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Title: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Smiley_ on November 10, 2014, 10:25:47 am
VCE HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Q&A THREAD

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What is this thread for?
If you have general questions about the VCE Health & Human Development course or how to improve in certain areas, this is the place to ask!


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Everyone is welcome to contribute; even if you're unsure of yourself, providing different perspectives is incredibly valuable.

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Original post.
Welcome to the Health Board :D
This thread can be used to ask any questions about the content of Health and Human Development that you may have.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Rod on December 05, 2014, 05:03:52 pm
Just bumping so it comes on my notifications and I can help out...
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Bluegirl on January 25, 2015, 11:29:07 am
Just bumping so it comes on my notifications and I can help out...
Me too :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on January 25, 2015, 11:58:05 am
And likewise.

Look at us - so keen.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Rod on January 25, 2015, 12:09:28 pm
And likewise.

Look at us - so keen.
Haha so keen but nobody is asking any questions xD. I remember this time last year, myself, bluegirl, lucasvang, MM and some others were flooding the health threads with questions!!!

Hmm maybe when school starts the 2015 hhders might start asking!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on January 25, 2015, 10:44:58 pm
I'm joining up too :)
2015ers, get in fast!  We're so eager right now we'll be jumping over each other to answer you!  but you've only got a month, Uni starts in March and then...
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: mnafady2006 on January 26, 2015, 12:07:59 am
don't worry guys, enjoy this day or two because in the upcoming days and weeks you will be flooded with questions from us haha.

But to start off was wondering how structuring answers works in HHD. Is it similar to Busman where you begin most answers with definitions and elaborate on the key task words and relate it to the case study or is HHD different?
Thanks !

Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Rod on January 26, 2015, 11:23:49 am
don't worry guys, enjoy this day or two because in the upcoming days and weeks you will be flooded with questions from us haha.

But to start off was wondering how structuring answers works in HHD. Is it similar to Busman where you begin most answers with definitions and elaborate on the key task words and relate it to the case study or is HHD different?
Thanks !
Kinda of. I never really started my answers with definitions, but I had specific structures to a lot of my answers. My teacher also was obsessed with making specific structures to your answers so you don't lose any marks in the exam.

We usually made this 'formulas' by first answering a question freestyle. Then, we would compare the answer to a structured answer either my teacher had or an answer in the VCAA assesors reports (although I would reccomend saving vcaa stuff until the end).

And then after comparing answers, we would see what was missing in our answers, and make a formula.

For example, to answer NHPA questions, I had this structure which would get me full marks in the exams:

W - What -> What is the NHPA called (1 pt)
W - Who -> Who is it run by (1 pt)
A - Aim -> What do they aim to do (1 pt)
H - How -> How do they do it (2 pts,)



Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Rod on January 26, 2015, 11:32:51 am
Here is an example I copy pasted from my notes;


What: ‘Life! Taking action on diabetes’

Who: The Victorian State Government.

Aim: simply reduce the incidence of type 2 diabetes among those at risk.

How: Promote awareness of diabetes prevention through media and have a website –www.diabeteslife.org.au that provides resources and education to individuals regarding prevention of type 2 diabetes. Also, they run a course to 25000 Victorians who are at a high risk of diabetes. The course runs six group sessions over an eight week period that will educate individuals about type 2 diabetes and lifestyle behaviour change that will reduce risks of developing diabetes. It helps individuals set goals, help you lose weight and adjust your eating habits

Question and answer: ‘Life! Taking action on diabetes’, implemented by the Victorian State Government, aims to reduce the incidence of type 2 diabetes among those at risk. They do this by promoting awareness of diabetes prevention through media like posters and advertises. They have a website (http://www.diabeteslife.org.au) that provides resources and education to individuals regarding prevention of type 2 diabetes. They also do this by running a course to 25 000 Victorians who are at high risk of diabetes. They course runs six group sessions over an eight week period that will educate individuals about type 2 diabetes and lifestyle behaviour change that will reduce risks of developing diabetes. It helps individuals et goals, helps them lose weight and also adjusting eating habits (diet).
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: mnafady2006 on January 27, 2015, 12:26:14 am
Thanks for clearing that up Rod !
makes heaps of sense :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: more_vanilla on January 27, 2015, 10:12:14 pm

Kinda of. I never really started my answers with definitions, but I had specific structures to a lot of my answers. My teacher also was obsessed with making specific structures to your answers so you don't lose any marks in the exam.

We usually made this 'formulas' by first answering a question freestyle. Then, we would compare the answer to a structured answer either my teacher had or an answer in the VCAA assesors reports (although I would reccomend saving vcaa stuff until the end).

And then after comparing answers, we would see what was missing in our answers, and make a formula.

For example, to answer NHPA questions, I had this structure which would get me full marks in the exams:

W - What -> What is the NHPA called (1 pt)
W - Who -> Who is it run by (1 pt)
A - Aim -> What do they aim to do (1 pt)
H - How -> How do they do it (2 pts,)

Would be awesome if you could make a thread with all your response structures/formulas! Maybe when you're procrastinating or just feeling extremely bored? Hahaha

Thanks for the excellent NHPA example btw! :))
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Rod on January 28, 2015, 12:22:50 am
Would be awesome if you could make a thread with all your response structures/formulas! Maybe when you're procrastinating or just feeling extremely bored? Hahaha

Thanks for the excellent NHPA example btw! :))
I have many so I think I'll just post them as we progress through the year. So when you guys are up to the MDGs I'll type up my structure/formulas for the progress/purpose qs (term 2), or when you guys are up to the 6/7 mark health, hd, sustainability (term 3) I'll type up my formula for that.

Think it would be better that way because you guys won't really need them now unless you've started practice exams already (unlikely) xD.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on January 28, 2015, 10:50:29 am
I have many so I think I'll just post them as we progress through the year. So when you guys are up to the MDGs I'll type up my structure/formulas for the progress/purpose qs (term 2), or when you guys are up to the 6/7 mark health, hd, sustainability (term 3) I'll type up my formula for that.

Think it would be better that way because you guys won't really need them now unless you've started practice exams already (unlikely) xD.

And counter-productive, one suggests!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: mnafady2006 on February 04, 2015, 10:36:23 pm
Just a quick question,
In regards to the questions in the textbook. Is it worth doing all the questions ( as they are quite a few), or are they not an accurate representation of exam like questions.
For example in the key concepts textbook there's the basic questions + apply your knowledge questions + extra ones which make for a heap of questions

How did you guys go about the textbook questions? worth it or nah?
Thanks
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: yearningforsimplicity on February 04, 2015, 10:47:14 pm
Just a quick question,
In regards to the questions in the textbook. Is it worth doing all the questions ( as they are quite a few), or are they not an accurate representation of exam like questions.
For example in the key concepts textbook there's the basic questions + apply your knowledge questions + extra ones which make for a heap of questions

How did you guys go about the textbook questions? worth it or nah?
Thanks

Textbook questions that are related to the content in the study design would be useful to attempt, e.g. defining Burden of Disease or explaining variations in health status between males&females using determinants of health. These types of Qs would develop your skills for answering SAC/exam questions too :) Sometimes there can be Qs which seem totally irrelevant or not directly related to any of the topics in HHD - e.g. I remember doing Qs that asked about the 'vision of WHO' - whatever that is??? :P Keep your study design with you at all times and ensure that you're doing the Qs that will help you in the long run (even if that means defining BOD a few more times than you would prefer :P ).

HHD textbooks are awesome (obviously haha) but the reason they're so big is that not every single page in there will be something you need to know for the exam - e.g. you might have 2 or 3 pages dedicated to a media article about obesity - and that's just stimulus material rather than actual content you need to learn! So in the same way, do the Qs which you think link up most closely with the key-knowledge dot points in the hhd study design :) From memory, usually those Qs are prominent in the basic Qs and application type Qs - you might also have 'exam-style Qs' in the chapter reviews of your book so doing those will also be super useful :D
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on February 04, 2015, 11:02:37 pm
How did you guys go about the textbook questions? worth it or nah?

I had the Cambridge textbook which is probably different.  I personally never did textbook questions, but that doesn't mean they're not worth doing.  If you have 'summary' questions at the end of each chapter, I recommend doing those thoroughly; I'd ignore 'extension' questions as they go beyond what you need.  For any other questions, perhaps go over them with dot-pointed/briefer answers to save time.  The point isn't necessarily whether they're exam-style, but whether they help you get your head round the content and check you know and can apply what you read; practising helps stick stuff in your head.

Side topic - while I know many disagree, this is why I recommend going over VCAA exams at the start of the year - partly to help you get somewhat of a feel for what 'exam-like questions' are, which helps you make your preparation most targeted and useful.

EDIT: I bet three dollars you'll have given up on them by the end of term 2; the questions do end up quite time-consuming, and can be very off topic - as yearningforsimplicity said, stick like glue to the study design.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: rumeysa on February 08, 2015, 03:26:57 pm
So in terms of definitions, I know that this subject is largely based on memorisation. However, does this necessarily mean that we have to memorise each and every relevant definition perfectly, or can it be a few words off?

How precise do we actually have to be when reciting them?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: yearningforsimplicity on February 08, 2015, 04:19:36 pm
So in terms of definitions, I know that this subject is largely based on memorisation. However, does this necessarily mean that we have to memorise each and every relevant definition perfectly, or can it be a few words off?

How precise do we actually have to be when reciting them?

Some definitions in HHD have been developed/created by an official organisation such as the World Health Organisation (WHO), Australian Institute of Health & Welfare (AIHW) or the United Nations (UN). E.g. the definition of 'Mental Health' used by most textbooks (the one that starts off as "Mental health is a state of wellbeing in which an individual realises....") was (if I remember correctly) created by the WHO; so it's one of those definitions that you'd want to be very precise about :)

Usually if a definition has been created by such an organisation, you'd want to ensure that you memorise that definition almost word-to-word or exactly as the organisation has specified it. Just make sure it does closely resemble the original definition :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: asu26 on February 11, 2015, 07:10:44 pm
Hey i was just wondering if anyone here got a 50 in health and human, chemistry or history and how they achieved it. I'm in year 12 right now and i'm stressing out its only the second week i know but i feel like im missing something like everyone has this smart strategic study plan and im just here doing hw and making summaries..(sorry i rambled) but yeah if you can tell me how it would be really appreciated!  :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on February 11, 2015, 08:42:40 pm
Hey i was just wondering if anyone here got a 50 in health and human, chemistry or history and how they achieved it. I'm in year 12 right now and i'm stressing out its only the second week i know but i feel like im missing something like everyone has this smart strategic study plan and im just here doing hw and making summaries..(sorry i rambled) but yeah if you can tell me how it would be really appreciated!  :)

Hi there, asu26. Here are some threads you may be interested in:


There is a huge range of other resources in this sub-forum from a huge range of users, many of whom scored very highly.

Best of luck. :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on February 12, 2015, 01:08:46 am
Hey i was just wondering if anyone here got a 50 in health and human, chemistry or history and how they achieved it. I'm in year 12 right now and i'm stressing out its only the second week i know but i feel like im missing something like everyone has this smart strategic study plan and im just here doing hw and making summaries..(sorry i rambled) but yeah if you can tell me how it would be really appreciated!  :)

Don't stress about it; some people do have 'smart strategic study plans', but I didn't (except for occasional 2-day-long bursts) and heaps of people don't manage it.  Homework and summaries should be fine as long as you're diligent. :)

Top tips:
1.  Work hard.
2.  Stick to the study design.
3.  Ask questions (here or teacher).
4.  Summarise concisely.
5.  Plough through the threads Joseph41 listed; check out Health and Human Development Resources for more resources.

All the best!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: purplegiraffe on February 21, 2015, 05:26:36 pm
What ways can alcohol or drug misuse lead to relationship breakdown?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on February 21, 2015, 05:34:35 pm
What ways can alcohol or drug misuse lead to relationship breakdown?

If a person becomes drunk/high they may abuse or be violent to the other, which can break down trust and love between them.
One may also think that the other cares more about alcohol/drugs than themselves.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: purplegiraffe on February 21, 2015, 05:50:29 pm
If a person becomes drunk/high they may abuse or be violent to the other, which can break down trust and love between them.
One may also think that the other cares more about alcohol/drugs than themselves.

Ahh thank you so much. Im just not too good at linking things together.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: purplegiraffe on February 22, 2015, 10:31:35 am
Under what circumstances might people be socially isolated?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: sunshine98 on February 22, 2015, 10:49:15 am
Do we need to know the scientific names of some diseases as examples ?
Say,  'atherosclerosis' or can I just refer to it as 'hardening of the arteries'?
Also , do I need to understand all the processes that occur with biological stuff? An example I can think of is ,  cholesterol , do I need to know LDL and HDL and stuff like that? Or do I  just need to understand the impact of high cholesterol levels on overall health ?

Thank you  :) :) :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Rod on February 22, 2015, 10:55:57 am
Under what circumstances might people be socially isolated?
- Unemployment -> Stress and the lack of money can mean less time to go out
- Disability-> People who are obese usually have low self-esteem and are therefore less confident to go out, and meet new people. They could also often be bullied and left out of groups. 
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: ~V on February 22, 2015, 10:57:03 am
Under what circumstances might people be socially isolated?
being an indigenous person-suffer against discrimination, living in rural areas, low socio-economic status- those that don't work or don't go school.
Do we need to know the scientific names of some diseases as examples ?
Say,  'atherosclerosis' or can I just refer to it as 'hardening of the arteries'?
Also , do I need to understand all the processes that occur with biological stuff? An example I can think of is ,  cholesterol , do I need to know LDL and HDL and stuff like that? Or do I  just need to understand the impact of high cholesterol levels on overall health ?

Thank you  :) :) :)
Best to know the scientific names for the exam, you might be able to answer "hardening of the arteries" on a SAC as your teacher might give you the mark. Just know that LDL is the "bad" cholesterol and HDL is "good". Most importantly it is your understand of the impact high cholesterol levels on overall health :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Rod on February 22, 2015, 10:59:54 am
Do we need to know the scientific names of some diseases as examples ?
Say,  'atherosclerosis' or can I just refer to it as 'hardening of the arteries'?
Also , do I need to understand all the processes that occur with biological stuff? An example I can think of is ,  cholesterol , do I need to know LDL and HDL and stuff like that? Or do I  just need to understand the impact of high cholesterol levels on overall health ?

Thank you  :) :) :)
Hmm firstly I always thought atherosclerosis meant the condition where too much plaque (cholesterol) buids up in your blood vessels, often leading to impaired blood flow and hence cardiovascular diseases such as stroke. I don't think 'hardening of the arteries' would be sufficient enough for an answer.

I think it is much better to know the scientific names of certain conditions to use as examples in answers. It's much more safe to use and also saves you from any confusion.

You need to know the difference between LDL and HDL, and how they function. Also what they stand for.
You do indeed need a basic understanding of what high blood cholesterol does (increases the chance of cardiovascular diseases such as stroke)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: yearningforsimplicity on February 22, 2015, 11:28:03 am
Do we need to know the scientific names of some diseases as examples ?
Say,  'atherosclerosis' or can I just refer to it as 'hardening of the arteries'?
Also , do I need to understand all the processes that occur with biological stuff? An example I can think of is ,  cholesterol , do I need to know LDL and HDL and stuff like that? Or do I  just need to understand the impact of high cholesterol levels on overall health ?

