Health and Human Development Units 3+4

[lanvins]

What does this subject entail? How do i prepare for this subject? Thanks

[BA22]

This subject entails a study of human health and development . .

Specifically
Factors affecting health
Nutrition
Health systems in Australia
Measuring impact of disease in Australia and globally
Human physical, emotional, social and intellectual development

and, oh yeh, a bunch more crap

To prepare for this subject i'd get ready to not underestimate it and make comprehensive notes of which you must plan to become intimately familiar with

[kido_1]

I hear its pretty easy to get a 50 in HHD if you memorise the entire book.

[Ren]

VCAA Resources
These will help you to find out about what the subject entails etc

Health and Human Development page - VCAA
http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/healthnhuman/healthumindex.html
you can find the Health and Human Development Study Design, Assessment Handbook, past exams, sample exams and assessment reports here

Study Design
http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/healthnhuman/healthsd04.pdf
the Study Design specifies what can be examined and what you need to study.


References
These will help you when studying the subject.


World Health Organisation – health promotion and the Ottawa Charter
http://www.who.int/healthpromotion/conferences/previous/ottawa/en/
Shows major international conferences on health promotion, including the First International Conference on Health Promotion held in Ottawa.
 
Government's health care budget
http://www.budget.gov.au/2004-05/overview/html/overview_main-14b.htm
Shows a summary of the government's health care spending.

 
Department of Health and Ageing – National Health Priority Area: Asthma
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/wcms/publishing.nsf/content/health-pq-asthma-index.htm
Information about asthma as a National Health Priority Area.

 
National Health Priority Action Council –Cardiovascular health
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/wcms/publishing.nsf/content/pq-cardio
Information about cardiovascular disease.

 
Department of Health and Ageing – National Health Priority Area: Diabetes
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/wcms/publishing.nsf/content/pq-diabetes
Information about diabetes as a National Health Priority Area.

 
Department of Health and Ageing – National Health Priority Area: Injury prevention
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/wcms/publishing.nsf/content/health-pubhlth-strateg-injury-index.htm
Information about injury prevention as a National Health Priority Area.

 
Department of Health and Ageing – National Health Priority Area: Arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/wcms/publishing.nsf/Content/pq-arthritis
Information about arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions as a National Health Priority Area.

 
National Public Health Partnership's Nutrition Strategy and Action Plan – Eat Well Australia, 2000–2010
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/wcms/publishing.nsf/Content/health-pubhlth-strateg-food-nphp.htm
Briefly outlines Eat Well Australia 2000-2010 (EWA) and the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nutrition Strategy and Action Plan 2000-2010 (NATSINSAP).

 
Nutrition Australia's dietary guidelines for: children, adolescents and older Australians
http://www.nutritionaustralia.org/Nutrition_for_All_Ages/Children/dietary_guidelines.asp
http://www.nutritionaustralia.org/Nutrition_for_All_Ages/Adults/Dietary_guidelines_for_older_Australians.asp
http://www.nutritionaustralia.org/Nutrition_for_All_Ages/Adults/Dietary_guidelines_for_Australians.asp
Lists the dietary guidelines for the different stages of the lifespan.

 
World Health Organisation The World Health Report 2004, 'Annex Table 4 Healthy life expectancy (HALE) in all WHO Member States, estimates for 2002'
http://www.who.int/whr/2004/annex/topic/en/annex_4_en.pdf
Shows the life expectancy estimates for people from different countries.

 
Getting the Edge
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Health Inequalities in Australia: Mortality
http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/index.cfm/title/10041
A report examining mortality inequalities.

 
World Health Organisation World Health Report 2002 – Reducing Risks, Promoting Healthy Life,
http://www.who.int/whr/2002/overview/en/
One of the largest research projects identifying the main risks to human health worldwide.

 
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative – Country focus on Nigeria
http://www.polioeradication.org/content/general/profile_nigeria.pdf
Looks at Nigeria's battle with polio.

 
World Health Organisation's WHO vaccine-preventable diseases: monitoring system, 2004 global summary
http://www.who.int/vaccines-documents/GlobalSummary/GlobalSummary.pdf
A report on the world's immunisation programs.

 

[doboman]

Im not even doing HHD but you've got to appriciate Ren's Post

[lanvins]

hey u noe how there's a lot of statistics thrown around in textbook (eg mental health issues are the leading cause of disease with 14%..........). Do you think it's nescessay to learn these? It's not in the study design, so i'm not sure. What do u think?

[SilverBullet]

Health is the subject of definitions and being able to analyse case studies. It's certainly not going to harm you if you can quote a statistic like that and state where you got that information from.

[Pencil]

hey u noe how there's a lot of statistics thrown around in textbook (eg mental health issues are the leading cause of disease with 14%..........). Do you think it's nescessay to learn these? It's not in the study design, so i'm not sure. What do u think?

ha i wouldn't and I didn't.
If you want to, go for it. I can't see how it's really necessary though, especially since statistics like that change constantly

[kido_1]

The statistics are just there to give you the big picture.
I wouldn't be bothered memorising them.

[melaniej]

No point memorising statistics. The only time you would use them in the exam is when referring to graphs or tables that give you the statistics anyway.

HHD was my fave subject out of the 7. and not too hard to do well in either

[lanvins]

can anyone think of any initiatives (strategies) for the NHPAs (eg, the tick......)? i'm feeling a little stuck

[melaniej]

If anyone one wants my summary notes for HHD, pm me ur email address, and I'll send them to you... I did them under study design headings, so they are pretty accurate.

[hotney16]

hi melanie j that would be really nice of you
if you could help me out.
[email protected]

thanks

[jess3254]

If anyone one wants my summary notes for HHD, pm me ur email address, and I'll send them to you... I did them under study design headings, so they are pretty accurate.

I'm sure the VCEnotes community would really appreciate it if you could sumbit them on the website as notes Then everyone can benefit for them.
Just go to VCEnotes homepage and click 'contribute notes', then upload them if you'd like to.

Jess

[melaniej]

Yeah done thanks jess, i had no idea how to upload them

so theyr up now... hope they help ya!