hsc comp 3

• illness or disease


  a disease or period of sickness, affecting body or mind
• acute illness

  • comes on quickly
  • short term (6 weeks)
  • curable
  • e.g. cough or cold
• chronic illness

  • comes on more gradually
  • long term (3+ months)
  • can be treated to manage but not cure symptoms
• minor/no symptoms?

  asymptomatic
• ill health

  not maintaining health, low self worth, whatever happens happens view, continue as you are
• health

  taking care of health, high self esteem and worth, positive attitude towards health and wellbeing, when somethings wrong they know they can do something to improve
• environment

  housing, social, pollution, habitat & surroundings
• economic

  money, inflation, finance, wages & income
• hydration

  lighter coloured urine, weight loss & wrinkle free skin - hydrated

  darker coloured urine, chapped lips & dry skin - dehydrated
• female calorie intake

  1600-1800 , at most 2000
• male calorie intake

  2200 - 2400 at most 2500
• effects of too much salt

  stroke or heart attack

  too much can cause too much can cause high blood pressure, increasing heart attack risk
• economic factors

  refers to money, job status, debt, wealth & possessions people have in everyday life
• income (comes in e.g. wages) + expenditure (goes out e.g. daily necessities)
• income - money coming into the home which could be through several working adults
• expenditure - how much income and money saved as well as money spent on possessions
• employment status - time & level of earning
• full time employment - no. hours a person works each week (35+)
• benefits - more pay, harder to fit around kids
• part time employment - no. of hours a person works a week (-34)

  wage is earned by hour. min wage - £9.50 for 18+
• unemployment - no job / inbetween jobs / medical reasons / disabled or mentally ill
• supported employment - adults w learning disabilities to get supported employment depending on level of capabilities
• zero contract hours - a work arrangement with no set hours

  employee is called to work if & when needed

  they aren’t obligated to give you work and you don’t have to either
• self employment - no regular wage, only get paid when work is completed
• retirement pension - when young, earn money & get paid once a month, some goes into a pension saving scheme

  government add it so when retired, we earn back monthly
• retirement planning - others haven’t planned & find a sudden drop in income from when they were working impacting on them financially
• redundancy - when a persons employed but then there’s no need for them anymore or company goes bankrupt as in debt

  can be positive bc a better job may be found w more pay
• financial resources - the money & possessions you have to pay for daily living, making savings & doing leisure activities
• savings - each month the majority of people saving some money which is included in expenditure, this’ll build up & may be saved until retirement, big cost holidays, cars or houses
• investments grow - this could be where people by shares in a company then own/part own it and get profits or ISA
• material possessions - anything you own

  bought for us/bought ourselves

  childs possession is bought for them, adults will save
• heart disease risks

  not getting enough physical activity can lead to heart disease - even if there are no other risk factors

  can increase likelyhood of developing other heart disease risk factors such as obesity, high blood pressure, high blood cholestrol & type 2 diabetes
• skeletal risks

  tend to associate lack of exercise w a weight problem to be weaker, as these aren’t exercised enough, however, there are so many other issues

  repeated actions or faint issues as these aren't used and may have excess weight on knees w skeletal problems
• exercise & endorphins

  when exercising, the body releases chemicals called endorphins (happy chemicals).

  endorphins trigger a positive feeling in the body, similar to the drug morphine
• stamina exercise

  to improve stamina (ability to ‘keep going’) you need to do aerobic or cardiovascular exercise. this is the type that helps your heart. 30m walking / day can lower bad cholestrol
• housing - accommodation you live in

  location - where the accommodation is in country

  air pollution - more polluted areas = asthma

  noise pollution - harmful or persistent and continuous high levels of noise

  conflict, abuse & neglect - parent conflict, physical / emotional abuse, neglect of basic needs e.g. food & clothes
• substances - inhaled or ingested & alters chemicals in brain changing thoughts & behaviours
• alcoholic drinks contain the chemical ethanol

  smaller doses - stimulant

  larger doses - depressant
• health risks of alcohol

  addictive - not just binge drinking

  any amount of alcohol can increase risk of cancer

  alters brain chemicals, stopping it from functioning as it should

  impaired judgement & increased bad coordination
• men & women should have no more than 14 units a week