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100

Name one of the nine prerequisites of Health and Wellbeing 

Peace

Stable Ecosystem

Shelter

Education 

Income

Food

Sustainable resources

Equity 

Social Justice

100

Which of the following is not a dimension of health and wellbeing?

Physical, Social, Mental, Emotional and Religious 

Religous

100

True or False

Health Status doe not need to be measurable 

False

Health Status must be measurable in some capacity 

100

True or False 

Smoking is one of the factors that influences Health Status?

True

100

Low birth weight is any baby born that weighs less than _____kgs

2.5kg

200

(__________) people often have greater access to the resources required high level of health and wellbeing

Educated 

200

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.

200

Define mortality rate 

Mortality rate: the measure of the proportion of a population who die in a one-year period (usually per 100 000).

200

What is meant by ‘smoking’?

Smoking is a practice in which a substance is burned and the resulting smoke is inhaled to be tasted and absorbed into the bloodstream. 


300

The document which identified the prerequisites of health? 

The Ottawa Charter

300

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.

300

Define under-five mortality rate.

 The number of deaths in children between birth and their fifth birthday per 1000 live births.

300

Describe two ways that tobacco smoking contributes to disease.

  • Chemicals in tobacco smoke speed up the process of atherosclerosis, which significantly increases the risk of heart attack and stroke.
  • Tobacco smoke can cause a fault in body cells as they divide. This can lead to a tumour and, ultimately, cancer.
  • Exposure to tobacco smoke in early life (including in the uterus) increases the risk of developing asthma.
  • Tobacco smoke damages the airways, which contributes to a number of respiratory conditions including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
  • Exposure to tobacco smoke can lower immune function and increase the risk of contracting infectious disease such as upper respiratory tract infections and pneumonia.
400

Define Peace 

Peace can be defined as the absence of conflict.

400

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.

400

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.

400

This BMI Range is regarded as healthy 

18.5-24.9

500

Explain what is meant by ‘shelter’.

Shelter relates to a structure that provides protection from the outside environment.

500

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.

500

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.

500

This type of fibre absorbs water

Soluble Fibre