Free WACE Year 11 Health Studies Flashcard Review
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What does the social gradient describe?
A stepwise tendency for health to improve as social and economic position improves.
How can early life influence later health?
Secure relationships, nutrition and housing support development and later opportunities.
How do stress and social support interact?
Persistent stress can disturb sleep; emotional reassurance and practical help can reduce strain.
Why is social exclusion relevant to health?
Barriers to participation can reduce belonging and access to support.
How can work differ from unemployment as a determinant?
Safe work can provide purpose and connection; unemployment may remove routine, income and workplace relationships.
How can addiction and social conditions interact?
Difficult conditions can contribute to dependence, while dependence may worsen finances and relationships.
How can culture protect health?
Identity, language and shared practices can strengthen belonging and supportive relationships.
Distinguish natural and built environments.
Natural features include heat and vegetation; built features include paths, drainage and buildings.
Why does geographical location matter?
Distance from resources can increase travel time and cost and restrict service access.
How do education and income affect opportunities?
Education can improve literacy and job options; income affects affordability of essentials.
Why can a nearby supermarket coexist with food insecurity?
Food may still be unaffordable or not reliably accessible.
How do birth weight and body weight differ?
Birth weight is mass at birth; body weight is current body mass. Both can indicate risk but neither alone determines health.
What makes health promotion broader than education?
It enables control through skills, resources and changes to conditions as well as information.
What does an individual focus involve?
Tailoring action to one person’s needs and barriers.
How do group and population focuses differ?
A group shares a particular setting or need; a population is a broad defined community.
What is the purpose of the Ottawa Charter?
Guide coordinated health promotion that increases control over influences on health.
Name the Charter prerequisites.
Peace, shelter, education, food, income, a stable ecosystem, sustainable resources, social justice and equity.
Distinguish advocate, enable and mediate.
Make the case for health; provide opportunities and reduce barriers; coordinate differing interests.
Name the five Charter action areas.
Build healthy public policy; create supportive environments; strengthen community action; develop personal skills; reorient health services.
How do education and motivation differ?
Education builds knowledge and skills; motivation supports willingness and confidence to act.