HHD Notes U3AOS1 (2017)

55 Pages • Complete Study Notes • Year: Pre-2021

Health and Human Development Notes for Unit 3 - Area of Study 1 (Understanding Australia's Health) Key Knowledge Dot Points 1-7: definitions of physical, social and mental dimensions of health and health status • different measures of health status of Australians, including the meaning of burden of disease, health adjusted life expectancy and disability adjusted life years (DALYs), life expectancy, under-five mortality rate, mortality, morbidity, incidence and prevalence • health status of Australians compared with populations in other developed countries • variations in the health status of population groups in Australia, including males and females, higher and lower socioeconomic status groups, rural and remote populations and Indigenous populations • the role of determinants of health, including the physical environment, biological, behavioural and social, in explaining variations in health status • the National Health Priority Areas (NHPAs) including: – key features and reasons for selection of each NHPA – determinants that act as risk factors – direct, indirect and intangible costs to individuals and communities of NHPAs – one health promotion program relevant to each NHPA • the role of nutrition in addressing the following conditions recognised in the NHPAs: cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, colorectal cancer, obesity and osteoporosis, taking into account, where relevant, the function (as a determinant of health) and major food sources of protein, carbohydrate (including fibre), fats (mono, poly, saturated and trans), water, calcium, phosphorus, sodium and vitamin D.

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