Name one of the nine prerequisites of Health and Wellbeing
Peace
Stable Ecosystem
Shelter
Education
Income
Food
Sustainable resources
Equity
Social Justice
Which of the following is not a dimension of health and wellbeing?
Physical, Social, Mental, Emotional and Religious
Religous
True or False
Health Status doe not need to be measurable
False
Health Status must be measurable in some capacity
True or False
Smoking is one of the factors that influences Health Status?
True
Low birth weight is any baby born that weighs less than _____kgs
2.5kg
(__________) people often have greater access to the resources required high level of health and wellbeing
Educated
Describe the mental dimension of health and wellbeing.
Mental health and wellbeing relates to the state of a person’s mind or brain and relates to the ability to think and process information.
Define mortality rate
Mortality rate: the measure of the proportion of a population who die in a one-year period (usually per 100 000).
What is meant by ‘smoking’?
Smoking is a practice in which a substance is burned and the resulting smoke is inhaled to be tasted and absorbed into the bloodstream.
The document which identified the prerequisites of health?
The Ottawa Charter
Define ‘physical health and wellbeing’.
Relates to the efficient functioning of the body and its systems, and includes the physical capacity to perform tasks and physical fitness.
Define under-five mortality rate.
The number of deaths in children between birth and their fifth birthday per 1000 live births.
Describe two ways that tobacco smoking contributes to disease.
Define Peace
Peace can be defined as the absence of conflict.
Discuss what it means when the dimensions of health and wellbeing are said to be interrelated.
Being interrelated means that all five dimensions of health and wellbeing affect each other.
Explain what a mortality rate of 150 per 100 000 people means for a population.
It means that for every 100 000 people in a population, around 150 will die each year.
This BMI Range is regarded as healthy
18.5-24.9
Explain what is meant by ‘shelter’.
Shelter relates to a structure that provides protection from the outside environment.
Explain what is meant by ‘optimal health and wellbeing’.
Optimal health and wellbeing refers to the highest level of health and wellbeing an individual can realistically attain.
Describe disability-adjusted life year (DALY) as a measure of health status.
Disability Adjusted Life Year (DALY) is a measure of burden of disease. One DALY is equal to one year of health life lost due to illness and/or death. DALYs are calculated as the total years of life lost due to premature death and the years lived with disability for people living with a health condition.
This type of fibre absorbs water
Soluble Fibre