EFPBH's HHD 3/4 Question Thread

[EFPBH]

"What is the WHO definition of Health? Why might this definition have its limitations?
 
My answer:

Health is the complete state of, physical, social and mental health but merely the absence of disease and infirmity. Furthermore it may have it limitations because it doesn't give everyone the opportunity to be considered healthy.

Should I add to this question or will this be an appropriate answer?

thanks

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"What is the WHO definition of Health? Why might this definition have its limitations?
 
My answer:

Health is the complete state of, physical, social and mental health but merely the absence of disease and infirmity. Furthermore it may have it limitations because it doesn't give everyone the opportunity to be considered healthy.

Should I add to this question or will this be an appropriate answer?

thanks

This is fine And is what the textbook answers say

[Rod]

"What is the WHO definition of Health? Why might this definition have its limitations?
 
My answer:

Health is the complete state of, physical, social and mental health but merely the absence of disease and infirmity. Furthermore it may have it limitations because it doesn't give everyone the opportunity to be considered healthy.

Should I add to this question or will this be an appropriate answer?

thanks

Your definition is good. Some other limitations of the definition are;

The same physical effect in two individuals can have differing effects. This is hard to get, it's one of my views. So just imagine someone losing their the end joints of their finger, it could just mean some surgery for on individual, but it could mean the end of a career for another individual. Both aspects have different effects, the definition does not go through this.

Hope that helps,

Rod

[Only Cheating Yourself]

"What is the WHO definition of Health? Why might this definition have its limitations?
 
My answer:

Health is the complete state of, physical, social and mental health but merely the absence of disease and infirmity. Furthermore it may have it limitations because it doesn't give everyone the opportunity to be considered healthy.

Should I add to this question or will this be an appropriate answer?

thanks

How else can the health definition be seen as limited?

[Only Cheating Yourself]

This is fine And is what the textbook answers say

which textbook concepts?  I couldn't find it.

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which textbook concepts?  I couldn't find it.

Sorry I just meant I remember doing this question from the key concepts textbook and the answer that my teacher read out was this

Health is the complete state of, physical, social and mental health but merely the absence of disease and infirmity. Furthermore it may have it limitations because it doesn't give everyone the opportunity to be considered healthy.
 

[mad_maxine]

Sorry I just meant I remember doing this question from the key concepts textbook and the answer that my teacher read out was this

^ yes exactly straight from key concepts, did that question a few weeks ago. Can't go wrong if it's straight out of the horses mouth (or book) 

[Only Cheating Yourself]

"Briefly outline two indicators that are used to measure the health status of population".

thanks

Life expectancy.  Life expectancy indicates how long a person can expect to live in a population or group which is useful for comparing different health status's e.g Australia's life expectancy is high, however not all population groups are expected to live that long such as indigenous people and therefore measuring the health status of a population using life expectancy can indicate the differences.  Second health indicator to measure the health status of population is morbidity.  Morbidity data can use prevalence which is the number or proportion of cases of a particle disease r or condition present in a population at a given time, which helps measure which diseases/conditions have an immense contribution to burden of disease.

[teletubbies_95]

So essentially, you have to know what health status entails, that is it is a measure of the level of health in an individual or a population.
There are many measures of health status , including life expectancy , health adjusted life expectancy , incidence(refer to the study design) .
When asked to "outline" , I would define the health status indicator in relation to the population.

i.e
Life expectancy is a measure of how long an individual is expected to live in a population if death rates don't change.

[Only Cheating Yourself]

"What is the WHO definition of Health? Why might this definition have its limitations?
 
My answer:

Health is the complete state of, physical, social and mental health but merely the absence of disease and infirmity. Furthermore it may have it limitations because it doesn't give everyone the opportunity to be considered healthy.

Should I add to this question or will this be an appropriate answer?

thanks

Hey, why doesn't WHO's definition give everybody the opportunity to be considered healthy?

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Hey, why doesn't WHO's definition give everybody the opportunity to be considered healthy?

Think about what the definition is
Health is the complete state of, physical, social and mental health but merely the absence of disease and infirmity.

IF some is perfectly fit and healthy (physical) and has a support network of friends and family (social)but they have low self esteem and self worth then they cannot be considered to be in full health.
Therefore it is limiting

This works with all the dimensions.

[Only Cheating Yourself]

Think about what the definition is
Health is the complete state of, physical, social and mental health but merely the absence of disease and infirmity.

IF some is perfectly fit and healthy (physical) and has a support network of friends and family (social)but they have low self esteem and self worth then they cannot be considered to be in full health.
Therefore it is limiting

This works with all the dimensions.

Thanks, but how is that limited?  A person who is not healthy in one dimension but healthy in all the others means that who's health isn limited as you its easy to identify who has optimal health. 

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Thanks, but how is that limited?  A person who is not healthy in one dimension but healthy in all the others means that who's health isn limited as you its easy to identify who has optimal health.

You don't need to go into any more detail than that

[Only Cheating Yourself]

You don't need to go into any more detail than that

No worries thanks.  Wait a sec, is WHO's definition defining health as a person has optimal health in all three dimensions?

[Only Cheating Yourself]

"identify two areas of Australia's health status where there is room for improvement. suggest one way that that each of these areas could be improved"

how would you go about answering this question?

thanks

U5MR and Health adjusted life years (HALE).  Compared to developed countries, Australia's U5MR is quite high indicating that improvement is to be made, one way this can be improved is by identifying trends in U5MR allowing the government to develop strategies.  HALE, life expectancy for Australians is among the highest however Japan has an higher HALE indicating room for improvement.  HALE can be improved by educating Australians on cardiovascular diseases i particular coronary heart disease,as it the leading cause of death in Aus.