Unit 3: AOS 2

Question 1

Three reason on why skin cancer targeted in Australia?

Answer 1

1. Australia has the highest rate of skin cancer in the world.
2. Economic costs of skin cancer are substantial in Australia
3. More than 2000 Australians die from skin cancer each year
4. 2 in 3 Australian’s are diagnosed with skin cancer before 70

Question 2

What is the SunSmart campaign?

Answer 2

An initiative from Cancer Council Victoria and is a world leader in skin cancer prevention.

Question 3

How does SunSmart: Build a Healthy Public Policy?

Answer 3

SunSmart has initiated ‘Not Hat, ‘No play’ rule in schools that mandates children who forget to bring a hat can not play in the sun therefore reducing their unprotected exposure to the UV radiation.

Question 4

How does SunSmart: Create a Supportive Environment?

Answer 4

Improving Environmental protection strategies such as:
- Shade audits
- Options for built and natural shade
- Promoting the SunSmart UV Alert.

Question 5

How does SunSmart: Strengthen Community Action?

Answer 5

National Skin Cancer Action Week encourages people to get involved, including by putting posters up at work, home or at school to remind Australians of the importance of sun protection.

Question 6

How does SunSmart: Develop Personal Skills?

Answer 6

‘No Hat, No Play’ reinforces sun protective behaviours in individuals.

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Question 7

How does SunSmart: Reorient Health Services?

Answer 7

During National Skin Cancer Action Week dermatologists work to raise awareness of and prevent skin cancer.

Question 8

What is Close the Gap?

Answer 8

An initiative by the Australian government to achieve health equality for indigenous Australians by 2031.

Question 9

What is The Aboriginal Road to Good Health program?

Answer 9

• The Aboriginal Road to Good Health program is a type 2 diabetes six week prevention program for Indigenous Australians.
• They work with Indigenous communities and aims to promote healthy lifestyles including how to prevent type 2 diabetes.

Question 10

How does programs apart of the Close the Gap initiative: Build Healthy Public Policy?

Answer 10

Advocating for change and implementation of policies that support Indigenous people, such as increasing funding to ensure all Indigenous people have access to early childhood education.

Question 11

How does programs apart of the Close the Gap initiative: Develop personal skills?

Answer 11

By providing cultural awareness training for the medical workforce, including how different foods affect health and wellbeing, and importance of prenatal and postnatal care for mother and child.

Question 12

How does programs apart of the Close the Gap initiative: Create Supportive Environments?

Answer 12

Allowing Indigenous people to access medical care which increases the number of people who access care and improves health and wellbeing outcomes.

Question 13

How does programs apart of the Close the Gap initiative: Strengthen Community Action?

Answer 13

The Australian Government is working with local alcohol and drug treatment services in Indigenous communities.

Question 14

How does programs apart of the Close the Gap initiative: Reorient Health Services?

Answer 14

Program run in several communities by Indigenous health workers to prevent rather than treat chronic conditions such as type 2 diabetes.

Question 15

What are two examples on how the Aboriginal Road to Good Health promote Health and wellbeing

Answer 15

Educating Indigenous people about what foods have a negative impact on your health, making them less likely to consume these foods and more likely to consume nutritious foods. As a result their body is more likely to function optimally and free of disease, which can positively impact physical health and wellbeing.

Being free and allowing you to bring in a partner, friend or family member. By doing so, participants can bond with the person they brought and are more likely to maintain meaningful relationships between each other, which can improve social health and wellbeing.

Question 16

How does the Aboriginal Road to Good Health reflect on two action areas of the Ottawa Charter?

Answer 16

1. Developing personal skills of individuals, and educating individuals about how to make wise choices when eating and buying foods, and how to read nutrition labels. Here they can get the skills they need to prevent type 2 diabetes from occurring
2. Creating supportive environments, by being free for individuals to participate in, making people feel welcome and more likely to enjoy the program. This makes individuals more likely to take in health promotion messages and prevent type 2 diabetes from developing.

Question 17

What are three aims of The Australian Dietary Guidelines?

Answer 17

• Develop healthy dietary patterns that will promote health and wellbeing.
• Reduce the risk of developing a range of diet-related conditions such as hypertension and impaired glucose regulation.
• Reduce the risk of developing chronic conditions such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and some cancers.

