As answers to past HSC questions begin to roll in via the form (at the bottom of this page) I thought I should begin to share some of the responses students are providing. The answer below is from Olivia and is an answer to the question "How do the five action areas of the Ottawa Charter [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR9Hkl_y3ho&feature=youtu.beClosing the Gap is the Government funded program aimed to close the gap between health inequities between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians. Each year, the Government releases the Prime Ministers report on this program identifying which aspects are on track to achieve the targets in the specified time and which are [...]
Recently I have had a few conversations with teachers about the principles of social justice that are promoted by using the actions areas of the Ottawa Charter. The difficulty comes with the fact that the principles mentioned in Preliminary PDHPE - equity, diversity, and supportive environments - do not match up with those mentioned by [...]
Both times that there has been a HSC exam question on this topic the question has focused on "why is it important to prioritise?" and for good reason. The question "why is it important to prioritise?" really brings together the content for the dot point "identifying priority health issues". Firstly, it is important to prioritise because [...]
For Health Priorities in Australia, one of the first issues you are asked to consider is how we identify priority issues for Australia's health? This question is almost identical to the critical question "How are priority issues for Australia's health identified?" The principles of social justice, as covered in Preliminary PDHPE (see here), are: equity, diversity, [...]
Australia's Institute of Health and Welfare released Australia's Health 2016 earlier this year and the up-date has further confirmed the poor health statues of socioeconomically disadvantaged people. Australia's Health 2016 indicated that socioeconomically disadvantaged people were more likely to suffer illness, disability, and have a lower life expectancy. Socioeconomically disadvantaged people were 1.3 times more likely to suffer asthma, [...]
Australian's aged 18-85 experiencing a mental health disorder in their lifetime. Continuing to look at Australia's Health 2016, this post will focus on the mental health of Australians as a major health topic and one of our priority health issues for HSC PDHPE. Australia's Health 2016 indicates that almost half of Australians will experience [...]
Australia's Health 2016 identified that cancer is not the number 1 cause of death in Australia. Cancer includes a large number of cancer types and it is the combination of these that makes cancer the number 1 cause, as there are over 100 types of cancer. Although the number of new cases of cancer continues [...]
In recent weeks the Australian institute of Health and Welfare released Australia's Health 2016. This document is the most up-to-date document on the health of Australia as a nation. This article is the first in a series to highlight some of the key things from Australia's Health 2016 that are relevant for HSC PDHPE students. First, the [...]
"Explain why individuals, communities and governments should work in partnership on health promotion initiatives. Provide examples." is question 24 in the 2014 HSC PDHPE exam and is worth 8 marks. This question relates directly to Health promotion based on the 5 action areas of the Ottawa Charter and the learn to: The benefits of partnerships [...]