DIMENSIONS OF HEALTH & WELLBEING
This dimension involves making decisions and coping with stress.
What is mental health?
The absence of conflict.
What is peace?
The number of new cases of a condition.
What is incidence?
High birthweight, blood pressure, and body weight all belong to which determinant group?
What are biological determinants?
Being healthy helps individuals work and study effectively. What is this an example of?
An individual benefit.
A student stops exercising due to tiredness. Which TWO dimensions are most likely affected?
What are physical and mental health?
Treating people fairly according to their needs.
What is equity?
This measures the fatal AND non‑fatal impacts of disease.
What is burden of disease?
High BMI belongs to which determinant category?
What is biological?
Increased productivity and income benefits which group—individual, national, or global?
What is individual?
Name the concept that says health is based on a person’s own opinions or feelings.
What is subjective health?
Why does education help reduce disease rates?
It improves health literacy and informed decision‑making.
A person’s own rating of their health (excellent → poor).
What is self‑assessed health status?
Explain how low socioeconomic status can increase morbidity.
Limits access to food, health care, and safe environments.
Economic stability and reduced chronic disease worldwide are examples of this level of benefit.
What are global benefits of optimal health?
Explain how spiritual and emotional health might interact during a stressful life event.
A strong sense of meaning (spiritual) can support calmness and resilience (emotional) under stress.
Access to rights and opportunities regardless of traits like gender or income.
What is social justice?
Why is HALE always lower than life expectancy?
It subtracts years lived in poor health.
How can overcrowded housing affect the spread of illness?
Increases contact → higher transmission risk.
How does good national health benefit the global community?
Reduces spread of infectious disease.
A young athlete gets injured and cannot train. Explain how this affects a chain of three dimensions.
Physical → Emotional → Social (e.g., injury → frustration → less social involvement).
Explain how stable ecosystems can reduce global disease burden
They provide clean air/water and reduce exposure to environmental hazards.
Explain why mortality rates allow fairer comparison than total deaths.
Rates adjust for population size; totals do not.
Analyse how air pollution could negatively impact two dimensions of H&W.
Physical (asthma risk) & mental (worry/stress about long‑term health).
Explain how reduced chronic disease globally can improve social wellbeing worldwide.
Healthier populations can travel, connect and support communities.