Week 1 - Concepts of Health Flashcards
What is the Western medical definition of health?
The absence of disease
What is the holistic definition of health (World Health Organisation)
Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.
What is a determinant of health?
A factor or characteristic that brings a change in health, either for the better or, the worse
What is the leading determinant of health?
Socioeconomic factors, i.e. eduction, employment, income etc.
What is the social gradient in health?
A term used to describe the phenomenon whereby people who are less advantaged in terms of socioeconomic position have generally worse health (and shorter lives) than those who are more advantaged.
What are some examples of crude health indicators?
Size of the population
Life expectancy
Fertility levels
Infant and child mortality
Maternal mortality
What is the average number of children being born to a parent today?
2.5
What is IMR, and what does it describe?
Infant mortality rate. Describe the number of deaths per 1,000 live births of children under the age of one.
What is maternal mortality?
The death of a woman while pregnant or 42 days of termination of pregnancy… From any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management.
What does DALY stand for and what does it mean?
Disability-Adjusted life Year. Measures of overall disease burden are expressed as the number of years lost due to ill health, disability, or early death.
What does NCDs stand for and what does it mean?
Non-communicable disease. Diseases that are not transmitted from person to person.
What is the leading cause of death for males and the leading cause of death for females in australia?
Males = coronary heart disease
Females = dementia/Alzheimer’s
What per cent of Australia’s population live with a chronic disease?
50%
What per cent of Australia’s population will experience a mental illness in their life?
50%
What percentage of Australia (18+) is overweight?
63%