Question 18

What are the 5 Guidelines from the Australian Dietary Guidelines?

Answer 18

1. To achieve and maintain a healthy weight, be physically active and choose amounts of nutritious food and drinks to meet your energy needs ie. only eat the foods required by your energy needs and growth + regular physical activity.
2. Enjoy a wide variety of nutritious foods from these five food groups: vegetables, fruit, grains, lean meats, dairy, and drink plenty of water.
3. Limit intake of foods containing saturated fat, added salt, added sugar and alcohol.
4. Encourage, support and promote breastfeeding (reduced breast cancer).
5. Care for your food; prepare and store it safely ie. food safety and reduced food poisoning.

Question 19

What are three advantages of The Australian Dietary Guidelines?

Answer 19

1. More holistic- More than just what to eat. Involves what to do with our food as well as managing food intake and output
2. Takes into account specific age groups
3. Includes serving sizes.

Question 20

What are two disadvantages of The Australian Dietary Guidelines?

Answer 20

1. Provides very general advice like limit or plenty
2. It can be harder to understand due to the lack of visual features, and for people who with poor english skills

Question 21

What is The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating?

Answer 21

Is a food selection tool which visually represents the proportion of the five food groups recommended for consumption on a daily basis.

Focuses on understanding Guideline 2 and Guideline 3 of The Australian Dietary Guidelines.

Question 22

What are two advantages of The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating?

Answer 22

1. Highlights the importance of water to good health.
2. Visually appealing
3. Includes foods that should only be consumed in small amounts.

Question 23

What are two disadvantages of The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating?

Answer 23

1. Does not provide information on serving sizes
2. Not specific to individuals, age groups, ethnic groups, activity levels etc

Question 24

What are the 9 challenges in bringing about a Dietary Change?

Answer 24

1. Food Security
2. Willpower
3. Family, Culture, Society, and Religion
4. Health and wellbeing factors
5. Attitude and Beliefs
6. Personal Preference
7. Time Constraints and convenience
8. Food marketing and media
9. Education, nutrition knowledge and cooking skills.

Question 25

What is Nutrition Australia?

Answer 25

Is a non-government organisation that aims to promote healthy eating and adequate physical activity.

Question 26

What are two objectives of Nutrition Australia?

Answer 26

1. Acting as a source of scientific information on key nutrition issues.
2. Producing and distributing material on nutrition.
3. Acting as consultants to government departments and the food industry.

Question 27

What are the three works of Nutrition Australia?

Answer 27

1. Healthy Eating Advisory Service
2. Healthy Eating Pyramid
3. Publication of recipes

Question 28

What is the Healthy Eating Advisory Service?

Answer 28

Works to promote consumption of healthy food and drinks in early childhood services, schools, hospitals and workplaces, including phone advice and support, staff training on menu assessment and modification, and training for cooks.

Question 29

Publication of Recipes

Answer 29

Hundreds of healthy recipes are provided free of charge on the Nutrition Australia website, and cookbooks reviewed by Nutrition Australia are available for purchase

Question 30

What is the Healthy Eating Pyramid?

Answer 30

Is an easy to follow food selection tool based on the Australian Dietary Guidelines. It is a visual tool and represents foods from the five basic food groups.

Question 31

What are three strengths of the Healthy Eating Pyramid?

Answer 31

1. A simple visual tool promoting healthy food
   intake
2. Very easy to interpret and remember.
3. Based on dietary guideline – simplifies it.
4. Pictorial – foods can be swapped depending on
   audience.

Question 32

What is two disadvantages of the healthy Eating Pyramid?

Answer 32

1. Serving sizes not identified.
2. Requires some nutritional knowledge as not every person knows what a ‘healthy fat’ is.

Question 33

What is health promotion?

Answer 33

Is the process of enabling people to increase control over and to improve their health

Question 34

2 reason on why certain issues are targeted by health promotion.

Answer 34

Many issues can be addressed by behaviour change.

They may be leading causes of death and disability in Australia.

Question 35

What is the Aboriginal Quitline?

Answer 35

Aboriginal Quitline is a telephone counselling service thatworksby providing confidential support for Indigenous Australians who want to quit smoking.

Aboriginal Quitline staff are professionals with specialist training to help people quit smoking in a culturally appropriate way.