Syllabus Flashcards
measuring health status
- role of epidemiology
- measures of epidemiology
- mortality
- morbidity
- life expectancy
- infant mortality
identifying priority health issues
- social justice principles
- priority population groups
- prevalence of condition
- potential for prevention + early intervention
- costs to individual and community
groups experiencing health inequities
- ATSI
- RARA
high levels of preventable chronic disease, injury and mental health problems
- cancer
- skin
- lung
- breasts
- CVD
- mental health problems and illnes
a growing and ageing population
- healthy ageing
- availability of carers and volunteers
- demand for health services + workforce shortages
- increasing populations living with chronic disease and disability
healthcare in Australia
- health care vs preventative + early intervention
- health insurance: private vs medicare
- equity of access
- responsibilities for health services+facilities
- range+types of services+facilities
- impact of emerging new treatments
complementary and alternative health care approaches
- reasons for growth of complementary and alternative health products and services
- range of products+services available
- how to make informed consumer choices
health promotion based on the five action areas of the Ottawa Charter
- levels of responsibilities for health promotion
- benefits of partnerships in health promotion –> government sector, non-gov agencies+local community
- how health promotion based on the Ottawa Charter promotes social justice
- the Ottawa Charter in action
energy systems
- alactacid (ATP-PC)
- lactic acid
- aerobic
what needs to be known about the energy systems?
the learn to section
- source of fuel
- efficiency of ATP production
- duration
- cause of fatigue
- by products
- process+rate of recovery
- sport examples
types of training+training methods
- aerobic:
- continuous, fartlek, aerobic interval, circuit
- anaerobic:
- anaerobic interval
- flexibility:
- static, ballistic, dynamic, PNF
- strength training:
- free/fixed weights, elastic, hydraulic
principles of training
- progressive overload
- training threshold
- reversibility
- specificity
- warm up/cool down
- variability
physiological adaptations in response to training
- stroke volume/cardiac output
- haemoglobin levels
- oxygen uptake/lung capacity
- muscle hypertrophy
- effect on fast/slow twitch muscle fibers
motivation
- positive/negative
- intrinsic/extrinsic
anxiety and arousal
- state anxiety
- trait anxiety
- optimum arousal
psychological strategies to enhance moptivation and manage anxiety
- concentration/attention skills (focusing)
- mental rehearsal/visualisation (imagery)
- relaxation techniques
- goal setting
nutritional considerations
- pre performance incl. carb loading
- during performance
- post performance
supplementation
- vitamins/minerals
- protein
- caffeine
- creatine
recovery strategies
- physiological
- cool down, hydration
- neural
- massage, hydrotherapy
- psychological
- relaxation
- tissue damage
- cryotherapy
stages of skill acquisition
- cognitive
- associative
- autonomous
characteristics of the learner
confidence, heredity, ability, personality, prior experience
the learning environment
- nature of skill
- open, closed, gross, fine, discrete, serial, continuous, self-paced, externally paced
- performance elements
- decision making, strategic/tactical development
- practice methods
- massed, whole, distributed, part
- feedback
- delayed, internal, concurrent, external, knowledge of results/performance
assessment of skill and performance
- characteristics of skill performers
- kinaesthetic sense, anticipation, consistency, technique
- objective and subjective performance measures
- validity and reliability of tests
- personal vs prescribed judging criteria
