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VCE Exam Preparation 2011
Units 3 and 4
Part A
Unit 3: Australia’s health
Australians generally enjoy good health and are among the healthiest people in the world when compared to other developed countries. The health status of Australians can be measured in many ways, such as consideration of burden of disease, health adjusted life expectancy, disability adjusted life years (DALYs), life expectancy, under-five mortality rate, mortality and morbidity rates, incidence and prevalence of disease. Despite Australia’s good health status, there is still potential for improvements. The National Health Priority Areas (NHPAs) initiative provides a national approach that aims to improve health status in the areas that contribute most of the burden of disease in Australia. Regardless of how health is measured, health is not shared equally by all Australians. Different levels of health are experienced by different groups, which can be attributed to biological, behavioural and social determinants of health.
Funding for the Australian health system involves a combination of both government and non- government sources. The Australian Government makes a significant contribution to the health system through the funding of Medicare. Both government and non-government organisations play an important role in the implementation of a range of initiatives designed to promote health in Australia.
AREA OF sTUDy 1
Understanding Australia’s health
In this area of study students develop an understanding of the health status of Australians by investigating the burden of disease and the health of population groups in Australia. Students use key health measures to compare health in Australia with other developed countries, and analyse how biological, behavioural and social determinants of health contribute to variations in health status.
The NHPAs initiative seeks to bring a national health policy focus to diseases or conditions that have a major impact on the health
Units 3 and 4
Part A
Unit 3: Australia’s health
Australians generally enjoy good health and are among the healthiest people in the world when compared to other developed countries. The health status of Australians can be measured in many ways, such as consideration of burden of disease, health adjusted life expectancy, disability adjusted life years (DALYs), life expectancy, under-five mortality rate, mortality and morbidity rates, incidence and prevalence of disease. Despite Australia’s good health status, there is still potential for improvements. The National Health Priority Areas (NHPAs) initiative provides a national approach that aims to improve health status in the areas that contribute most of the burden of disease in Australia. Regardless of how health is measured, health is not shared equally by all Australians. Different levels of health are experienced by different groups, which can be attributed to biological, behavioural and social determinants of health.
Funding for the Australian health system involves a combination of both government and non- government sources. The Australian Government makes a significant contribution to the health system through the funding of Medicare. Both government and non-government organisations play an important role in the implementation of a range of initiatives designed to promote health in Australia.
AREA OF sTUDy 1
Understanding Australia’s health
In this area of study students develop an understanding of the health status of Australians by investigating the burden of disease and the health of population groups in Australia. Students use key health measures to compare health in Australia with other developed countries, and analyse how biological, behavioural and social determinants of health contribute to variations in health status.
The NHPAs initiative seeks to bring a national health policy focus to diseases or conditions that have a major impact on the health