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Definition of health (WHO) - Correct Answers ✅"A state of
complete physical, mental and social wellbeing & not merely
the absence of disease or infirmity"
Two limitations of the WHO definition of health. - Correct
Answers ✅1. It is very hard to achieve a "complete"
wellbeing in all mental, social and physical health
2. It does not cover other aspects such as shelter and income
and without these things it is hard to be completely healthy
Define physical health - Correct Answers ✅The efficient
functioning of the body and its systems.
Example of good physical health - Correct Answers ✅-
Physical capacity (energy, strength and coordination) to
perform ordinary tasks
- Resistance or susceptibility to disease
Define mental health - Correct Answers ✅The aspects of
health and wellbeing that relate to people's abilities to
recognise their own strengths and weaknesses, cope with the
normal stresses of life, work productively and make a
contribution to their community.
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Example of good mental health - Correct Answers ✅-
Understanding and expressing one's emotions, and being
aware of the feelings of others
- Having positive self-esteem and self-confidence
Define social health - Correct Answers ✅The ability to
independently and cooperatively interact with others and
participate in their community.
Example of good social health - Correct Answers ✅-
Develop and maintain relationships with family, friends and
others
- Communicate positively and effectively with others
Example of an interrelationship of the dimensions of health -
Correct Answers ✅Many teenagers play sport and benefit
greatly from the physical exercise and from the positive
effect sport has on how they feel about themselves and their
interactions with their peers.
Optimal health - Correct Answers ✅Is the best possible
health that someone can realistically aspire, in some or all of
the three dimensions.
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Health status (WHO) - Correct Answers ✅A description
and/or measurement of the health of an individual or
population at a particular point in time against identifiable
standards, usually by reference to health indicators.
Life expectancy - Correct Answers ✅Refers to the average
number of years of life remaining to a person at any specified
age.
Life expectancy at birth - Correct Answers ✅Refers to the
average number of years newborns can be expected to live if
existing mortality patterns continue during their lifetime.
HALE - Correct Answers ✅Health Adjusted Life Expectancy.
The estimate of the number of healthy years a person born in
a particular year can expect to live. HALE = Life expectancy -
Number of years living in an unhealthy state.
Morbidity - Correct Answers ✅Refers to ill health in and
individual and to levels of ill health in a population or group.
Mortality - Correct Answers ✅Data on death and its
causes.
Illness - Correct Answers ✅A state of feeling unwell.