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1
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Define: health status

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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.

2
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how is health status measured?

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by health indicators

3
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Define: health indicators

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: standard statistics that are used to measure and compare health status

4
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What are the 9 health indicators? *

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life expectancy, U5MR, mortality, morbidity, HALE, BOD, DALYS, incidence, prevalence

5
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What dimension takes the majority of health data and why?

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Physical, its the easiest?

6
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How can mental and social health be measured?

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By depression rates and level of community involvement.

7
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WHy is it important to measure health data of particular groups and not just the whole population?

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As the whole pop its an average and might not reflect groups (eg. aboriginal australians)

8
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Why are health indicators important?

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Allow us to measure and make judgements of health of individuals, groups and pops
Help gov and groups identify trends, to make necessary changes

9
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Define: trend

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general change or movement in a particular direction