week 1

Question 1

definition of health

Answer 1

“a capacity of people to adapt to, respond to and control life changes.”

Question 2

whats 6 variables to happiness

Answer 2

income, healthy life expectancy, having someone to count on in times of trouble, generosity, freedom and trust.

Question 3

whats QUALY

Answer 3

length and quality of llfe, multiply length of life times quality of life (0 death to 1 perfect health) Used to work out gains for treatments and helps to compare.

Question 4

whats YLL

Answer 4

years lost due to dying premature (years of healthy life lost)

Question 5

whats YLD

Answer 5

years of healthy life lost from diseases and injury (years of life lived in ill health) eg lost legs etc

Question 6

whats DALY

Answer 6

a year of healthy life lost either dying early or through living with a disability, injury or disease.
DALY= YLL + YLD
Eg. loses 2 year of healthy life and dies 6 years earlier = DALY 8

Question 7

how does Alzhimers come under DaLY

Answer 7

Some diseases affect life for many years but may not kill straight away eg alzhimers.
In a DALY sense having a sore back compared to cancer may be different eg having a sore back from a young age may affect over a long period of time where the YLD is mostly affected where cancer can only last 1 year where the YLL is mostly affected.

Question 8

whats burden disease

Answer 8

statistical techniques to measure the impact of populations of diseases of conditions injuries and various health risk factors includes YLL and YLD.

Question 9

what does chronic disease outweigh

Answer 9

acute

Question 10

community wellbeing indicators

Answer 10

healthy, safe and inclusive communities; dynamic, resilient local economics; sustainable built and natural environments; culturally rich and vibrant communities; democratic and engaged communities.

Question 11

how does culture affect health

Answer 11

• attitudes towards food and what they eat.
• Hygenine practices
• Different cultures have different perceptions of illness and good health.
• To the extent people use health servives

Question 12

different types of cultures

Answer 12

family

• social groups
• communication
• religion
• art
• music
• politics and law
• economy

Question 13

whats definition of society

Answer 13

group of people who occupy a specific loyalty and share the same cultural tradition.

Question 14

what do most people in high income countries follow

Answer 14

westren medical paradigm

Question 15

whats do most people in low to middle income contries believe in

Answer 15

supernatural origins or body being out of balance

Question 16

whats folk illnesses

Answer 16

local cultural interpretations of physical states that people perceive to be illness without a physiclogic cause, has not real biomedical basis, but believe its important illness. Eg empacho

Question 17

whats a high context culture

Answer 17

relies on implicit communication and nonverbal cues, identity in groups-family, tribe.
Association- relationships build slowly, depend on trust.
Interaction- nonverbal elements such as voice tone, gesture, facial expression and eye movement are significant. Disagreement personalised.
Territoriality- communal, stand close and share the same space.
Temporality- time not scheduled.
Learning- multiple sources used, observing others as they model or demonstrate.

Question 18

whats a low context culture

Answer 18

relies of explicit communication
Association- relationships begin and end quickly, individuals is rooted in themselves and their accomplishments.
Interaction- nonverbal elements not significant. Disagreement is depersonalised.
Territoriality- privacy is important, people stand further apart.
Temporality- events/task do at particular times.
Learning- one source of information is used. Speed is valued.

Question 19

whats examples low context cultures

Answer 19

german

america

Question 20

whats examples of high

Answer 20

Chinese

african

Question 21

whats the four main characteristics of culture

Answer 21

learned from birth through language and socialisation.
shared by all members of the same cultural group. The sharing of cultural beliefs and behaviours is what binds people together.
Determines the pattern of people undertake roles and responsibilities to family, friends and work.
It is an ever changing and dynamic process.

Question 22

whats the levels of cultural awareness

Answer 22

Level 1- ‘my way is the only way’
Level 2- ‘i know their way, but my way is better’
Level 3- ‘my way and their way’
Level 4- ‘Our way’