Promoting Health and Wellbeing

Question 1

ADGs guideline 1

Answer 1

Achieve and maintain a healthy weight, be physically active, and choose nutritious foods and drinks to meet your energy needs

Question 2

ADGs guideline 2

Answer 2

Enjoy a variety of nutritious foods from the five food groups everyday

Question 3

ADGs guideline 3

Answer 3

Limit intake of foods containing saturated fat, added salt, added sugars and alcohol

Question 4

ADGs guideline 4

Answer 4

Encourage, support and promote breastfeeding

Question 5

ADGs guideline 5

Answer 5

Care for your food, prepare and store it safely

Question 6

Define public health

Answer 6

Refers to the ways the Government monitor, regulate and promote health and wellbeing to help prevent illness in Australia

Question 7

Define health promotion

Answer 7

Processes that enable people to increase control over improving their health in Australia e.g. campaigns such as cigarette packets

Question 8

Define old public health

Answer 8

Actions taken by the Government that focused on changing the physical environments to prevent the spread of diseases

Question 9

Old public health - policies

Answer 9

Quarantine laws
Food quality legislation
Housing building codes
Workplace regulations
Community immunisation policies

Question 10

Old public health - practices

Answer 10

Provision of clean water
Improved sanitation
Improved birthing practices

Question 11

Define new public health (social model of health)

Answer 11

An approach that expands the traditional focus on individual behaviour and considers the physical, sociocultural and political environment impacts on health

Question 12

Define sanitation

Answer 12

Removal of human waste from the environment

Question 13

Old public health policies & practices

Answer 13

Better quality housing and fewer slums
Better quality food and nutrition
Introduction of quarantine laws
Safer working conditions
More hygienic birthday practices
Provision of antenatal and infant welfare services
Mass immunisation programs

Question 14

What is the biomedical model of health

Answer 14

Focuses on the physical and biological science of disease and illness. It is a medical model practiced by doctors and health professionals, associated with the diagnosis, treatment and curing of diseases.

Question 15

Features of the biomedical approach

Answer 15

Relies on technology to diagnose, treat and cure
Relies on services provided by doctors, health professionals, hospitals, etc.
Focuses on the needs of an individual health instead of the whole population

Question 16

Examples of the biomedical model

Answer 16

Stitches to assist the healing of a cut
Chemotherapy to treat cancer
MRI scanners to detect conditions
Stethoscope to listen for irregular sounds generated internally by the heart, lungs and intestinal tract

Question 17

Strengths of biomedical model

Answer 17

Advancements in medical technology and research
Enables many common diseases/illnesses to be effectively treated
Extends life expectancy
Improves quality of life through treatment and cures or assists people to live with disease/disability

Question 18

Limitations of biomedical model

Answer 18

Relies on health professionals and technology
Costly tertiary education for students in the medical field
Not every condition can be treated as some may be hereditary/genetics
More focused on individuals separately and not the mass health of a population

Question 19

Differentiate between the biomedical and social model of health

Answer 19

The biomedical model of health focuses on the physical or biological aspects of disease and illness and involves diagnosing and treating illnesses/conditions once symptoms are present, as an individual focus

The social model of health considers the role that factors such as socioeconomic status, access to healthcare and social connectedness play in preventing diseases and illnesses. The model adopts a population or community development as policies, education and health promotion activities are key aspects in promoting health and wellbeing

Question 20

Medicare levy

Answer 20

An additional 2 per cent tax placed on the taxable income of most taxpayers. Those with low incomes or with specific circumstances may be exempt from paying the levy.

Question 21

We need our healthcare system to be S.A.F.E

Answer 21

Sustainability
Access
Funding
Equity

Question 22

Sustainability

Answer 22

Relates to the capacity of the health system to provide a workforce and infrastructure (e.g. facilities & equipment), and to be innovative and responsive to emerging needs through interventions (e.g. research and monitoring) now and in the future

Question 23

Funding

Answer 23

Relates to the financial resources that are provided to keep the health system adequately staffed and resourced, so a high level of care is available to those who need it

Question 24

Ottawa charter definition of ‘health promotion’

Answer 24

Enabling people to take control over, and to improve their health

Question 25

Three strategies for health promotion (AEM)

Answer 25

Advocate
Enable
Mediate

Question 26

Principles of social model of health

Answer 26

Involves intersectoral collaboration
Addresses the broader determinants of health
Empowers individuals and communities
Acts to enable access to healthcare
Acts to reduce social inequities

Question 27

Involves intersectoral collaboration

Answer 27

Intersectoral collaboration within stakeholders (government, non-government, public sector, private sector

Question 28

Addresses the broader factors/determinants of health

Answer 28

Addresses determinants outside the control of the health system such as gender, culture, race, ethnicity, SES, geographical location and physical environment

Question 29

Empowers individuals and communities

Answer 29

Empowering individuals and communities by building their health knowledge and skills so that they can make positive changes to their health and wellbeing

Question 30

Acts to enable access to healthcare

Answer 30

Providing access to healthcare means it must be readily available to all (e.g. considering culture, gender, etc) while also being simple to interpret and comprehend

Question 31

Acts to reduce social inequities

Answer 31

Addressing sociocultural factors such as gender, culture, race, SES, access to healthcare, social exclusion and the physical environment

Question 32

What is tobacco smoking

Answer 32

Refers to the process of burning tobacco and inhaling the smoke produced

Question 33

Why is smoking targeted for health promotion in Australia

Answer 33

Burden of disease associated with smoking can be prevented
Leading preventable cause of poor health in Australia