Thank you  :) :) :)

Although it's the hardest thing to spell and pronounce, you should refer to the hardening of arteries (due to fatty LDL cholesterol plaque build-up) as Atherosclerosis. It's just one of those HHD terms you need to be using as it shows you have a deeper understanding of the content :)

And yep, it's essential that you know about Cholesterol, in terms of High density lipoprotein (HDL) "good" cholesterol and Low Density Lipoprotein "Bad" cholesterol - it's especially important to know how they have a role in impacting the Cardiovascular Health NHPA (the role of nutrition questions for the NHPAs will come up in SACs and exams so if you are asked about the role of nutrition in Cardiovascular Health, one of your main points will be about saturated fats and then linking that to build up of LDL cholesterol etc). You need to understand how accumulation of LDL cholesterol can lead to atherosclerosis and how this can then restrict blood flow and increase pressure within arteries and vessels and increase the risk of developing coronary heart disease, hypertension, heart attacks or stroke :) You don't really need to know the biology behind every single topic in HHD as a lot of students that do HHD are not Biology students so it won't get extremely complicated so dont worry! :D But yes for the NHPAs, it is important that you know a little bit about how the disease/condition occurs (this is usually covered in the "Key features of each NHPA" part of the subject :) ).
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Sonia_01 on February 22, 2015, 11:51:04 am
Welcome to the Health Board :D
This thread can be used to ask any questions about the content of Health and Human Development that you may have.
I don't understand how to write about biological determinant and include thee key words
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: ~V on February 22, 2015, 11:53:12 am
I don't understand how to write about biological determinant and include thee key words
Biological determinants of health relate to the structure of cells, tissues and systems of the body and how adequately they function. Such examples are body weight, birth weight, blood cholesterol levels <-- [just some examples off the top of my head]. All these factors contribute to the variations in health status of individuals and groups.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: mnafady2006 on February 22, 2015, 12:29:54 pm
Just have a quick question,
We have our first sac next week which is part A ( all sections upto NHPA's)
In terms of the content, for example when learning about the determinants, do we need to know in depth about all the aspects , for example BMI, cholestrol specifics, measuring blood pressure etc? or do we just need to have a brief understanding?

In the study design it mentions about determinants of health, and i've looked at a few past exams and it was never detailed to the point of asking about BMI or such, but could sacs be different?

Can anyone shed some light on how they approached studying for aspects like this?
Thank you !
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: sunshine98 on February 22, 2015, 01:37:18 pm
THANK YOU Rod, ~V and yearningforsimplicity  :) :)

Also , similar to the post above me ,  I wanted to know the amount of detail required to answer questions, I haven't done 1 &2 and am a bit confused. When I answer with   a key term is it expected to be defined , right after it , or having the word is enough?

Thanks in advance  :)

Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on February 22, 2015, 02:03:54 pm
Just have a quick question,
We have our first sac next week which is part A ( all sections upto NHPA's)
In terms of the content, for example when learning about the determinants, do we need to know in depth about all the aspects , for example BMI, cholestrol specifics, measuring blood pressure etc? or do we just need to have a brief understanding?

In the study design it mentions about determinants of health, and i've looked at a few past exams and it was never detailed to the point of asking about BMI or such, but could sacs be different?

Can anyone shed some light on how they approached studying for aspects like this?
Thank you !

It's important to have a brief understanding of all of these, like:
 - know what BMI is (weight (kg) / height (m) squared), that BMI 30+ is overweight, that being overweight increases risk of CVD, type 2 diabetes and some cancers
 - know that high blood pressure/hypertension increases risk of CVD
 - know that high blood cholesterol increases fatty buildup in arteries, increasing risk of CVD
but no more.

In general in the exam, it will ask for 'a biological determinant' (you choose) rather than something specific to explain a certain difference in health status; this way, whichever one you have learnt, you can apply.

Keep in mind that depending on the teacher SACs can require far more detailed knowledge than the exam.  Ask your teacher for details.

To study, try practising questions - e.g. get a list of differences in health status between population groups, and then use one biological, one behavioural, one social and one physical environment determinant to explain each one, referring to your notes/textbook if stuck.  (Use dot-point answers and skip anything that repeats itself, this can be time-consuming :) ).
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on February 22, 2015, 02:13:56 pm
Also , similar to the post above me ,  I wanted to know the amount of detail required to answer questions, I haven't done 1 &2 and am a bit confused. When I answer with a key term is it expected to be defined , right after it , or having the word is enough?

It depends on the sort of question!  Can you give any specific examples you're unsure about?
If you're asked to define or describe something, you must include the whole definition.
Most of the rest of the time, you don't need to.  If you're asked, say, to use a biological determinant to explain a difference in health status, you don't need to define 'biological determinant'.

Here's a sample answer to one sort of question, to show that it can be quite brief, with no explanation of key words, but still get 2 marks:
Explain how one behavioural determinant of health can increase risk of Type 2 Diabetes. (2 marks)
Diet: Consuming a diet high in saturated fats, kilojoules and low in fibre can lead to becoming overweight, which is a risk factor for Type 2 diabetes.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: KickassAsian on February 22, 2015, 11:07:51 pm
Hey there, I'm having a confusion in regarding to the difference between disease, disorder and condition. It would be great if you guys can help me because articles online doesn't speak normal English.  :P
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Rod on February 22, 2015, 11:14:08 pm
Hey there, I'm having a confusion in regarding to the difference between disease, disorder and condition. It would be great if you guys can help me because articles online doesn't speak normal English.  :P
To be honest, I think all of these can be used interchangeably. So, they can all mean the same thing. When you have a disease, disorder, or condition the body acts abnormally which impacts your health.

That's really the best I can say, is there a particular question that's confusing you?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: HakunaMattata on February 23, 2015, 06:22:52 pm
People who've already done HHD, did you guys use the checkpoints? Is it worth going through?

Thanks 😊
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on February 23, 2015, 06:28:01 pm
People who've already done HHD, did you guys use the checkpoints? Is it worth going through?

Thanks 😊

I didn't use Checkpoints a lot during the year; I only really discovered it fairly close to the exam period. I'm a big fan of it, though - I would definitely try to work your way through some of its questions!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: HakunaMattata on February 23, 2015, 06:59:34 pm
I didn't use Checkpoints a lot during the year; I only really discovered it fairly close to the exam period. I'm a big fan of it, though - I would definitely try to work your way through some of its questions!
Understandable, thank youuu!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Bluegirl on February 23, 2015, 07:18:10 pm
People who've already done HHD, did you guys use the checkpoints? Is it worth going through?

Thanks 😊

I bought it but didn't use it too much. I used it more to compare my answers to the ones asked and answered in the book. So it can be useful if you use it!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Anchy on February 23, 2015, 07:51:49 pm
People who've already done HHD, did you guys use the checkpoints? Is it worth going through?

Thanks 😊

I used checkpoints as sac preparation. The HHD checkpoints is actually really good and i certainly recommend it for SAC and exam prep.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Rod on February 23, 2015, 10:57:20 pm
People who've already done HHD, did you guys use the checkpoints? Is it worth going through?

Thanks 😊
Checkpoints was my baby <3

Mostly because all our SACS were exam style questions. So checkpoints was the perfect preparation for my SACS. I think I completed about 80% of checkpoint, so nearly got through it all.

Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: sunshine98 on February 24, 2015, 09:06:57 pm
It depends on the sort of question!  Can you give any specific examples you're unsure about?
If you're asked to define or describe something, you must include the whole definition.
Most of the rest of the time, you don't need to.  If you're asked, say, to use a biological determinant to explain a difference in health status, you don't need to define 'biological determinant'.

Here's a sample answer to one sort of question, to show that it can be quite brief, with no explanation of key words, but still get 2 marks:
Explain how one behavioural determinant of health can increase risk of Type 2 Diabetes. (2 marks)
Diet: Consuming a diet high in saturated fats, kilojoules and low in fibre can lead to becoming overweight, which is a risk factor for Type 2 diabetes.

Thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu  :)
Also , more questions -  what is the difference between a 'define...', 'explain' and 'describe...' question? According to the dictionary all  are synonymous , but is there a specific way to answer the questions , according to these words?
And another question,  in my textbook it says cholesterol is defined as 'a waxy , fat-like substance used by the body to build cell walls . It is neither produced in the liver or absorbed from animal fats eaten ' , according to my knowledge from Biology , isn't that supposed to be cell membranes , not cell walls? Cell walls are not in animals , and are composed of carbs, so is this like a  health way of  defining , or ?
And do you advise reading the textbook , like completely or  is it a waste of time ?

Once again , thank you  :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on February 24, 2015, 09:24:34 pm
Thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu  :)
Also , more questions -  what is the difference between a 'define...', 'explain' and 'describe...' question? According to the dictionary all  are synonymous , but is there a specific way to answer the questions , according to these words?

Great question. There is absolutely a difference in how you should be responding to each.

Definition questions are typically worth one mark. They will be things like "Define health" or "Define sustainability"; essentially, in the template of "Define X". All you need to do is say "X refers to [whatever it refers to]." For example, "Health refers to a complete state of physical, social and mental wellbeing, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." Typical definitions that you may come across can be found in VCAA's Health & Human Development glossary, found in the 'Advice for teachers' document.

Describe questions are a little longer. They are sort of like definition questions, but in more depth. For this reason, they will probably be worth 2-3 marks. That is, you'll probably need to give more than just a definition to receive full marks. For example, "Describe private health insurance" is asking for more than just the definition of private health insurance; it's asking you to show that you know more.

And explain questions are typically longer still (or perhaps not longer, but more involved). If you need to explain something, it's likely to be on a single concept. For example, you wouldn't get a question that asks you to explain the concept of human development (in isolation), because there isn't really that much to say. Instead, you might get a question that asks you to explain the impact of X on Y, or how Q is funded, or why A is exemplified by B. For example, "Explain how this case study reflects the social model of health," or "Explain the impact of Medicare on health."

All the best. :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on February 24, 2015, 09:30:08 pm
And another question,  in my textbook it says cholesterol is defined as 'a waxy , fat-like substance used by the body to build cell walls . It is neither produced in the liver or absorbed from animal fats eaten ' , according to my knowledge from Biology , isn't that supposed to be cell membranes , not cell walls? Cell walls are not in animals , and are composed of carbs, so is this like a  health way of  defining , or ?
And do you advise reading the textbook , like completely or  is it a waste of time ?

Yes, does sound wrong - but don't stress about it, you don't need to know anything like that depth (cholesterol isn't even in the HHD study design! though you should know its impact on health).

Reading the textbook completely helps get a strong understanding and is thoroughly worthwhile - I'd start learning a topic by reading the textbook.  Often you absorb things that aren't directly relevant, but help you answer better/phrase things better.  However, more importantly, summarise it very very concisely.  Most of it you don't need, and the act of summarising helps you understand what the paragraph was about.  Often you'll find that one sentence covers about 5 paragraphs!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: caitlynharbrow on February 25, 2015, 06:22:51 pm
Welcome to the Health Board :D
This thread can be used to ask any questions about the content of Health and Human Development that you may have.


Hello I have a few questions that I need some help answering to a high standard.
Firstly what should you talk about when talking about a trend?
Secondly how would you explain the difference in health status using: biological, physical environment, social and behavioural (need an example for each)
Thank you :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on February 25, 2015, 06:43:12 pm
Firstly what should you talk about when talking about a trend?
Secondly how would you explain the difference in health status using: biological, physical environment, social and behavioural (need an example for each)

I answered it here.
This thread (stickied question thread) is the ideal thread to post questions in :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on March 03, 2015, 06:53:01 pm
Got a question myself, which I was never sure about last year and want to clarify in my notes.  With the NHPAs cardiovascular health, mental health, injury prevention and control, and cancer control, if asked to describe the key features, can you just describe the major disease represented in each NHPA?

e.g. This was the description I always had:
Cardiovascular health: All diseases and conditions of the heart and blood vessels, caused by blocked/damaged blood supply to the brain, heart and legs (including coronary heart disease, stroke, heart failure, peripheral vascular disease).
Cancer control: Group of diseases in which some body cells become defective and... etc.

Must this explain what cardiovascular health / cancer control is to get full marks?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Josegarang on March 03, 2015, 08:04:58 pm
How tobacco smoking can cause variations in Health Status?

How biological and behavioural determinants contribute to difference between males and females for cardiovascular disease?

How changes in health care have contributed to a change in Life Expectancy in Australia.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on March 03, 2015, 08:23:26 pm
How tobacco smoking can cause variations in Health Status?

Tobacco smoking increases risk of lung cancer, asthma, emphysema and cardiovascular disease, so if a population group has higher rates of tobacco smoking, it's also likely to have higher mortality/morbidity rates from these conditions.

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How biological and behavioural determinants contribute to difference between males and females for cardiovascular disease?

Biological:
 - body weight: males are more likely to be overweight than females, which increases their rates of CVD
 - hormones: females have oestrogen which is a protective factor against cardiovascular disease, so they have lower rates of CVD than males (before menopause)

Behavioural:
 - diet: females are more likely to eat a diet high in fruit and vegetables and lower in energy dense foods; thus they're less likely to become overweight, and may have lower blood cholesterol levels (as fibre in f&v lowers cholesterol), so have lower rates of CVD than males
 - accessing healthcare: females are more likely to access preventative healthcare (such as visiting a GP) than males, so it's more likely that high blood pressure, atherosclerosis etc. will be noticed and treated early, so females have lower mortality rates from CVD

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How changes in health care have contributed to a change in Life Expectancy in Australia.
Not so sure on this one:

 - Improved technology, drugs and surgery techniques - thus more diseases can be diagnosed, treated and cured, raising LE.
 - There are increasingly more free programs, such as bowel cancer screening programs, so people are more likely to catch diseases early and are thus less likely to die from them, raising LE.
 - In the healthcare system, there's also been a shift towards the social model of health/health promotion - this means that there is more advertising of healthy behaviours (like Slip! Slop! Slap! which promotes healthy sun behaviours, anti-smoking ads, etc.) and more of a shift to the person themselves being responsible for their health.  Rather than just relying on doctors to fix us, we have been learning more to look after our own health.  Thus we're less likely to get various conditions like CVD, type 2 diabetes, skin cancer etc. and thus have a higher LE.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Josegarang on March 03, 2015, 09:31:29 pm
Thank you bangla_lok
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Smiley_ on March 05, 2015, 01:51:20 pm
Got a question myself, which I was never sure about last year and want to clarify in my notes.  With the NHPAs cardiovascular health, mental health, injury prevention and control, and cancer control, if asked to describe the key features, can you just describe the major disease represented in each NHPA?

e.g. This was the description I always had:
Cardiovascular health: All diseases and conditions of the heart and blood vessels, caused by blocked/damaged blood supply to the brain, heart and legs (including coronary heart disease, stroke, heart failure, peripheral vascular disease).
Cancer control: Group of diseases in which some body cells become defective and... etc.

