VCE HHD Question Thread!

[HakunaMattata]

Hi guys! I don't know if this has been asked before, if it has, sorry for repeating, but I was wondering if more than one person in a cohort could receive 50 in health? Ofcourse, SAC scores and exam scores may be different, but does ranking take a toll in determining whether 50 is achievable for more than one person?

Also, all my sac scores are 96+ (just got one 90), how are my chances for getting a 50 or close to it?

Sorry if this sounds arrogant or absurd!!

Thank you 😄

[girl1234]

As there are many targets to goal 8, which do you think are the best ones to learn and base answers about?

[heids]

Hi guys! I don't know if this has been asked before, if it has, sorry for repeating, but I was wondering if more than one person in a cohort could receive 50 in health? Ofcourse, SAC scores and exam scores may be different, but does ranking take a toll in determining whether 50 is achievable for more than one person?

Also, all my sac scores are 96+ (just got one 90), how are my chances for getting a 50 or close to it?

My SAC average was 97% at the end of the year, FYI, with an 87% SAC.  If the whole cohort scores 100% in the exam, I don't see why they wouldn't all get 50s, no matter their ranks!

Just wrote this to someone else:
It's all about how you go on the exam.  I'm pretty sure that I lost a mark on the exam, and yet I still (somehow) pulled the 50.  Here's where heaps of people fall though, I've seen it - they near full-mark their SACs, and then they get to the exam having forgotten a food source, burden of disease definition or the VicHealth mission, and that's the end of their chances.  So your aim is to get to the exam, certain that you know everything within the bounds of the study design that they could ask! (in terms of content I mean, and then be confident that you can make up the rest )  That's how to get a 50.

(Man, I reckon there are 4-5 of you all near full-marking your SACs round this forum, let's have the AN cohort dominating the 50s!!)

As there are many targets to goal 8, which do you think are the best ones to learn and base answers about?

I'd probably go with:
- helping developing countries with debt
- providing access to drugs
- providing access to info/communication technologies
- and developing an open whoseywhatsit system for trade

They're all quite easy to link to H & HD.

[HakunaMattata]

Thanks so much for the reply!
I was also wondering what interval of sac average you need to be in, in order to have a good chance at achieving a 50?
I got 58/60 for our first sac (there were two parts), then I got 46/50 for the second sac, and now 48/50 for our third sac, we haven't done our last sac yet, but I'm hoping for a 90+, so what will my average be like? And is it good enough to be in the range of a 50?

Thanks guys and sorry again if I sound like a pest 😥😝😄

[heids]

Thanks so much for the reply!
I was also wondering what interval of sac average you need to be in, in order to have a good chance at achieving a 50?
I got 58/60 for our first sac (there were two parts), then I got 46/50 for the second sac, and now 48/50 for our third sac, we haven't done our last sac yet, but I'm hoping for a 90+, so what will my average be like? And is it good enough to be in the range of a 50?

Thanks guys and sorry again if I sound like a pest 😥😝😄

It's okay, got seven siblings, I'm used to pests jks
But how about you head over to Victorian Technical Score Discussion for non-HHD-content related stuff?  (Sounds a solid average, but I'm no SS predictor).

[girl1234]

HEY. How's this for explain the purpose of goal 7. ' The purpose of goal 7 is to ensure environmental sustainability by maintaining the physical environment and ensuring it's sustainable for future generations. It includes aspects such as achieving universal access to safe water and sanitation, reversing the loss of environmental resources and improving the loves of slum dwellers'

and for the importance something along these lines:
- access to safe water sanitation > reduced incidence of infectious/communicable diseases > improved morbidity/mortality
- loss of environmental resources > soil that isn't adequate for crops -- future generations > food insecurity and lack of opportunity for trade > malnutrition and poverty > can't afford health care > increase in mortality and morbidity

and just when  answering why it's important, do we just pick a point or two and disregard the rest?

Thanks, sorry for being annoying

[heids]

HEY. How's this for explain the purpose of goal 7. ' The purpose of goal 7 is to ensure environmental sustainability by maintaining the physical environment and ensuring it's sustainable for future generations. It includes aspects such as achieving universal access to safe water and sanitation, reversing the loss of environmental resources and improving the loves of slum dwellers'

Perfect! (though avoid stating the question stem, e.g. 'The purpose of goal 7 is...' - dive in with 'To ensure...').

and for the importance something along these lines:
- access to safe water sanitation > reduced incidence of infectious/communicable diseases > improved morbidity/mortality
- loss of environmental resources > soil that isn't adequate for crops -- future generations > food insecurity and lack of opportunity for trade > malnutrition and poverty > can't afford health care > increase in mortality and morbidity

and just when  answering why it's important, do we just pick a point or two and disregard the rest?

