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Who the specific populations are (for example First Nations Peoples, older people, CALD communities, rural and remote residents, veterans, people experiencing homelessness), their characteristics and needs, access and equity issues, the thirteen factors that create health inequities, and the quantitative and qualitative measures used to detect them.
The models and tools of Unit 3: the socio-ecological model's five levels, the three social justice principles, Maslow's five levels, the five PABCAR steps, needs assessment (four types of need, seven steps), Ottawa Charter enabling/mediating/advocating strategies and action areas, and the five actions of the Rio Declaration.
Healthcare reforms (private health insurance rebate, public screening and vaccination programs, PBS and its safety net), the relationship between health literacy and health status, and comparing life expectancy, mortality and morbidity between Australia and developing countries.
How culture shapes beliefs, attitudes and values towards healthcare; geographical location and social networks; conflict between specific-group and majority norms (Unit 3); and how government policies and regulations shape beliefs, attitudes, values and proscriptive, prescriptive and popular norms (Unit 4).
Assertiveness, stress management and resilience; culture and decisions about organ and tissue donation, blood transfusions and childbirth; language and culture in relationship building (Unit 3); world events and identity, and the seven communication and collaboration skills (Unit 4).
Social (social gradient, stress, early life, social exclusion, work, unemployment, social support, addiction, food, transport, culture), environmental, socioeconomic and biomedical determinants, and the global and local barriers of poverty, disease outbreaks, famine, drought and clean drinking water.
The six roles of the WHO; Australia's aid program (humanitarian action principles and gender equality's five strategic priorities); purpose and progress of SDGs 2 to 6; health promotion advocacy, when it is best used and its nine strategies.
The eight NSFCC principles (equity, collaboration and partnerships, access, evidence-based, person-centred approaches, sustainability, accountability and transparency, shared responsibility) and its three objectives (prevention; efficient, effective and appropriate care; targeting priority populations).
Planning an inquiry and writing focus questions, locating reliable sources and applying selection criteria (for example currency, authority, accuracy, relevance and purpose), finding trends and patterns in data, building an argument and evidence-based conclusions, and presenting to suit an audience.
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Health Studies ATAR Course Year 12 Syllabus (for teaching from 2026)
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