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Health Definitions
Important definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Health | The state of complete social, mental, and physical well being not merely the absence of disease. |
| Individual Human Development | Series of orderly and predictable changes to the complexity of an individual that takes place over the course of a lifetime. |
| Health Status | Overall level of health of an individual or population taking into account various aspects such as life expectancy and amount of disability. |
| Burden of Disease | Measurement applied to a statistical group or the gap between current health status and the ideal situation of living into old age free of disease and disability. |
| Disability Adjusted Life Year (DALY) | Measurement of health, which combines both the impact of premature death and the impact of disability and illness. |
| Incidence | Number of new cases of disease or injury during a given period. |
| Prevalence | Number of case of a given disease or condition in a population at a particular time. |
| Morbidity | Frequency of illness or disease in a population. |
| Mortality | Frequency of deaths in a population |
| Physical Health | Efficient functioning of the body and its systems. |
| Social Health | Engaging in a positive behavior and sustaining productive relationships with friends, family, and the community. |
| Mental Health | The state of a persons mind and thought processors. |
| Years of Life Lost (YLL) | Measurement of the loss of years of life due to premature death. |
| Years Lost due to Disability (YLD) | Measurement of the loss of healthy life as a result non-fatal health conditions such as disease and injury. |
| Human lifespan | Period of an individuals life from conception through to death. |
| Physical development | Changes to the complexity and functioning of the structures and systems of the body. |
| Growth | Increase in the number and size of cells in the body. |
| Incidence | Number of new cases of disease or infection during a given period. |
| Motor Development | Learning to coordinate muscle groups to gain control of the body. |
| Gross Motor Development | Actions that require the coordination of large groups of muscles. |
| Fine Motor Development | Learning to control body movements that involve the coordination of small groups of muscles. |
| Intellectual Development | Process by which a persons ability to think and reason increases in complexity. |
| Language Development | Learning to communicate through the use of spoken and written words. |
| Emotional Development | Learning to understand and control moods and feelings. |
| Self Concept | Attitudes and beliefs a person holds about their abilities. |
| Self Esteem | Way that a person feels about their appearance and abilities. |
| Social Development | Learning to interact with other people as a result of an increasing complexity of behavior patterns. |
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