… the state and quality of the interactions & relationships that in individual has with family, friends, and other people.

Question 9

Emotional health & wellbeing relates to…

Answer 9

… the ability to express feelings in an appropriate way. About positive management and expression of emotional actions and reactions.

Question 10

What is the difference between mental and emotional health?

Answer 10

Mental = Internal, can not be seen
Emotional = external, can be seen

Question 11

Mental health & wellbeing relates to…

Answer 11

… is the current state of wellbeing relating to the mind or brain, and includes the ability to think and process information.

Question 14

Health status

Answer 14

an individual’s or population’s overall level of health and wellbeing taking into account various indicators such as life expectancy, mortality and morbidity.

Question 15

Self assessed health status

Answer 15

a measure of 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.

Question 16

Life expectancy

Answer 16

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.*

Question 17

Health Adjusted Life Expectancy (HALE)

Answer 17

The average length of time an individual at a specific age can expect to live in full health; that is, time lived without the health consequences of disease or injury.

Question 18

Life expectancy v HALE

Answer 18

Life expectancy is the measure of quantity of the years you will live whereas HALE is quality of the years a person is expected to live

Question 19

Mortality

Answer 19

Relates to death, often at a population level.

Question 20

Mortality rate

Answer 20

The measure of the proportion of a population who die in a one year period (usually per 100,000) sometimes referred to as ‘death rate’.

Question 21

Infant mortality

Answer 21

The death of a child between birth and their first birthday

Question 22

Infant mortality rate

Answer 22

The rate of deaths of infants between birth and their first birthday, usually expressed per 1000 live births.

Question 23

Under 5 mortality

Answer 23

The death of a child under 5 years of age.

Question 24

Under 5 mortality rate

Answer 24

The rate of deaths occurring in children under 5 years of age per 1000 live births.

Question 25

Maternal mortality

Answer 25

Death of a mother caused by pregnancy, childbirth or within six weeks of delivery

Question 26

Maternal mortality ratio

Answer 26

The number of mothers who die as a result of pregnancy or childbirth per 100 000 live births.

Question 27

Morbidity

Answer 27

ill health in an individual and levels of ill health within a population (often expressed as incidence and prevalence)

Question 28

Incidence

Answer 28

refers to the number (or rate) of new cases of a disease/condition in a population during a given period (usually 12 months)

Question 29

Prevalence

Answer 29

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

Question 30

Disability Adjusted Life Year (DALY)

Answer 30

A measure of the impact of disease and injury

A measure of burden of disease, One DALY is equal to one year of healthy life lost due to illness and/or death. DALY’s are calculated as the sum of the years of life lost due to premature death and the years lived with disability for people living with health conditions or its consequences.

Question 31

Burden of disease

Answer 31

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. Burden of disease is measured in a unit called DALY.

Question 32

Years of Life Lost (YLL)

Answer 32

a measure of how many years of expected life are lost due to premature death.