HEALTH AND WELLBEING
STAGE 1
Health literacy
Develop an understanding of health literacy by:
- recognising and using appropriate health and wellbeing language
- analysing and interpreting sources for bias, relevance, and credibility
- sourcing appropriate primary sources of data or information
- analysing research findings
- exploring health and wellbeing theories, concepts, or methodologies.
Health determinants
Develop an understanding of health determinants by:
- analysing competing views about a contemporary issue
- considering the impact of connection to Country/Place on the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Health promotion
Develop an understanding of health promotion by:
- exploring the partnerships required for effective health and wellbeing promotion
- examining sustainable health and wellbeing promotion strategies that empower individuals and/or communities
- conducting and reflecting on activities that promote health and wellbeing for a targeted audience, such as volunteering, awareness-raising, or fundraising.
STAGE 2
Health literacy
Develop an understanding of health literacy by:
- identifying, understanding, and applying current and contemporary health language from a diverse range of sources and contexts
- collecting, analysing, and interpreting a range of primary and secondary sources for bias, relevance, currency, and credibility
- creating surveys and conducting interviews, and collating and interpreting survey data
- critically analysing and evaluating findings
- exploring health and wellbeing theories, concepts, or methodologies.
Health determinants
Develop an understanding of health determinants by:
- conducting a media analysis about how a health issue is presented
- analysing competing views about a contemporary issue.
Health promotion
Develop an understanding of health promotion by:
- evaluating sustainable health promotion strategies that empower communities to control their own health and wellbeing
- conducting and reflecting on activities that promote health and wellbeing for a targeted audience, such as volunteering, awareness-raising, or fundraising.
Social equity
Develop an understanding of social equity by:
- analysing and evaluating government action to address inequity through policies such as Closing the Gap, National Housing and Homelessness Agreement, or federal anti-discrimination laws exploring the relationship between wellbeing and disadvantage, and identifying barriers that limit access to health services.