hhd Flashcards
(28 cards)
What is the definition of health and wellbeing?
Health and wellbeing is 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.
What does ‘Aboriginal wellbeing’ refer to?
‘Aboriginal wellbeing’ means not just the physical wellbeing of an individual but also the social, emotional, and cultural wellbeing of the whole community, allowing each individual to achieve their full potential and contribute to the total wellbeing of their community. It includes a whole-of-life view and the cyclical concept of life–death–life.
Outlined in the National Aboriginal Health Strategy (1998)
What does physical health relate to?
Physical health relates to the state and functioning of the body and its systems, including the capacity to perform daily activities or tasks.
What is social health?
Social health relates to a person’s interactions with others, including the quality of relationships with family, friends, and the community, as well as the ability to manage different social situations.
What does emotional health refer to?
Emotional health refers to the ability to express emotions and feelings in appropriate ways.
What is mental health?
Mental health is the current state of wellbeing relating to the mind or brain and the ability to think and process information.
What does spiritual health encompass?
Spiritual health relates to ideas, beliefs, values, and ethics that arise in the mind and conscience of human beings.
How is peace defined?
Peace can be defined as the absence of conflict.
What is shelter?
Shelter describes a structure that provides protection from the outside environment.
How does education impact health and wellbeing?
Education impacts health and wellbeing in numerous ways.
What is the significance of food in health?
Adequate food intake is both an essential requirement for life and a basic human right.
What role does income play in health outcomes?
Income is an underlying factor for many health and wellbeing outcomes.
What is a stable ecosystem?
A stable ecosystem is a community that consists of all living and nonliving components of a particular area.
What does sustainability mean?
Sustainability is defined by the United Nations as ‘meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.’
How is social justice defined?
Social justice can be defined in various ways, but the common theme is equal rights for all, regardless of personal traits such as sex, class, income, ethnicity, religion, age, or sexual orientation.
What is equity?
Equity relates to fairness and social justice, with a particular focus on disadvantaged groups.
What is incidence in health status indicators?
Incidence is the number/rate of new cases of a disease or condition in a population.
What does prevalence mean?
Prevalence is the number/rate of cases of a particular disease or condition present in a population at a given time.
What is morbidity?
Morbidity refers to ill health in an individual and levels of ill health within a population, often expressed through incidence and prevalence.
What is the burden of disease?
The burden of disease refers to ill health in an individual and levels of ill health within a population, measured in DALY, which is YLL (years of life lost) + YLD (years lived with disability).
What are Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALY)?
DALY is a measure of burden of disease, where one DALY equals one year of healthy life lost due to illness and/or death, calculated as the sum of years of life lost due to premature death and years lived with disability.
What is life expectancy?
Life expectancy is the number of years of life, on average, remaining to an individual at a particular age if death rates do not change, commonly measured at birth.
What is Health-Adjusted Life Expectancy?
Health-Adjusted Life Expectancy is the average length of time an individual at a specific age can expect to live in full health, without the health consequences of disease or injury.
What does mortality refer to?
Mortality refers to the number of deaths in a population in a given time.
