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Unit 4: Globalisation, Consumer and Personal Health

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

What helps and what stops people from seeking help and accessing health services when they need them?

Explain help-seeking behaviour and the enablers and barriers that affect a person's access to health services and support

WACE Year 12 Health Studies Unit 4 content on help-seeking and access. Covers formal and informal sources of help, the enablers and barriers to seeking help, and how access shapes health outcomes and inequity.

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How do self-management and interpersonal skills support healthy decisions and help people resist pressures on their health?

Explain how self-management and interpersonal skills support healthy decision making and enable people to manage influences on their personal health

Self-management and interpersonal skills. Covers decision making, goal setting, self-regulation, communication, refusal and negotiation skills, and how these skills support healthy choices and resist pressures.

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How can advocacy and action competence be used to influence decision-makers and reduce global and local health inequities?

Apply advocacy and action competence to plan action that influences decision-makers and reduces global and local health inequities

WACE Year 12 Health Studies Unit 4 content on advocacy and action competence. Covers what advocacy is, how to plan effective advocacy action, and how action competence turns health knowledge into change that reduces inequity.

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How do assertiveness, refusal, negotiation and conflict-resolution skills protect health in pressured situations?

Apply communication skills, including assertiveness, refusal, negotiation and conflict resolution, to protect health in challenging interpersonal situations

WACE Year 12 Health Studies Unit 4 content on interpersonal communication skills. Covers assertiveness versus passive and aggressive styles, refusal, negotiation and conflict resolution, and how to apply them to protect health.

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How is the health inquiry process used to investigate a health issue and turn evidence into health promotion action?

Apply the stages of the health inquiry process to investigate a health issue, analyse data and plan evidence-based health promotion action

Health inquiry process. Covers identifying issues, collecting and analysing primary and secondary data, drawing conclusions, and planning evidence-based health promotion action and advocacy.

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How does globalisation influence health, and how do social determinants drive inequities between and within countries?

Analyse how globalisation and the social determinants of health create inequities between and within populations, and evaluate approaches that address them

Global health challenges and inequities. Covers globalisation's effects on health, social determinants driving global and local inequities, and approaches that reduce barriers to better health outcomes.

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How does globalisation create both opportunities and threats for the health of populations?

Analyse how globalisation, through trade, technology, migration and media, produces both positive and negative effects on health

WACE Year 12 Health Studies Unit 4 content on globalisation and health. Covers how trade, technology, migration and media shape health, the positive and negative effects, and how globalisation can both widen and narrow inequities.

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How do media and marketing influence health behaviour, and how does critical health literacy help a consumer resist harmful messages?

Analyse how media and marketing influence health behaviour and apply critical health literacy to evaluate health messages

WACE Year 12 Health Studies Unit 4 content on media and marketing. Covers how advertising, social media and marketing shape health behaviour, and how critical health literacy helps consumers evaluate and resist harmful messages.

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How do international health agencies and global initiatives work to reduce health inequities between countries?

Examine the roles of international health agencies and global initiatives, including the Sustainable Development Goals, in addressing global health inequities

WACE Year 12 Health Studies Unit 4 content on international health agencies and global initiatives. Covers the World Health Organization, the United Nations and non-government organisations, and global initiatives such as the Sustainable Development Goals.

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How can the reliability and validity of health information and data be judged before acting on them?

Evaluate the reliability and validity of health information and data, including the credibility of sources and the quality of methods

WACE Year 12 Health Studies Unit 4 content on judging health information. Covers reliability, validity, source credibility, bias, sampling and currency, and how to evaluate evidence before acting on it.

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How can consumers critically evaluate health information, products and services to make informed and safe decisions?

Evaluate the reliability of health information, products and services and explain how health literacy supports informed consumer decisions

Consumer health. Covers evaluating the reliability of health information, products and services, the role of marketing and media, and how health literacy supports informed and safe consumer decisions.

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