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Unit 3: Australia's health in a globalised world - AoS 1 Understanding health and wellbeing
Quick questions on Variations in health status between population groups in Australia for VCE Health and Human Development Unit 3 AoS 1
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What are groups that experience health inequities?Show answer
VCAA expects you to be able to discuss variations between groups such as:
What are contributing factors?Show answer
The same factor can act through several pathways. For example, lower average income (a sociocultural determinant) can reduce access to fresh food, affordable healthcare and safe housing, which raises the risk of chronic disease and lowers life expectancy. Remoteness (an environmental determinant) reduces access to health services and healthy food, which increases morbidity. Historical and ongoing impacts of colonisation, dispossession and discrimination contribute to the social and emotional determinants affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.
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