HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Unit 1: Understanding health and wellbeing
Area of study 1: Health perspectives and influences
Key skills
- describe a range of influences on the perspectives and priorities of health and wellbeing
- collect and analyse data relating to variations in youth attitudes and priorities regarding health and wellbeing
- draw conclusions from health data about the health status of youth in Australia
Area of Study 2: Youth health and wellbeing
Key knowledge
- government and non-government programs relating to youth health and wellbeing
- community values and expectations that influence the development and implementation of programs for youth
- key features of one health and wellbeing focus relating to Australia’s youth including: – impact on different dimensions of health and wellbeing
– data on incidence, prevalence and trends
– risk and protective factors
– community values and expectations
– healthcare services and support
– government and community programs and personal strategies to reduce negative impact
– direct, indirect and intangible costs to individuals and/or communities
– opportunities for youth advocacy and action to improve outcomes in terms of health and equity.
Key skills
- research and collect data on one particular health and wellbeing focus relating to youth, with critical analysis of its impact, management and costs
- plan advocacy and/or action based on identification and evaluation of opportunities for promoting youth health and wellbeing
Unit 2: Managing health and development
Area of Study 1: Health care in Australia
Key knowledge
- the range of services available in the local community to support physical, social, emotional, mental and spiritual dimensions of health and wellbeing
- factors affecting access to health services and information
- issues such as ethics, equity of access, privacy, invasiveness and freedom of choice relating to the use of new and emerging health procedures and technologies
Key skills
- research health services in the local community and explain which dimension/s of health each one supports
- analyse issues such as ethics, equity of access, privacy, invasiveness and freedom of choice associated with the use of new and emerging health procedures and technologies
Unit 3: Australia’s health in a globalised world
Area of Study 1: Understanding health and wellbeing
Key skills
- explain the individual and collective importance of health and wellbeing as a resource
- use data to describe and evaluate the health status of Australians
Area of Study 2: Promoting health and wellbeing
Key knowledge
- Australia’s health system, including Medicare, private health insurance, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and the National Disability Insurance Scheme, and its role in promoting health in relation to funding, sustainability, access and equity
Unit 4: Health and human development in a global context
Area of Study 1: Health and wellbeing in a global context
- the concept and dimensions of sustainability (environmental, social, economic) and its role in the promotion of health and wellbeing
Area of Study 2: Health and the Sustainable Development Goals
Key knowledge
- the role of non-government organisations in promoting health and wellbeing, and human development
Key skills
- describe and justify ways of taking social action to promote health and wellbeing.