Health & Wellbeing
The state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing and merely the absence of disease and infirmity
Health
Based on an individual's own perception of their health and wellbeing. Individuals are asked to rate their level from poor, fair, good, very good, to excellent.
Self Assessed Health Status
Relates to replacing health-compromising behaviours or environments with health enhancing ones.
Health Actions
The conditions into which people are born, grow, live, work and age.
Sociocultural factors
Carbohydrates, Fats, Proteins
Macronutrients
Health and wellbeing can be influenced by or based on personal beliefs, feelings, or opinions.
Subjective
The number of deaths in a population in a given period. Usually either presented as per 100,000 population in a 12 month period, or years of life lost (YLL)
Mortality
Key areas of health action for youth
Mental health, smoking & vaping, alcohol & other drugs, sexuality, relationships, online safety, gambling.
How people access, understand and use health information.
Health literacy
Vitamins, Minerals
Micronutrients
Equal rights for all, regardless of personal traits such as gender, class, income, ethnicity, religion, age, or sexual orientation.
Social Justice
The number of new cases of a disease/condition in a population during a given period of time (usually 12 months)
Incidence
The differences in health status or in the distribution of health risk and protective factors.
Health inequalities
Socioeconomic status (SES)
underconsumption of nutrients such as fibre, calcium and iron, as well as an overconsumption of fats, sodium and carbohydrates.
The quality or state of being weak or ill; often associated with old age.
Infirmity
A measure of the impact of diseases and injuries; specifically measuring the gap between current health status and an ideal situation where everyone lives to an old age, free of disease and disability. Measured in disability adjusted life years (DALY)
Burden of Disease
Something that enhances the likelihood of a positive health and wellbeing outcome.
Protective factor
The effect and impact of friendship groups
Peer influence / Peer pressure
The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating, the Healthy Eating Pyramid, the Health Star Rating system
Food Selection Models
Empowers individuals and increases ability to earn an income, understanding health promotion messages, exhibit healthy behaviours, and find purpose and meaning in life.
Education
When an individual has difficulty, or requires assistance, with any of the three core activities. The three core activities are self-care, mobility and communication.
Core Activity Limitation
Promoting the interests or cause of an individual or a group of people
Advocacy
The higher a person's education, income or occupation level, the greater their level of health
Social gradient of health
a scale from 0 to 100 indicating the effect on blood glucose of foods containing carbohydrates
Glycaemic Index (GI)