Must this explain what cardiovascular health / cancer control is to get full marks?

My teacher always told me to put a little bit more detail about what "cancer control" or "injury prevention" actually do and what the NHPA is instead of just describing what cancer is, if you do that the examiner is not going to mark you wrong (because the information is still correct and relates to question) and you have a better chance of getting the full marks :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Caesius on March 07, 2015, 01:49:07 pm
Hello!
My textbook asks the following question: "How could parents encourage their children to become adequately socialised?" (social environment: early life experiences).
What does 'socialised' mean in the question?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: mnafady2006 on March 07, 2015, 07:35:24 pm
Just a quick question,

Is "Access to health care services" classified under the social or physical determinants of health?
It would make sense to be both and there's kind of a contradiction with different sources i'm using.

What do you guys think?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Anchy on March 07, 2015, 08:02:25 pm
Just a quick question,

Is "Access to health care services" classified under the social or physical determinants of health?
It would make sense to be both and there's kind of a contradiction with different sources i'm using.

What do you guys think?

I'd say its both, depends how you explain them.

Physical environment: If you live in a rural or remote area, you'll have trouble accessing health services in a timely manner.

Social: Being of low SES may mean you can't really afford some health services.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: purplegiraffe on March 09, 2015, 03:39:20 pm
How does everyone here go about memorizing the determinant examples? (Social - SES, access to health care etc)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: TrebleClef on March 09, 2015, 09:53:18 pm
How does everyone here go about memorizing the determinant examples? (Social - SES, access to health care etc)

There are a few, such as the mentioned SES and access to healthcare which are common ones which can usually be applied to a multitude of questions and situations, so as you do practice questions throughout the year and exams at the end, these will be ingrained into your minds. Apart from the physical determinants, which I for some reason had trouble coming up with on my own, the others, when I got myself to thoroughly understand their definitions( the determinants), I was able to think of examples that were suited to the question I was attempting.  :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: chansena on March 10, 2015, 06:36:08 pm
How does everyone here go about memorizing the determinant examples? (Social - SES, access to health care etc)



For health as it is a very content heavy subject I purchased a large white board and i would write them  out as fast as i could and time myself, and i would try beat my own personal best (this by far was the best study method i believe) I would do this as part of my revision, its sort of fun in a way too  ;)

Maybe its worth investing in a whiteboard there only like $20 ebay

Also I would associate content i learn in health to parts of my life.

But i really recommend the whiteboard method, really helpful !  :D
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: purplegiraffe on March 11, 2015, 02:37:23 pm
How can access to medical technology and health care extend life expectancy? Give real examples.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on March 11, 2015, 03:29:24 pm
How can access to medical technology and health care extend life expectancy? Give real examples.

Some examples:
 - medical imaging technology, such as MRIs, CAT scans, or bowel screening, can help diagnose cancer or other conditions early, so that treatment can begin earlier (before the cancer has got worse), decreasing risk of mortality from cancers etc.
 - immunisation: being immunised against measles/mumps/rubella, hep A, B and C, tetanus, polio etc. means that people won't catch these diseases, decreasing mortality rates.
 - surgery (e.g. heart bypass surgery) and chemotherapy decreases mortality from conditions like cardiovascular disease and cancers.
 - medications such as antibiotics, blood pressure lowering medications etc. reduce mortality from CVD, infections etc.

Obviously, if people don't die of these diseases, they will live longer which extends life expectancy :) .
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: purplegiraffe on March 12, 2015, 09:30:24 pm
Some examples:
 - medical imaging technology, such as MRIs, CAT scans, or bowel screening, can help diagnose cancer or other conditions early, so that treatment can begin earlier (before the cancer has got worse), decreasing risk of mortality from cancers etc.
 - immunisation: being immunised against measles/mumps/rubella, hep A, B and C, tetanus, polio etc. means that people won't catch these diseases, decreasing mortality rates.
 - surgery (e.g. heart bypass surgery) and chemotherapy decreases mortality from conditions like cardiovascular disease and cancers.
 - medications such as antibiotics, blood pressure lowering medications etc. reduce mortality from CVD, infections etc.

Obviously, if people don't die of these diseases, they will live longer which extends life expectancy :) .

Oh thank you so much
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: scandin9 on March 22, 2015, 12:26:22 am
For cancer control as an NHPA; is it necessary to know a health promotion program for each priority cancer?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: TrebleClef on March 22, 2015, 06:10:08 pm
For cancer control as an NHPA; is it necessary to know a health promotion program for each priority cancer?
No, you only need to know a program for one priority cancer in detail. The others, it would be good know know a program, but I never needed to use these. My one memorised one was all I needed.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: scandin9 on April 08, 2015, 10:22:17 pm
Is Stop it don't stop it still a valid health promotion program or has it concluded?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on April 08, 2015, 11:00:31 pm
Is Stop it don't stop it still a valid health promotion program or has it concluded?

Swap It, Don't Stop It has concluded and is out of date, but you can still use it without losing marks.  You could consider learning Shape Up, the new and slightly different equivalent (similar principles though), but you should be fine with the other :).
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Losingmotivation on April 08, 2015, 11:41:41 pm
Hey all. I have two questions...
My school uses the jacaranda textbook for HHD, and I find Health quite enjoyable while studying from it. However, we have also been provided a Cambridge textbook, and from reading the nutrition section...I am really confused why it includes so much about chemistry whilst the Jacaranda book does not.

Anyone have any idea whether the information is necessary, and if it assessable on the exam (skimmed the study design but no idea)?

Also, could anyone help me out with trends, how to identify them..how to word the answer (like integrating statistics from the graph itself)??

Thanks in advance :D
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on April 09, 2015, 09:14:36 am
My school uses the jacaranda textbook for HHD, and I find Health quite enjoyable while studying from it. However, we have also been provided a Cambridge textbook, and from reading the nutrition section...I am really confused why it includes so much about chemistry whilst the Jacaranda book does not.

Anyone have any idea whether the information is necessary, and if it assessable on the exam (skimmed the study design but no idea)?

Cambridge goes way overboard in nutrition, you don't need it very in-depth.  For each nutrient, you need 1-2 'functions' as a determinant of health, e.g. monounsaturated fat lowers levels of LDL cholesterol in the blood; sodium regulates blood pressure and volume; vit D aids absorption and use of calcium in growth and maintenance of bones, reducing risk of osteoporosis.  You don't have to understand how or why.

Also, could anyone help me out with trends, how to identify them..how to word the answer (like integrating statistics from the graph itself)??

To discover trends, look for overall movements - do the numbers go up or down over the time?  Do different categories (e.g. males/females, rural/metropolitan, younger/older) have different levels of something overall?

The structure I used:
Structure: [What disease and group you're looking at] [trend/change/difference/increase/decrease] [from... data  (year)] [to... data (year)]

Death rates from coronary heart disease for males over 70 have decreased from about 3000 per 100,000 (1979) to 1000 per 100,000 (2010).

and see Re: Trends . . .
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: scandin9 on April 09, 2015, 05:38:38 pm
Can we use shape up Australia as a health promotion program for Cancer control as obesity is a risk factor for colorectal cancer?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on April 09, 2015, 06:07:25 pm
Can we use shape up Australia as a health promotion program for Cancer control as obesity is a risk factor for colorectal cancer?

I'd say, 'Yes, but...'
If you can't think of anything else, go for it, making sure you directly/clearly draw the link of how it could lower cancer risk (obesity risk factor for CC).  You may get full marks, but risk losing marks as it's not totally relevant.  I'd advise another program (e.g. Sunsmart).
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Losingmotivation on April 09, 2015, 11:34:48 pm
Cambridge goes way overboard in nutrition, you don't need it very in-depth.  For each nutrient, you need 1-2 'functions' as a determinant of health, e.g. monounsaturated fat lowers levels of LDL cholesterol in the blood; sodium regulates blood pressure and volume; vit D aids absorption and use of calcium in growth and maintenance of bones, reducing risk of osteoporosis.  You don't have to understand how or why.

To discover trends, look for overall movements - do the numbers go up or down over the time?  Do different categories (e.g. males/females, rural/metropolitan, younger/older) have different levels of something overall?

The structure I used:
Structure: [What disease and group you're looking at] [trend/change/difference/increase/decrease] [from... data  (year)] [to... data (year)]

Death rates from coronary heart disease for males over 70 have decreased from about 3000 per 100,000 (1979) to 1000 per 100,000 (2010).

and see Re: Trends . . .

Thanks a lot  :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: 24bauer12 on April 10, 2015, 02:42:19 pm
What is a good formula for answering questions relating to health promotion programs?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Losingmotivation on April 10, 2015, 06:51:56 pm
What is a good formula for answering questions relating to health promotion programs?

Check this one out

Kinda of. I never really started my answers with definitions, but I had specific structures to a lot of my answers. My teacher also was obsessed with making specific structures to your answers so you don't lose any marks in the exam.

We usually made this 'formulas' by first answering a question freestyle. Then, we would compare the answer to a structured answer either my teacher had or an answer in the VCAA assesors reports (although I would reccomend saving vcaa stuff until the end).

And then after comparing answers, we would see what was missing in our answers, and make a formula.

For example, to answer NHPA questions, I had this structure which would get me full marks in the exams:

W - What -> What is the NHPA called (1 pt)
W - Who -> Who is it run by (1 pt)
A - Aim -> What do they aim to do (1 pt)
H - How -> How do they do it (2 pts,)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Losingmotivation on April 10, 2015, 06:56:01 pm
For the arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions, do I have to know a bit about each type of arthritis? Or can I get away with revising about one specific one?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on April 11, 2015, 10:14:35 am
For the arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions, do I have to know a bit about each type of arthritis? Or can I get away with revising about one specific one?

These are the notes that I learnt:
Conditions of bones, muscles and their attachments (joints), which cause pain, stiffness and disability.  The main conditions are:
• osteoarthritis: degenerative wearing of cartilage, which disrupts normal joint function and causes pain
• rheumatoid arthritis: chronic autoimmune disease that causes joint swelling/destruction
• osteoporosis: thinning/weakening of bone density, increasing fracture risk


I wouldn't learn more in-depth, but I think it's good to know this much.  (Rheumatoid arthritis isn't that important though).
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Josegarang on April 23, 2015, 09:06:49 pm
I need help with this question for NHPAS

 A determinant of health that explains the difference in the number of people affected by asthma in the high and low SES groups
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Losingmotivation on April 23, 2015, 09:43:12 pm
I need help with this question for NHPAS

 A determinant of health that explains the difference in the number of people affected by asthma in the high and low SES groups

Although I am also doing 3/4 health, in order to approach this question I'd note SES as a key word. This can be split into education, income and occupation.

So education can be stated as a social determinant. So you might say "Education regarding the prevention and treatment of asthma differ among high and low SES groups. High socioeconomic groups are more likely to have access to resources (such as online resources) which further increases their level of education associated to the prevention and treatment of asthma, compared to low socioeconomic groups. This results in a lower number of people experiencing asthma in high SES groups compared to low SES groups"

It doesn't sound right, but I think that's the track probably??? :) :/ :P
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Josegarang on April 23, 2015, 09:45:24 pm
Although I am also doing 3/4 health, in order to approach this question I'd note SES as a key word. This can be split into education, income and occupation.

So education can be stated as a social determinant. So you might say "Education regarding the prevention and treatment of asthma differ among high and low SES groups. High socioeconomic groups are more likely to have access to resources (such as online resources) which further increases their level of education associated to the prevention and treatment of asthma, compared to low socioeconomic groups. This results in a lower number of people experiencing asthma in high SES groups compared to low SES groups"

It doesn't sound right, but I think that's the track probably??? :) :/ :P
thank you!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Losingmotivation on April 23, 2015, 09:47:14 pm
thank you!

Good luck for the SAC :D
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on May 23, 2015, 11:47:31 pm
Can anyone explain the 3 strategies for health promotion of the ottawa charter?? I don't understand the textbook :( (enable, advocate and mediate) TIA :D
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Post by: TrebleClef on May 24, 2015, 10:32:29 am
Can anyone explain the 3 strategies for health promotion of the ottawa charter?? I don't understand the textbook :( (enable, advocate and mediate) TIA :D

Enable: With this area, we are focusing on reducing the barriers to gaining access to either resources or the opportunities to better our health. It focuses on reducing the number of individuals who cannot reach their full health potential because of situations they can't control. For example, not going to the doctors, or not buying medication because it's too costly, or because the doctors clinic is too far from home, so you just don't go, and let your health deteriorate instead.

Mediate: This just requires many levels of government to work together, whether it be the health sector, non-government organisations, the industry or the media. Basically, everyone must do their part in order to ensure that health promotion is effective, and we can attain the highest level of health possible for all individuals. For example, the health sector (they create policies and regulations related to public health) must work with non-government organisations (Eg. Red Cross, Salvation Army), the industry (Eg. Factories producing the foods we consume, or gyms promoting exercise around town) and the media (TV ad campaigns and health promotion posters).

Advocate: This area aims to change the political, cultural, environmental, economic, social, behavioural and biological factors to promote health by, for eg. lobbying for changes in government regulations and policies. Basically, making sure any factors that may create a barrier to ones ability to achieve optimum health is addressed as best they can.

Hope this helps! :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on May 24, 2015, 04:36:21 pm

Hope this helps! :)

Thanks heaps, definitely helped :-)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Losingmotivation on May 24, 2015, 05:18:58 pm
Hey everyone,
I needed some help with the health promotion stuff... :/

Could anyone please tell me the Medicare safety net thing, on their website they use the word "threshold"... Im guessing because it changes each year.

Also, for my upcoming sac...what sort of questions should I expect with regards to Medicare and PBS? and what sort of response should I give?

For example: if I was asked what is Medicare?
Would it be enough to state: "Medicare is Australia's universal health insurance scheme. Medicare gives all Australians, permanent residents and people from countries with a reciprocal agreement, access to health care that is subsidised by the government"

Should I be stating how it is funded etc? 

>.< thanks all!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on May 25, 2015, 08:11:30 am
Could anyone please tell me the Medicare safety net thing, on their website they use the word "threshold"... Im guessing because it changes each year.
Yes, it changes; just know that once people spend a certain amount (meet the threshold) in a year, further subsidies are introduced so it's even cheaper for them.  You don't have to know the $ amounts, just that if you use healthcare enough that it's getting pretty costly even with Medicare/PBS subsidies, they make it cheaper for you.

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Also, for my upcoming sac...what sort of questions should I expect with regards to Medicare and PBS? and what sort of response should I give?
Some examples:

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For example: if I was asked what is Medicare?
Would it be enough to state: "Medicare is Australia's universal health insurance scheme. Medicare gives all Australians, permanent residents and people from countries with a reciprocal agreement, access to health care that is subsidised by the government"

Should I be stating how it is funded etc? 
This was my summary I learnt: Australia's universal tax-funded healthcare system that aims to provide adequate healthcare at little or no cost to all Australian in need of treatment, regardless of age or income.  They're a bit different, but yours was fine though (I would just say 'Australians' and not bother with exactly who it covers, though).

