Core 1

5. A healthcare profession that addresses problems with eyes and vision.
8. The incidence or level of illness, disease or injury in a given population
10. study of disease in groups or populations through the collection of data and information, to identify patterns and causes.
14. Refers to the heart, arteries, veins and/or smaller blood vessels.
16. A person who, through family relationship or friendship, looks after an older person or someone with a disability or chronic illness.
17. The number of cases of disease that exists in a defined population at a point in time.
18. A type of healthcare that is not fully researched/backed by science.

1. Adjusting approach to healthcare from curative to preventative
2. A factor that can have an impact on a person’s or group’s health status.
3. The number of deaths in a given population from a particular cause and/or over a period of time.
4. Refers to a large group of diseases that are characterised by the uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells.
6. Australia’s universal system of health care that provides services that are accessible to all Australians.
7. Results from a blockage of the blood flow to the brain.
9. A payment collected by the government from a person’s income.
11. City in Canada where a charter for health promotion was developed.
12. A combination of science, medicine, practical skills and beliefs aimed at maintaining and improving the health of all people.
13. Determinant of health, includes employment, education and income.
14. Disease that is suffered long term.
15. A sociocultural determinant of health.
19. Priority population group defined as being over the age of 65