Indicators of Health and Wellbeing
This measure refers to the number of deaths in a population during a specified period.
Mortality
List two factors that contribute to Australian's health status
- Smoking/vaping
- Alcohol
- Overweight and obesity
- Nutritional imbalance
List the five dimensions of health
Social, emotional, physical, spiritual and mental.
This measure refers to the level of disease or illness within a population.
Morbidity
Explain what it means that health is subjective
Health is subjective because it can mean different things to different people.
This could include:
- Body weight
- Fitness
- Energy levels
- Absence or presence of illness and disease
- functioning of body systems and organs
- Levels of Fitness
This indicator reflects the average length of time a person at a specific age lived in full health.
Health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE)
List one example of nutritional imbalance
under-consumption of fruit and vegetables, and dairy foods; high intake of fat, salt and sugar; low intake of fibre.
Sam tore his ACL halfway through last football season and cannot play this season. He is feeling alone and disconnected from his team. Which three dimensions of his health have been affected?
Emotional, Social and Mental.
Outline the difference between years of lost life (YLL) and years lived with disability (YLD).
Years of lost life is the years lost due to death, Years lived with disability is the years that are impacted due to disability or illness.
What was the leading risk factors of Burden of disease in Australia in 2024?
Overweight (including obesity)
Define Emotional Health and Wellbeing
Includes any of the following:
Relates to the ability to express feelings in an appropriate way. Emotional health and wellbeing is about the positive management and expression of
emotional actions and reactions as well as the ability to display resilience. Emotional health and wellbeing is the degree to which an individual feels
emotionally secure and relaxed in everyday life.