You do have to know how it's funded, but it's not essential for this question.  If in doubt, always put in more than you need, as long as you keep it concise and make sure you don't include any incorrect information.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: HakunaMattata on May 25, 2015, 04:57:38 pm
List two of the Australian Dietary Guidelines and justify why each one has been included.

I can list the guidelines, but I don't exactly know how to "justify" why they were included.

Any help would be appreciated 😀
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on May 25, 2015, 05:07:17 pm
List two of the Australian Dietary Guidelines and justify why each one has been included.

I can list the guidelines, but I don't exactly know how to "justify" why they were included.

Any help would be appreciated 😀

'Justify' is basically asking, why is it there, what good does it do? 

I'd personally translate it as 'how does it impact health/health status'.  So if it was the one that says to limit sat fat/added salt and sugar/I can't even remember what, you could say something like, 'This guideline could reduce people's intake of saturated fat and added salt, which could reduce their risk of atherosclerosis and lower their blood pressure.  This would decrease their risk of cardiovascular disease, decreasing mortality and burden of disease from this condition and improving health status in Aus.' 

And/or you could say something about how people consume excessive quantities of these nutrients ==> high BOD from CVD currently in our population ==> this guideline is important coz it's such a big problem.

You see the two different takes on the question?  It doesn't matter which way you go.
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Post by: HakunaMattata on May 25, 2015, 05:10:02 pm
Thank you!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: HakunaMattata on May 25, 2015, 06:02:49 pm
Do we need to know by heart the five food groups and their main nutrients when answering questions about the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: TrebleClef on May 25, 2015, 06:08:54 pm
Do we need to know by heart the five food groups and their main nutrients when answering questions about the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating?
Yes, you'll need to know the categories, but you may not need to mention all the categories every time you get asked about the AGHE.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: xeon88 on May 26, 2015, 05:37:06 pm
I have a sac coming up, and I was wondering which definition I would use for "biomedical model of health", because the one in my textbook (which is current with the new study design) is different to the one in the new study design for 2014 - 2017.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on May 26, 2015, 05:40:36 pm
I have a sac coming up, and I was wondering which definition I would use for "biomedical model of health", because the one in my textbook is different to the one in the study design for 2014 - 2017.

Use the one in the study design, the study design is always your first and last port of call!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: xeon88 on May 26, 2015, 06:45:37 pm
Sorry, that was for the teacher's version of the study design (I looked at the actual student version of it and there wasn't a glossary of definitions  :o). Yeah, so with that in mind are there no strict definitions that we need to go by? Considering there aren't any in the actual study design for 2014- 2017? Do I just follow my textbook?

E.g. for "biomedical model of health" my textbook says "An approach that treats people once symptoms of ill health are present. It relies heavily on doctors, hospitals, pharmaceuticals and medical technology." Which is quite different to the teacher's version
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on May 26, 2015, 10:33:45 pm
That glossary is still right though (make sure you know every definition in that glossary by exam time!)  Your textbook definition still may get marks, but you're much safer going with the VCAA glossary definitions.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on May 28, 2015, 05:22:00 pm
Hey guys, i have a couple of questions

1. Do we have to be specific when stating the 5 food groups from the Australian guide to healthy eating
eg: For the milk yoghurt cheese ... category can we say Dairy Products or the Lean Meats, fish, poultry, eggs....  can i just say Meats and alternatives

2. The healthy living period was updated this year and is therefore different to whats in the textbook (Cambridge) so i'm not sure which one to learn.

3. Also, i don't really understand this dot point from the study design :

Australia’s health system including:
– local, state and federal governments’ responsibilities for health and health funding   

Any help will be appreciated :D
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on May 28, 2015, 05:43:27 pm
Hey guys, i have a couple of questions

1. Do we have to be specific when stating the 5 food groups from the Australian guide to healthy eating
eg: For the milk yoghurt cheese ... category can we say Dairy Products or the Lean Meats, fish, poultry, eggs....  can i just say Meats and alternatives
No, you can't.  Be specific or you risk losing the mark.

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2. The healthy living period was updated this year and is therefore different to whats in the textbook (Cambridge) so i'm not sure which one to learn.
The new one would be better, but either would be fine.  But anyway, you're not drawing the thing; essentially, they're the same, and your description wouldn't be very different.  And thanks for alerting me, I didn't know :).

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3. Also, i don't really understand this dot point from the study design :

Australia’s health system including:
– local, state and federal governments’ responsibilities for health and health funding   
You'll normally just be asked 'list 2 responsibilities of [level of government] relating to health or health funding', or '2 responsibilities of [level of government] in relation to [a specific condition]'; you've just got to learn maybe 3-4 roles of each level of govt, it doesn't matter whether it's management or funding of healthcare.  It's quite simple :).

Federal
  • management and funding of Medicare, PBS and PHI
  • management and funding of national health promotion programs, e.g. Shape Up
  • management of quarantine
  • purchase of vaccines
  • management and funding of aged care/HACC services

State
  • provision and funding of public hospital services
  • provision (NOT FUNDING, individuals pay) of ambulance services
  • provision of community health services (child, youth, family, school, dental, sexual health)
  • funding health promotion programs through bodies like VicHealth

Local
  • organise local immunisation programs
  • maintain sanitary environment
  • maintain roads and public places to uphold safety and reduce injury
  • recreational and cultural facilities
  • local maternal and child services
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on May 31, 2015, 12:00:37 pm
Hey guys, just wondering, how much do we need to know about nutrition surveys, like do we need to know about any specific surveys?

and, does anybody know what  the 5 food groups are called according to VCAA?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: TrebleClef on May 31, 2015, 02:04:39 pm
Hey guys, just wondering, how much do we need to know about nutrition surveys, like do we need to know about any specific surveys?VCAA?

Knowing the main reasons why we would conduct nutrition surverys, and knowing an example of one should suffice. So, things like, understanding the eating habits of inidivuals in a population, or perhaps what factors influence the way they choose their foods to aid in creating better health policies, or better health promotion strategies.

and, does anybody know what  the 5 food groups are called according to VCAA?


Five food groups:
As a genral rule, whatever is in your textbook is what you go by, they cannot mark you wrong, the only problems that may arise is how much of whats in your textbook you choose to write on your exam.
Follow the AGHE pie chart, and it would be best to know the whole description they provide on the sides of the respective sections, for eg. the "Lean meats and pultry, fish, eggs, tofu, nuts and seeds and legumes/beans"
For the milk, yoghurt section, I'd probably put an extra "Dairy products:" then go on to list whats in the pie chart.
As always with health, the little details can cost your a lot of marks sometimes, so better safe than sorry.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on June 12, 2015, 06:03:31 pm
Just a heads-up (only just found it myself, time to research and update all my notes and exams! :() - the WHO agenda areas/priority areas have changed.

So your textbooks/any old notes will have the WRONG information.

You shouldn't be up to this yet, but thought I'd mention it before I forget :)... somehow I annoyingly missed this though it was released in Feb.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: avocadochick on June 13, 2015, 04:57:53 pm
Hi guys,
Was wondering if you could help me with a question:

"What has been the effects of excessive land use and erosion in Burundi on health of individuals and communities? Address the three dimensions of health (physical, social and mental) in your answer."

It relates to the following case study:

Burundi: Environment and biodiversity project: Case study
World Vision along with One Earth has joined forces to fight poverty and climate change. One of the projects they are working on is in Burundi a country in East Africa.
Burundi is one of the poorest and most food insecure countries in the world. The 2007
United Nations Human Development Index Report ranked Burundi 174 out of 182 countries.
In 2007, GDP per capita was US$115 (In 2008 Australia‟s GDP per capita was $51, 000 according to the Australia Bureau of Statistics). Burundi has a population of 7.8 million and has one of the highest population densities in Africa. There is an average of 280 people per square kilometre. Life expectancy at birth is estimated at 50.1 years. The infant mortality rate is 108 deaths per 1,000 live births and malnutrition, especially in children under 5 is notably high. Burundi is a country plagued (weighed down) by high poverty, civil conflict and has very little infrastructure (roads, transport). Excessive (too much) land use and erosion has led to poor quality soils and low outputs from agriculture. This is worsened by changing climate patterns such as late rains, droughts and floods. Seed shortages and plant diseases have had a negative impact on crop and livestock production. The aim of the Burundi Environment and Biodiversity Project is to boost soil fertility and protect the environment in order to improve communities‟ access To food and income. Over three years, the project will target 36, 000 households or 180, 000 people most of who are farmers and many of these women. The selection of project participants will be done through identifying those who are suffering from a reduced availability of land because it has been affected by soil erosion and deforestation. The major activities include the creation of tree nurseries and the planting of trees on agricultural land to support crop growing. Crop outputs are higher on land where trees exist, because when leaves drop from the trees they fix the soil to form a barrier or blanket (like mulch) to avoid soil erosion. So what this means is that the crops underneath are able to survive because they are shaded from the larger trees and the soil is kept damp meaning there is sufficient water for the crops to survive.
Each household is expected to plant around 50 trees and have some plants of Moringa
Olifeira at their plots as Molinga Olifeira is a dietary and medicinal plant material that will improve the health and nutrition of people in Burundi.
The trees can provide the community with fuel for cooking and building, they help prevent soil erosion, and they also provide shade for growing crops like coffee and bananas. A core part of this project is the establishment of Community Based Agro Forestry Learning Centres. Here, farmers and households can learn about techniques such as:
 Collecting rain water from the roofs of houses for household needs
 Using organic compost instead of synthetic fertilisers (those that are chemically
manufactured, not naturally grown)
 Using fuel efficient stoves that use less firewood than traditional cooking methods and
 Placing all livestock (i.e. cows, sheep etc.) on one location and bringing fodder (food) to them, rather than having them roam and graze freely. This will reduce the impact on the environment of having them roam and feed off land.
http://www.worldvision.com.au, 17/03/10

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Not sure how to link it to mental and social health.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on June 13, 2015, 05:17:56 pm
Hi guys,
Was wondering if you could help me with a question:

"What has been the effects of excessive land use and erosion in Burundi on health of individuals and communities? Address the three dimensions of health (physical, social and mental) in your answer."

Land erosion => fewer crops => food insecurity => stress about how to get enough food to survive (poor mental health).
Food insecurity => malnutrition => weakened immune system => get sick (physical health).
Sick => can't participate in social activities and interact in community (social health) => feel left out, alone and a burden on others; can't work productively and fruitfully and contribute to their community (mental health).

Note I linked to mental health in two ways, you only need one.  Normally if you can't think of social/mental health, try the loophole that always works: poor physical health/sick => can't interact (social) => feel bad (mental).

HHD is about drawing all those [*tenuous*] links/arrows.  As long as you try to stay vaguely in the bounds of reason, once you know how to make up links appropriately, you will kill the subject :D.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: avocadochick on June 14, 2015, 07:00:06 pm

HHD is about drawing all those [*tenuous*] links/arrows.  As long as you try to stay vaguely in the bounds of reason, once you know how to make up links appropriately, you will kill the subject :D.

Thank you, those solutions help heaps! And yeah, I've found that having a bit of creativity is important in HHD!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on June 17, 2015, 07:51:33 pm
Hey Guys,
So, we just started Unit 4 this week (is this late?) and i feel like we're doing pointless stuff. We spent a whole double 'looking up' the health status (like life expectancy and U5MR etc) of a developing country, and i don't see the point in this as on an exam they'll give us a case study of some sort.
Basically, I'm confused as to what we're learning about and what we should be studying/focusing on.
I don't know if I'm making sense, but any input on Unit 4 will be helpful!!!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on June 18, 2015, 04:49:34 pm
Hey Guys,
So, we just started Unit 4 this week (is this late?) and i feel like we're doing pointless stuff. We spent a whole double 'looking up' the health status (like life expectancy and U5MR etc) of a developing country, and i don't see the point in this as on an exam they'll give us a case study of some sort.
Basically, I'm confused as to what we're learning about and what we should be studying/focusing on.
I don't know if I'm making sense, but any input on Unit 4 will be helpful!!!

Definitely, for SACs/exam that's totally pointless (though it can be interesting).

Read the key knowledge in the study design - in fact structure all your notes round these key knowledge dot points.  For this SAC (i.e. Unit 4 AOS 1, minus MDGs), learn:
> characteristics of developed/developing countries (just a brief list of maybe 5 characteristics of each, e.g. low child mortality rates, healthy economy and high GDP, established healthcare and education systems).
> mortality strata: what they are, and what level of adult/child mortality applies to each stratum A-E
> how to analyse (not learn) data and compare the HS of different countries
> sustainability: definition, plus the 3 elements of sustainability and how to pick them out in case studies
> human development and HDI definition
> the influence of 7 factors (income, gender equality, peace/political stability, education, healthcare, global marketing and physical environments) on health status, health, human development etc. <---- a big dot point with quite a bit in it.

Let me know if this doesn't make sense!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on June 18, 2015, 06:19:35 pm
Definitely, for SACs/exam that's totally pointless (though it can be interesting).

Read the key knowledge in the study design - in fact structure all your notes round these key knowledge dot points.  For this SAC (i.e. Unit 4 AOS 1, minus MDGs), learn:
> characteristics of developed/developing countries (just a brief list of maybe 5 characteristics of each, e.g. low child mortality rates, healthy economy and high GDP, established healthcare and education systems).
> mortality strata: what they are, and what level of adult/child mortality applies to each stratum A-E
> how to analyse (not learn) data and compare the HS of different countries
> sustainability: definition, plus the 3 elements of sustainability and how to pick them out in case studies
> human development and HDI definition
> the influence of 7 factors (income, gender equality, peace/political stability, education, healthcare, global marketing and physical environments) on health status, health, human development etc. <---- a big dot point with quite a bit in it.

Let me know if this doesn't make sense!

So if we're given a table comparing the health status of a developing country in comparison to a developed country. Do we literally just say something like ' The life expectancy of India is much lower than Australia with only 50years in comparison to Australia's of 80 years ' or do we have to give reasons as to why this is?  ( It reminds me of comparing the different groups in unit 3, so i thought it would be more in depth here )

Thanks so much for your help. I hope you understand what i mean :D
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on June 18, 2015, 06:48:17 pm
So if we're given a table comparing the health status of a developing country in comparison to a developed country. Do we literally just say something like ' The life expectancy of India is much lower than Australia with only 50years in comparison to Australia's of 80 years ' or do we have to give reasons as to why this is?  ( It reminds me of comparing the different groups in unit 3, so i thought it would be more in depth here )

Thanks so much for your help. I hope you understand what i mean :D

Yes, that's all you say!  With HHD (and all subjects actually) stick exactly to what the question says; nothing annoys an assessor more than someone going off on a random tangent that isn't very relevant.  The biggest tip I can give people is - just read the question and answer it!

That's one of the idiocies of the study design.  The two are literally exactly the same, I don't know why it repeats.  And I don't know why they're in 'key knowledge', they're not even 'knowledge', they're actually 'skills' since you don't have to learn anything, you just have to learn the skill of comparing data!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on June 19, 2015, 08:26:58 am
Yes, that's all you say!  With HHD (and all subjects actually) stick exactly to what the question says; nothing annoys an assessor more than someone going off on a random tangent that isn't very relevant.  The biggest tip I can give people is - just read the question and answer it!

