Mens and Womens health of Australia
Across
- 2. The overall direction, pattern, or movement in health data or behaviors over time across a population (e.g., an increasing trend in mental health awareness).
- 5. Having an excess amount of body weight relative to height (typically a BMI between 25 and 29.9) that may carry potential health risks.
- 8. Any condition, resource, or habit that reduces a person's likelihood of developing a health problem or buffers them against risk (e.g., strong family relationships or regular exercise).
- 10. Planned, structured, repetitive, and purposeful physical activity designed to improve or maintain physical fitness and overall health.
- 12. A group of diseases characterized by the uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells that destroy surrounding healthy tissue.
- 13. A chronic health condition where excessive body fat accumulates to the point (typically a BMI of 30 or above) that it significantly increases the risk of serious health problems like heart disease and type 2 diabetes.
- 14. Any behavior, exposure, or attribute that increases the chance of developing a disease, injury, or poor health outcome (e.g., smoking or lack of physical activity).
- 15. A person's ability to find, understand, evaluate, and use health information and services to make informed decisions about their health and well-being.
- 16. A chronic respiratory condition where the airways become narrow, swollen, and inflamed, making it difficult to breathe; often triggered by exercise, dust, or cold air.
- 18. Expectancy An estimate of the average number of years a person born in a specific year can expect to live, based on current mortality rates.
Down
- 1. An umbrella term for a collection of symptoms caused by brain disorders that progressively impair memory, thinking, behavior, and the ability to perform everyday activities.
- 3. A factor that influences the health status of an individual or population. In PDHPE, these are categorized into individual, sociocultural, socioeconomic, and environmental factors.
- 4. The rate or prevalence of illness, disease, or injury within a population.
- 6. A life-threatening medical emergency that occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is blocked or a blood vessel bursts, causing brain cells to be damaged or die.
- 7. A chronic condition in which the body cannot properly produce or use insulin, leading to high levels of glucose (sugar) in the blood.
- 9. The number of deaths in a given population over a specific period of time (often measured as a death rate).
- 11. Actions, strategies, or behaviors taken to stop illness, injury, or disease before it happens, rather than treating it after it develops (e.g., getting vaccinated or wearing sunscreen).
- 17. Australia’s publicly funded universal healthcare system that provides residents with access to free or subsidized medical services, public hospital care, and lower-cost prescription drugs.