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Unit 3: Australia's health in a globalised world - AoS 2 Promoting health and wellbeing

8 dot points across 8 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How does the Australian health system fund and provide healthcare?

The role of Medicare, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, the National Disability Insurance Scheme and private health insurance in promoting health and wellbeing, and how each promotes funding, sustainability, access and equity
VCE HHD Unit 3 AoS 2 on Medicare, the PBS, the NDIS and private health insurance and how each promotes funding, access and equity.
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How do the biomedical and social models of health differ and why are both needed?

The biomedical and social models of health, the strengths and limitations of each, and the reasons for the shift from a biomedical to a social approach to health
VCE HHD Unit 3 AoS 2 comparing the biomedical and social models of health, their strengths and limitations, and why both are needed.
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How do initiatives improve the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples?

Initiatives to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' health and wellbeing, and how they reflect the action areas of the Ottawa Charter and the principles of social justice
VCE HHD Unit 3 AoS 2 guide to initiatives improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, including Closing the Gap, mapped to the Ottawa Charter and social justice.
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How well does the Australian health system promote funding, sustainability, access and equity?

The values and operation of Australia's health system, including funding, sustainability, access and equity, and how it promotes health and wellbeing
VCE HHD Unit 3 AoS 2 guide to how the Australian health system promotes funding, sustainability, access and equity in promoting health and wellbeing.
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How does Australia promote healthy eating to improve health and wellbeing?

Initiatives to promote healthy eating in Australia, including the Australian Dietary Guidelines and the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating, and the challenges in bringing about dietary change
VCE HHD Unit 3 AoS 2 guide to promoting healthy eating in Australia, the Australian Dietary Guidelines and the Guide to Healthy Eating, and the challenges of dietary change.
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How did old public health and improvements over the twentieth century change Australia's health?

The development of old public health in Australia, including the role of governments in improving sanitation, water quality and housing, and improvements in health status over the twentieth century
VCE HHD Unit 3 AoS 2 guide to old public health in Australia and the improvements in health status across the twentieth century.
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How does the Ottawa Charter guide action to promote health and wellbeing?

The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion as a framework, its three strategies for action and five action areas, applied to the planning and evaluation of health promotion
VCE HHD Unit 3 AoS 2 on the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion - its three strategies and five action areas applied to health promotion.
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How has Australia used health promotion to reduce smoking and its burden of disease?

Initiatives and strategies, including those reflecting the action areas of the Ottawa Charter, used to promote health and reduce tobacco smoking in Australia
VCE HHD Unit 3 AoS 2 case study of tobacco control in Australia - taxation, plain packaging, advertising bans and campaigns mapped to the Ottawa Charter.
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