Health Definitions Unit 1

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Determinants of Health	Factors that influence one's health status.
Social Determinant	The conditions which individuals are born into, and live in.
Environmental Determinant	Any external factor that can be linked to health, or that impacts health.
Socioeconomic Determinant	The interactions of social and economic determinants.
Biomedical Determinant	Genetic or behavioral factors that influence health.
Health Literacy	The ability to gain access to, read and understand health advice in order to make informed health decisions.
Factors influencing the use of health products and services	Media, Cost, Transport, Consumer Confidence
Social Norms	Unwritten, undeclared rules that control socially acceptable behavior.
Cultural Norms	Rules related to tradition, ethnicity and religion that guide behavior within these groups.
Beliefs	An underlying conviction or idea about an issue or concept. They may not necessarily be factual, but are rather a perception of fact.
Values	Something an individual believes is worthwhile, such as items or qualities of an individual.
Attitudes	Feelings toward certain actions, situations, people or things.
Health Belief Model	An intrapersonal theory used to design health intervention and prevention programs, as well as predict general health behaviors and the likelihood of individuals to engage in recommended health action.
Perceived Susceptibility	An individual's assessment of their likelihood of being diagnosed with a particular health condition
Perceived Severity	An individual's assessment on how serious a health condition would be, and the potential impacts said condition could have on their life.
Perceived Benefits	The benefits an individual will obtain by changing their behavior.
Perceived Barriers	An individual's reasons as to why they cannot change their behavior.
Cues to Action	Events that occur (whether internal, such as a decline in health condition, or external, such as a mass media campaign) to trigger action within an individual.
Self Efficacy	An individual's self belief and ability to carry out changes in their behavior.
Prevention	The process of enabling individuals to increase control over, and improve, their health.
Screening	Detects potential health problems in someone who does not necessarily have symptoms.
Immunization	The process in which an individual is made immune or resistant to an infectious disease.
Health Education	Motivates individuals to improve and maintain health, prevent disease and reduce risky behaviors through any learning experience or means of education.
Ottawa Charter	Aims to have all governments work toward attaining a level of health in all citizens that allow them to lead fulfilling lives.
Building Healthy Public Policy	Putting health into the eyes of lawmakers by creation of laws, policies and regulations that improve community health. Involves legislating healthy behaviors and banning unhealthy ones.
Creating Supportive Environments	Altering the natural and built environment to improve health.
Strengthening Community Action	Improving and changing skills in the community in order for citizens to be empowered and improve health
Developing Personal Skills	Individuals need to develop skills in order to lead fulfilling, independent lives where they can make healthy choices. Education programs, online resources and media campaigns can all assist individuals in developing personal skills.
Reorienting Health Services	Ensure health services do more than fix up injuries and illnesses. Involves moving away from the biomedical model of diagnosis, treatment and cure, and more toward health promotion and illness prevention.
Prevalence	The total number of cases of disease that exist within a certain population over a period of time.
Incidence	The number of new cases of disease that exist within a certain population over a period of time.
Mortality	The number of deaths from a particular cause within a certain population over a period of time. Usually measured in deaths per 100,000 people.
Morbidity	The rate of occurrence of a health issue within a certain population over a period of time.
Life Expectancy	The average length of time an individual can expect to live for.
Quality of Life	The degree in which an individual is healthy, comfortable and able to participate in and enjoy life events.
Health Inquiry	An investigation into a particular health issue or topic.
Planning a Health Inquiry	1. Identify the Health Issue 2. Develop research questions that are relevant to the topic.
Use of a range of information to explore issue	1. Identification and use of reliable sources. 2. Identification and use of of criteria for selecting reliable sources.
Interpretation of information	1. Summary of information 2. Identification and analysis of patterns and trends in data 3. Development of Argument 4. Development of Evidence-Based Conclusions
Primary Prevention	Actions taken to stop the initial occurrence of disease or illness
Secondary Prevention	Screening to identify disease in its earliest stages, before the onset of signs and symptoms.
Tertiary Prevention	Actions to reduce the re-occurrence and establishment of chronic illness.

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