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Unit 3: Health, Determinants and Communities

11 dot points, in syllabus order. Each dot point has a focused answer, with exam-style questions and worked answers where available.

How do beliefs, attitudes and values shape health behaviour, and how do behaviour change models explain when people act?

Explain how beliefs, attitudes and values influence health behaviour and apply behaviour change models to predict and support healthier choices

Beliefs, attitudes and values and behaviour change. Covers how beliefs and values shape behaviour, the Health Belief Model and stages of change, and applying them to support healthier decisions.

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How do empowerment and community capacity building help groups take control of the conditions that shape their health?

Explain how empowerment and community capacity building enable groups to take control of the determinants affecting their health

WACE Year 12 Health Studies Unit 3 content on empowerment and community capacity building. Covers what empowerment means, how capacity building works, and why empowered communities sustain better health outcomes and reduce inequity.

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How do the biomedical and social approaches to health promotion differ, and when is each most appropriate?

Compare the biomedical and social approaches to health promotion and evaluate which approach best suits a given health issue and population

WACE Year 12 Health Studies Unit 3 content on approaches to health promotion. Compares the biomedical and social models, explains settings and population-based approaches, and shows how to choose an approach that fits the issue and group.

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How do the Health Belief Model and the stages of change explain whether a person will adopt a healthier behaviour?

Apply behaviour change models, including the Health Belief Model and the stages of change, to explain and influence health behaviour

WACE Year 12 Health Studies Unit 3 content on behaviour change models. Covers the Health Belief Model constructs and the transtheoretical stages of change, and shows how to apply each to explain and influence a person's health behaviour.

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How are health status indicators used to identify which groups experience poorer health and why?

Interpret health status indicators and data to identify patterns of health inequity between population groups

WACE Year 12 Health Studies Unit 3 content on measuring population health. Covers health status indicators such as life expectancy, mortality, morbidity and burden of disease, and how to interpret data to identify and explain inequities.

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How do the principles of social justice and the difference between equity and equality guide action and advocacy to reduce health inequities?

Apply the principles of social justice and the concepts of equity and equality to evaluate and advocate for actions that reduce health inequities

Social justice, equity and advocacy. Covers the social justice principles, the difference between equity and equality, and how advocacy is used to reduce health inequities for disadvantaged groups.

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How can the action areas and strategies of the Ottawa Charter be used to plan health promotion that reduces inequities?

Apply the action areas and the enable, mediate and advocate strategies of the Ottawa Charter to plan health promotion that improves community health outcomes

Health promotion and the Ottawa Charter. Covers the five action areas, the enable, mediate and advocate strategies, and how to apply them to plan health promotion that reduces inequities.

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How do government, non-government organisations and communities work in partnership to promote health and reduce inequities?

Examine the roles of government, non-government organisations and communities in health promotion and explain how partnerships improve health outcomes

WACE Year 12 Health Studies Unit 3 content on who promotes health. Covers the roles of government, non-government organisations and communities, and explains how intersectoral partnerships improve outcomes and reduce inequities.

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How do functional, interactive and critical health literacy shape a person's ability to find, understand and act on health information?

Analyse the three levels of health literacy and explain how each level influences a person's capacity to make and act on informed health decisions

WACE Year 12 Health Studies Unit 3 content on health literacy. Covers functional, interactive and critical health literacy, how each level shapes health decisions, and why low health literacy widens inequities between population groups.

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How do social, environmental, economic and biomedical determinants combine to produce unequal health outcomes between groups?

Analyse how social, environmental, economic and biomedical determinants of health interact to shape the health outcomes of individuals and population groups

Determinants of health. Covers social, environmental, economic and biomedical determinants, how they interact, and how they explain unequal health outcomes between population groups.

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Why do Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples experience poorer health, and how can culturally responsive approaches reduce the gap?

Analyse the determinants of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and evaluate culturally responsive approaches to reducing inequity

WACE Year 12 Health Studies Unit 3 content on diversity and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. Covers the determinants behind the health gap, culturally responsive and community-controlled approaches, and how cultural safety reduces inequity.

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