That's one of the idiocies of the study design.  The two are literally exactly the same, I don't know why it repeats.  And I don't know why they're in 'key knowledge', they're not even 'knowledge', they're actually 'skills' since you don't have to learn anything, you just have to learn the skill of comparing data!

Okay cool! Thanks so much for your help :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on July 10, 2015, 06:30:17 pm
Hey guys, Can anyone tell me the strengths and limitations of the HDI. Thanks :D
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on July 10, 2015, 07:04:59 pm
I'm also not fully understanding the elements of sustainability :'(

So the dot point says: Definitions of sustainability (including elements of appropriateness, affordability, equity)
 
The cambridge textbook doesn't have actual definitions for the social, economic and environment elements, or the appropriateness, affordability and equity elements, just explains it. . .

Any help will be appreciated :-)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on July 11, 2015, 06:45:56 pm
Hey guys, Can anyone tell me the strengths and limitations of the HDI. Thanks :D
Strengths:
> broader than purely economic indicators - focuses more on people and their achievements
> two countries with similar income can have a very different HDI; this encourages countries with unexpectedly low HDI to question their national policy choices and figure out why other people with the same income are managing to get a higher HDI

Limitations:
> data isn't available from all countries
> it's not a complete measure of human development - doesn't include difficult-to-measure indicators, like gender equality or respect for rights

I'm also not fully understanding the elements of sustainability :'(

So the dot point says: Definitions of sustainability (including elements of appropriateness, affordability, equity)
 
The cambridge textbook doesn't have actual definitions for the social, economic and environment elements, or the appropriateness, affordability and equity elements, just explains it. . .

Any help will be appreciated :-)
Learn the definition of sustainability: Meeting the needs of others without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

You don't need a definition of social, economic and environmental dimensions of sustainability (yes, they're dimensions not elements; I lost a mark on a SAC because it said 'dimensions' and I translated it as 'elements', and thus wrote about appropriateness/affordability/equity).  They're not mentioned in the study design and I personally don't think you have to know about them at all, I don't think they'd be on a VCAA exam.

Again, I don't think you need a definition of the three elements that ensure sustainability of programs. Normally you're asked to show how a program shows the elements, or last year's exam asked you to create a program, taking into account two of the elements.

Appropriateness is about a program addressing the community's needs, empowering the community, and focusing on those most in need.  e.g. involving the locals in planning/implementation of the program, respecting cultural values, being appropriate to the illiterate through stuff like drama or music, being accessible by foot.  If it's not appropriate to the community's needs and wishes, they won't keep supporting it so it won't get anywhere.

Equity is about a program providing all people with equal access to services.  e.g. targets women and those in rural/remote areas.

Affordability is about a program being affordable for the community long-term (i.e. once it's set up, they can sustain it, without needing constant payments).  e.g. it involves education (like, if you just give them food you'll need to keep that up, if you teach them soil and irrigation techniques they can grow more food for free from then on), it involves one-off infrastructure, it involves teaching the community to be teachers, etc.

Let me know if that doesn't make sense; pretty much, you've got to know vaguely what each of the elements and dimensions is (they may nastily throw you an unexpected question), but in general it's just about applying the three elements to a program.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on July 12, 2015, 01:28:26 am
in general it's just about applying the three elements to a program.
Thank you so much.

Would you by any chance have a sample response on a question like this?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: xeon88 on July 12, 2015, 11:40:01 am
How does HDI impact on human development? How do the HDI indicators contribute to human development?

Also, for the characteristics of Developed vs Developing countries, my textbook doesn't mention mortality rates (U5MR, adult, child, infant), life expectancy, gross domestic products, but instead mentions other environmental and social characteristics such as access to food and gender equality. Is it safe to assume for the upcoming SAC that I need to know about mortality rates, LE and GDP as characteristics?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on July 14, 2015, 12:54:48 pm
Would you by any chance have a sample response on a question like this?

Program
CARE Australia is working with the people most at risk of dirty water by protecting water sources, constructing free pumps, boreholes and toilets in schools and households, and providing training in hygiene and sanitation.
We’ve constructed:
•   40 hand-dug wells
•   20 water pumps
•   one roof water harvesting system
•   13 pit toilet blocks.
We have established 43 water committees made up of local community members to manage water points, and trained 172 people on water point management and climate change adaptation.  60% of the water committees are led by women, and 54% of the water committee members are women.




> Appropriateness: this program is appropriate to the community’s needs, as it targets those most at risk of dirty water.  OR: this program involves local community members in its implementation, who can ensure that it is appropriate to the community’s needs.
> Equity: this program caters to those ‘most at risk’, and also to women, ensuring that marginalised groups are targeted.
> Affordability: the pumps, wells, and toilets are free to the communities, so they can afford them.  OR: Once the pumps and wells have been established, there very little ongoing cost, as building the infrastructure is a once-off cost and the community is trained to carry out maintenance themselves.

Ultimately, it really doesn't matter very much about wording or what not, there are heaps of ways to do it and as long as you show how the elements are shown, you'll get full marks.

How do the HDI indicators contribute to human development?
That's like life expectancy, GDP and mean/expected schooling, right?  I don't know about life expectancy, but GDP and schooling - think about how you link INCOME and EDUCATION to HD, and you've got your answer.

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Also, for the characteristics of Developed vs Developing countries, my textbook doesn't mention mortality rates (U5MR, adult, child, infant), life expectancy, gross domestic products, but instead mentions other environmental and social characteristics such as access to food and gender equality. Is it safe to assume for the upcoming SAC that I need to know about mortality rates, LE and GDP as characteristics?
Yes, you should - just have to know, developed countries have lower mortality rates (all types) than developing countries, developed countries have high LE, developed countries have high GDP, etc.  Nothing specific, no specific numbers either, it should take you about 5 min max to learn.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on July 16, 2015, 07:49:34 pm
this is quite an URGENT question as I have a SAC tomorrow and realised i'm unsure about this

if the question were to ask:

Describe the impact of peace/political stability on health in developing countries and Australia,

would this be a suitable response?

When there is peace, resources can be used to promote health and human development. In the event of conflict, the risk of physical injury is increased, local infrastructure (eg. hospitals, schools, housing, electricity & water supplies) is destroyed, people are displaced and resources are directed to war efforts rather than health promotion. Conflict also increases women's and children's vulnerability to violence and rape. The above factors all result in increased morbidity and mortality rates and decreased life expectancy which reduces overall health.

I'm unsure of the link to health there -- I was thinking of health status but now I'm not sure if health status and health are the same thing in 3/4?

Please help :s
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on July 16, 2015, 09:20:27 pm
this is quite an URGENT question as I have a SAC tomorrow and realised i'm unsure about this

if the question were to ask:

Describe the impact of peace/political stability on health in developing countries and Australia,

would this be a suitable response?

When there is peace, resources can be used to promote health and human development. In the event of conflict, the risk of physical injury is increased, local infrastructure (eg. hospitals, schools, housing, electricity & water supplies) is destroyed, people are displaced and resources are directed to war efforts rather than health promotion. Conflict also increases women's and children's vulnerability to violence and rape. The above factors all result in increased morbidity and mortality rates and decreased life expectancy which reduces overall health.

I'm unsure of the link to health there -- I was thinking of health status but now I'm not sure if health status and health are the same thing in 3/4?

Please help :s
Do you mind if I pull your whole answer apart?  It's not bad, just I want to straighten out a few different things!

Yes, health and health status are different.  Instead, link to physical, mental and social health.

You didn't mention 'developing countries' vs. 'Australia'.  You should say something like 'Australia has peace and thus... [good health], whereas developing countries may face conflict arising from political instability, and thus... [bad health]'.

Finally, you could be a bit more specific and explain more how specific results of conflict lead to specific changes in health. e.g. you could say, as part of your answer: conflict can destroy local infrastructure (e.g. hospitals, schools, water supplies), leading to decreased access to healthcare.  This could lead to people not being treated for conditions such as ___ and ___ [be specific], thus increasing mortality from these diseases and decreasing life expectancy.  Destroyed pumps and wells could also lead to consumption of contaminated water, increasing burden of disease from waterborne diseases such as cholera, diarrhoea and hookworm. (whoops just linked to HS, but you can do the same for health).  It ends up long-winded, I know, but you can't ever cover all the impacts of conflict, and if you pick on one or two and explain them in detail, your links will be much stronger than just a general 'see all this stuff reduces health status'.  You get me?  Very vague isn't very 'convincing'.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on July 16, 2015, 10:10:15 pm
Do you mind if I pull your whole answer apart?  It's not bad, just I want to straighten out a few different things!

Yes, health and health status are different.  Instead, link to physical, mental and social health.

You didn't mention 'developing countries' vs. 'Australia'.  You should say something like 'Australia has peace and thus... [good health], whereas developing countries may face conflict arising from political instability, and thus... [bad health]'.

Finally, you could be a bit more specific and explain more how specific results of conflict lead to specific changes in health. e.g. you could say, as part of your answer: conflict can destroy local infrastructure (e.g. hospitals, schools, water supplies), leading to decreased access to healthcare.  This could lead to people not being treated for conditions such as ___ and ___ [be specific], thus increasing mortality from these diseases and decreasing life expectancy.  Destroyed pumps and wells could also lead to consumption of contaminated water, increasing burden of disease from waterborne diseases such as cholera, diarrhoea and hookworm. (whoops just linked to HS, but you can do the same for health).  It ends up long-winded, I know, but you can't ever cover all the impacts of conflict, and if you pick on one or two and explain them in detail, your links will be much stronger than just a general 'see all this stuff reduces health status'.  You get me?  Very vague isn't very 'convincing'.

Thank you!

I was never really sure if being vague or listing everything is better, because like you said it becomes very long-winded... I thought if I just focused on a couple of things there wouldn't be much depth to my answer? (not that there was to begin with)

so an improved answer could be:


When there is peace, resources can be used to promote health and human development. In the event of conflict, the risk of physical injury is increased and local infrastructure (eg. hospitals, schools, housing, electricity & water supplies) is destroyed, leading to reduced access to health care. This means that individuals are unable to be treated for conditions that were previously treatable such as injuries and infections, increasing morbidity and mortality due to these conditions and decreasing life expectancy. (or physical health?). Conflict also results in people being displaced, meaning that they may be unable to access essentials such as food, which can increase mortality due to malnutrition/starvation and decrease life expectancy, therefore decreasing overall health.

I don't think it's perfect yet, I feel like I'm missing something
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on July 17, 2015, 09:17:20 am
Thank you!

I was never really sure if being vague or listing everything is better, because like you said it becomes very long-winded... I thought if I just focused on a couple of things there wouldn't be much depth to my answer? (not that there was to begin with)
No, there wouldn't be much breadth to your answer.  It's about a balance of breadth - covering more ground - and depth - explaining a few things in specific detail.  I personally prefer depth, anyway, because if you explain one thing thoroughly enough to get marks, you'll probably get more marks than listing three things, none of which deserve a mark because you didn't actually explain how the links worked.  Practise being as specific as possible, it doesn't hurt to end up writing 6 marks' worth for 3 marks to keep yourself happy (as long as it's always directly relevant to the question and isn't just listing for the sake of it and you have enough time, I always did).

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so an improved answer could be:

When there is peace, resources can be used to promote health and human development. In the event of conflict, the risk of physical injury is increased and local infrastructure (eg. hospitals, schools, housing, electricity & water supplies) is destroyed, leading to reduced access to health care. This means that individuals are unable to be treated for conditions that were previously treatable such as injuries and infections, increasing morbidity and mortality due to these conditions and decreasing life expectancy. (or physical health?). Conflict also results in people being displaced, meaning that they may be unable to access essentials such as food, which can increase mortality due to malnutrition/starvation and decrease life expectancy, therefore decreasing overall health.

I don't think it's perfect yet, I feel like I'm missing something
As I said above, you need the link to Australia [peace --> good health] vs. developing countries [conflict --> poor health].

That's a much better answer, though, because it specifically explains all the steps in how conflict impacts health status. 

If the question asked, as it does, for health rather than health status (whoops my bad last night for giving an HS example), you'd have to say stuff like:
> conflict ---> injury and water-borne disease ---> poor physical health
> conflict ---> death and tearing apart of families ---> poor mental health
> conflict ---> illness, injury or imprisonment ---> can't interact/participate as much ---> poor social health
If it asks for health, the answer you gave would NOT score full marks imo.  Life expectancy is totally irrelevant, you need to link to PMS.

Also, your first sentence probably isn't the best, being quite vague and generalised.  Your aim is to start the examiner off with a good impression, rather than starting them off thinking that you can't answer the question properly.  Sure, you'd still probably get full marks for this answer (it's good), but cut anything vague/too listy or at least put it further into your answer, rather than at the start.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Izzy1 on July 23, 2015, 04:27:10 pm
Discuss how water borne diseases are both a cause of poverty and an outcome of poverty?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on July 24, 2015, 10:22:31 am
Discuss how water borne diseases are both a cause of poverty and an outcome of poverty?
Cause of poverty: water-borne diseases ==> sick so can't go to work, plus medical fees ==> loss of income ==> poverty.
Outcome of poverty: poor ==> can't afford pumps/wells/filters/closed toilets ==> contaminated water ==> water-borne diseases.
:)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on July 25, 2015, 02:27:53 pm
No, there wouldn't be much breadth to your answer.  It's about a balance of breadth - covering more ground - and depth - explaining a few things in specific detail.  I personally prefer depth, anyway, because if you explain one thing thoroughly enough to get marks, you'll probably get more marks than listing three things, none of which deserve a mark because you didn't actually explain how the links worked.  Practise being as specific as possible, it doesn't hurt to end up writing 6 marks' worth for 3 marks to keep yourself happy (as long as it's always directly relevant to the question and isn't just listing for the sake of it and you have enough time, I always did).
As I said above, you need the link to Australia [peace --> good health] vs. developing countries [conflict --> poor health].

That's a much better answer, though, because it specifically explains all the steps in how conflict impacts health status. 

If the question asked, as it does, for health rather than health status (whoops my bad last night for giving an HS example), you'd have to say stuff like:
> conflict ---> injury and water-borne disease ---> poor physical health
> conflict ---> death and tearing apart of families ---> poor mental health
> conflict ---> illness, injury or imprisonment ---> can't interact/participate as much ---> poor social health
If it asks for health, the answer you gave would NOT score full marks imo.  Life expectancy is totally irrelevant, you need to link to PMS.

Also, your first sentence probably isn't the best, being quite vague and generalised.  Your aim is to start the examiner off with a good impression, rather than starting them off thinking that you can't answer the question properly.  Sure, you'd still probably get full marks for this answer (it's good), but cut anything vague/too listy or at least put it further into your answer, rather than at the start.

thanks for your help, sorry couldn't respond while AN was down!

so the take home message is:
discuss a few specific examples rather than a broad approach? or for 3 marks, 3 examples?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on July 25, 2015, 03:04:37 pm
thanks for your help, sorry couldn't respond while AN was down!

so the take home message is:
discuss a few specific examples rather than a broad approach? or for 3 marks, 3 examples?
Y'welcome :D

Definitely, a few specific examples = better than broad.

