Blood pressure is the pressure exerted by your blood against the walls of your arteries
High = hypertension
Low = hypotension
Cardiovascular system
System that moves blood, nutrients and gases around our bodies. It is made up of heart, blood and blood vessels.
Materialpossessions
Objects that can be bought but are not essential to live on, such as jewellery or a large TV
Diet
A balanced diet is one that contains the correct nutrients in the right proportions to keep our bodies and minds healthy
Stress
Occurs when you have to respond to demands made on you. It causes the body to secrete hormones, the main one being adrenaline
Potential significance
Could develop into something important. E.g if you have an abnormal reading of blood pressure it could have potential significance to develop into something such as heart disease, strokes or blindness
Why is data used?
Data helps health organisations to plan care e.g smoking data helps NHS to plan care, persuade people to stop smoking, provide information and offer support to help people quit
Development
Human Development is the way individuals increase their skills, abilities and emotions
Targets
Challenges to help you reach your goal
Review
Assessing or inspecting something with the intention of making change if necessary
Monitor
To check progress over a period of time
Pollution
Act of introducing harmfulsubstances or irritants that cause damage to living organisms into the environment
Fine motor skills
Development and control of smallermusclegroups in the hands, fingers and feet used for sophisticated movements like drawing and threading beads
Gross motor skills
Development and control of the wholebody and largermusclegroups used for balance walking and climbing
Peak flow
A measurement if how quickly you can blow air out of your lungs
Health and wellbeing (holistic)
A holistic definition is a combination of physical health and social and emotionalwellbeing
Effects of air pollution
-irritation to the eyes
-respiratoryinfections
-headaches
-nausea
-allergic reactions
Percentile charts
Show the normalrange of heights and weights at a particular age for children. Monitor growth over a period of time and help recognise any growth problems
Ill health
A physical and lifestyle factor that can have opposite or negative impact on health and wellbeing. Be acute, chronic or both
SMART targets
-Specific
-Measurable
-Achievable
-Realistic
-Time-bound
Life stages
-Infancy 0-2
-Early Childhood 3-8
-Adolescence 9-18
-Early adulthood 19-45
-Middle adulthood 46-65
-Later adulthood 65+
Social class
Broad group in society having the same social or economic status, most commonly upper, middle and lower class
Arteries
Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
Nicotine
A powerful addictive drug found in tobacco
Income
Money that people receive from their work, savings, pension benefits or investments
Positive definition
Looks at how physically fit and mentally stable a person is. You have a positive outlook towards your own health and wellbeing
Unexpected life events
-Death
-Accident/injury
-Ill health
-Promotion
-Imprisonment
-Unemployment
Exercise
We need exercise to ensure we maintain our health and wellbeing. Can bring many benefits
Milestones
The age at which experts suggest that most children will have reached a particular stage of development.
BMI
Measure of the amount of fat on your body in relation to your height to tell you if your weight is healthy
Self esteem
How good or bad an individual feels about themselves and how much they value their abilities
Substance use
E.g alcohol, nicotine, illegal drugs and misuse of prescribed drugs. Negative impact on health and wellbeing. Regular misuse can lead to long term health problems
Negative definition
Looks at absence of physical illness, disease and mentaldistress. Have a negative attitude towards your health and wellbeing.
Physiological indicators
How a person and their bodilypartsfunction, indicators are used to measure this.
Empathy
Being able to understand and share feelings and views of anotherperson.Serviceproviders must show empathy to their patients.
PIES
Physical: physical function of the body
Intellectual: ability to think and solveproblems
Emotional: ability to recognise feelings and express them in an acceptable way
Social: ability to interact with others
Personal hygiene
Poor personal hygiene is not only unpleasant but can affect health and wellbeing. Conditions such as foodpoisoning and meningitis can be a result of poor hygiene due to a transfer of bad bacteria
Effects of noise pollution
-Irritability
-Increase stress levels
-Unable to concentrate
-Sleeplessness
-Tinnitus
Collaboration
Working well together.Serviceproviders all try to worktogether to give the bestpossiblecare for a person