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23 Cards in this Set
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Health Definition
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The WHO (World Health Organisation) (1946) definition of health, healthy is the complete state of physical mental and social health, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
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Health Status
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Refers to the level of health being experienced by individuals, groups or whole populations. For an individual, health status can change quickly. The health status of groups is based on figures, therefore changes.
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Physical Health
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Relates to the efficient functioning of the body and its systems, and includes the physical capacity to perform tasks and physical activities.
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Mental Health
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Relates to a state of well being 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 his or her community.
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Social Health
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Is defined as having the ability to interact with others and participate in the community in both a co-operative and independent way.
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The major focus of Health?
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Physical health is the major focus of Health data. Even though only small amount of data are available for mental and social dimensions, they are just as important as the physical dimensions.
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Burden of Disease
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A measure of the impact of diseases and injuries, specifically it measures the gap between current health and an ideal situation where everyone lives to an old age free of disease or disability. Measured in DALY's
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Health Adjusted Life Expectancy (HALE)
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A measure of burden of disease ased on life expectancy at birth, but including an adjustment for time spent in poor health. It is the number of years in full health that a person can expect to live, based on current rates of ill health and mortality.
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Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALY)
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A measure of burden of disease. One DALY equals one year of healthy life lost due to premature death or time lived with illness, disease or injury.
Years Of Life Lost (YLL) + Years Lived with disability (YLL) = DALY |
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Life Expectancy
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An indication of how long a person can expect to live, it is the numbers of years of life remaining to a person at a particular age if death rates do not change.
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Under Five Mortality Rate (U5MR)
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The number of deaths of children under five years of age per 1000 live births.
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Mortality Rate
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The measure of the proportion of Australian's who die within a one-year period.
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Morbidity
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Refers to ill health in an individual and the levels of ill health in a population or group.
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Incidence
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(When referring to morbidity) the number or rate of new cases of a disease during a specified period of time (usually a 12 month period)
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Prevalence
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the number or proportion of cases of a particular disease or condition present in a population at a given time.
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Health of Australians compared to the world.
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The health status of Australians is generally similar to that of other developed countries and sometimes better.
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Biological Determinants
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Cells tissues and systems of the body, their structure and how adequately they function. (This relates to the functioning of the body's systems that may affect health such as high cholesterol, weight, impaired glucose etc.)
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Behavioural Determinants
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refer to the choices people make in their lives that impact on health. (This refers to the behaviours undertaken by individuals that may impact on their health. Smoking alcohol, physical inactivity etc.)
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Social Determinants
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Refer to social determinants in the social environment that may impact health. Examples includes Socio-economic status (SES), social exclusion, work and employment, stress, food security, housing, transport, early life experiences. These determinants often affect an individual's behaviour.
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The 9 NHPA's?
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- Mental Health.
- Injury Prevention/control. - Arthritis and other musculo-skeletal conditions. - Diabetes Mellitus. - Asthma. - Dementia - Cancer Control - Obesity - Cardio-Vascular Health (MIADADCOC) |
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Direct Costs
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Costs that directly affect the hip-pocket of the individual patient. Money Related.
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Indirect Costs
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Money costs that do not directly affect the individual. Could be the loss of employment due to injury of disease. Examples that do not directly affect the individual. Does not cover Diagnosis and Treatment.
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Intangible Costs
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Costs that can not be measured physically or with a currency measure, such as pain and suffering. (A sufferer and their family may also experience reduced quality of life and a great deal of pain, stress, loss of self-esteem, loss of participation in social activities, anxiety and suffering.)
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