I look at answering questions about the impact on health, health status, human development, SHD, global health, etc., as 'cycles'.  You have a specific structure/format for answering the question, which I like to call 'one cycle'. e.g. for the impact on health status:

By [doing something specific], X may reduce the [1-2 health status indicators] from [1-3 specific diseases].

Based on the number of marks, you repeat the cycle by changing the green chunk (which could then change the blue/red chunks in turn).

In a 2-mark HS question, for instance, if you answered appropriately they'd give you the 2 marks for either of these answer methods:
1.  2 brief cycles.
2.  1 cycle, 2x the depth.
Or if you were like me, you could explain 2 cycles in 2x the depth...

But, if you had a 3 mark question 'explain the impact of conflict on human development' they WOULD NOT expect you to do '3 cycles' (3 examples) for 3 marks; in fact if you explained one cycle in enough depth, you'd probably get 3 marks.  For a 3-mark question like that, I'd probably try and get that balance of breadth and depth by going through 2 cycles in decent depth.  But note, my cycles/examples are very specific rather than broad.

Wow, I'm such a formula person -.- hope that made vague sense
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on July 25, 2015, 04:33:48 pm
Y'welcome :D

Definitely, a few specific examples = better than broad.

I look at answering questions about the impact on health, health status, human development, SHD, global health, etc., as 'cycles'.  You have a specific structure/format for answering the question, which I like to call 'one cycle'. e.g.

By [doing something specific], X may reduce the [1-2 health status indicators] from [1-3 specific diseases].

Based on the number of marks, you repeat the cycle by changing the green chunk (which could then change the blue/red chunks in turn).

In a 2-mark HS question, for instance, if you answered appropriately they'd give you the 2 marks for either of these answer methods:
1.  2 brief cycles.
2.  1 cycle, 2x the depth.
Or if you were like me, you could explain 2 cycles in 2x the depth...

But, if you had a 3 mark question 'explain the impact of conflict on human development' they WOULD NOT expect you to do '3 cycles' (3 examples) for 3 marks; in fact if you explained one cycle in enough depth, you'd probably get 3 marks.  For a 3-mark question like that, I'd probably try and get that balance of breadth and depth by going through 2 cycles in decent depth.  But note, my cycles/examples are very specific rather than broad.

Wow, I'm such a formula person -.- hope that made vague sense

haha no worries thank you!

I'm doing really well in HHD SACs but I just have the consistent problem of writing too much/too much depth so I'm really struggling with cutting my answers down, hence that crappy example I showed you before lol  ;D

I like this formula method & will definitely try it, thanks!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: iClinton on July 25, 2015, 10:40:31 pm
No, there wouldn't be much breadth to your answer.  It's about a balance of breadth - covering more ground - and depth - explaining a few things in specific detail.  I personally prefer depth, anyway, because if you explain one thing thoroughly enough to get marks, you'll probably get more marks than listing three things, none of which deserve a mark because you didn't actually explain how the links worked.  Practise being as specific as possible, it doesn't hurt to end up writing 6 marks' worth for 3 marks to keep yourself happy (as long as it's always directly relevant to the question and isn't just listing for the sake of it and you have enough time, I always did).
As I said above, you need the link to Australia [peace --> good health] vs. developing countries [conflict --> poor health].

That's a much better answer, though, because it specifically explains all the steps in how conflict impacts health status. 

If the question asked, as it does, for health rather than health status (whoops my bad last night for giving an HS example), you'd have to say stuff like:
> conflict ---> injury and water-borne disease ---> poor physical health
> conflict ---> death and tearing apart of families ---> poor mental health
> conflict ---> illness, injury or imprisonment ---> can't interact/participate as much ---> poor social health
If it asks for health, the answer you gave would NOT score full marks imo.  Life expectancy is totally irrelevant, you need to link to PMS.

Also, your first sentence probably isn't the best, being quite vague and generalised.  Your aim is to start the examiner off with a good impression, rather than starting them off thinking that you can't answer the question properly.  Sure, you'd still probably get full marks for this answer (it's good), but cut anything vague/too listy or at least put it further into your answer, rather than at the start.

how's this answer ?
Australia has peace and thus promotes good health, whereas developing countries may face conflict arising from political instability, and thus negatively impacting on health status. Conflict increases the risk of physical injury and destroys local infrastructure, which limits people’s access to healthcare and food supplies. As a result, malnutrition is increased and preventable conditions such as injuries and infections are left untreated, which can increase morbidity and mortality rates, decreasing life expectancy and thus impacting on health status.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on July 26, 2015, 05:54:22 pm
Hiiii,

If asked to 'Describe child mortality and morbidity as a key health indicator of HDI and explain how these indicators vary between a developed and developing country', would a suitable approach be to define the two terms and then discuss?

I'm stuck on this question because the indicators of the HDI don't include U5MR and morbidity...

Or is the question just asking me to relate these terms to an indicator such as life expectancy at birth?

Thanks :D
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on July 27, 2015, 09:41:13 am
how's this answer ?
Australia has peace and thus promotes good health, whereas developing countries may face conflict arising from political instability, and thus negatively impacting on health status. Conflict increases the risk of physical injury and destroys local infrastructure, which limits people’s access to healthcare and food supplies. As a result, malnutrition is increased and preventable conditions such as injuries and infections are left untreated, which can increase morbidity and mortality rates, decreasing life expectancy and thus impacting on health status.
Perfect :D

If asked to 'Describe child mortality and morbidity as a key health indicator of HDI and explain how these indicators vary between a developed and developing country', would a suitable approach be to define the two terms and then discuss?

I'm stuck on this question because the indicators of the HDI don't include U5MR and morbidity...

Or is the question just asking me to relate these terms to an indicator such as life expectancy at birth?
Pretty bad question, you wouldn't get something so poorly worded on a VCAA exam.  It could just be a mistake, where HDI was meant to say 'health status' (even then not a great question).

Yeah, you're pretty right.  I'd link U5MR to LE (if you have high U5MR, that obviously has a really big impact on LE - but morbidity doesn't link at all!) and link that to the HDI, then define U5MR and morbidity, and then explain how they vary between developed and developing countries.  Bad question though, where did you get it from?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: iClinton on July 27, 2015, 11:23:26 am
Thanks
Another question
How can gender equality affect health status of those in developing countries -
Gender equality refers to men and women experiencing equal rights and opportunities. Australia experiences gender equality and thus promotes good health. Whereas on the other hand, women in developing countries generally experiences gender inequality. Women generally have to abide by their father's or husband's decisions. Violence may result if the women challenges the male's authority. In addition, it is socially acceptable for males in developing countries to have several sexual partners and not use protection with any of them. Consequently, women are at an increased risk of contracting sexually transmitted infection therefore decreasing life expectancy.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on July 27, 2015, 11:49:57 am
Thanks
Another question
How can gender equality affect health status of those in developing countries -
Gender equality refers to men and women experiencing equal rights and opportunities. Australia experiences gender equality and thus promotes good health. Whereas on the other hand, women in developing countries generally experiences gender inequality. Women generally have to abide by their father's or husband's decisions. Violence may result if the women challenges the male's authority. In addition, it is socially acceptable for males in developing countries to have several sexual partners and not use protection with any of them. Consequently, women are at an increased risk of contracting sexually transmitted infection therefore decreasing life expectancy.

Bit pickier with this one!  Firstly, it said 'in developing countries', so you don't have to refer to Australia; nor do you have to define gender equality, because you'll give examples of it later.  Yeah, HHD's about waffle, but getting straight to the point is important.  I'd dive straight in with:

'Women in developing countries often experience gender inequality, such as... [domestic violence, having less access to education, etc.] '

Also, from 'in addition' onwards, it's not directly related to gender equality, because if males have several sexual partners, they'll get STIs just as much as the females, so it's not exactly gender inequality - a bit shaky.

Other things you could say instead (and yes, using multiple examples is generally good, unless it's a 2-mark question):
> women have less access to education --> less employable (or work more labour-intensive jobs) --> lower income --> can't afford healthcare, food etc.
> less access to medical treatment and are given food last --> malnutrition, increased mortality from common diseases
> young marriage and childbirth --> increases risk of death/injury in childbirth (a girl's undeveloped body has increased risk of obstetric fistula and obstructed births)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: iClinton on July 27, 2015, 12:04:14 pm
Bit pickier with this one!  Firstly, it said 'in developing countries', so you don't have to refer to Australia; nor do you have to define gender equality, because you'll give examples of it later.  Yeah, HHD's about waffle, but getting straight to the point is important.  I'd dive straight in with:

'Women in developing countries often experience gender inequality, such as... [domestic violence, having less access to education, etc.] '

Also, from 'in addition' onwards, it's not directly related to gender equality, because if males have several sexual partners, they'll get STIs just as much as the females, so it's not exactly gender inequality - a bit shaky.

Other things you could say instead (and yes, using multiple examples is generally good, unless it's a 2-mark question):
> women have less access to education --> less employable (or work more labour-intensive jobs) --> lower income --> can't afford healthcare, food etc.
> less access to medical treatment and are given food last --> malnutrition, increased mortality from common diseases
> young marriage and childbirth --> increases risk of death/injury in childbirth (a girl's undeveloped body has increased risk of obstetric fistula and obstructed births)
Thanks for your feedback

Similar question for income - how can income affect those in developing countries
Income refers to the amount of money an individual earns or receive as welfare payments (I like defining key words, i know you dont have to define some key words) Many people in developing countries have low incomes. Fast foods are cheaper to purchase than some nutrient dense food. People in developing countries are therefore more likely to eat fast food since it's more affordable. This would contribute to increased rates of obesity which is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Consequently, impacting on health status by decreasing life expectancy of those in developing countries.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: iClinton on July 27, 2015, 12:16:13 pm
Bit pickier with this one!  Firstly, it said 'in developing countries', so you don't have to refer to Australia; nor do you have to define gender equality, because you'll give examples of it later.  Yeah, HHD's about waffle, but getting straight to the point is important.  I'd dive straight in with:

'Women in developing countries often experience gender inequality, such as... [domestic violence, having less access to education, etc.] '

Also, from 'in addition' onwards, it's not directly related to gender equality, because if males have several sexual partners, they'll get STIs just as much as the females, so it's not exactly gender inequality - a bit shaky.

Other things you could say instead (and yes, using multiple examples is generally good, unless it's a 2-mark question):
> women have less access to education --> less employable (or work more labour-intensive jobs) --> lower income --> can't afford healthcare, food etc.
> less access to medical treatment and are given food last --> malnutrition, increased mortality from common diseases
> young marriage and childbirth --> increases risk of death/injury in childbirth (a girl's undeveloped body has increased risk of obstetric fistula and obstructed births)
Improved answer :
Women in developing countries generally experience gender inequality, such as domestic violence and having less access to education compared to males. Less access to education results in less employment rates or women may work in more labour-intensive jobs resulting in lower income. As a result of lower income, women may not be able to afford nutritious food and in addition, may not be able to have access to healthcare. This would increase to malnutrition and preventable conditions such as infections are left untreated as women may not have access to healthcare. Therefore mortality and morbidity rates are increased, leading to decrease in life expectancy and negatively impacting on health status.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on July 27, 2015, 12:17:37 pm
Thanks for your feedback

Similar question for income - how can income affect those in developing countries
Income refers to the amount of money an individual earns or receive as welfare payments (I like defining key words, i know you dont have to define some key words) Many people in developing countries have low incomes. Fast foods are cheaper to purchase than some nutrient dense food. People in developing countries are therefore more likely to eat fast food since it's more affordable. This would contribute to increased rates of obesity which is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Consequently, impacting on health status by decreasing life expectancy of those in developing countries.
Yeah, I'd break your key-word-defining habit as it doesn't answer the question (unless that's what question asks you to do, of course).  Do you want the first sentence the examiners read to always be a 0-mark sentence?  If you ONLY write stuff that earns marks, it'll really stand out so they can't help giving you the marks.  Also, it wastes your time so you don't have as long to spend on stuff that does get marks.

Cutting out the first sentence, this is a decent response, but you could choose better examples to explain (among other things, I'm not sure that it's true that fast food is more affordable, and while double burden of disease is an issue, in developing countries malnutrition is more of an issue than becoming overweight).  It'd be more relevant to discuss low income = can't afford healthcare, adequate food/nutrition, sanitation, etc.  Since you can link all of these - healthcare, food and sanitation - to health status, that's better.

Improved answer :
Women in developing countries generally experience gender inequality, such as domestic violence and having less access to education compared to males. Less access to education results in less employment rates or women may work in more labour-intensive jobs resulting in lower income. As a result of lower income, women may not be able to afford nutritious food and in addition, may not be able to have access to healthcare. This would increase to malnutrition and preventable conditions such as infections are left untreated as women may not have access to healthcare. Therefore mortality and morbidity rates are increased, leading to decrease in life expectancy and negatively impacting on health status.
Great :D
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on July 27, 2015, 04:58:57 pm
Perfect :D
Pretty bad question, you wouldn't get something so poorly worded on a VCAA exam.  It could just be a mistake, where HDI was meant to say 'health status' (even then not a great question).

Yeah, you're pretty right.  I'd link U5MR to LE (if you have high U5MR, that obviously has a really big impact on LE - but morbidity doesn't link at all!) and link that to the HDI, then define U5MR and morbidity, and then explain how they vary between developed and developing countries.  Bad question though, where did you get it from?

Thanks :)))

I knew it was dodgy lol, it was from this revision sheet I got from my teacher! Not sure if she made it up or not, but I think it may be from the Cambridge text book (we use the Jacaranda one)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: sunshine98 on July 28, 2015, 02:04:32 pm
When study design says: 
--similarities and differences in health status and human development between developing countries and Australia in relation to morbidity, mortality, life expectancy, burden of disease and human development index
does this simply relate to interpreting data  or is there content that needs to be known ?

Thanks  :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on July 28, 2015, 02:16:26 pm
When study design says: 
--similarities and differences in health status and human development between developing countries and Australia in relation to morbidity, mortality, life expectancy, burden of disease and human development index
does this simply relate to interpreting data  or is there content that needs to be known ?

Thanks  :)
Interpreting data.  Well, you have to know that Aus has lower morbidity/mortality/BOD rates, and higher LE and HDI, but that's ultra obvious.  Plus you should know stuff like how having a higher HDI leads to higher human development, and that developing countries have higher mortality from communicable diseases while Aus has more NCDs.

So, don't learn any data - but you'll have to be able to explain why this difference exists (i.e. use the seven factors).
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on July 28, 2015, 09:31:27 pm
I am not exactly sure what to do when questions ask for a comparison between Australia and a developing country in relation to the 7 factors.
Eg:
- How does global marketing affect the health status of Australia and developing countries?
 and
- How does peace/political stability affect the health status of Australia and developing countries?

