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22 Cards in this Set
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Definition of Health according to WHO |
Health is a state of complete physical, social and mental well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. |
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Define - Physical Health |
Physical health relates to the efficient functioning of the body and its systems. |
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Define - Social Health |
Social health refers to 'being able to interact with others and participate in the community in both an independent and cooperative way.' |
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Define - Mental Health
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Mental health refers to the 'state of well being in which the individual recongises their own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and able to contribute to their community. |
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Define - Health status |
An individuals or populations overall health, taking into account various aspects such as life expectancy, amount of disability and levels of disease risk factors. |
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Measurements of health status defintions |
Measurements of health status defintions |
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Define - Life expectancy |
An indication of how long an individual is expected to live if current death rates stay the same. |
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Define - Health adjusted life expectancy
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The number of years a person can expect can expect to live in good health, if current mortality and morbidity rates stay the same. |
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Define - Mortality |
The number of deaths in a population. |
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Define - Morbidity |
The levels of ill health in an individual and population or group. |
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Define - Under 5 Mortality Rate (U5MR) |
The number of deaths of children under the age of 5, per 1000 live births. |
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Define - 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 DALYs. |
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Define - Disability adjusted life years (DALYs)
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a measurement of burden of disease. One DALY equals one year of healthy life lost due to premature death and time lived with illness, disease of injury. |
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Define - Years of life lost (YLLs) |
a measure of how many years of expected life are lost due to premature death. |
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Define - Years lost due to disability (YLDs) |
a measure of how many healthy years of life lost due to illness, injury or disability. |
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Define - Incidence
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the number of rates of new cases of a disease or condition in a population during specific time period. |
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Define - Prevalence |
the total number of cases of a disease present in a population at a given time. |
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Definitions of the determinants of health |
Definitions of the determinants of health |
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Define - Biological determinants |
Factors relating to the body that impact on health |
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Define - Behavioural determinants |
the choices individuals make that influence their health. |
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Define - Social determinants |
the aspects of society and the social environment that influences health |
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Define - Physical environment determinants
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Environmental determinants referring to the physical surroundings that affect health |
