KIN 4310 1nd Edition Lecture 20 Outline of Last Lecture I Workshop II Testing the Significance of Correlations III Correlation Studies IV Correlation Studies Steps V Hand Study VI Review Outline of Current Lecture I Measurement of Health Status II Health Status III Health Status of a population IV Examples V Health and Fitness Current Lecture I Measurement of Health Status a Definition of Health i Absence of 1 Physical pain 2 Physical disability 3 Conditions likely to cause death ii Emotional well being These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute iii Satisfactory social functioning b Note Emotional well being referring to mental health Social functioning is referring to healthy social environments to live in II Health Status a Individual Health Status i Observer e g physician ii Self report b Health of a population i Life expectancy at birth ii Death rate iii Prevalence of disease iv Pollution c Note Self reports are like surveys that you can find to figure out your own health III Health Status of a population a Mortality i Death rate of deaths in population for a given period of time of people in the population during period of time ii Average lifespan of years one is expected to live iii Note Mortality has to deal with death You can measure it with the death rate mortality rate Average life span is looking at ages of death but its not the best estimation of lifespan b Morbidity i Incidence of new cases of a disease in a period of time of people in population during period of time ii Prevalence of cases of a disease in a population of people in the population iii Note Morbidity has to deal with diseases as in how many people acquire the disease in the last time period which is usually one year So incidence is like new diagnoses For example someone with PD may have had it for 10 years but then just got diagnosed last year For example how many new cases of obesity occur each year If you have a disease that only happens to a specific demographic like testicular cancer would just consider males iv Note Prevalence is how prevalent it is in the population what portion of the population has this disease For example 1 3 of the population is obese c Disability Adjusted Life Years DALY i Note DALY is common in public health studies It might cost 2 billion to vaccinate everyone but it might benefit the community overall and pay of in the long run It is the number of years lost number of years spent in diseased state A large DALY represents a lot of mortality and morbidity IV Examples a In Division 1 Collegiate football players the prevalence of i Obesity is 21 ii Insulin resistance is 21 iii Metabolic syndrome is 9 iv If there are 5800 Div 1 college football players how many have insulin resistance 1 X 5800 0 21 1218 b There are about 50 000 new cases of Parkinson s Disease each year in the US i Incidence 50 000 adult population of US ii 50 000 230 000 000 iii 0 000217 iv About 2 new cases in every 10 000 adults per year V Health and Fitness a Health Related Physical Fitness i Body composition ii Aerobic fitness iii Flexibility iv Muscular endurance v Muscular strength b Note Health and fitness are related but they re diferent If you re fit you re able to fit your environment and thrive there These are 5 things that represent health related physical fitness only Aerobic fitness example could be doing a 1 5mile run and comparing it to the standards A lack of muscle strength could result from a stroke for example