health and human exam Flashcards
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5 dementions of Health and Wellbeing
Social
Emotional
Physical
Mental
spiritual
social examples
Communication with others,
healthy relationship with friends and family,
behave appropriately
Physical example
Physical - Healthy body weight,
be able to do daily tasks,
free from illness and disease,
strong immune system
Spiritual example
Act according to your values and beliefs,
have meaningless and purpose in life, feeling like you belong.
Life expectancy
An indication of how long a person can
expect to live, it is the number of years of life remaining to a person at a particular age if death
rates do not change.
mortality
The number of deaths in a population in a given
period.
YLL
A measure of how many years of expected life are
lost due to premature death.
Morbidity
Morbidity refers to
ill-health in an individual and the
levels of ill-health in a population.
Incidence
refers to the number (or rate) of new cases of a disease/condition in a
population during a given period.
Prevalence
Prevalence: the number or proportion of cases of a particular disease or condition
present in a population at a given time (AIHW, 2008)
Difference between Prevalence and Incidence
For example, a person who is newly diagnosed with diabetes is an
incident case, whereas a person who has had diabetes for 10 years is a
prevalent case.
YLD
A measure of how many
healthy years of life are lost due to
illness, injury or disability.
Burdan of Disease
Measures the impact of diseases and injury. It is measured in a unit called the DALY.
DALY
a measure of burden of
disease. One DALY is equal to one year of healthy life lost
due to illness and/or death.
Self assessed health status
Is a measure based on a person’s own opinion about how they feel about their health and wellbeing in general, their state of mind and life in general.
Rates of hospitalisation
Rates of hospitalisation is a measure
of levels of serious ill health that
requires hospital treatment.
Psychological distress
refers to unpleasant feelings and emotions that affect an
individual’s level of functioning.
social cultural factors
Education
peer groups
family
income
access to health care
Carbohydrate
Fuel source for energy production
Carbohydrate food sources
Bread,pasta,cereals,potatoes,rice
Protein
to build, maintain and repair body cells. Secondary source of fuel for energy production. Excess is stored as body fat
Protein food sources
Bran, wholemeal bread, grains and seeds, fruit and vegetables
Fats
The main function of fats is to act as fuel for energy. Required for the development and maintenance of cell membranes
Fat food sources
fatty cuts of meat, cheese, butter, cream,coconut and palm oil
