Chapter Five

• Binge drinking


  Consuming seven or more standard drinks for males or five or more standard drinks for females in one sitting
• Body image


  How you see your body, the way you feel about your body, the way you think about your body and the behaviours in which you engage as a result
• Community expectations


  Behaviours or actions that can be anticipated
• Community values


  Judgements about what is important to or good for a community
• Depression


  Extreme feelings of hopelessness, sadness, isolation, worry, withdrawal and worthlessness that last for a prolonged period and interfere with normal activities
• Discrimination


  When a person or group of people is treated differently from other people, often as a result of factors such as race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity
• Health action


  Behaviour change where health-compromising behaviours are replaced by health-enhancing behaviours
• Health inequalities


  Differences in health status or in the distribution of health risk and protective factors
• Health literacy


  The degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate decisions about their health and wellbeing
• Health promotion


  The process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their health
• Health promotion program


  Program aimed at engaging and empowering individuals and communities to choose healthy behaviors, and make changes that reduce the risk of developing chronic diseases
• Illicit use of drugs

  Use of an illegal drug, which is prohibited from manufacture, sale or possession, or the misuse of a legally available drug
• LGBTIQ


  Acronym for commonly used definitions of people who are not heterosexual: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, questioning
• Protective factor


  Something that enhances the likelihood of a positive health and wellbeing outcome and lessens the likelihood of negative health and wellbeing outcomes from exposure to risk
• Risk factor


  Something that increases the likelihood of developing disease or injury
• Sexual health


  A state of physical, mental and social wellbeing linked to sexuality
• Social connections


  The relationships an individual has with the people around them
• Social exclusion


  When an individual is unable to participate fully in social and economic life, such as not having a job, not receiving an adequate income, not getting a good education or not being connected to family, friends and the community
• Social inequality


  Unequal distributions of resources, wealth and opportunities within a group or society based on characteristics such as religion, ethnicity, gender, age and class
• STI


  Sexually transmitted (or transmissible) infection
• Stress


  A response to pressure or a threat
• Values


  Judgements about what is important in life