Definitions
What does dynamic mean?
It's continually changing
Which of the following is not a dimension of health and wellbeing?
Physical, Social, Mental, Emotional and Religious
Religous
True or False
Health Status does not need to be measurable
False
Health Status must be measurable in some capacity
What are the three Mortality Measures?
Infant, Maternal & U5MR
Diseases & Illnesses are the same thing
TRUE or FALSE?
FALSE
Definition of H+WB
States of a person's physical, social, emotional, mental & spiritual existence, characterised by an equilibrium in which the individual feels happy, healthy, capable and engaged
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.
Identify 6 different HS indicators
Mortality, morbidity, LE, HALE, BOD, Prevalence, Incidence and more...
How do you measure a DALY?
YLL + YLD
What are three examples of diseases?
Cancer
Diabetes
Hypetension
Cardiovascular disease
Asthma
Pneumonia
Covid
Flu
Alzheimer’s
Define Mortality rate
Mortality rate: the measure of the proportion of a population who die in a one-year period (usually per 100 000).
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.
Explain two reasons why life expectancy has increased since 1901
advancements in medical technology, improved sanitation, better nutrition, widespread access to vaccines and antibiotics, public health initiatives, and overall improved living standards
Illness is also ___________, as different people will experience disease in different ways. There are a range of factors that can influence this, such as past experiences with disease, age and access to supports.
subjective
Define Health Status
an individuals or populations overall level of health and wellbeing taking into account various indicators such as LE, mortality and morbidity
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.
Describe HALE
It is the number of years in full health that a person can expect to live, based on current rates of ill health and mortality.
What is the difference between an illness and disease?
Disease is a physical or mental disturbance involving symptoms, dysfunction or tissue damage. e.g. Being diagnosed with the disease cancer.
Illness is different to disease, as illness relates to how someone feels about or experiences having a disease.
Define Burden of Disease
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.
Explain the difference between incidence and prevalence
Incidence refers to the number (or rate) of new cases of a disease/condition in a population in a given period whereas prevalence is the total number or proportion of cases of a particular disease or condition present in a population in a given period of time
Give an example of the benefit of optimal H+WB as a resource nationally
•More people can attend work and contribute tax revenue to the government to spend on national priorities
•More people can engage in the community in groups and activities such as volunteering
•Less people in the health system provides more space and opportunities for others who are unwell to be treated
•Less people are relying on social security and funds saved can be redirected to other national priorities
•More people are well enough to consider engaging in the defence of the nation as needed