Dimensions of Health and wellbeing - Answers physical, mental, social, emotional, spiritual
Physical health and wellbeing - Answers Physical health and wellbeing relates to the functioning of the
body and its systems, including the physical capacity to perform daily activities or tasks without physical
restriction
Mental health and wellbeing - Answers relates to the state of a person's mind or brain and the ability to
think and process information. Optimal mental health and wellbeing enables an individual to positively
form opinions, make decisions and use logic.
Social health and wellbeing - Answers Relates to the ability to form meaningful and satisfying
relationships with others and the ability to manage or adapt appropriately to different social situations.
It includes having productive relationships with others, and displaying effective communication skills.
Emotional health and wellbeing - Answers the ability to recognise, understand and effectively manage
and express emotions as well as the ability to display resilience
Spiritual health and wellbeing - Answers relates to ideas, beliefs, values and ethics that arise in the
minds and conscience of human beings. It includes the concepts of hope, peace, a guiding sense of
meaning or value, and reflection on a person's place in the world. Spiritual health and wellbeing can also
relate to organised religion, a higher power and prayer, values, a sense of purpose in life, connection or
belonging.
Physical aspects - Answers Appropriate levels of fitness, healthy body weight, freedom from disease or
illness, ability to complete physical tasks adequately, adequate energy levels, well functioning body,
systems and organs and a strong immune system.
Mental aspects - Answers low levels of stress and anxiety, high levels of confidence, process info to solve
problems, positive thought patterns, positive self esteem and using logic to solve problems and make
decisions.
Social aspects - Answers effective communication with others, ability to manage or adapt appropriately
to different social situations, supportive network of friends, productive relationships with others and a
supportive well-functioning family.
emotional aspects - Answers Recognise and understand the range of emotions, Have high levels of
resilience, experience appropriate emotions in a given scenario, adequately respond to, express and
manage emotions and possess the ability to recover from misfortune.
Spiritual aspects - Answers A sense of belonging, expiriencing peace and harmony, acting accordingly to
values and beliefs, having meaning and purpose in life.
, wellbeing definition - Answers An equilibrium in which the individual feels happy, healthy, capable and
engaged.
Health definition - Answers a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely
the absence of disease or infirmity
Health Status - Answers An individual's or a population's overall health, taking into account various
aspects such as life expectancy, amount of disability and levels of disease risk factors.
life expectancy - Answers the number of years of life on average, remaining to an individual of a
particular age. if death rates do not change. The most commonly used measure is life expectancy as
birth.
health and wellbeing definition - Answers Health and wellbeing relates to the state of a person's
physical, social, emotional, mental and spiritual wellbeing and is characterised by an equilibrium in
which the individual feels happy, healthy, capable and engaged.
Morbidity - Answers Refers to ill health in an individual and the levels of ill health in a population or
group.
mortality - Answers The number of deaths in a population in a given period
Years of life lost (YLL) - Answers Years of life lost due to premature death
Incidence - Answers refers to the number (or rate) of new cases of a disease/condition in a population
during a given period
Prevelance - Answers The number or proportion of cases of a particular disease or condition present in a
population at a given time.
YLD (Years Lost due to Disability) - Answers A measure of how many healthy years of life are lost due to
illness, injury or disability
Burden of disease - Answers 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 the DALY.
DALYs (disability-adjusted life years) - Answers A measure of burden of disease, one DALY equals one
year of healthy life lost due to premature death and time lived with illness, disease or injury.
Hospital separations/rates of hospitalisation - Answers an indication of levels of ill-health that require
medical treatment
core activities - Answers relate to three main areas of life: self-care, mobility and communication
Core activity limitation (profound, severe, moderate and mild) - Answers when an individual has
difficulty, or requires assistance with any of the three core activities