HHD AOS2 Flashcards
(27 cards)
Biological Determinants
Factors relating to the body that impact on health, such as genetics, hormones, body weight, blood pressure, cholesterol levels, birth weight
Behavioural Determinants
Actions or patterns of living of an individual or group that impact on health, such as smoking, sexual activity, participation in physical activity, eating practices,
Physical Environment
The physical surroundings in which individuals exist, such as housing environment, work environment, access to recreation facilities.
Social Environment
Aspects of society and the social environment that impact on health such as poverty, media, family cohesion, parental health and socio-economic status
Physical Development
Changes to the body and its systems. These can be changes in size, complexity and motor skills.
Intellectual Development
The development of processes in the brain such as thought, knowledge and memory.
Emotional Development
The development of the full range of emotions and the optimal way to dealing with and expressing them.
Social Development
The increasing complexity of behaviour patterns used in relationships with other people.
Physical Health
Relates to the efficient functioning of the body and its systems, and includes the physical capacity to perform tasks and physical fitness (VCAA)
Mental Health
State of wellbeing in which the individual realises his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively, and is able to make contribution to his or her community.
Social Health
Being able to interact with others and participate in the community in both an independent and cooperative way.
Trends
A general movement or pattern. Tells us what has been happening to the data over a period of time
Life Expectancy
An indication of how long a person can expect to live. The number of years of life remaining to a person at a particular age is death rates do not change.
Mortality
Refers to death in a population.
Morbidity
Refers to ill health in an individual and the levels of ill health in a population or group.
Individual Human Development
The series of orderly, predictable changes that occur from conception until death. Development can be physical, social, emotional or intellectual.
DALYS
A measure of the burden of disease. One DALY equals one year of healthy life lost due to premature death and time lived with illness, disease or injury (VCAA)
One DALY = YLL + YL
Incidence
Refers to the number (or rate) of new cases of a disease or condition in a population during a given period.
Prevalence
The number or proportion of cases of a particular disease or condition present in a population at a given time.
Burden of Disease
A measure of the impact of diseases and injuries; it measures the gap between current health status and an ideal situation where everyone lives to an old age free of disease and disability, BOD is measured in a unit called DALY (VCAA)
Determinants of Health
Factors that raise or lower the level of health in a population or individual. Determinants of health help to explain or predict trends in health and why some groups have better or worse health than others.
YLL
Years of life lost due to premature mortality
YLD
Years of life lost due to disability, illness or injury.
Soft Tissue
Protein, Folate, Vit C, Lipids, Vit A, Water
