HHD Questions Thread 2014

[teletubbies_95]

why is incidence not a definition we should know?  And prevalence is?

According to the the study design, you should know what the definition of both prevalence and incidence!
And you should learn it word to word as it is a health status indicator !

[Only Cheating Yourself]

According to the the study design, you should know what the definition of both prevalence and incidence!
And you should learn it word to word as it is a health status indicator !

So what the health indicators, Daly, hale, morbidity rate, mortality rate etc?

[teletubbies_95]

-burden of disease
- HALE
-DALYs
-life expectancy
- U5MR
- mortality
-morbidity
-incidence
-prevalence

^^from the study design !

[Only Cheating Yourself]

-burden of disease
- HALE
-DALYs
-life expectancy
- U5MR
- mortality
-morbidity
-incidence
-prevalence

^^from the study design !

yea but incidence isn't i should still know it?  And should i just know the definitions for those or?

[teletubbies_95]

Incidence is in the study design

[Only Cheating Yourself]

Incidence is in the study design

it's not, only prevalence are you looking at advice for teachers one?

[Anchy]

it's not, only prevalence are you looking at advice for teachers one?

It's in the study design.

[Only Cheating Yourself]

It's in the study design.

its not in the glossary section, link it to me please.

[Only Cheating Yourself]

if I'm given a question with australia and other developed countries with HALE and life expectancy data etc and the question says disucss the health status how do i answer that question?

[teletubbies_95]

if I'm given a question with australia and other developed countries with HALE and life expectancy data etc and the question says disucss the health status how do i answer that question?

When the question asks about health status , it refers to HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS , which includes life expectancy, HALE , incidence, prevalence ,etc.

[teletubbies_95]

I was just looking at the HHD study design ( LOL!)
For the dot point Refers to "health status of Australians compared with populations in other developed countries" , but last year it was Japan the UK , the USA and Sweden.
Does that mean that in this years' study design they will have other countries (ie. Germany)?

Just clarifying

[yearningforsimplicity]

I was just looking at the HHD study design ( LOL!)
For the dot point Refers to "health status of Australians compared with populations in other developed countries" , but last year it was Japan the UK , the USA and Sweden.
Does that mean that in this years' study design they will have other countries (ie. Germany)?

Just clarifying

Hahaha gotta love that study design! and yeaaah I think that's how it'll be!   I reckon New Zealand might now be included too since it's a country that's so linked to Australia in terms of health as well (e.g. through medicare) and stuff and it is a developed country too

Other developed countries with similar health status statistics as the countries that were previously there (e.g. sweden, UK, USA, Japan) could also be included though they haven't specified any actual countries! Either way, students won't need to memorise any stats from the countries (only know how to interpret and compare data) so it shouldn't be too worrying that they haven't included specific developed countries

[Only Cheating Yourself]

Hahaha gotta love that study design! and yeaaah I think that's how it'll be!   I reckon New Zealand might now be included too since it's a country that's so linked to Australia in terms of health as well (e.g. through medicare) and stuff and it is a developed country too

Other developed countries with similar health status statistics as the countries that were previously there (e.g. sweden, UK, USA, Japan) could also be included though they haven't specified any actual countries! Either way, students won't need to memorise any stats from the countries (only know how to interpret and compare data) so it shouldn't be too worrying that they haven't included specific developed countries

If a question asks discuss the health status of Australians with other developed countries, could i answer like this:

As life expectancy is higher in Australia and other developed countries compared to other countries around the world, life style disease tend to dominate the morbidity data in Australia and other developed countries, compared to communicable diseases in developing countries.

Or should i have said

The leading cause of death in Australia and other developed countries are cancer, cardio vascular disease and diabetes.  This could be as a result of Australia and other developed countries living a similar lifestyle.

Would i get full marks and is that a type of question i would get in a sac? Because isn't morbidity a measure of health status?  Isn't level of risk factors same as morbidity? 


If it says compare the health status of Australia and other developed countries does that mean i can only speak about life expectancy, disease risk factors and levels of disability?

[yearningforsimplicity]

If a question asks discuss the health status of Australians with other developed countries, could i answer like this:

As life expectancy is higher in Australia and other developed countries compared to other countries around the world, life style disease tend to dominate the morbidity data in Australia and other developed countries, compared to communicable diseases in developing countries.

Or should i have said

The leading cause of death in Australia and other developed countries are cancer, cardio vascular disease and diabetes.  This could be as a result of Australia and other developed countries living a similar lifestyle.

Would i get full marks and is that a type of question i would get in a sac? Because isn't morbidity a measure of health status?  Isn't level of risk factors same as morbidity? 


If it says compare the health status of Australia and other developed countries does that mean i can only speak about life expectancy, disease risk factors and levels of disability?

When it comes to comparing health status of Australia with developed countries, you will get data-analysis Qs where you need to analyse/interpret a table/graph/chart which presents you with health status indicators (e.g. life expectancy, HALE, mortality rate, U5MR) for a number of developed countries along with Australia. Using that data, you need to answer the Q accordingly and include the numerical figures from the data in your answer E.g. if you pretend that you were given a table of data and you've gone through all the health status statistics within that table for Aus and the other developed countries. Now you're asked to "compare the health status of Australia with one other country listed in the table" (2 marks). You could mention that:  "Australian females have a relatively high life expectancy of 84 years, whereas females from Japan surpass this and can expect to live up to 86 years. However, Australian males and those of Japan fare similarly in terms of life expectancy, and both can expect to live up to 79 years." - so for these Qs, you'll be given a table of health statistics (which is super easy to interpret - use a ruler to align things so you don't confuse one country's row of statistics with another's!) and using that data in your answer (e.g. in this case i mentioned years of life expectancy) you can answer the Q based on that

[yearningforsimplicity]

isn't morbidity a measure of health status?  Isn't level of risk factors same as morbidity? 
If it says compare the health status of Australia and other developed countries does that mean i can only speak about life expectancy, disease risk factors and levels of disability?

Whilst the health status definition only mentions "life expectancy, amount of disability (i.e. morbidity) and levels of disease risk factors", this is not only what health status is limited to

In fact, when you see the term 'health status' in a Q, there are many indicators you can consider: life expectancy, HALE, mortality rate, U5MR, maternal mortality, morbidity, burden of disease, DALYs (YLL/YLD), incidence, prevalence, food security, literacy rates etc

Morbidity isn't the levels of risk factors - morbidity is basically the HHD term for disability/illness So sometimes instead of saying "this would contribute to increased illness", you can go all hhd on the Q and be like "this contributes to increased morbidity" Morbidity is defined as "the level of ill-health within an individual or levels of ill health within a population/group". However, risk factors CAN contribute to morbidity so that's how the two are related I guess