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39 TCE Health cards across 4 modules (13 definitions, 26 key facts, 0 fill-the-gap, 0 formulas). Each session gives you 20 cards, due cards first. Swipe right for easy, left for hard, down for again. Keyboard: Space to flip, 1 to 4 to rate.

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  1. Definition

    Determinants of Health - TCE Health Studies (Tasmania) - Level 3 pre-tertiary notes

    Define Social determinants of health

    The social determinants of health are the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age, together with the wider forces and systems shaping daily life.

  2. Definition

    Contemporary Youth Health Issues - TCE Health Studies (Tasmania) - Level 3 pre-tertiary notes

    Define Contemporary health issue

    A contemporary health issue is a current and widespread matter that significantly affects wellbeing and attracts public, professional or policy concern. Studying it requires recent data and an analysis of the present social, emotional and physical factors involved.

  3. Definition

    Australian Health Priorities - TCE Health Studies (Tasmania) - Level 3 pre-tertiary

    Define Burden of disease

    Burden of disease measures the impact of illness, disability and premature death on a population.

  4. Definition

    Global Health and Health Inquiry - TCE Health Studies (Tasmania) - Level 3 pre-tertiary

    Define Global health

    Global health is the study and improvement of health and health equity for all people worldwide.

  5. Definition

    Dimensions and Meaning of Health - TCE Health Studies (Tasmania) - Level 3 pre-tertiary

    Define Dimensions of health

    The dimensions of health are the interrelated aspects of wellbeing, commonly physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual.

  6. Definition

    Health Promotion Models and Approaches - TCE Health Studies (Tasmania) - Level 3 pre-tertiary

    Define Social model of health

    The social model of health is an approach that focuses on improving health by acting on the social, economic and environmental determinants, reducing inequities, and involving communities, rather than concentrating only on clinical treatment of individuals.

  7. Definition

    The Australian Health System - TCE Health Studies (Tasmania) - Level 3 pre-tertiary

    Define Medicare

    Medicare is Australia's universal public health insurance scheme.

  8. Definition

    Social Justice and Health Equity - TCE Health Studies (Tasmania) - Level 3 pre-tertiary

    Define Health equity

    Health equity is the absence of unfair and avoidable differences in health between groups of people.

  9. Definition

    The Social View of Health - TCE Health Studies (Tasmania) - Level 3 pre-tertiary notes

    Define Social view of health

    A social view of health is an approach that explains health and illness mainly through the social, economic, cultural and environmental conditions of people's lives, rather than through individual biology or behaviour alone.

  10. Definition

    Resilience and Protective Factors - TCE Health Studies (Tasmania) - Level 3 pre-tertiary notes

    Define Protective factors

    Protective factors are the personal strengths and supportive conditions that lower the risk of harm and promote wellbeing.

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