( i find these two the hardest to grasp - with global marketing in the developing world, i find it hard to understand that they can't afford basic nutritional needs and clean water, but they market tobacco and fast food in some countries? )

Hope i made sense :D
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on July 28, 2015, 09:42:20 pm
Also, up until know, when a question asks about health we relate it to the Physical, Mental and Social. Is this the same in unit 4 if a question asks about health??
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on July 28, 2015, 10:01:40 pm
I am not exactly sure what to do when questions ask for a comparison between Australia and a developing country in relation to the 7 factors.
Eg:
- How does global marketing affect the health status of Australia and developing countries?
 and
- How does peace/political stability affect the health status of Australia and developing countries?

( i find these two the hardest to grasp - with global marketing in the developing world, i find it hard to understand that they can't afford basic nutritional needs and clean water, but they market tobacco and fast food in some countries? )

Hope i made sense :D
Ugh. Global marketing.
Okay, yes they do market tobacco/fast food/alcohol in developing countries.  Think about tobacco or alcohol; if you get addicted, you'll probably buy it even if you can't afford it, right?  So, people DO buy these things (I've been in India, and more people smoke than in Aus., even though they honestly can't afford decent food).  But in Australia, if people buy cigarettes, they can generally still afford clean water, healthcare, education, and enough food, to whatever extent, so there's less of an impact.  But if people buy them in developing countries, then they're even less able to afford all the necessities so global marketing has a BIG impact.

But there are other reasons why it has a bigger impact in developing countries:
> they don't have as much health promotion so they might not get how dangerous it actually is
> they don't have the same rules, e.g. what filters cigarettes need, or no sale to under-18s
> they can't afford the healthcare to treat the resultant diseases (CVD, diabetes, liver and lung cancer etc.)
> they then have a double burden of disease, because they have heaps of communicable diseases, but this adds NCDs on top of that so it's twice as bad (in Aus we have very few CDs)

Peace: actually read the last two pages of the thread (like from here onwards), we've discussed it quite a bit.  If you don't get it then, ask again :)

Also, up until know, when a question asks about health we relate it to the Physical, Mental and Social. Is this the same in unit 4 if a question asks about health??
Yes - unless it says either 'health status' or 'global health'.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: jessdoc on July 29, 2015, 06:19:11 pm
If someone could help me out that'd be great!!!
Our teacher has told us that for a SAC question we will have to link one of the elements of sustainability (appropriate, affordable, equity)   to an indicator of human development index (life expectancy at birth, mean years of schooling, expected years of schooling, gross national income per capita) :-\
We have never done anything like this before, can someone please help me work this out, I do not see how to link these at all! The teachers want to separate top students supposedly...
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on July 29, 2015, 08:14:08 pm
So with political stability, is it basically without a stable government it leads to conflict/war ( lack of peace ) and the effects on health status are the same as lack of peace??

Does the make sense?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on July 29, 2015, 08:31:35 pm
So with political stability, is it basically without a stable government it leads to conflict/war ( lack of peace ) and the effects on health status are the same as lack of peace??

Does the make sense?
Yes, political instability leads to conflict and political stability leads to peace.

Remember the positives too though, a stable government provides a strong foundation for good healthcare/education/social security/financial systems and economic growth etc., and democracy (people able to participate in the community and decisions affecting their lives, HD).
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on July 29, 2015, 09:40:32 pm
Thanks so much for your help on here Bangali_Lok. Appreciate it :D
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: xeon88 on July 31, 2015, 03:35:47 pm
Regarding MDGs, how much would you write for a 'describe the purpose of this goal?' question.
E.g. for MDG 2: Achieve universal primary education, would this answer suffice?
'To achieve universal primary education is to provide all boys and girls in developing countries with access to primary schooling to improve literacy and numeracy skills.'
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on August 01, 2015, 08:57:21 am
Regarding MDGs, how much would you write for a 'describe the purpose of this goal?' question.
E.g. for MDG 2: Achieve universal primary education, would this answer suffice?
'To achieve universal primary education is to provide all boys and girls in developing countries with access to primary schooling to improve literacy and numeracy skills.'
Yes, that'd be perfect :)
Just remember with ones like 1, 5, 6, 7 and 8, there are multiple purposes, and people lose marks if they just say (for MDG 5) 'to reduce the death of women related to pregnancy and childbirth' or whatever it is, because there was something about access to reproductive health services that you needed too.

For 7 and 8 I'd judge how many of the purposes you'd write based on the number of marks, one per mark, since there are at least 5 for each (?)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on August 03, 2015, 07:15:57 pm
Hey guys, my sac is tomorrow, and i'm not 100% sure on what to say in relation to income as a factor on health status in developing countries. Is it more so the income of the country, or the income of the individuals, or both?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on August 03, 2015, 08:06:17 pm
Hey guys, my sac is tomorrow, and i'm not 100% sure on what to say in relation to income as a factor on health status in developing countries. Is it more so the income of the country, or the income of the individuals, or both?
Either or both, totally up to you.  Justify and explain thoroughly, and whichever it is, you'll get full marks.
All the best with your SAC :D
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on August 03, 2015, 09:18:40 pm
one last question!!

How can the physical environment, in particular housing and climate contribute to the poor health status in developing countries??
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on August 03, 2015, 09:23:28 pm
one last question!!

How can the physical environment, in particular housing and climate contribute to the poor health status in developing countries??
Remember safe water/sanitation, they're the biggest imo.
Poor housing/overcrowding = spread of infectious disease, limited ability to be hygienic, often linked to poor sanitation too (thus diseases like cholera).
Climate: stuff like drought, flood etc. destroy crops (==> food insecurity, poverty) and infrastructure (==> less access to healthcare and education and safe water and sanitation etc.), plus floods contaminate water sources and are breeding grounds for mosquitoes/malaria and disease in general. 
And anyway, in developed countries we have the resources to cope if there's a disaster of any sort; we can grow back and rebuild and we're fine.  But developing countries can't, a disaster hits REALLY hard.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on August 07, 2015, 05:56:25 pm
In other news, I'm sure none of you '15ers actually care, but next year it looks like the MDGs will change to SDGs! (Sustainable Development Goals)

You think 8 goals was hard?  There are 17 proposed goals.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on August 08, 2015, 12:27:52 am
Mmm interesting! Hope they don't put 17 SDG's into the study design for next years students, that'd be draining to learn!
The HHD study design seems to need updating so often!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on August 08, 2015, 10:58:58 am
Mmm interesting! Hope they don't put 17 SDG's into the study design for next years students, that'd be draining to learn!
The HHD study design seems to need updating so often!

No way they'll make people learn all 17, especially since there are then heaps and heaps and heaps of targets for each goal!  I'm looking out for the next VCAA bulletin :)
That's actually why I love it though, it shows it's reflecting the real world and what's actually going on, so it's so relevant. :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on August 08, 2015, 05:29:09 pm
Just out of curiosity, what are you studying this year bangali? (i assume you are studying :D )

Also, what role does my cohort play in affecting my study score. What makes a weak cohort?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on August 08, 2015, 05:57:55 pm
Just a post of appreciation for bangali_lok's excellent work throughout this thread. Huge respect.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on August 08, 2015, 07:10:10 pm
(i assume you are studying :D )
Bad assumption, I prefer to sleep ;D
Nah, I'm doing an aged care course (TAFE) - theoretically a gap year, got a physio offer but we'll see what I do.

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Also, what role does my cohort play in affecting my study score. What makes a weak cohort?
A weak cohort is one that'll score pretty badly on the exam.  If you're very highly ranked in your cohort, it won't matter that much; but if you're middle of the cohort in a weak cohort, your SAC marks will scale down (because they're linked to exam marks), though your exam mark will be the mark you get in the exam.

Just a post of appreciation for bangali_lok's excellent work throughout this thread. Huge respect.
Aww, thanks.  HHD is such a break from all the other stuff I'm doing :)
Hope your overseas study is going well :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on August 08, 2015, 09:13:33 pm
Bad assumption, I prefer to sleep ;D
Nah, I'm doing an aged care course (TAFE) - theoretically a gap year, got a physio offer but we'll see what I do.
A weak cohort is one that'll score pretty badly on the exam.  If you're very highly ranked in your cohort, it won't matter that much; but if you're middle of the cohort in a weak cohort, your SAC marks will scale down (because they're linked to exam marks), though your exam mark will be the mark you get in the exam.

Ah yeah thats cool! :)

I hope to be ranked in the top 2 so that should be fine. My cohort is really inconsistent so hopefully i'm not effected :D

And yes, we all appreciate you on this thread! Thanks heaps!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: sunshine98 on August 11, 2015, 05:58:12 pm
For the MDGs my teacher said that we need to be able assess  progress towards the goals, but she didn't say anything else. Does this relate to interpreting data, which shows the progression towards achieving the goal?
Thank you  :)
 
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on August 11, 2015, 06:17:21 pm
For the MDGs my teacher said that we need to be able assess  progress towards the goals, but she didn't say anything else. Does this relate to interpreting data, which shows the progression towards achieving the goal?
Thank you  :)
Yeah, it's just interpreting data (don't need to learn anything).

You basically say 'The rate of W in country X [or 'developing countries', or whatever] has increased from Y in 1990 to Z in 2012, and thus country X is likely to reach the target by 2015'.

That sort of thing, you just describe the changes like a normal trends question and then relate that to the goal and whether their progress is significant (and likely to meet the goal) or not.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on August 14, 2015, 08:42:53 pm
For the reasons why each MDG is important, should we relate it to health status or human development or just use common sense?

Would this be okay for goal 1: 'By eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, people will have improved access to healthcare, food and safe water as they can afford it, hence improving mortality and morbidity rates' ?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on August 14, 2015, 08:47:35 pm
hi there,

if we had a question like this (from my textbook):

explain the role of education in promoting health and human development and in ensuring sustainability


for the human development link, can we just throw in random phrases from the definition?

I started answering this question but it was long-winded and didn't make much sense but these were the key points:
- education --> literate --> stable job and income --> contribute to economy etc (economic sustainability) --> full potential, access to a decent standard of living, don't need to exploit natural environment (environmental sustainability) --> can afford health-promoting resources eg. nutritious food, health care (social sustainability) --> not sick so capabilities are enhanced

as you can see it's a bit messy. This is the first question of this type that I have attempted so I'm unsure of what to do tbh.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on August 14, 2015, 08:48:00 pm
Just a post of appreciation for bangali_lok's excellent work throughout this thread. Huge respect.

this ^^^^^^^^^
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on August 15, 2015, 08:41:27 am
For the reasons why each MDG is important, should we relate it to health status or human development or just use common sense?

Would this be okay for goal 1: 'By eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, people will have improved access to healthcare, food and safe water as they can afford it, hence improving mortality and morbidity rates' ?
Health status, human development and/or common sense is fine :)  That answer is great, but if it were a 2+ mark question I'd probably add another sentence, e.g. impact on human development or deeper explanation of this, just to be safe.
Side note, if this was an impact on health status question, I'd probably explain a bit more how it improves mortality and morbidity rates.  Don't just state 'safe water improves morbidity rates', explain how, or specifically what diseases.

explain the role of education in promoting health and human development and in ensuring sustainability

for the human development link, can we just throw in random phrases from the definition?

I started answering this question but it was long-winded and didn't make much sense but these were the key points:
- education --> literate --> stable job and income --> contribute to economy etc (economic sustainability) --> full potential, access to a decent standard of living, don't need to exploit natural environment (environmental sustainability) --> can afford health-promoting resources eg. nutritious food, health care (social sustainability) --> not sick so capabilities are enhanced

as you can see it's a bit messy. This is the first question of this type that I have attempted so I'm unsure of what to do tbh.
That looks perfectly fine, well done :D  Long-winded isn't necessarily bad, as long as you're constantly answering the question directly and not waffling irrelevantly.  Minor comments:
- remember to link to health (PMS) since the question asks for that
- 'not sick so capabilities enhanced' - explain how (though as you've already answered the question adequately, that's no problem; just a reminder to explain your links thoroughly)

this ^^^^^^^^^
Enough flattery guys. :P
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on August 15, 2015, 03:06:36 pm

That looks perfectly fine, well done :D  Long-winded isn't necessarily bad, as long as you're constantly answering the question directly and not waffling irrelevantly.  Minor comments:
- remember to link to health (PMS) since the question asks for that
- 'not sick so capabilities enhanced' - explain how (though as you've already answered the question adequately, that's no problem; just a reminder to explain your links thoroughly)


thank you!
obviously by regular standards (well, my teacher's anyway) what I showed you isn't a good answer because I didn't use full sentences etc, but if I ran out of time on the exam would I be able to get away with this and still get the marks for the question?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on August 15, 2015, 03:16:28 pm
thank you!
obviously by regular standards (well, my teacher's anyway) what I showed you isn't a good answer because I didn't use full sentences etc, but if I ran out of time on the exam would I be able to get away with this and still get the marks for the question?
Ah okay, I was assuming that was just a dot-point skeleton answer, which you'd flesh out and write properly in a real situation (when you do prac questions, don't bother writing out full answers as it wastes time).  In the exam, only do this when you run out of time - but I guarantee this would be better than nothing.  Solution, just don't run out of time :P

(seriously, write your hand off in the exam, don't risk running out of time because you were writing slowly)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on August 15, 2015, 05:20:29 pm
Ah okay, I was assuming that was just a dot-point skeleton answer, which you'd flesh out and write properly in a real situation (when you do prac questions, don't bother writing out full answers as it wastes time).  In the exam, only do this when you run out of time - but I guarantee this would be better than nothing.  Solution, just don't run out of time :P

(seriously, write your hand off in the exam, don't risk running out of time because you were writing slowly)

yeah I normally write answers properly for my homework but I'm realising that its really tedious :S

thanks for your help!
and sorry to be a pain but is it ok if you have a look at the essay paragraph I PM'ed you? Only if you have time of course, otherwise no stress!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on August 15, 2015, 11:06:00 pm
i have a couple of questions with MDG's

1. For the reasons why goal 3 is important. Can i just say when women have equal access to education they are literate > employable > higher income > afford food/water/healthcare > reduced infections/malnutrition > therefore better health status  (i kinda feel like i say the same thing for Goal 1 and 2 aswell, is that okay?) 
or is it better to say something that relates only to this goal?

2. For the targets should we learn the amount they aim to reduce by. e.g.. 'Reduce by 3/4 the maternal mortality rate'

3. Is the importance of goal 6 basically reducing these diseases through education and behavioural changes will improve BOD?

4. I don't really understand goal 7 at all :( ... (  i get the drinking water and sanitation bit, but i don't think thats enough )

THANK YOU!!!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on August 17, 2015, 11:15:25 am
i have a couple of questions with MDG's

1. For the reasons why goal 3 is important. Can i just say when women have equal access to education they are literate > employable > higher income > afford food/water/healthcare > reduced infections/malnutrition > therefore better health status  (i kinda feel like i say the same thing for Goal 1 and 2 aswell, is that okay?) 
or is it better to say something that relates only to this goal?
As long as it directly relates to the goal, that's fine - that's one of the strengths of the MDGs, that they're so interlinked; when you improve one, you're helping improve the others too. (A really great answer, too, btw).

