Health and Human Development vocab for SAC

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Health	A state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.
Genetic predisposition	The increased likelihood of someone developing a condition because of their genetic makeup.
Intellectual development	Refers to both the process that occur within the brain and increasing complexity of the brain. Categories - Knowledge, language, memory, attention, thought patterns, creativity and imagination, problem solving.
Emotional development	Refers to developing a full range of emotions, learning appropriate ways of dealing with and expressing these emotions. Categories - Self-concept, expression of emotions, awareness of emotions, management of emotions.
Motor Skills	Control of muscles in the body. Fine and gross.
Social development	Refers to the increasing complexity of behaviors in relationships with others. Social skills and behaviors that are learnt from a young age. Characteristics - Values and beliefs, relationship skill, communication skills.
Physical Development	Refers to the changes that occur the body and it's systems. Growth, changes to the body, motor skill development.
Puberty	The period which adolescents reach sexual maturity and become capable of reproduction.
Social Determinants	Aspects of society and the social environment that impact on health, such as poverty, early life experiences, social networks and supports.
Health Status	An individual's or a population's overall health, taking into account various aspects such as life expectancy, amount of disability and level of disease risk factors.
Biological Determinants	Factors relating to the body that impact on health, such as genetics, hormones, body weight, blood pressure, cholesterol levels, birth weight.
Morbidity	Refers to ill-health in an individual and the levels of ill-health in a population of group.
Mental dimensions of health	State of well-being in which the individual realises his or her 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.
Mortality	Refers to death often at a population level.
Life expectancy	An indication of how long a person can expect to live, it is the number of years of life remaining to a person at a particular age if death rates do not change.
Determinants of health	Factors that raise or lower a level of health in a population or individual. Determinants of health help to explain or predict trends in health and why some groups have better or worse health than others. Classified in ways such as biological, behavioural and social.
Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs)	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. Burden of disease is measured in a unit called DALY. DALY = YLD + YLL
Burden of disease (BOD)	A measure of the impact of diseases and injuries, specifically it measures the gap between current health status and ideal situation where everyone lives to an old age free of disease and disability. Measured in a unit called DALY.
Health adjusted life expectancy	A measure of burden of disease based 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.
Social dimension of health	Being able to interact with others and participate in the community in both an independent and cooperative way.
Physical dimensions of health	Relates to the efficient functioning of the body and its systems, and includes the physical capacity to perform tasks and physical fitness.
Prevelance	The number of cases that already exist of a condition in a period of time.
Incidence	The number of new cases of a condition in a period of time.
Trend	A general movement or pattern.
Health Status	The level of health being experiences by an individual or a population after taking into account factors such as life expectancy, disability (illness) rates and risk of disease.
Health indicators	Variety of ways of measuring health status. Eg. Life expectancy, mortality, morbidity and burden of disease.
Years of life lost (YLL)	Years of life lost due to illness, disability or disease. Premature death.

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