VCE HHD Question Thread!

[imaware]

Has anyone been to the latest revision lecture by Andrew Beumont?? Still not 100% sure if i should go!

Yeah went to the exam revision lectures. He goes through the content very quickly and briefly, and i felt it was a good refresher of the things i already knew. Didn't really learn anything knew, but nonetheless the notes he gives you are pretty good.

[girl1234]

Yeah went to the exam revision lectures. He goes through the content very quickly and briefly, and i felt it was a good refresher of the things i already knew. Didn't really learn anything knew, but nonetheless the notes he gives you are pretty good.

Thank for your reply! Did he go through much about mark allocation and areas of weakness in past years or mainly just content??

[imaware]

Was primarily content, although he spent a few minutes talking about subtle exam techniques and what not. Overall was pretty good

[Joseph41]

I (2012) found Beaumont extremely beneficial for the notes if nothing else.

[imaware]

Would there ever ask you a question about a specific disease or condition within an NHPA?
For example for Dementia do i need to know in detail about : Vascular dementia, Alzheimers disease, Dementia with lewy bodies etc
and for Arthritis I know osteoporosis is important, but what about osteoarthritis, juvenile arthritis etc?

Thanks

[emmakate]

Hey all!
Just wondering: for the key knowledge dot point (from the study design) 'Health status of Australians compared with populations in other developed countries', what exactly is it that we need to know? A general idea of where Australia stands compared to other countries - ie. positive health status, life expectancy not as high as Japan's, room for improvement in non-communicable diseases?
Just feels a bit vague to me and I'm not sure if I'm over- or under-studying. Thanks in advance! 

[heids]

Would there ever ask you a question about a specific disease or condition within an NHPA?
For example for Dementia do i need to know in detail about : Vascular dementia, Alzheimers disease, Dementia with lewy bodies etc
and for Arthritis I know osteoporosis is important, but what about osteoarthritis, juvenile arthritis etc?

Basically, I'd know that there are many conditions, and maybe a brief general knowledge of what they are, but definitely no detailed information necessary.  Dementias: no; just know that there are many types and an overall description of the dementia.  Arthritis/musc conditions: know an overall summary, + osteoporosis, and I also learnt osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis - however I don't think they'd be tested.  Know more generally that arthritis is related to wearing or destruction of joints.  Others include say mental health, which includes depression, anxiety, eating disorders, bipolar, autism etc.

Basically, know very vaguely what the sub-conditions are or involve, and you'll know more than enough.  (It's interesting though!)

Hey all!
Just wondering: for the key knowledge dot point (from the study design) 'Health status of Australians compared with populations in other developed countries', what exactly is it that we need to know? A general idea of where Australia stands compared to other countries - ie. positive health status, life expectancy not as high as Japan's, room for improvement in non-communicable diseases?
Just feels a bit vague to me and I'm not sure if I'm over- or under-studying. Thanks in advance! 

Meh, I didn't learn a thing for this; it'll all be given in data, like in 2014's exam, which you analyse.

[girl1234]

Hey guys, i need a bit of help with  a couple questions

1. What is the role of VicHealth in promoting health? 2 marks

2. Describe how an NGO promotes sustainable human development. 3 marks
- With this question, i'm not sure whether to link it to a program and say something like World Vision Australia implemented a HIV/Aids program in Zambia..... or to be broad and say they provide education etc which promotes shd.

3. And i'm not sure what to say when questions say 'justify' a reason why a health promotion program was implemented (in regards to NHPA's)

Thank you

[heids]

Hey guys, i need a bit of help with  a couple questions

1. What is the role of VicHealth in promoting health? 2 marks

That question is too vague for VCAA.  I'd probs think about their mission, priorities, and programs, and be like 'they aim to promote good health through supporting health promotion strategies in workplaces, schools and the broader community, targeting especially issues like healthy eating, physical activity, mental health, tobacco and alcohol...', and then it's like totally up to you whether you give examples of these programs, or how they impact health, or w/e.  Give enough random details about VicHealth's role and you'll get the marks!  (As I said, way too vague).

2. Describe how an NGO promotes sustainable human development. 3 marks
- With this question, i'm not sure whether to link it to a program and say something like World Vision Australia implemented a HIV/Aids program in Zambia..... or to be broad and say they provide education etc which promotes shd.

Either should be fine, I'd probably go with more specific, but if you explain 1-2 examples of what they do and how this promotes SHD (specifically), you'll be fine.

3. And i'm not sure what to say when questions say 'justify' a reason why a health promotion program was implemented (in regards to NHPA's)

As simple as, why do we need this program (what are our problems)?
- link to the reasons why the NHPA was selected, especially the specific conditions that that health promotion program addresses (i.e. what are the problems? why is it important that we fix them?)
- explain how the program would improve or fix this

[mnafady2006]

When there is a question asking us about global health, do we refer to global health concerns such as HIV,malariaa, cancer, CVD etc
or do we refer to health status indicators and then just say "globally" "worldwide" "for all people" etc

Thanks

[tashhhaaa]

When there is a question asking us about global health, do we refer to global health concerns such as HIV,malariaa, cancer, CVD etc
or do we refer to health status indicators and then just say "globally" "worldwide" "for all people" etc

Thanks

I have a similar question -- my teacher says for global health, refer to health (ie. PMS) and health status (indicators) but it ends up being too long winded for what is usually a 2 mark question

[imaware]

I have a similar question -- my teacher says for global health, refer to health (ie. PMS) and health status (indicators) but it ends up being too long winded for what is usually a 2 mark question

In my notes that i got from Andrew Beaumont's lecture, he said if you mention PMS when talking about global health, you get it wrong (because that is individual health) So yeah just a heads up haha

[heids]

Going off how I did it and how the assessor's report's (sole) example - health status indicators + phrases from global health definition.  If you do that, it's pretty safe and I can't see how you'd lose a mark.

Because it's how countries work together to achieve equity in health status etc., PMS doesn't work as that's an individual rather than population level - and it's about populations working together.

[tashhhaaa]

Going off how I did it and how the assessor's report's (sole) example - health status indicators + phrases from global health definition.  If you do that, it's pretty safe and I can't see how you'd lose a mark.

Because it's how countries work together to achieve equity in health status etc., PMS doesn't work as that's an individual rather than population level - and it's about populations working together.

omg thank you so much guys, so I've been taught the wrong thing

knowing my school, of course

[Joseph41]

^To be fair, I think it's a bit of a grey area. I used PMS for individual health and health status indicators for global health, but nobody seemed to be entirely sure.

All of the above advice seems sound, though!