Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.
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Wellbeing
An equilibrium in which the individual feels happy, healthy, capable and engaged.
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Health and wellbeing
A person's physical, social, emotional, mental and spiritual existence characterised by an equilibrium in which the individual feels happy, healthy, capable and engaged
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Spiritual health and wellbeing
Relates to ideas, beliefs, values and ethics that arise in the minds and conscience of human beings.
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Social health and wellbeing
Relates to the ability to form meaningful and satisfying relationships with others and the ability to manage or adapt appropriately to different social situations.
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Physical health and wellbeing
Physical health and wellbeing relates to the functioning of the body and its systems, including the physical capacity to perform daily activities or tasks.
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Emotional health and wellbeing
The ability to recognise, understand and effectively manage and express emotions as well as the ability to display resilience
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Mental health and wellbeing
Relates to the state of a person's mind or brain and relates to the ability to think and process information.
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Health and wellbeing priorities - Youth
* Physical health and wellbeing * Peer acceptance * Mental Health
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Health and wellbeing priorities - Young children
Set by parents, very limited health literacy
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Health and wellbeing priorities - Early Adulthood
* Physical health and wellbeing * Body image * Managing emotions
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Health and wellbeing priorities - Middle adulthood
Health preventative factors due to increased risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer
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Health and wellbeing priorities - Later adulthood
* Mobility * Cognitive functioning * Social connections
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Health and wellbeing perspectives - Females vs Males
Females have a more holistic view while males focus more on physical health
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Health and wellbeing priorities - Females
* Weight loss * Body image * Mental Health * Social Health
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Health and wellbeing priorities - Males
* Physical Fitness * Social Health
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Health and wellbeing perspectives - Western culture
* Professional medical practice * Treatment of symptoms
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Health and wellbeing perspectives - Eastern culture
* Treating the whole body * Qi * Ayurveda
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Qi
Chinese medicine: balance of energy in the body
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Ayurveda
Indian medicine: Balance of three elemental energies (fire, water, air)
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Socioeconomic status differences in health and wellbeing
Lower socioeconomic status has:
* Lower health literacy * Higher priority for food, shelter, education * Less priority of preventative healthcare
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Health and wellbeing perspectives - Buddhism
* Achieving clarity of mind * Balancing of mind and body * Spiritual health
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Health and wellbeing perspectives - Hinduism
* Physical health nurtured through Ayurveda * Sickness and injury are thought to be caused by karma
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Religion perspectives and priorities - Islam
* It is through the commitment of the five pillars that belief and faith are maintained * For every illness there is a cure, except ageing and dying * Medicine of the prophet
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Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander perspectives - Community
Health and Wellbeing of the whole community is linked
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Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander perspectives - Connection to the land
The land is the core of existence. When the harmony of the relationship with the land is disrupted, ill health may occur. This connection to land gives them a sense of identity and belonging
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Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander perspectives - Social and Emotional Health and Wellbeing
* Culture * Community * Family * Spirit
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Health Status
An individual's or population's overall level of health, taking into account various factors, such as life expectancy, amount of disability and levels of disease risk factors
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Health indicators
Standard statistics that are used to measure and compare health status (e.g. life expectancy, mortality rates, morbidity rates)
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Self-assessed health status
An overall measure of a population's health based on a person's own perceptions of their health.
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Life expectancy
Indication of how long a person can expect to live if the current death rates stay the same.
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Mortality
Refers to the number of deaths caused by a particular disease, illness or other environmental factor
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YLL
Years of life lost due to premature death is another way of measuring and comparing mortality.
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Morbidity
Refers to ill health (disease, injury, disability) in an individual and the levels of ill health in a population or group. The morbidity rate is the rate of ill health in a population in a given period.
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YLD
Years lost due to disability, where one YLD is equal to one healthy year of life lost due to time lived with disease, injury or disability
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YLL vs YLD
YLL and YLD are equal in value, however YLL is caused by premature death and YLD is caused by losing healthy years of life because of living with illness, disease or disability.
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Incidence
The number or rate of new cases of a particular condition during a specific time.
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Prevalence
The number of cases of a particular disease or condition present in a population at a given time.
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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.
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DALY
Disability adjusted life years. A measure of burden of disease, =YLL+YLD
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Core activity limitation
Refers to needing assistance with self-care, mobility or communication in own language.
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Psychological distress
Relates to unpleasant feeling and emotions that affect an individual's level of functioning.
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Family Influence on health & wellbeing behaviours
* Controls flow of food * Access to health services * Role modelling
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Family - Negative impact on health status
* Domestic Violence * Neglect
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Peer group (definition)
Set of individuals of roughly the same age and interests
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Peer group - Positive influence on health & wellbeing
* Resilience * Higher levels of self esteem * Physical health and wellbeing (based on norms)
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Housing (definition)
The building, shelter or accommodation in which people live, which can influence the health and wellbeing of individuals and populations
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Housing - Influential factors on health and wellbeing