HHD Questions Thread 2014

[TrebleClef]

Does anyone else find WHO's six point agenda and the role of the UN extremely dry to learn?

I did, it was very dry. Haha

[lucas.vang]

I find the role of Australia’s governments in promoting healthy eating super dryyy

Someone explain to me how does Medicare contribution for direct costs to community and social security payments for indirect costs to the community?

I always thought that the contributions to Medicare and PHI may be used to prevent illness thus it was a direct cost to the community cause they pay medicare levy and general taxation.

But for the social security payments, does a portion of this tax fund there as well?

[walkec]

I find the role of Australia’s governments in promoting healthy eating super dryyy

I totally agree. I cannot wait until next Wednesday when I can forget about nutrition surveys and the Australia Dietary Guidelines and stuff

[evawu]

Someone explain to me how does Medicare contribution for direct costs to community and social security payments for indirect costs to the community?

I always thought that the contributions to Medicare and PHI may be used to prevent illness thus it was a direct cost to the community cause they pay medicare levy and general taxation.

But for the social security payments, does a portion of this tax fund there as well?

Medicare contributions are direct costs to the community because they're directly associated with treating the disease (e.g. CVD)
whereas social security payments come as an indirect cost (e.g. being unable to work because of CVD). it is an indirect cost because it is not directly associated with diagnosis, treatment or cure of the disease!
Both medicare contributions and social security payments are costs to the community through taxes
(tax revenue is used to fund medicare/social security stuff)

hope i helped!


EDIT: i believe loss of taxation revenue is also an indirect cost to the community? (although i don't know how to justify it as a cost)

[lucas.vang]

 Yes haha, thanks for the clarification

Okay let me test you !
Contrast two differences between the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating (the one with wedges) and the Healthy Living Pyramid.
2 marks

[evawu]

Yes haha, thanks for the clarification

Okay let me test you !
Contrast two differences between the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating (the one with wedges) and the Healthy Living Pyramid.
2 marks

omg great question. i hate these questions haahah!

- the HLP encourages physical activity by advising people to 'move more' (do i need to talk about the feet at the bottom?) whereas the AGHE doesn't promote physical activity
- the AGHE is a represented on a 'plate' model and is divided into wedges.. each wedge too hard to explain LOL
- the AGHE to healthy eating addresses discretionary foods by advising them to be consumed 'only sometimes and in small amounts' whereas the HLP only advises butter, sugar and oils to be eaten in 'small amount's

^ oh my gosh that is terribly answered LOL

okay your turn!
- Describe how Australia's provision of humanitarian assistance (after a flood) can contribute to sustainable human development in cambodia

[lucas.vang]

lol I'd talk about the wedge as well, probably say that the HLP is split up into 3 main food groups whereas the AGHE is split up into five food groups.

wow big question huh lol..

So normally I'd plan it out before I write it

Humanitarian assistance -> increase the access to nutritious adequate food to provide adequate energy levels (physical)->   More energy to help rebuild the environment affected by flood to ensure that the natural environment is utilized in a way that will preserve resources in the future (sustainability) -> Allows people to develop to their full potential and lead productive and creative lives.

Then just put it together like a puzzle

The provision of humanitarian assistance increases the sufficient access to food and clean water which provides individuals with adequate energy levels (physical health). This allows individuals to have more energy in rebuilding their environment affected by the flood to ensure that it will be utilized in a way that will preserve resources for future generations (sustainability) which improves the standard of living allowing individuals to develop to their full potential and lead productive and creative lives (human development).

OKAY
a) Choose one NHPA and explain a program that addresses the condition
b) Identify a key principle of the social model of health evident in this program (and explain how it links).

[evawu]

The provision of humanitarian assistance increases the sufficient access to food and clean water which provides individuals with adequate energy levels (physical health). This allows individuals to have more energy in rebuilding their environment affected by the flood to ensure that it will be utilized in a way that will preserve resources for future generations (sustainability) which improves the standard of living allowing individuals to develop to their full potential and lead productive and creative lives (human development).

OKAY
a) Choose one NHPA and explain a program that addresses the condition
b) Identify a key principle of the social model of health evident in this program (and explain how it links).

wow that's worded really nicely!

Dementia
Your Brain Matters, implemented by Alzheimer's Australia is a program that aims to raise awareness and improve modifiable risk factors to reduce the risk of dementia. . The program provides dementia-related fact sheets on their website which educates people on how to prevent dementia. The program also has a BrainyApp which is a resource that can be used on mobile phones which quizzes people to assess an individual's current risk of dementia. The brainy app also includes a word and memory game to stimulate brain activity and provides suggestions for reducing the risk of dementia. (should i provide more info? e.g. brain health program?)

