Dimensions
List all 5 dimensions of health and wellbeing
Physical
Social
Emotional
Mental
Spiritual
Name a Health Status Indicator
Life Expectancy
Morbidity
Mortality
Self-Assessed Health Status
Incidence
Prevalence
Core Activity Limitation
What is the first stage in the human life span
Prenatal (fertilistation - birth)
List the 4 different development areas
Physical
Emotional
Social
Intellectual
Free from illness and diease relates to what dimension of health and wellbeing?
Physical
Since 1940 has life expectancy increased or decreased?
Increased
When does the life start begin and end?
fertilisation - death
List the 3 stages of prenatal development
Germinal, Embryonic and Foetal
Who is eligable for medicare?
Australian permanent resident
Australian citizen
List a charactertistic of mental health and wellbeing
Lower levels of stress and anxiety
High confidence
Positive self-esteem
Effective problem solving and decision making skills
Morbidity refers to what in a population?
diesease, injury or ill health in a population
can also be measured by incidence and prevalence
List all the life span group in order from start to finish
Prenatal
Infancy
Early Childhood
Late Childhood
Youth
Early Adulthood
Middle Adulthood
Late Adulthood
What is the most important stage of prental development?
Germinal, due to the formation of organs. Such as, Heart, lungs and brain.
What can private health insurance cover?
Hospital cover and extra's including; dental, chiro, osteo, physio, psych, optomertrist etc.
acting according to values and beliefs is a characteristic of what dimension of health and wellbeing
Spiritual
Explain how Self-Assessed Health Status is measured
An individual rates their overall health on a scale, highest being excellent to lowest being poor.
What is the lifespan group called that is aged between 40yrs-65yrs?
Middle adulthood
Fine and gross motor skills are exmaples of what area of development?
Physical
Someone who is in their 60's and has serious health complications, should they have private health insurance? If yes, what kid of cover should they opt for?
Yes, private health insurance that has both hospital cover and extras that they would benefit from to help with their health complications.
A girl has been playing netball since she was 5 and has made many friends from her team. She has now injured her knee and is unable to play. Explain how 2 dimensions of health and wellbeing could be effected?
Physical health and wellbeing – her knee injury may cause pain and limit her ability to move and play sport.
Social health and wellbeing – she may see her teammates less, leading to reduced interaction and feeling left out from her friends.
Emotional health and wellbeing – she may feel upset, frustrated, or disappointed about not being able to play netball.
Mental health and wellbeing – she may find it harder to stay positive or motivated, and could feel stressed or worried about her injury.
Spiritual health and wellbeing – she may feel a loss of purpose or meaning, especially if netball was an important part of her identity.
Mortality refers to
death rates in a population
List the lifespan stages in order using ages to define when they start and end
fertilisation-birth
birth - 2yrs
2yrs-6yrs
6yrs-12yrs
12yrs-18yrs
18yrs-40yrs
40yrs-65yrs
65yrs-death
How can parents help their children develop to their full potential?
nutrious food
education
shelter
clothing
love
Should someone in their 20's get private health insurance if their overall health is excellent?