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VCE Health & Human Development past exams 2018–2025, by year and topic

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SD 2018–2024 · 2018–2024SD 2025–2029 (From 2025) · 2025–2029

VCE Health & Human Development exams by year: official papers & marking guidance

Past exams indexed: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. Open the official VCAA papers, with marking guidance where available.

Year	Study design	Official paper(s)	Marking guidance
2025 VCE Health & Human Development exam	SD 2025–2029 (From 2025)	Written examination ↗	Marking guidance ↗
2024 VCE Health & Human Development exam	SD 2018–2024	Written examination ↗	Marking guidance ↗
2023 VCE Health & Human Development exam	SD 2018–2024	Written examination ↗	Marking guidance ↗
2022 VCE Health & Human Development exam	SD 2018–2024	Written examination ↗	Marking guidance ↗
2021 VCE Health & Human Development exam	SD 2018–2024	Written examination ↗	Marking guidance ↗
2020 VCE Health & Human Development exam	SD 2018–2024	Written examination ↗	Marking guidance ↗
2019 VCE Health & Human Development exam	SD 2018–2024	Written examination ↗	Marking guidance ↗
2018 VCE Health & Human Development exam	SD 2018–2024	Written examination ↗	Marking guidance ↗

8 official papers across 8 years (2018–2025), 8 with marking guidance, published by VCAA. These span more than one study design; the most recent is SD 2025–2029 (From 2025). Earlier papers may cover material that has since changed.

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Unit 3 AoS 1: Understanding health and wellbeing · 5 mapped questions

Concepts of health and wellbeing and illness (physical, social, emotional, mental, spiritual dimensions) as dynamic and subjective

2025SD 2025–2029 (From 2025)Written examination Section A Q1a3 marksDefine social health and wellbeing and give an example showing its dynamic nature.Official paper ↗Marking guidance ↗Check tutors for this question →
2025SD 2025–2029 (From 2025)Written examination Section A Q1b2 marksExplain how the physical and mental dimensions of health and wellbeing influence each other.Official paper ↗Marking guidance ↗Check tutors for this question →
2023SD 2018–2024Written examination Q15 marksDefine illness, explain its subjective nature with an example, and identify an example of optimal physical health and its influence on another dimension.Official paper ↗Marking guidance ↗Check tutors for this question →

Biological, sociocultural and environmental factors contributing to variations in health status between population groups

2025SD 2025–2029 (From 2025)Written examination Section A Q39 marksUsing a bar graph comparing self-assessed health status of two population groups, define the indicator, identify a variation shown, then explain two sociocultural factors that could cause it.Official paper ↗Marking guidance ↗Check tutors for this question →
2023SD 2018–2024Written examination Q26 marksUsing AIHW mortality-rate data comparing Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians for injury/poisoning, define mortality and explain how an environmental and a sociocultural factor each contribute to the disparity.Official paper ↗Marking guidance ↗Check tutors for this question →

Also in this areas of study: Benefits of optimal health and wellbeing as an individual, national and global resource · Indicators used to measure health status (incidence, prevalence, morbidity, burden of disease, DALY, YLL, YLD, life expectancy, HALE, mortality, self-assessed health status) · Contribution to Australia's health status of smoking/vaping, alcohol, overweight and obesity, and nutritional imbalance — question-level mapping in progress; the year table above links every official paper.

Unit 3 AoS 2: Promoting health in Australia · 9 mapped questions

Reasons for improvements in Australia's health status since 1900 ('old' public health, biomedical approach, social model of health, Ottawa Charter)

2025SD 2025–2029 (From 2025)Written examination Section A Q411 marksExplain how smoking/vaping affects health outcomes, describe a social-model-of-health initiative to reduce it, and explain how reduced rates act as an individual and national resource.Official paper ↗Marking guidance ↗Check tutors for this question →

Role of health promotion in improving population health

2025SD 2025–2029 (From 2025)Written examination Section A Q126 marksUsing AIHW physical activity statistics for young Australians, discuss how two Ottawa Charter action areas could address low physical activity levels.Official paper ↗Marking guidance ↗Check tutors for this question →
2023SD 2018–2024Written examination Q68 marksUsing an AIHW burden-of-disease (DALY) graph across three conditions over time, define DALY and analyse how Ottawa Charter action areas could improve health status for a selected condition.Official paper ↗Marking guidance ↗Check tutors for this question →

Programs to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' health and promote social justice

2025SD 2025–2029 (From 2025)Written examination Section A Q75 marksUsing a case study on an Aboriginal community playgroup service, explain how it promotes health and wellbeing and social justice for that community.Official paper ↗Marking guidance ↗Check tutors for this question →

Initiatives to promote healthy eating (Australian Dietary Guidelines, Australian Guide to Healthy Eating, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Guide to Healthy Eating) and challenges to nutritional change

