Sac 2 Flashcards
(23 cards)
What is wellbeing?
Wellbeing is a person’s physical, mental, emotional and social health factors. Also described as how you feel about yourself and your life.
What is PMS?
Physical, Mental and Social health.
What is physical health?
Relates to the efficient functioning of the body and it’s systems, and includes the physical capacity to perform tasks and physical fitness.
What is mental health?
A 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 fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to their community.
What is social health?
Being able to interact with others and participate in the community in both an independent and cooperative way.
Example of physical health.
Keeping fit by getting regular exercise and eating a well balanced diet to maintain your ideal weight. Practice good grooming habits like avoiding alcohol, drugs. Get plenty of rest and a good sleep.
Examples of mental health.
Accepting yourself and liking who you are. Expressing your feelings in a healthy way. Develop your thinking and decision making skills. Strive to learn new things. Learning how handle and deal with stress.
Examples of social health.
Getting along with family members. Making and keeping friends. Working well in a group/community.
What is the WHO definition of health?
A state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease.
What is prevalence?
The number of cases of a particular disease or condition present in a population at a given time.
What is incidence?
Refers to the number or rate of new cases of a disease/condition in a population during a given time.
What is morbidity?
Refers to ill health in an individual or levels of ill health in a population.
What is mortality?
Refers to deaths in the population over a period of time.
What are YLD’s?
Years lost due to disability. A measure of how many healthy years of life lost due to illness, injury or disability.
What are YLL’s?
Years of life lost. A measure of how many years of expected life are lost due to premature death.
What is a DALY?
Disability adjusted life year. A measure of burden of disease. One DALY equals one year of healthy life lost due to premature death and time lived with illness, disease or injury.
What is 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.
What is burden of disease?
A measure of the impact of diseases and injuries, specifically it measures the gap between current health status and an ideal situation where everyone lives to an old age free of disease and disability. Measured in DALY’s.
How is burden of disease is measured?
Measured in:
- DALY
What is health status?
Health status is an individuals or populations overall health, taking into account various aspects such as life expectancy, amount of disability and levels of disease risk factors.
What are health indicators?
Standard statistics that are used to measure and compare health status, for example life expectancy, mortality rates, morbidity rates. Asking if the person is healthy.
What is health?
A state of complete physical or mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
Limitations of the WHO definition?
One limitation is that it is very broad for example someone who has asthma can still have a complete state of mental and social health but their physical health has been compromised. The use of the word complete makes achieving health impossible for any person.
