HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Unit 1: Understanding health and wellbeing
Area of study 1: Health perspectives and influences
Key skills
- collect and analyse data relating to variations in youth attitudes and priorities regarding health and wellbeing
- explain a range of sociocultural factors that contribute to variations in the health status and health behaviours of Australia’s youth.
Area of Study 2: Health and nutrition
Key knowledge
- the consequences of nutritional imbalance in youths’ diet on short- and long-term health and wellbeing
- tactics used in the marketing of foods and promoting food trends to youth, and the impact on their health behaviours
- social, cultural and political factors that act as enablers or barriers to healthy eating among youth, including nutrition information sourced from social media and/or advertising.
Key skills
- describe the possible consequences of nutritional imbalance in youths’ diet on short- and long-term health and wellbeing
- analyse the interaction between a range of factors that act as enablers or barriers to healthy eating among youth
Area of Study 3: 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
Unit 3: Australia’s health in a globalised world
Area of Study 1: Understanding health and wellbeing
Key knowledge
- the contribution to Australia’s health status and burden of disease of smoking, alcohol, high body mass index, and dietary risks
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
- the role of health promotion in improving population health, focusing on one of: smoking, road safety, or skin cancer
- initiatives to promote healthy eating in Australia including Australian Dietary Guidelines and the work of Nutrition Australia, and the challenges in bringing about dietary change.
Key skills
- analyse the role of Medicare, private health insurance, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and the National Disability Insurance Scheme in promoting Australia’s health
- draw conclusions as to why dietary improvements are difficult to achieve in Australia.
Unit 4: Health and human development in a global context
Area of Study 1: Health and wellbeing in a global context
Key knowledge
- the concept and dimensions of sustainability (environmental, social, economic) and its role in the promotion of health and wellbeing
- 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.