Empower individuals and the community
The program empowers individuals and the community with health knowledge and skills to make positive choices towards their health. For example, the online fact-sheets help to educate people and the BrainyApp offers suggestions on how to reduce the risk of developing dementia

1) Describe what the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) are
- Choose an MDG
- Explain its purpose
- Why is the MDG important?

^ longer one because i'm going to go to bed x) goodnight!

[lucas.vang]

1) Describe what the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) are
- Choose an MDG
- Explain its purpose
- Why is the MDG important?
^ longer one because i'm going to go to bed x) goodnight!

Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hungry
Purpose: To reduce the levels of poverty withing developing countries through the development for strategies to promote employment opportunities, particularly for women and young people.
Why is it important: Poverty can restrain counties to have economic resources to develop infrastructure and invest in education, health, political systems and public institutions. Failure to invest in these areas means that people are unable to improve their standard of living and escape the perpetual cycle of poverty.

This is open to all!

Define Life expectancy and explains how it differs from Health Adjusted Life Expectancy.
Answer a question and ask one, its good damn revision

[evawu]

Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hungry
Purpose: To reduce the levels of poverty withing developing countries through the development for strategies to promote employment opportunities, particularly for women and young people.
Why is it important: Poverty can restrain counties to have economic resources to develop infrastructure and invest in education, health, political systems and public institutions. Failure to invest in these areas means that people are unable to improve their standard of living and escape the perpetual cycle of poverty.

This is open to all!

Define Life expectancy and explains how it differs from Health Adjusted Life Expectancy.
Answer a question and ask one, its good damn revision

hahah still awake. bad habit omg

Life expectancy is an indication of how long a person can expect to live. it is the number of years of life left to a person at a particular age if death rates do not change. HALE on the other hand is a measure of burden of disease based on life expectancy at birth, including an adjustment for time spent in poor health. It is the number of years a person can expect to live in full health based on current rates of ill health and mortality

btw you forgot to describe what the MDGs are

- Provide an example of how the UN promotes world peace and security
- evaluate this contribute to health status and human development

[lucas.vang]

Challenge accepted

The words I was looking for is that LE is associated with the quantity of live and HALE is associated with the quality of life.

I have no idea what the book answer of MDG are but I'll take a stab.
The MDG's is a pledge endorsed by the United Nations headquarters which recognized the importance of global partnership in addressing global issues such as poverty. It involves the collaboration of over 100~200? nations which aim to reach each targeted goal in a specific time period.

- Provide an example of how the UN promotes world peace and security
- evaluate this contribute to health status and human development

The UN promotes world peace and security by hmmm
I think it is through the UN security council? or security committee./
It is through this that they can issue ceasefires to prevent conflict, interrupt economic trades with countries to influence fair trade and also collaborate military actions when global peace and security is threatened.

Through these actions that promote world peace and security, governments can invest in areas such as education or infrastructure as opposed to wars to create safer environment which will increase life expectancy of the population group. Access to education allows individuals to have access to knowledge thus have enhanced capabilities and choice in higher employment opportunities.

...
No mercy

Describe a program that addresses a key issue in developing country and how it improves sustainable human development. (8 marks)

[vortexch]

This is an awesome idea!!!
Please give me some feedback on my response, because i've learnt that sustainable human development is just another way of writing the interrelationship between health/human development/sustainability. Is this true?

No mercy

Describe a program that addresses a key issue in developing country and how it improves sustainable human development. (8 marks)

Food insecurity is a key issue in developing countries. The World Vision Australia: 'Food for work" program provides participates a bag of 6.5kg of rice for themselves and their families in exchange for working on community development projects such as building schools and roads.
If people are able to obtain nutritionally adequate food, then they will have a stronger immune system, which makes them less susceptible to diseases like influenza and as a result decreases rates of premature death, thus increasing life expectancy. (Health)
If children of the families are in better health, they are able to attend the schools which have been built by the Food for Work program, which enables them to gain literacy skills and knowledge. This increases their ability to gain decent employment in the future, enabling them to earn income. This allows them to purchase resources they need such as clothing, and have a decent standard of living. They will also be able to participate in recreational activities with more income, allowing them to meet their needs and interests. (Human Development).
If families are educated and are earning income, they are likely to have broken out of the poverty cycle. They will be able to send their children to school. This ensures that their future generations will also be able to have the same standard of education and food security as themselves. (Sustainability)

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My question: 
a) Define Global health. (2 marks)
b) Explain how increasing rates of education in East Timor would affect global health. (3 marks)

[lucas.vang]

