Youths Health And Development Flashcards
Define Human Development
The changes that people experience from conception until death
The stages of the human lifespan?
Prenatal, infancy, early childhood, late childhood, youth, early adulthood, middle adulthood, late adulthood
Define Physical development
The changes that occur to the body and it’s systems
Define social development
The social skills and behaviours that are learnt from a young age
Define Emotional development
Developing the full range of emotions, and learning appropriate ways of dealing with and expressing these emotions.
Define Intellectual development
Refers to both processes that occur within the brain and increasing complexity of the brain
What are motor skills?
Control of muscles in the body
Gross motor skills?
Movements that involve large muscle groups
Fine motor skills
Control over small muscle groups
What is abstract and concrete thought?
Abstract thought is being able to think about concepts and ideas rather than just physical objects you can see which is concrete thought
What are primary sex characteristics
Those parts of the body that are directly involved in reproduction
Secondary sex characteristics?
A rise from changes that occur to both makes and females but are not directly related to production and are not present at birth
Determinants of health and development?
Hormonal changes
Genetics
Body weight
What is BMI?
Stands for body mass index. Body weight is measured by BMI and it’s score is compared to set figures to determine if a person is underweight, normal weight, at risk of obesity and obese
World health organisations definition of health?
Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
Dimensions of health?
Social
Mental
Physical
Physical health
The efficient functioning of the body and it’s systems.
Social health
Being able to interact with others and participate in the community in both and Independant and cooperative way
Mental health
State of well being in which the individual realises his/her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life and can work productively and is able to make a contribution to his/ her community
Definition of self esteem
How people feel about themselves
Definition of confidence
Believing in ones own worth and ability to succeed
Definition of life expectancy
An indication of how long a person can expect to live if the current death rates stay the same
Definition- mortality
Refers to deaths in a population. The mortality rates give an indication of how many deaths occurred in a population in a given time period
YLL (years of life lost) is…
Due to premature death and is another way of measuring and comparing mortality
Morbidity
Refers to ill health. The rate of ill health in a population at a given period of time.
YLD (years lost to disability)
One YLD is equal to one healthy year of life lost
Indicence
Number of new cases of a condition in a given period of time
Prevalence
Total number of cases of a condition at a given time
What is ‘burden of disease?’
It is a health indicator that combines mortality days with morbidity date so that conditions that contribute differently to death and illness can be compared
Burden of disease is measured in…
Disability adjusted life years (DALY’s)
Do health and development relate?
Health and development have a direct relationship with each other. If health is optimal, the development will generally be optimal as well. Same for the other way round.
