Health+Priorities+in+Australia+HSC+Core+1

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**Module Description**
====This compulsory module examines the health status of Australians and investigates, in depth, the current health priority issues in Australia. Students identify and justify the choice of priority issues and examine the roles that the health system and health promotion play in achieving better health for all Australians. ====

In this module, students investigate the following critical questions:
====In this module, students learn how health can be promoted by personal and community action and by policies and services at all levels of responsibility. The module introduces concepts of health inequities in Australia that are further explored in the options module Equity and Health. ====
 * ====How are priority issues for Australia’s health identified? ====
 * ====What are the priority issues for improving Australia’s health? ====
 * ====What role do health care facilities and services play in achieving better health for all Australians? ====
 * ====What actions are needed to address Australia’s health priorities? ====

H16 devises methods of gathering, interpreting and communicating information about health and physical activity concepts.




Describe a health promotion initiative and evaluate how it exemplifies the action areas of the Ottawa Charter.
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 * Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health []
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=<span style="color: #f448c5; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health - Video = ====<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Here you can watch how Caritas Australia is helping to address acute diabetes and chronic health problems in remote Indigenous communities by partnering with Indigenous organization such as the Unity of First People of Australia (UFPA). ====

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====<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Here there are two questions provided from past Prelim/HSC papers for you to try! ==== ====<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">After you have had a ago answering the question, click the answer button below and view the requirements for a stronger response! ====

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">21b) Describe the influence of the Jakarta Declaration on the implementation of a major health promotion initiative in Australia. (6 marks).
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=<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Collaborative Writing Space = ====<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">There has been a discussion open for some collaborative writing from everyone. Up the top of this page in the discussion tab you will find a 'Collaborative Writing' page where 2x past HSC questions have been placed for the core Health Priorities in Australia. Here you are to answer them, I will be checking responses for marking. ====

** Questions for Collaborative Writing: 2009 past HSC paper PDHPE **
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 * 1) ====<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Describe how re-orienting health services can improve the health of Australians. (4 marks). ====
 * 2) ====<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Compare the health status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with the broader Australian population. (6 marks). ====

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