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PDHPE Core One
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- 1What is the role of epidemiology?Epidemiology is the study of disease in groups or populations, through the collection of data and information to identify patterns and causes.
- 2What are the measures of epidemiology?Infant Mortality: number of deaths in the first years of life per 1000 live births
Mortality: the number of deaths for a given cause in a given population over a set time period
Morbidity: the rate, distribution and trends of illness, disease and injury in a given population
Life Expectancy: an estimate of the number of years a person can expect to live at any particular age - 3How do we identify priority health issues?-Social justice principles
-Priority population groups
-Prevalence of a condition
-Potential for prevention and early intervention
-Costs to the individual and community - 4What are the priority issues for improving Australia's health?-Groups experiencing health inequities
ATSI, Elderly
- High levels of preventable chronic disease, injury and mental health problems
CVD, Cancer, Diabetes
-A growing and aging population - 5What role do health care facilities and services play in achieving better health for all Australians?-Health Care in Australia
-Complementary and Alternative Health Care Approaches - 6What is involved in health care in Australia?-Range and types of services
-Responsibility for services
-Equity of access to services
-Health care expenditure vs expenditure on early intervention and prevention
-Impact of emerging technologies and treatments
-Health insurance: Medicare and private - 7What is involved in assessing complementary and alternative health care approaches?-Reasons for growth
-Range of products
-How to make informed consumer choices - 8What are the action areas of the Ottawa Charter?Dead Cats Smell Really Bad
-Developing personal skills
-Creating supportive environments
-Strengthening community action
-Reorientating health services
-Building healthy public policy - 9How is health promotion based on the five action areas of the Ottawa Charter?-Levels of responsibility for health promotion
-The benefits of partnerships in health promotion, e.g. gov sector, non-gov agencies, local community
-Promotion of social justice principles based on Ottawa Charter
-Ottawa Charter in action
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