Dimensions and definitions
The five dimensions of health and wellbeing that make up an individual’s overall health state
What are physical, social, emotional, mental, and spiritual health?
This indicator is a standard statistic used to measure how long a person born in a certain year can expect to live
What is life expectancy?
This four-letter acronym represents the gap between current health status and an ideal situation where everyone lives to old age free of disease
What is DALY (Disability Adjusted Life Years)?
This document, resulting from a 1986 international conference, identified nine basic conditions and resources needed to improve health
What is the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion?
According to the 2023 Mission Australia survey, this group is the first choice for support on personal matters for young people
Answer: Who are friends/peer group)?
The 1946 WHO definition of health states that it is a state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of these two things
What are disease or infirmity?
This term refers to death, particularly at a population level
What is mortality?
One DALY is equal to this amount of "healthy" life lost
What is one year?
This prerequisite is described as a structure providing protection from the elements, privacy, safety, and security
What is shelter?
The first social group to which most individuals belong and serves as the primary environment in which young people are raised
What is family?
Because health and wellbeing is continually changing, it is described by this seven-letter word
What is dynamic?
This indicator refers to levels of ill health in an individual or population, often expressed through incidence and prevalence
What is morbidity?
This component of the DALY measures the fatal impact of disease through premature death
What is YLL (Years of Life Lost)?
Described simply as "the absence of conflict," this prerequisite reduces the risk of premature death and serious injury
What is peace?
For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, this is fundamental to health and is sometimes referred to as their "second skin"
Answer: What is Country?
This specific dimension relates to the ideas, beliefs, values, and ethics that arise in the mind and conscience of human beings
What is spiritual health and wellbeing?
This subjective measure asks individuals to rate their own health using five options ranging from "excellent" to "poor"
What is self-assessed health status?
This component of the DALY measures the non-fatal impact of disease and takes the severity of the condition into account
Answer: What is YLD (Years Lived with Disability)?
A state where all people have regular access to nutritionally adequate, safe, and culturally appropriate sustenance through local, non-emergency sources
What is Food?
This sociocultural factor relates to how people access, understand, and use health information to promote and maintain health
Answer: What is health literacy?
"A resource for everyday life, not the objective of living. Health is a positive concept emphasising social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities"
What is 1986 WHO Clarification of Health?
This specific morbidity term refers to the number of new cases of a disease or condition in a population during a given period
Answer: What is incidence?
The DALY is the unit of measurement for this overall concept, which combines mortality and morbidity data
What is burden of disease?
Access to formal learning in settings like schools, universities, and TAFE colleges, where individuals gain the knowledge and skills necessary to enter the workforce.
What is education?
This concept states that the higher a person's income, education, or occupation level, the healthier they tend to be
Answer: What is the social gradient of health?