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PDHPE: Topic 1 Health Priorities in Australia How are the priority issues for Australia’s health identified? Measuring health status to identify health priority issues in a population, it is necessary to understand the health status of the population and its subgroups. The health status of a nation is the pattern of health of the population over a period of time. Health status is measured through the process of data and information known as epidemiology. - 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.
State vs. National For the first time in many years an education revolution is happening in Australia. The proposed Australian National Curriculum is the focus of that reform by the federal government. It is a reform that will see power taken from the state and territory education authorities and in its place we will eventually see a nationalised education course and process that will conclude what is learnt and taught in schools of every state and territory of Australia[1]. The education in Australia is currently the responsibility of the territories and states. Each territory and state government is responsible for funding and regulates schools, both private (catholic and independent) and public, within its area of respondsibility.
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HISTORY OF HEALING SOCH111 ASSIGNMENT 2 PUBLIC HEALTH & NUTRITION Danielle Gardner 239134 Word Count 693 ASSIGNMENT 2 Public Health is concerned with the health of the population as a whole, preventing disease and epidemics, promoting healthy behaviours, and designing public policy so risks and priorities can be addressed in a coordinated way. The “Memorandum of Understanding; to establish a National Public Health Partnership for Australia” defines Public Health as “the organised response by society to protect and promote health, and to prevent illness, injury and disability” (National Public Health Partnership 2010). Federal, state and local governments contribute to public health initiatives. For example the ‘2007 Australian National Children's Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey’ was jointly funded by the Department of Health & Aging, the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, and the Australian Food and Grocery Council (Department of Health and Ageing 2013). Other entities that contribute to public health include; community centres, the business community, schools, doctors, dentists and complimentary and alternative medicine practitioners (Harding 2003).
Introduction This essay aims to assess the indigenous health outcomes based on the ‘Closing the Gap’ initiatives. It assesses three different health issues affecting Indigenous peoples with emphasis on on-going initiatives aimed at achieving equal health status between Australia’s populations. The essay also covers basic concepts of cultural competence and safety. It draws parallels between Australia and other foreign countries in an effort to assess to what extent recent changes in bridging the gaps have been effective: New Zealand, Canada and North America. The essay draws crucial health statistics from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and several international journals and books that have contributes significantly in bringing to the
Indigenous people and their health With problems rising in Indigenous health, it is becoming essential to understand how poor health condition is developing in Indigenous population within a well present country. The aim of this essay is to understand and discuss right health services for the Indigenous people especially for indigenous youth suffer from mental and depression problem. This essay consists of four sections. Firstly we discuss the impact of colonization and the influence of government policies on health issues of Indigenous people. Secondly we focus on Aboriginal youth mental depression problem and how colonization and policies implicated this.
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