Dimensions of Health
Name all 5 dimensions of health.
Physical, Social, Mental, Spiritual, Emotional
Peace, Shelter, Equity, Education, Food, Income, Social justice, Sustainable resources, stable ecosystems
Define Mortality
Define morbitity
Ill health of an individual or a population
When we refer to a dimension of health in a SAC/Exam question, we must follow it up with what two words?
_________ Health and Wellbeing
Explain the difference between equity and equality
Equality is everyone getting the same, equity refers to individuals getting amounts specific to their needs.
It increases due to the fact that there are individuals that die in each age group.
Describe the difference between incidence and prevalence
Incidence refers to amount of new cases, prevalence is the total amount of current cases
Describe one characteristic of mental health and wellbeing?
Stress & Anxiety, optimal self esteem, positive thoughts, high levels of confidence
Describe how/why access to nutritious food is a prerequisite for health.
Improved immune system, energy levels, functional body systems
How do you calculate someone's Years of Life Lost?
Life Expectancy - Age of Death
Explain how DALYs are calculated and how they relate to burden of disease
YLL + YLD = 1 DALY
DALYs are how we measure burden of disease.
Identify two characteristics of spiritual health and wellbeing?
Sense of belonging, positive meaning, peace and hope, development of values & beliefs, acting toward those values & beliefs
Explain how income can impact health outcomes?
Various
What is a reason that mortality rates spike for 15 - 24 year olds?
Various (access to cars, risk taking behaviour, more independence)
What are the three core activities that relate to core activity limitation?
Self Care, Mobility, Communication in own language
Describe a situation where 3 of the dimensions of health link to one another.
Various answers
Explain how having a stable ecosystem links to health and wellbeing.
Various
Explain why infant mortality rates have decreased drastically over the last 100 years.
Vaccines, education and health of the mother during pregnancy, better technology and more well trained midwives and doctors.
Define Burden of Disease
- A measure of the total impact of diseases and injury in a population. Specifically, it measures the gap between the current health status and the ideal situation where everyone lives long lives, free from the impacts of disease and injury.
- Measured in DALY