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Unit 2: Personal Health

5 dot points across 5 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

What contemporary health issues most affect young Australians and what social, emotional and physical factors drive them?

Investigate contemporary health issues relevant to young people and analyse the social, emotional and physical factors involved
Contemporary health issues affecting young Australians, including mental health, substance use and body image, and the social, emotional and physical factors driving them in TCE Health Studies.
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How have approaches to health promotion changed and how do we judge whether a strategy works?

Compare models of health and evaluate the effectiveness of health promotion approaches
Comparing the biomedical and social models of health and evaluating health promotion approaches such as education, regulation and community action in TCE Health Studies.
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What protective factors and decision making skills help young people manage risk and build resilience?

Explain protective factors and decision making skills and evaluate how they build resilience and support personal health
Risk and protective factors, resilience, and decision making skills that help young people manage risk and protect personal health and wellbeing in TCE Health Studies.
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How does risk taking shape personal health and wellbeing, and when is a risk positive or negative?

Analyse risk taking behaviour and evaluate its positive and negative outcomes for personal health and wellbeing
How risk taking influences personal health and wellbeing, the difference between positive and negative risks, and why young people take risks in TCE Health Studies Unit 2.
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How does the Ottawa Charter guide effective action to promote the health of populations?

Explain and apply the five action areas of the Ottawa Charter to health promotion
The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, its five action areas and three strategies, and how they guide effective population health action in TCE Health Studies.
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