Core 1

Question 1

Crit question 2?

Answer 1

What are priority issues of improving Australia’s health?

Question 2

Crit question 3?

Answer 2

What role do care facilities and services play in achieving better health for all Australians?

Question 3

Crit question 4?

Answer 3

What actions are needed to address Australia’s health priorities?

Question 4

Dot points for crit question 1?

Answer 4

Measuring health status

Identifying priority health issues

Question 5

Dot points for crit question 2

Answer 5

Groups experiencing health inequities
High levels of preventative chronic disease injury and mental health
A growing and ageing population

Question 6

Dot points for crit question 3?

Answer 6

Health care in Australia

Complimentary and alternative health care approaches

Question 7

Dot points for crit question 4?

Answer 7

Health promotion based on the 5 action areas of the Ottawa charta

Question 8

Measuring health status?

Answer 8

• role of epidemiology

- measures of epidemiology (mortality, infant mortality, morbidity, life expectancy)

Question 9

Identifying priority health issues?

Answer 9

• social justice principals
• priority population groups
• prevalence of a condition
• potential for prevention and early intervention
• costs to individual and community

Question 10

Groups experiencing health inequities?

Answer 10

• aboriginal and toris straite islander people
• socioeconomically disadvantaged
• people in rural and remote areas
• overseas born people
• the elderly
• people with disability

Question 11

High levels of preventable chronic diseases, injury, and ,entail health problems?

Answer 11

• cardiovascular disease (cvd)
• cancer (skin, lung, breast)
• diabetes
• respiratory disease
• injury
• mental health problems and illness

Question 12

A growing and ageing population?

Answer 12

• healthy ageing
• increased population living with chronic disease and disability
• demand for health services and workforce shortages
• availability of carers and volunteers

Question 13

Health care in Australia?

Answer 13

• range and types of health facilities and services
• responsibility of health facilities and services
• equality of access to health facilities and services
• health care expenditure vs expenditure on early intervention and prevention
• impact of emerging new treatments and technologies on health care
• health insurance: Medicare and private

Question 14

Complimentary and alternative health care approaches?

Answer 14

• reasons for growth of complementary and alternative products and services
• range of products and services available
• how to make informed consumer choices

Question 15

Health promotion based on the 5 action areas of the Ottawa charter?

Answer 15

• levels of responsibility for health promotion
• the benefits of partnerships in health promotion (eg. Government sector, non government agencies and the local community)
• how health promotion based on the Ottawa charter promotes social justices
• the Ottawa charter in action

Question 16

Crit question 1?

Answer 16

How are priority issues of Australians health identifies?