Food insecurity is a key issue in developing countries. The World Vision Australia: 'Food for work" program provides participates a bag of 6.5kg of rice for themselves and their families in exchange for working on community development projects such as building schools and roads.
If people are able to obtain nutritionally adequate food, then they will have a stronger immune system, which makes them less susceptible to diseases like influenza and as a result decreases rates of premature death, thus increasing life expectancy. (Health)
If children of the families are in better health, they are able to attend the schools which have been built by the Food for Work program, which enables them to gain literacy skills and knowledge. This increases their ability to gain decent employment in the future, enabling them to earn income. This allows them to purchase resources they need such as clothing, and have a decent standard of living. They will also be able to participate in recreational activities with more income, allowing them to meet their needs and interests. (Human Development).
If families are educated and are earning income, they are likely to have broken out of the poverty cycle. They will be able to send their children to school. This ensures that their future generations will also be able to have the same standard of education and food security as themselves. (Sustainability)

I was being mean and didn't give you the criteria for the 8 marks, anyways I don't really know how to mark these types of questions but I made my own criteria for 8 marks.
1 - Correct Organization + Program
1- Correct country
1- Reason why?
1- Types of Aid
1- Implementation
1- Health
1- Sustainability
1- HD
Anyways I doubt, you'd have to remember a particular one and its country. You could always make up one that sounds legit, what are the chances the assessors are going to know all the organizations. But I'd be safe and learn one each.

So according to my criteria hehe, you'd only get 6 because you didn't identify what type of aid and specify Laos as the country. You got to pretend the assessors are not that smart, even though you know World Vision is a NGO therefore its NGO aid.

a) Define Global health. (2 marks)
b) Explain how increasing rates of education in East Timor would affect global health. (3 marks)

a) Global health refers to health of populations in a worldwide context that go beyond the perspectives and concerns of individual countries. It aims to achieve equity in health for all people world wide through an international collaborative approach.
b) Through increasing rates of education, individuals have increased knowledge on healthy behavior choices thus they are less likely to contract preventible disease such as Malaria. This reduces the prevalence of Malaria which increases the life expectancy worldwide of those who are highly susceptible.

I'm not sure how to get the third mark? Is it the link , or explaining another health indicator?

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Define the Social model of health (2 marks)
Contrast two differences between Social and Biomedical model of health (2 marks)
Identify and explain which one is more sustainable (2 marks)

[vortexch]

b) Through increasing rates of education, individuals have increased knowledge on healthy behavior choices thus they are less likely to contract preventible disease such as Malaria. This reduces the prevalence of Malaria which increases the life expectancy worldwide of those who are highly susceptible.

I'm not sure how to get the third mark? Is it the link , or explaining another health indicator?

For this I would have given examples of what "healthy behaviour choices" you are talking about. So.. using insecticide treated bed nets for Malaria. That's where the third mark came in i guess, just more 'bulk' in your explanation.

I was being mean and didn't give you the criteria for the 8 marks, anyways I don't really know how to mark these types of questions but I made my own criteria for 8 marks.
1 - Correct Organization + Program
1- Correct country
1- Reason why?
1- Types of Aid
1- Implementation
1- Health
1- Sustainability
1- HD
Anyways I doubt, you'd have to remember a particular one and its country. You could always make up one that sounds legit, what are the chances the assessors are going to know all the organizations. But I'd be safe and learn one each.

So according to my criteria hehe, you'd only get 6 because you didn't identify what type of aid and specify Laos as the country. You got to pretend the assessors are not that smart, even though you know World Vision is a NGO therefore its NGO aid.

Oh i thought it was 3 marks for the health/HD/sustainability, 2 marks for the links, 1 mark for showing how the program promoted sustainable human development/2 marks for describing the program.

Your question didn't really specify that you had to mention what type of aid so i didn't hahaha.

Define the Social model of health (2 marks)
Contrast two differences between Social and Biomedical model of health (2 marks)
Identify and explain which one is more sustainable (2 marks)

The Social model of health is a conceptual framework within which improvements in health and wellbeing are achieved by directing effort towards addressing the social, economic and environmental determinants of health. The model is based on the understanding that for health gains to occur, social, economic and environmental determinants must be addressed.

The social model of health focuses on promoting the health of communities, where as the biomedical model of health focuses on individual patients. Furthermore, the social model of health focuses on prevention of disease, whereas the biomedical model of health focus on treatment and cure to return the patient to preexisting health.

(Im not sure how to answer this do we use the elements?)
The social model approach is more sustainable. It is more affordable for the government as it targets a wide population with health promotion messages with minimal cost.

[lucas.vang]

Yes sorry, thats right , you have to link, so the question should be more than 8 marks :O

But normally I'd include the criteria (reasons why, implementation, type of aid) to be safe

And yes that's correct, I wouldn't use the elements of sustainable just simply say which one and provide a reason.