HEALTH STUDIES
Unit 1: Health of individuals and communities
- determinants of health
- framework for health promotion,
- action areas of the Ottawa Charter
- definition of, and skills required for, health literacy
- factors influencing the use of health products and services
- skills required for working effectively with individuals and groups
- planning a health inquiry
- use of a range of information to explore a health issue
- interpretation of information
- presentation of findings in appropriate format to suit audience
Unit 2: Factors influencing health of communities.
- impact on personal and community health status of social, environmental, socioeconomic and biomedical determinants of health
- role and measures of epidemiology
- preventive strategies to maintain, avoid and manage risk for personal and community health
- primary, secondary and tertiary prevention
- planning a health inquiry
- use of a range of information to explore a health issue
- interpretation of information
- presentation of findings in appropriate format to suit audience
Unit 3: Health of specific populations
- characteristics and needs of specific populations
- access and equity issues of specific populations
- factors that create health inequities
- quantitative and qualitative measures for detecting health inequities and/or injustices
- social justice principles in health
- purpose and characteristics of the five levels of need within Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
- actions to address health inequity
- healthcare system reforms
- influence of culture on personal beliefs, attitudes and values towards healthcare
- influence of environmental factors on the health behaviour of cultural groups
- planning a health inquiry
- use of a range of information to explore a health issue
- interpretation of information
- presentation of findings in appropriate format to suit audience
Unit 4: Local, regional and global challenges to health
- impact of determinants on health inequities
- global and local barriers to addressing social determinants of health
- comparison of health indicators between Australia and developing countries
- influence of government policies and regulations on beliefs, attitudes and values
- government policies and regulations that restrict or promote healthy behaviour
- planning a health inquiry
- use of a range of information to explore a health issue
- interpretation of information
- presentation of findings in appropriate format to suit audience