Health and wellbeing Flashcards
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Health and wellbeing
Health and wellbeing refers to the state of a person’s physical, social, emotional, mental and spiritual existence, characterised by an equilibrium in which the individual feels happy, healthy, capable and engaged
1986 WHO Definition
1986 WHO Definition of Health – Health is 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
1946 WHO Definition
1946 WHO Definition of Health – Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
Physical health and wellbeing
relates to the functioning of the body and its systems, including the physical capacity to perform daily activities or tasks
Characteristics include:
Healthy body weight
Absence of illness, disease or injury
Well functioning body, systems and organs
Physical capacity to perform daily tasks
Appropriate levels of fitness
Optimal energy levels
Social health and wellbeing
relates to the ability to form meaningful and satisfying relationships with others and manage or adapt appropriately to different social situations
Characteristics include:
Productive relationships with others
Effective communication with others
Supportive and well-functioning family
Supportive network of friends
Ability to adapt to and manage different social situations
Emotional health and wellbeing
Emotional health and wellbeing relates to the ability to express emotions and feelings in an appropriate way and dispaly resilience
Characteristics include:
Recognise and understand appropriate emotional actions and reactions
Effectively express and manage emotional actions and reactions
Experience appropriate emotions
High level of resilience
Mental health and wellbeing
Mental health and wellbeing is the state of the mind or brain and the ability to think and process information.
Optimal mental health enables individuals to positively form opinions make decisions and use logic.
Characteristics include:
Low levels of stress and anxiety
Optimal self-esteem
Positive thought patterns
High levels of confidence
Use reasoning to form opinions, process information and make decisions
Spiritual health and wellbeing
Spiritual health and wellbeing relates to ideas, beliefs, values and ethics that arise in the mind and conscience of human beings
Characteristics include:
Sense of belonging and connection
Positive meaning and purpose in life
Peace and hope
Developed personal values and beliefs
Acting according to values and beliefs
Peace
Peace is the absence of conflict
Shelter
Shelter describes a structure that provides protection from the outside environment.
Shelter provides:
Protection from elements
Privacy
Safety and security
Reduced risk of disease
Reduced stress and anxiety
More time to focus on employment, education and pursuing a meaningful life
education
Education includes being able to attend all levels of pre-school, school and tertiary studies
People with education are more likely to:
Be employed and earn a higher income
Exhibit healthy behaviours (health literacy)
Find a purpose in life
Food
Food security relates to the state in which all persons obtain nutritionally adequate, culturally appropriate, safe food regularly through local non-emergency sources
Income
Income refers to being able to access adequate financial resources to have a decent standard of living
Social justice
Social justice refers to equal rights and opportunities for all people resulting in fair treatment of all people.
This is regardless of factors such as:
Sex/gender
Class
Income
Ethnicity
Religion
Age
Sexual orientation
Equity
Equity refers to fairness within the population, so that all people are provided with the resources they need to have good health and a decent standard of living
Stable ecosystem
Stable ecosystem refers to when a balance is achieved between all the living and non-living components in a particular area
E.g. plants, animals, soil, water
youths perspective on hw
Within a particular age group, there can be both similarities and differences in how people rate aspects of their health and wellbeing.
This is often referred to as thesubjective nature of health and wellbeing, and it is influenced by personal beliefs, feelings, experiences and opinions.
Aboriginal wellbeing
Aboriginal wellbeing means not just the physical wellbeing of an individual but refers to the social, emotional and cultural wellbeing of the whole Community in which each individual is able to achieve their full potential as a human being, thereby bringing about the total wellbeing of their Community. It is a whole-of-life view and includes the cyclical concept of life–death–life.’
The importance of CULTURE
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples with a strong attachment to culture have significantly better self-assessed health status.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples who speak Indigenous languages and participate in cultural activities also have better physical and mental health and wellbeing.
CONNECTION TO COUNTRY
The land is the core of their existence; it is their connection and spiritual relationship to Country, which explains their identity.
Land is central to health and wellbeing and when the harmony of this relationship is disrupted, ill health may occur.
indicators of health status
Self assessed health status
Life expectancy
Health-adjusted life expectancy
Mortality
Morbidity (including incidence and prevalence)
Burden of disease (including DALY, YLL and YLD)
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LIFE EXPECTANCY
The number of years of life, on average,
remaining to an individual at a particular
age, usually from birth.
Measured in: years.
HALE
HEALTH ADJUSTED LIFE EXPECTANCY BURDEN OF DISEASE A measure of the impact of diseases and injuries.
BURDEN OF DISEASE
Measured in: DALYs DALYs = YLD (years lived with a disability) + YLL (years of life lost)