2025SD 2025–2029 (From 2025)Written examination Section A Q25 marksCompare the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Guide to Healthy Eating with the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating, then explain how an environmental challenge affects nutritional change.Official paper ↗Marking guidance ↗Check tutors for this question →
2023SD 2018–2024Written examination Q512 marksOutline how fibre intake improves two health status indicators, describe Nutrition Australia's role in raising fibre intake, analyse the Australian Dietary Guidelines' strengths/weaknesses for this goal, and suggest why dietary improvement is difficult.Official paper ↗Marking guidance ↗Check tutors for this question →

Australia's health system (Medicare, private health insurance, PBS, NDIS) in terms of funding, sustainability, access and equity

2025SD 2025–2029 (From 2025)Written examination Section A Q86 marksAnalyse Medicare's role in promoting health outcomes in terms of sustainability and equity.Official paper ↗Marking guidance ↗Check tutors for this question →
2023SD 2018–2024Written examination Q46 marksUsing examples of consumer digital health technology (wearables, telehealth, My Health Record), analyse the implications of digital knowledge-sharing for health and wellbeing.Official paper ↗Marking guidance ↗Check tutors for this question →
2023SD 2018–2024Written examination Q78 marksIdentify two Medicare-covered services, discuss Medicare's promotion of health via funding and equity, and outline reasons Australians choose private health insurance despite cost.Official paper ↗Marking guidance ↗Check tutors for this question →

Unit 4 AoS 1: Global health and human development · 5 mapped questions

Concept of human development and the Human Development Index (advantages and limitations)

2023SD 2018–2024Written examination Q34 marksUsing HDI data for the Philippines and Cambodia, explain the difference in HDI via two indicators, then outline an advantage and a limitation of the HDI.Official paper ↗Marking guidance ↗Check tutors for this question →

Factors contributing to health inequalities: access to safe water, sanitation, poverty, discrimination

2025SD 2025–2029 (From 2025)Written examination Section B Q110 marksUsing four sources on water/sanitation access in high- and low-income countries, discuss how country characteristics affect access, how that access drives differences in health status, and how achieving SDG 6 supports SDG 3.Official paper ↗Marking guidance ↗Check tutors for this question →
2023SD 2018–2024Written examination Q910 marksDefine sanitation, explain how lacking basic handwashing facilities contributes to disease burden in children, and justify how one social action could improve access to handwashing facilities.Official paper ↗Marking guidance ↗Check tutors for this question →

Concept and dimensions of sustainability (environmental, social, economic) in promoting health and human development

2025SD 2025–2029 (From 2025)Written examination Section A Q65 marksIdentify the dimension of sustainability linked to equity, birth rates and education access, then use two examples to explain how it promotes human development.Official paper ↗Marking guidance ↗Check tutors for this question →

Implications of global trends: climate change, conflict, mass migration, world trade, tourism, digital technologies

2025SD 2025–2029 (From 2025)Written examination Section A Q107 marksIdentify a reason populations mass migrate and analyse the implications of mass migration for migrants' health outcomes.Official paper ↗Marking guidance ↗Check tutors for this question →

Also in this areas of study: Characteristics of low-, middle- and high-income countries · Similarities and differences in health status and human development between countries, including Australia — question-level mapping in progress; the year table above links every official paper.

Unit 4 AoS 2: Health and the Sustainable Development Goals · 4 mapped questions

Goal and objectives of the World Health Organization (WHO)

2025SD 2025–2029 (From 2025)Written examination Section A Q56 marksUsing a case study on a WHO-supported cholera vaccination campaign in Zimbabwe, identify a WHO objective it reflects and explain its likely impact on a Human Development Index indicator.Official paper ↗Marking guidance ↗Check tutors for this question →
2023SD 2018–2024Written examination Q84 marksExplain why the WHO identifies income as a prerequisite for health at both an individual and a global level.Official paper ↗Marking guidance ↗Check tutors for this question →

Australia's aid program and partnerships supporting SDG achievement

2025SD 2025–2029 (From 2025)Written examination Section A Q119 marksUsing a case study on the Global Partnership for Education, explain how Australia's support promotes an SDG, justify partnering with multilateral organisations, and identify another feature of effective aid it demonstrates.Official paper ↗Marking guidance ↗Check tutors for this question →

Individual and social action to promote health and human development

2025SD 2025–2029 (From 2025)Written examination Section A Q96 marksDescribe an individual/social action via an NGO to prevent violence against women and girls, and explain how prevention promotes two dimensions of health and wellbeing.Official paper ↗Marking guidance ↗Check tutors for this question →

Also in this areas of study: Importance of the UN's SDGs for health and human development globally · Key features of SDG 3 and its relationships with SDGs 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 12 · Types of aid (bilateral, multilateral, NGO) and features of effective aid programs — question-level mapping in progress; the year table above links every official paper.

The rest of the study design

Question-level mapping for these areas is still being verified. Every official paper covering them is in the year table above.

Unit 1: Understanding health and wellbeing (not examined, foundational) — Concepts of health and dimensions of health and wellbeing · Youth health status indicators and sociocultural influences · Health and nutrition, food selection models
Unit 2: Managing health and development (not examined, foundational) — Developmental transitions from youth to adulthood · Prenatal and early childhood influences on health · Youth health literacy and access to Australia's health system

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