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Health and Movement ScienceQ&A by dot point
A short Q&A bank for every NSW Health and Movement Science syllabus dot point. Each question and answer is drawn directly from our worked dot-point page, so you can scan key concepts before opening the long-form answer.
Focus Area 1: Health in an Australian and global context
- Examine the structure, funding and roles of Australia's health care system, including Medicare, the PBS, public and private hospitals, primary care, allied health, and Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services9Q&A pairs
- Analyse the determinants of health (individual, sociocultural, socioeconomic, environmental) and how they interact to create health inequities in the Australian population8Q&A pairs
- Assess equity of access to health care in Australia, including barriers faced by priority populations and the strategies designed to overcome them15Q&A pairs
- Analyse health inequalities between population groups in Australia and explain why specific groups are designated priority populations4Q&A pairs
- Explain health promotion using the Ottawa Charter, distinguish primary, secondary and tertiary prevention, and analyse the role of advocacy in shaping Australian health outcomes15Q&A pairs
- Investigate the health status of Australians using measures such as life expectancy, mortality, morbidity, burden of disease, incidence and prevalence, and compare to global indicators10Q&A pairs
- Explain the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) relevant to health and apply them to a current global health issue and Australia's role15Q&A pairs
- Investigate how technology, digital health and big data influence health outcomes, access and equity in Australia10Q&A pairs
Focus Area 2: Training for improved performance
- Analyse the three energy systems (ATP-PC, anaerobic glycolysis, aerobic) and the training types that target each, with reference to specific sporting contexts14Q&A pairs
- Investigate sports injury prevention, rehabilitation, and return-to-play decisions, including risk factors, evidence-based warm-up protocols, rehabilitation phases, return-to-play criteria, and concussion management11Q&A pairs
- Examine the tools and methods used to monitor, record and evaluate training load and performance, and explain how the resulting data informs program decisions11Q&A pairs
- Analyse the role of nutrition, hydration, supplementation and sleep in supporting training adaptation, performance and recovery, with reference to evidence-based recommendations15Q&A pairs
- Investigate acute physiological responses (cardiovascular, respiratory, muscular) and chronic adaptations to aerobic and resistance training4Q&A pairs
- Apply the principles of training (specificity, progressive overload, reversibility, variety, individuality, recovery) to design a training program for a specific performance goal11Q&A pairs
- Investigate skill acquisition through the stages of learning, types of practice, types of feedback, and the role of coaching cues; apply the principles to a chosen sporting context11Q&A pairs
- Examine training methods for strength, power, speed and flexibility, and design a periodised plan that integrates these capacities for a chosen athlete10Q&A pairs
- Investigate the role of technology in performance enhancement, including training monitoring tools, performance-enhancing drugs and anti-doping, technological doping, and the ethical and equity issues these raise across athlete populations5Q&A pairs