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Aboriginal Health
Not just the physical well-being of an individual but refers to the social, emotional and cultural
well-being of the whole Community in which each individual is able to achieve their full
potential as a human being thereby bringing about the total well-being of their Community. It is
a whole of life view and includes the cyclical concept of life-death-life. (NACCHO, 2006)
Agency
The ability of people, individually and collectively, to influence their own lives and the society in
which they live.
Altruism effect
The experience of trauma and/or migration motivates people to help others and to contribute
to society.
Asylum Seeker
A person who is outside his or her country of origin, having crossed an international frontier,
and who wantsto be recognised as being unable or unwilling to return there because of a
wellfounded fear of persecution based on race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular
group, or political opinion.
Attitudes
,Ways of viewing the world that arise out of experience and access to information.
Beliefs
Systems of understanding (beliefs systems) which may be religious and otherwise, which
provide guiding principles that help people make sense of the world.
Biological determinism
An unproven belief that individual and group behaviour and social status are an inevitable
result of biology.
Biomedicine / Biomedical Model of Health
The conventional approach to medicine in Western societies, based on the diagnosis and
explanation of illness as a malfunction of the body's biological mechanisms. This approach
underpins most health professions and health services, which focus on treating individuals and
generally ignores the social origins of illness and its prevention.
CAM (Complementary and Alternative Medicine)
A broad term to describe both alternative medical practitioners and practices that may stand in
opposition to orthodox medicine and also those who may collaborate with and thus
complement, orthodox practice. Also referred to as Folk healing.
Cartesian Dualism
Also called 'mind/body dualism' and named after the philosopher René Descartes, it refers to a
belief that the mind and body are separate entities. This assumption underpins medical
, approachesthat view disease in physical terms and thusignore the psychological and subjective
aspects of disease.
Civilsociety
The arena of voluntary collective action around shared interests, purposes and values.
Community action
Refers to collective efforts by communities that are directed towards increasing community
control over the determinants of health, thereby improving health.
Compassion fatigue
Compassion fatigue (also known as a secondary traumatic stress disorder) is a condition
characterised by a gradual lessening of compassion over time. It is common among trauma
victims and individuals that work directly with trauma victims. The term is also used to refer to
the lessoning of compassion for the suffering of other humans, in the general public.
Complex Humanitarian Emergencies (CHEs)
Situations of disrupted livelihoods and threats to life produced by warfare, civil disturbance and
large-scale movements of people, in which any emergency response has to be conducted in a
difficult political and security environment. CHEs combine internal conflict with large-scale
displacements of people, mass famine or food shortage, and fragile or failing economic,
political, and social institutions.
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CORRECT ANSWERS!
Aboriginal Health
Not just the physical well-being of an individual but refers to the social, emotional and cultural
well-being of the whole Community in which each individual is able to achieve their full
potential as a human being thereby bringing about the total well-being of their Community. It is
a whole of life view and includes the cyclical concept of life-death-life. (NACCHO, 2006)
Agency
The ability of people, individually and collectively, to influence their own lives and the society in
which they live.
Altruism effect
The experience of trauma and/or migration motivates people to help others and to contribute
to society.
Asylum Seeker
A person who is outside his or her country of origin, having crossed an international frontier,
and who wantsto be recognised as being unable or unwilling to return there because of a
wellfounded fear of persecution based on race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular
group, or political opinion.
Attitudes
,Ways of viewing the world that arise out of experience and access to information.
Beliefs
Systems of understanding (beliefs systems) which may be religious and otherwise, which
provide guiding principles that help people make sense of the world.
Biological determinism
An unproven belief that individual and group behaviour and social status are an inevitable
result of biology.
Biomedicine / Biomedical Model of Health
The conventional approach to medicine in Western societies, based on the diagnosis and
explanation of illness as a malfunction of the body's biological mechanisms. This approach
underpins most health professions and health services, which focus on treating individuals and
generally ignores the social origins of illness and its prevention.
CAM (Complementary and Alternative Medicine)
A broad term to describe both alternative medical practitioners and practices that may stand in
opposition to orthodox medicine and also those who may collaborate with and thus
complement, orthodox practice. Also referred to as Folk healing.
Cartesian Dualism
Also called 'mind/body dualism' and named after the philosopher René Descartes, it refers to a
belief that the mind and body are separate entities. This assumption underpins medical
, approachesthat view disease in physical terms and thusignore the psychological and subjective
aspects of disease.
Civilsociety
The arena of voluntary collective action around shared interests, purposes and values.
Community action
Refers to collective efforts by communities that are directed towards increasing community
control over the determinants of health, thereby improving health.
Compassion fatigue
Compassion fatigue (also known as a secondary traumatic stress disorder) is a condition
characterised by a gradual lessening of compassion over time. It is common among trauma
victims and individuals that work directly with trauma victims. The term is also used to refer to
the lessoning of compassion for the suffering of other humans, in the general public.
Complex Humanitarian Emergencies (CHEs)
Situations of disrupted livelihoods and threats to life produced by warfare, civil disturbance and
large-scale movements of people, in which any emergency response has to be conducted in a
difficult political and security environment. CHEs combine internal conflict with large-scale
displacements of people, mass famine or food shortage, and fragile or failing economic,
political, and social institutions.
Critical thinking
