final health

health status

individual's or population's overall level of health and wellbeing

Health indicators

standard statistics that are used to measure and compare health status

Self assesed health status

individual’s own perception of their health and wellbeing

life expectancy

number of years of life on average remaining to an individual at a particular age.

Mortality

number of deaths in a population in a given period per 100,000

YLL

now many years of expected life are lost due to premature death

Morbitity

ill health in an individual and levels of ill health within a population

YLD

how many healthy years of life are lost due to living with disease, injury or disability

Incidence

number of new cases of a disease in a population during a given period

Prevalence

number of cases of the disease present at a given time

Burden of disease

measure of the impact of diseases and injuries by measuring the gap between current health status and an ideal situation

DALY

one year of healthy life lost due to illness or death

Rates of hospilisation

provides an indication of levels of ill health that require medical treatment.

Core activity

three main areas of life self-care, mobility and communication

core activity limitation

when an individual has difficulty, with any of the three core activities

psychological distress

the unpleasant feelings and emotions that affect an individual’s level of functioning

WHO definition 1986

Health is a resource for everyday life, not the objective of living. Health is a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities.

Chara of Physical HWB

• Healthy body weight

• Optimal levels of energy

• absence of illness, disease or injury

Chara of social HWB

• Supportive well function family

• Effective communication with others

• supportive network of friends

Chara of emotional HWB

• High level of resilience

• appropriate emotions in given situations

• ability to effectively manage emotions

WHO definition 1946

Health is a state of complete physical mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity

Physical HWB

The state and functioning of the body and its systems

Social HWB

The state and quality of interactions and relationship that an individual has with other people

emotional HWB

ability to express feelings in a appropriate way

Chara of Spiritual HWB

• Sense of belonging and connection to the world

• Acting according to values and beliefs

• positive meaning place and purpose in life

Chara of mental HWB

• low levels of stress and anxiety

• positive though patterns

• High levels of confidence

Self-esteem

A persons overall subjective emotional evaluation of their own worth

Infirmity

the quality or state of being weak or ill

Spiritual HWB

ideas beliefs values and ethics that an individual hold.

mental hwb

current state of a persons mind or brain and the ability to think and process information

Optimal HWB

highest level of health and wellbeing an individual can realistically attain, based on their individual differences

Resilience

The ability to effectively deal with adverse or negative events that occur throughout life.

Peace

Absence of conflict. Preserved buildings.

Shelter

a structure that provides protection from outside. Increased feelings of privacy, safety and security.

Food security

The state in which all persons obtain nutritionally adequate food regularly through local non-emergency sources

Social justice

equal rights for all and fairness in society regardless of all personal traits.

equity

the absence of unfair, avoidable or remediable differences

wellbeing

combination of all dimensions of health, characterised by an equilibrium in which the individual feels happy, healthy, capable and engaged