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Yr 12 Health Key Terms

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1. Health
The complete state of physical, mental and social wellbeing, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
1. Health Status
An individual or populations overall health, taking int account various aspects such as life expectancy, amount of disability and levels of disease risk factors
1. Wellbeing
The state of being healthy, happy and content, usually determined through self assessment
1. Health Adjusted Life Expectancy
A measure of Burden of Disease, based on the life expectancy at birth, but including an adjustment for time spent in poor health. The number of years of full health that a person based can expect to live based on the current rate of ill health and mortality
1. Behavioural determinants
Actions or patterns of living of an individual or population that impact their health, including sexual activity, smoking, participation in physical activity and eating patterns
1. Life expectancy
An indication of how long a person can expect to live. The years of life left to a person at a particular age if the death rate does not change
1. Physical health
Refers to the efficient functioning of the body and its systems and the physical capacity to perform task and physical fitness
1. Mortality
The number of deaths caused by a particular disease, illness or other environmental factor
1. DALY
Measures the burden of disease. 1 DALY = 1 year of healthy life lost due to premature death and time lived with disease, illness or injury
1 & 5. Health promotion
Activities aimed at improving health and preventing disease by enabling people to increase control over and improve their health
1. U5MR
The number of deaths of children under 5 years of age per 1000 live births
1. YLL
The fatal burden of disease of a population, defined as the number of years of life lost due to death
1. Incidence
The rate or amount of new cases of a particular disease in a population at a given time
1. Mental health
The state of wellbeing where someone realises their potential, can cope with the normal stresses of lie, work productively and fruitfully and make a contribution to his/her community
1. Determinants of health
Factors that either raise/lower the level of health in a population of individual. The determinants of health help to explain or predict current and future he trends in health and why some groups have better or worse health than others
1. YLD
The non-fatal measure of burden of disease. Refers to the years of life lost due to time lived in ill health
1. morbidity
Ill health in an individual or the amount of ill health is a population
1. Social determinants
Aspects of society and the social environment that impact on health such as poverty, early life experiences, social support and social networks
1. Biological determinants
Factors relating to the body that impact on health such as genetics, blood pressure, cholesterol levels, glucose levels and body weight, hormones
1. Burden of disease
Measures the effect of disease or condition on overall health. Specifically it measures the gap between the current health status and the ideal situation where everyone lives to an old age free from disease or disability
1. Prevalence
The proportion of rate of a particular disease or condition in a population at a given time
1. Social health
Ability to interact with others and participate in the community in an independent and cooperative way
2. Chronic diseases
Diseases that have a long duration and reoccurrence that often progress slowly, especially degenerative disease such as osteoarthritis. Also known as non-communicable disease
2. Cardiovascular disease
Encompasses all diseases and condition of the heart and blood vessels caused mainly by blood supply to the heart, brain and legs
2. Osteoarthritis
A group of diseases involving the degradation of joints and cartilage, causing stiffness and tenderness in the joints, as well as inflammation, pain and locking
2. Diabetes mellitus
A metabolic disease in which high blood glucose levels result from defective insulin secretion, insulin action or both
2. Cancer
A range of diseases caused by uncontrollable and abnormal cell growth; cancer cells can spread to other parts of the body resulting in further damage
2. Socioeconomic status
Sometimes referred to as social class, factors relating to a persons socioeconomic status include income, education, occupation and employment.
2. Asthma
A chronic condition effecting the small air passages of the lungs. When exposed to a particular trigger, a person with asthmas airways will narrow resulting in difficulty breathing
2. Remote & rural areas
These areas are defined by their population size; large rural - 25 thousand to 99 thousand, small rural - 10 thousand to 24 thousand, remote less than 5 thousand
2. Indigenous
Those that are from an indigenous or torres strait islander descent who identifies as an aboriginal or torres strait islander & is accepted as such by their community with which they live
2. High Blood Pressure
A condition where blood is pumped through the arteries at a harder and faster rate than is known as normal and healthy. Also known as hypertension
2. Musculoskeletal condition
Ill health relating to the joints, muscles and bones
2. Mental disorder
Disturbance of thoughts and feeling that effects ones behaviour and distresses the person or group of people in which surrounds them, so they cannot function normally in society
2. Quintiles
The groups derived from ranking the population according to specific criteria relating to the socioeconomic status, which are then divided into 5 equal groups
3. Obesity
The abnormal or excessive accumulation of fat to the extent in which a persons health is adversely effected
3. Ischaemic heart disease
A chronic disease caused by insufficient blood supply to the heart muscles via the coronary arteries
3. Cerebrovascular disease
Disorders that affect the blood vessels that supply the brain which may result in a stroke
3. Arthritis
A condition effecting 1 or more joints that is part of the broader group of disorders of the muscles and bones called musculoskeletal disorders
3. National Health Priority areas
The collaborative initiative endorsed by the the commonwealth, state and territory government. The NHPA seek to make health sectors focus on the health of Australians. The NHPA's represent the disease groups with the largest burden of disease and potential costs to the Australian Community
3. Mental Health
The state of wellbeing where someone realises their potential, can cope with the normal stresses of lie, work productively and fruitfully and make a contribution to his/her community
3. Asthma
A chronic condition effecting the small air passages of the lungs. When exposed to a particular trigger, a person with asthmas airways will narrow resulting in difficulty breathing
3. Cardiovascular disease
Encompasses all diseases and condition of the heart and blood vessels caused mainly by blood supply to the heart, brain and legs
3. Diabetes Mellutis
A metabolic disease in which high blood glucose levels result from defective insulin secretion, insulin action or both
3. Cancer
A range of diseases caused by uncontrollable and abnormal cell growth; cancer cells can spread to other parts of the body resulting in further damage
4. Cholesterol
A waxy, fat like chemical used by the body to build cell walls. It is either produced in the liver or absorbed through animal fat eaten.
4. Polysaccharides
A large carbohydrate molecule made of 1 or several types of monosaccharides units
4. Glycolysis
A metabolic process that breaks down carbs and sugars through a series of reactions
4. monosaccharides
A single carbohydrate unit
4. Nutrients
The organic of inorganic substances found in food used by the body for growth and to maintain the body systems
4. Disaccharides
2 monosaccharides joint together
4. Micronutrients
The nutrients that are small in size and only needed in small amounts for the functions they perform
4. Macrionutrients
Nutrients that are large in size and needed in large amounts for the functions they perform such as energy provision
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