People, Food and Health

Promoting Health in Australia

Assessment task
Unit 3, SAC 3 Outcome 2
Analyse the roles and responsibilities of government and nongovernment organisations in promoting health and evaluate the
effectiveness of diet and non-diet related initiatives to optimise health
and development.

This is an assessment task to be completed in the form of a written response,

worth a total of 50 marks. It must be completed in class time within a limited
timeframe. It is to be used to reflect the key knowledge and skills being assessed
and to provide feedback for students on the understanding of these knowledge
areas and skills.

Part 1

1. Explain the following terms:

biomedical health care

2 marks

preventative health care

2 marks

social model of health care 2 marks

Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion

2 marks

2. Discuss the responsibility of the State Government in terms of health care.

2 marks

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3. Discuss the responsibility of the Federal Government in terms of health care.
2 marks

4. List the five key values of the Australian Medicare system.

5 marks

5. What is the Australian Governments role in health promotion?

2 marks

6. List five non-government agencies that provide health advice.

5 marks

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Part 2

Choose one non-government health promotion strategy and complete the

following tasks.

1. Describe the health promotion strategy and the reason it was implemented.
4 marks

2. Who developed the strategy and when was it developed?

1 mark

3. What are the aims/objectives of this strategy?

2 marks

4. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of this strategy.

4 marks

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Part 3

1. Why were the National Health Priority Areas developed?

2 marks

2. List the seven National Health Priority Areas.

7 marks

3. Choose one National Health Priority Area and explain the following:

Explain the disease or condition this National Health Priority Area

addresses.
2 marks

List three ways to decrease the incidence of the disease or condition this
National Health Priority Area addresses.
3 marks

Which population groups does this National Health Priority Area address? 1
mark

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