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| A measure of the impact of disease and injuries; specifically, it measures the gap between current health status and an ideal situation where everyone lives to an old age free of disease and disability. It is measured in DALYs. |
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| Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) |
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| A measure of burden of disease; one DALY equals one year of healthy life lost due to premature death and time lived with illness, disease or injury |
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| The changes that relate to people's size and shape and body structure. |
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| A form of physical development that relates to the way in which an individual develops muscle function. |
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| The ability to move, through gaining and exercising control over the large and small muscles of the body. |
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| The ability to control the movement of larger muscle groups within the body. |
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| The ability to control the movement of smaller muscle groups within the body. |
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| The increasing complexity of behaviour patterns used in realationships with other people. |
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| Refers to the feelings and moods and the ways in which people express, understand and exercise control over them. |
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| How a person feels about themselvces and their own abilitiies. |
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| The idea an individual has of themselves; who they are, who they want to be, what they value and what they beleive others think of them. |
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| Also referred to as cognitive development, the ways in which people are able to think and reason. |
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| A task, undertaking or event that is expected to be achieved in order to successfully progress to a frther level of developement. |
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| A complete sate of physical, social and mental wellbeing, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmty (WHO, 1946) |
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| Relates to the efficient functioning of the body and its systems, and includes the physical capacity to perform tasks and physical fitness. |
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| Being able to interact with others and participate in the community in both independant and cooperative way. |
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| State of wellbeing in which the individual realises his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully and is able to make a contribution to his or her community. |
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| An individual's or population's overll level of health, taking into account various factors, such as life expectancy, amount of disability and levels of disease risk factors. |
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| An indication of how long a person can expect to live. It is the number of years of life remaining to a person at a particular age if death rates do not change. |
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| Refers to ill health in an individual and the levels of ill health i a population or group. |
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| The number or rate of new cases of a particular condition during a specific time. |
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| The number or proportin of cases of a particular disease or condition present in a population at a given time. |
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| A long term general movement or change in frequency, usually either upwards or downwards. |
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