Again, that looks really great.  Always be ready to link to HD as well.  Yeah, in any questions where you're explaining the impact on health/HS/HD/SHD etc. there are always other options, just pick something and run with it - no need to cover the whole goal or case study or w/e; base how many different points you pick on the number of marks assigned.

Don't stress about being annoying, you're really not

[longjohns]

Hi there, really just after some help with the millennium development goals!  We have our sac next week and i have no idea as to how the MDGs impact on health and also how they impact on human development!  Would really appreciate help with figuring out what to write about each one when it is a question on the sac!
Thanks

[Izzy1]

Late reply, but thankyou very much! 

[heids]

Hi there, really just after some help with the millennium development goals!  We have our sac next week and i have no idea as to how the MDGs impact on health and also how they impact on human development!  Would really appreciate help with figuring out what to write about each one when it is a question on the sac!
Thanks

Can you give us an example of your answers, so we can go from there?  Could you try answering these questions:
- Explain how eradicating extreme poverty and hunger could improve health.
- Explain how increasing universal access to primary education could improve human development.

Don't worry if you don't get it fully, we can work from there!

Late reply, but thankyou very much! 

Welcome

[longjohns]

Can you give us an example of your answers, so we can go from there?  Could you try answering these questions:
- Explain how eradicating extreme poverty and hunger could improve health.
- Explain how increasing universal access to primary education could improve human development.

Don't worry if you don't get it fully, we can work from there!
Welcome

Yeah, no problem!
By eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, there would be an decrease in rates of malnutrition, and an overall increase in health as people know have the income to be able to afford adequate health care and medications.  This would lead to individuals showing overall happier emotions as they can know live to their full potential, and also being able to participate in their community and its decision making.
By achieving universal access to primary education, it allows children to recieve an education so they then have the knowledge to live to their full potential in a safe environment, lead productive and creative lifes, and also gain knowledge in healthcare which can lead to improvements in their lives.  Finally, by having decent literacy skills, they have the ability to participate within their community and it decision making.
These are really rough answers as only just come up with them!

[GIJXMII]

Help pls
"name one of the MDGs where health is the central focus"
much thanks

[heids]

Yeah, no problem!
By eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, there would be an decrease in rates of malnutrition, and an overall increase in health as people know have the income to be able to afford adequate health care and medications.  This would lead to individuals showing overall happier emotions as they can know live to their full potential, and also being able to participate in their community and its decision making.

Good; you know what you're doing!  A few points:
- the question asked for health, so link to physical/mental/social (e.g. malnutrition = better physical health, how would you link to social/mental?)
- the second sentence was about HD not health; if the question asked for health and HD, great, but if it's purely on health, that would be wasted 0-mark sentence
- could be more specific about how it would help them live to their full potential and participate, etc. - always be as specific as possible and explain your links

By achieving universal access to primary education, it allows children to recieve an education so they then have the knowledge to live to their full potential in a safe environment, lead productive and creative lifes, and also gain knowledge in healthcare which can lead to improvements in their lives.  Finally, by having decent literacy skills, they have the ability to participate within their community and it decision making.
These are really rough answers as only just come up with them!

This one would bring in all the marks, well done!

So you clearly know what you're doing; the only question is how to link them all (to health, HD and health status, ideally).  How about you try it?  (Rough shorthand answers like 'hunger -> malnutrition -> poor physical health -> get sick -> can't participate in community -> poor social health' save heaps of time in HHD).  If you get to one you legit can't figure out how to do it, then ask for help on that and show us your attempts.

Because I didn't ask about HS, I'd also like you to show us this - How would achieving gender equality and empowering women improve health status?

Help pls
"name one of the MDGs where health is the central focus"
much thanks

Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases - it focuses directly on disease and health, right?

[girl1234]

I'm struggling to get sustainable human development. Also, what type of questions can we expect involving SHD ?

[girl1234]

^^ i just came across this question.
 
3.   Explain how improving the health of women in Haiti will impact on sustainable human development 

(it was part of a case study but it's pretty irrelevant anyway)