Module Three Flashcards
(24 cards)
what is population health?
the health outcomes of a group of individuals including the distribution of such outcomes
How is health distributed in NZ?
can be distributed differently within different groups within the population
what effects the distribution of health in NZ?
socioeconomic status
ethnicity
how is socioeconomic status measured?
the new zealand deprivation index NZDep
what determines health?
social and environmental factors
what is health distribution?
variability of health outcomes between groups within a population
what is the NZDep?
area based measure of deprivation
all NZ divided into areas of around 100 people
scored via decile from 1-10
applies to every area
what is absolute poverty?
income level below which a minimum nutritionally adequate diet plus essential non-food requirements is not affordable
what is relative poverty?
the amount of income a person, family, or group needs to purchase a relative amount of basic necessities of life: these basic necessities are identified relative to each society and economy
what are social determinants of health?
the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age and the wider set of forces and systems shaping the conditions of daily life
what are the determinants of health?
individual lifestyle factors
social and community influences
living and working conditions
general socioeconomic, cultural and environmental conditions
how has the global burned of disease changed over time?
moved from death dominated by communicable disease to dominated by non-communicable disease
what are the two theories of disease burned changed?
demographic transition
epidemiological transition
what are type one diseases?
communicable diseases
maternal
neonatal
nutritional conditions
what are the three classifications of disease?
communicable
non-communicable
injury
what are non-communicable diseases associeated with?
old age
how do diseases causing dealth vary with countries economic status?
low-income
-dominated by communicable disease
High-income
-dominated by non-communicable disease
what is mortality?
rate of death
what is morbidity?
any departure from physiological or phycological wellbeing
why do we quantify the burned of disease?
to measure the gap between a populations current health status and ideal health status
what is the social gradient of health?
the richer the country the greater the life expectancy
what does the demographic transition theory explain?
changes in population death and birth rates over time
growth and change in populations over time
what does the epidemiological transition theory explain?
changes in population disease patterns over time
- communicable disease
- non-communicable disease
What is the importance of a healthy aging population?
to ensure that not only longevity of life is converved but the quality of life is also conserved
