Option: Equity and Health
5 dot points across 3 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.
What is health equity?
Which groups experience health inequities in Australia?
- Health inequities by gender and sexuality: nature and extent of inequities for women, men, and LGBTIQ+ Australians; determinants; the role of intersecting identities
A focused answer to the HSC PDHPE Equity and Health Option dot point on gender and sexuality inequities. Women's, men's and LGBTIQ+ Australians' health patterns, the determinants, and how identities intersect.
7 min answer → - Health inequities by socioeconomic status: nature and extent, determinants of the inequity, the role of education, employment, income, and housing
A focused answer to the HSC PDHPE Equity and Health Option dot point on socioeconomic inequity. The Australian data, the determinants (education, employment, income, housing), and the policy responses.
6 min answer → - Health inequities by geographic location: nature and extent for rural, regional and remote Australians; determinants; the role of service access and infrastructure
A focused answer to the HSC PDHPE Equity and Health Option dot point on rural and remote inequity. The Australian data, the determinants (service access, infrastructure, distance, workforce), and policy responses.
6 min answer →