Health Sac 1
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- Physical health
- refers to the efficient functioning of the body and its systems, and the physical capacity to complete tasks & physical fitness.
- Mental health
- state of well being in which an individual realises his/her own abilities, can cope with normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his/her community.
- Social Health
- relates to an individuals ability to interact with others, and participate in his/her community in both an independent and cooperative way.
- Physical development
- refers to the changes in size,shape and overall body structure.
- Intellectual development
- refers to an individuals ability to think and reason effectively
- Emotional development
- refers to the feelings and moods and the ways in which an individual expresses, understands, and exercises control over them
- Social development
- refers to the increasing complexity of behavioural patterns people use in relationships with others.
- trends
- a long term general movement or change in frequency
- life expectancy
- the number of years a person is expected to live
- morbidity
- refers to the ill-health in an individual or levels of ill-health in a population
- mortality
- number of deaths caused by a particular disease, illness or other environmental factor.
- burden of disease
- a measure of the impact of diseases and injuries
- daly
- a measure of the burden of disease
- health
- the complete state of physical, social and mental wellbeing, and not merely the absence of disease of infirmity.
- incidence
- the number of new cases of a condition in a given time
- prevalence
- the number of cases of a particular diseases at a given time
- health status
- an individuals or populations overall level of health, taking into account various factors such as life expectancy, amount of disability and levels of disease risk factors.
- growth
- refers to the measureable changes in the body, mainly due to an increase in the number and size of the bodys cells
- motor development
- a form of physical development that relates to the way in which an individual develops muscle funtion
- self concept
- the idea an individual has of themselves; who they are, who they want to be, what they value and what the believe others think of them
- primary sexual
- characteristics that develop during puberty related to the development of the sex organs and reproduce system of males and females, enabling them reproduce
- secondary sexual
- characteristics that develop during puberty that indicate sexual maturity but are not related to a persons ability to reproduce