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2. For the targets should we learn the amount they aim to reduce by. e.g.. 'Reduce by 3/4 the maternal mortality rate'
I didn't in that case, and just said 'reduce number of deaths of women due to pregnancy and childbirth and increase access to reproductive health services'; but as long as you've got the number right, it'd probably be good to know. 'Purpose' doesn't 100% equal targets, it's kinda flexible.

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3. Is the importance of goal 6 basically reducing these diseases through education and behavioural changes will improve BOD?
Yes, but here are a couple of examples to warn you to be careful:

2013 exam
Outline two reasons why Isabel Province is committing resources to the elimination of malaria. (2)
This is a cloaked 'reasons why important' Q.
- reduce BOD, improve health and health status
- reduce poverty - people will be able to work, earn income, access safe water, sanitation, healthcare, food etc.
- increased wealth of the province as people can work and contribute to economic ouptut
- fewer children left orphans - can go to school, be educated, earn income etc.

Just 4% of people got 2 marks for this.

So they tried again in the 2014 exam.
Outline two reasons why the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) would support the implementation of an HIV/AIDS program in a developing country to reduce the burden of disease. (2)
Again, cloaked question.  Because BOD is in the question, you can't mention it, so you must have two other reasons.  Possible answers:
- people sick with HIV/AIDS can't work --> less revenue in country --> less healthcare, education, welfare, infrastructure
- parents die of HIV/AIDS --> kids orphans --> can't have nutrition/immunisation; can't go to school --> poor income --> cycle of poverty

Again, just 4% full-marked it. It's successfully answering questions like this that set apart the 48+ers.

I GUARANTEE you'll get a question something along these lines in the exam, because they retest failure areas.

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4. I don't really understand goal 7 at all :( ... (  i get the drinking water and sanitation bit, but i don't think thats enough )
Yeah, it can be confusing; I tended to remember 4 things:
- safe water/sanitation as you said
- reduce loss of environmental resources (so stuff like trees, water, good soil, fish, etc. - if we get rid of these now, in the future there'll be poverty because people will have food insecurity and malnutrition etc.)
- reduce biodiversity loss (save all the endangered species and the trees we're killing off, etc. - this one's hard to link to H&HD)
- improve lives of slum dwellers (so they can access a basic decent standard of living, have some shelter and sanitation facilities and decent food and water etc.)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on August 17, 2015, 07:30:11 pm
Thanks so much for that! really helped, especially with Goal 6 and 7 :D
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: HakunaMattata on August 18, 2015, 05:22:19 pm
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 😄
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on August 18, 2015, 06:29:48 pm
As there are many targets to goal 8, which do you think are the best ones to learn and base answers about? :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on August 19, 2015, 02:01:31 pm
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.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: HakunaMattata on August 19, 2015, 05:22:40 pm
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 😥😝😄
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on August 19, 2015, 05:58:50 pm
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).
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on August 19, 2015, 08:47:39 pm
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 :D :D
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on August 19, 2015, 10:46:20 pm
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...').

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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 :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: longjohns on August 20, 2015, 07:13:16 am
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 ;D
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Izzy1 on August 20, 2015, 05:14:40 pm
Late reply, but thankyou very much!  :) :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on August 20, 2015, 07:24:16 pm
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 ;D
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! :D

Late reply, but thankyou very much!  :) :)
Welcome :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: longjohns on August 20, 2015, 08:30:40 pm
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! :D
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! ;D
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: GIJXMII on August 21, 2015, 08:32:35 am
Help pls
"name one of the MDGs where health is the central focus"
much thanks
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on August 22, 2015, 08:20:55 am
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

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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! ;D
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?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on August 23, 2015, 12:51:17 am
I'm struggling to get sustainable human development. Also, what type of questions can we expect involving SHD ?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on August 23, 2015, 11:21:49 am
^^ 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)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on August 23, 2015, 01:26:56 pm
sorry for draining it, but, with this dot point: 'The role of the United Nations (UN) in providing global health and sustainable human development through the following areas of action; world peace and security, human rights, humanitarian assistance and social and economic development.'

With the 'global health' bit, is that different to PMS??
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on August 23, 2015, 07:14:33 pm
Hi, just wondering:

Do we need to know specific details about programs? eg. CARE mission and values

It all just seems a bit irrelevant but the study design dot point regarding NGOs is relatively broad
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on August 24, 2015, 09:01:10 am
I'm struggling to get sustainable human development. Also, what type of questions can we expect involving SHD ?

^^ 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)
Yeah, in general the questions will be something like 'Explain how ____ will impact/promote SHD', and ____ can be basically anything.

SHD = health + HD + sustainability.  So to answer SHD questions, link to:
1. Health
2. HD
3. Sustainability
(and if it's 2-3 marks, or health has already been mentioned in the question, you can skip on the health bit).
So basically, link to PM&orS, then chunks from the HD definition, then throw in a sentence about sustainability: environmental, social, or economic, or link to the sust definition about meeting the needs of future generations without compromising the present.  How deep you go is based on the number of marks; it's generally anywhere from 2 to 6 marks.  If it's six marks, treat it like an interrelationships question, which you probably haven't done yet so ignore this.

sorry for draining it, but, with this dot point: 'The role of the United Nations (UN) in providing global health and sustainable human development through the following areas of action; world peace and security, human rights, humanitarian assistance and social and economic development.'

With the 'global health' bit, is that different to PMS??

Basically all dot points in U4 AOS 2 link to GH and SHD.  No, GH is different from health; it's
'The health of populations in a worldwide context that go beyond the perspective and concerns of individual countries.  Global health is about an international collaborative approach to achieving equity in health for all people worldwide.'
(And yes, they asked us to define this last year, which very few people got; that's why I recommend going through all the definitions in the Advice for Teachers glossary, like the NHPAs, Ottawa Charter or Social Model haven't been tested but could be.)

This is the one bit of the course I'm not 100% sure how to answer - I tended to link to health status indicators and then chuck in the phrases 'equity in health' and 'for all people worldwide' (which is like the below example, so I believe I did it correctly).  Because this is new to the SD last year, this is the only sample that VCAA has given us of an appropriate answer:

Q: Explain how the human right listed above [in this case, adequate food] impacts GH.
A: Having the right to adequate food will decrease malnutrition, thus decreasing the morbidity and mortality from malnutrition in populations worldwide. It will also increase people’s life expectancy, thus impacting on global health as it attempts to achieve equity in provision of food and health status for all people worldwide.

Hi, just wondering:

Do we need to know specific details about programs? eg. CARE mission and values

It all just seems a bit irrelevant but the study design dot point regarding NGOs is relatively broad
No, you don't; because they don't name a specific NGO and it's totally free for all, they're never ever going to test anything like this.  What I learnt for this was just the names of a few Aus-based NGOs, and about two programs (which, since it can overlap with the last dot-point of the SD, is very simple).
- Note, when I give advice to avoid learning unnecessary stuff, that sort of thing is the 'unnecessary' that heaps of people waste their time on.  Be smart about it.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on August 24, 2015, 02:27:50 pm
No, you don't; because they don't name a specific NGO and it's totally free for all, they're never ever going to test anything like this.  What I learnt for this was just the names of a few Aus-based NGOs, and about two programs (which, since it can overlap with the last dot-point of the SD, is very simple).
- Note, when I give advice to avoid learning unnecessary stuff, that sort of thing is the 'unnecessary' that heaps of people waste their time on.  Be smart about it.

thanks!!!!
my teacher makes us do a lot of bullshit textbook questions lol
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on August 25, 2015, 08:43:22 pm
heeey,

I'm having a bit of trouble with interrelationship questions such as 'explain the interrelationship between health, HD and sustainability in relation to a literacy program'

Idk why I just freeze and get stuck on these and I have no clue where to start
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on August 26, 2015, 10:21:17 am
heeey,

I'm having a bit of trouble with interrelationship questions such as 'explain the interrelationship between health, HD and sustainability in relation to a literacy program'

Idk why I just freeze and get stuck on these and I have no clue where to start

Okey dokey.  They're actually not that hard once you know how, since it's just conglomerating all the easy 2-mark 'impact on health' and 'impact on SHD'!  Here's how I did it:

1.  Link program (or w/e) to health/HS.  Easy.  Outline impact of program on PMS or health status indicators.
2.  Link health + program to HD.  Basically say, if you're more healthy (as just shown) due to the program, then you can go to school/work and achieve HD!
3.  Link to sust.  If people have HD, they're more likely to pass knowledge on to future generations blah blah.  This link can be tricky, but as long as you use linking words and make it flow, you'll be fine. 
4.  Link program to sust.  Explain how program promotes economic/envrionmental/social sustainability.
5.  Link sust to health & HD - basically say that if it's sustainable, in the future people can achieve H & HD, because if it's not sustainable the impacts of this program will be limited etc.

Summary: Link
1.  Program -> health.
2.  Health -> HD
3.  HD and/or program -> sustainability.
4.  Sust -> future H & HD.

Write enough of this in enough detail (and underline the words 'sustainability', 'health' and 'human development' a couple of times throughout to prove to the examiner that you're box-ticking) and you'll be right.  Remember to quote specifics from the program at intervals, and use linking words (e.g. thus, hence, this leads to, through this).
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on August 26, 2015, 06:31:44 pm
Okey dokey.  They're actually not that hard once you know how, since it's just conglomerating all the easy 2-mark 'impact on health' and 'impact on SHD'!  Here's how I did it:

1.  Link program (or w/e) to health/HS.  Easy.  Outline impact of program on PMS or health status indicators.
2.  Link health + program to HD.  Basically say, if you're more healthy (as just shown) due to the program, then you can go to school/work and achieve HD!
3.  Link to sust.  If people have HD, they're more likely to pass knowledge on to future generations blah blah.  This link can be tricky, but as long as you use linking words and make it flow, you'll be fine. 
4.  Link program to sust.  Explain how program promotes economic/envrionmental/social sustainability.
5.  Link sust to health & HD - basically say that if it's sustainable, in the future people can achieve H & HD, because if it's not sustainable the impacts of this program will be limited etc.

Summary: Link
1.  Program -> health.
2.  Health -> HD
3.  HD and/or program -> sustainability.
4.  Sust -> future H & HD.

Write enough of this in enough detail (and underline the words 'sustainability', 'health' and 'human development' a couple of times throughout to prove to the examiner that you're box-ticking) and you'll be right.  Remember to quote specifics from the program at intervals, and use linking words (e.g. thus, hence, this leads to, through this).

thank you so much! I love how you've put this in steps, screenshotted and saved, will be referenced very often!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: idris on August 28, 2015, 06:03:54 am
Hey guys, for mdgs. do you think its sufficient to know 2 purposes for each goal
and btw there was someone that stated that they have a structured formula for the ,sustainablity,hd,health question, so if u can pls pass it on, would be nice
ty
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on August 28, 2015, 06:12:01 pm
Hey guys, for mdgs. do you think its sufficient to know 2 purposes for each goal
Yeah, probably - though maybe 1-2 more for MDGs 7 and 8, but not essential unless you've already learnt everything else.

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and btw there was someone that stated that they have a structured formula for the ,sustainablity,hd,health question, so if u can pls pass it on, would be nice
ty
Scroll up two posts (to my last post), where there's an explanation - and then some more detail here.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on August 28, 2015, 11:07:15 pm
Hey, so whats the difference between a question that asks you to describe the inter-relationships between health HD and sustainability and a question that asks about sustainable human development??
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on August 29, 2015, 08:28:29 am
Hey, so whats the difference between a question that asks you to describe the inter-relationships between health HD and sustainability and a question that asks about sustainable human development??

Tricky and debatable question.

2011 VCAA: Discuss the role education can play in achieving SHD. (6 marks)
VCAA's answer
Education is important in bringing about knowledge and awareness of the risk factors that contribute to disease and illness such as HIV/AIDS and increase the capacity of people to access preventative health measures, thus improving the level of health of individuals and the community by reducing morbidity and mortality.

With improved health see the link?people have the potential to attend school or participate in work that helps them lead productive lives and earn an income that helps provide a decent standard of living. This allows people to expand their choices, which enables them to participate in the life of their community and make decisions affecting their lives. Human development is achieved.

Through education, health is improved and the community has access to employment that contributes to economic sustainability.  Higher levels of employment create opportunities for investment in a healthy environment that ensures sustainable health and human development outcomes.
VCAA's comment: It is important the students do not just write the words 'sustainable human development' without showing how the parts are linked through the role of education.   The question was based on the dot point 'the interrelationships between...'

In other words: if it's 6 marks, I recommend using the interrelationships format, no matter what.  (You can probs focus less on interrelationships than if interrelationships were specified, but do it anyway to be safe).

If it's 3-4 marks, I'd simply describe the impact on health, HD and sust - but with practice, interrelationships almost naturally follow anyway, for instance, it's really easy to say 'healthy --> can attend school --> can achieve HD', or 'living productive lives in accord with needs/interests --> good mental health'.  Don't do headings, however (Health, HD and sust), as this misses the point that these work together to make one thing, SHD.

DISCLAIMER: I'm not saying my interrelationships formula is perfect; that's just how I did it, it always scored full marks, and other people have done other things equally successfully.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: sunshine98 on August 29, 2015, 09:38:59 am
when q asks about how a specific aid helps achieve global health , what words do I use to specify that I'm talking about global health rather than simply health?
Also another q-  I'm stuck with how to link emergency aid to global health and SHD?

Thanks  :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on August 30, 2015, 09:35:41 pm
when q asks about how a specific aid helps achieve global health , what words do I use to specify that I'm talking about global health rather than simply health?

Thanks  :)

My teacher said to pull parts of the definition so saying things like health for all people worldwide, achieving equity in health etc. Or just making it clear it's more than just to the individual. (Just my advice :-) )

The definition is: The health of populations in a worldwide context that go beyond the perspectives and concerns of individual countries. Global health is about an international collaborative approach to achieving equity in health for all people worldwide.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Josegarang on August 31, 2015, 03:22:23 pm
I have my health sac tomorrow and I'm having trouble answering these questions
-Outline ways that the Australian Government provides aid to developing countries (not just funding)

-Elements of sustainable programs (not too sure what the elements are)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on August 31, 2015, 03:59:38 pm
when q asks about how a specific aid helps achieve global health , what words do I use to specify that I'm talking about global health rather than simply health?

Girl1234 is spot on :); here's the answer I gave last time:

GH is different from health, esp PMS; it's
'The health of populations in a worldwide context that go beyond the perspective and concerns of individual countries.  Global health is about an international collaborative approach to achieving equity in health for all people worldwide.'
(And yes, they asked us to define this last year, which very few people got; that's why I recommend going through all the definitions in the Advice for Teachers glossary, like the NHPAs, Ottawa Charter or Social Model haven't been tested but could be.)

This is the one bit of the course I'm not 100% sure how to answer - I tended to link to health status indicators and then chuck in the phrases 'equity in health' and 'for all people worldwide' (which is like the below example, so I believe I did it correctly).  Because this is new to the SD last year, this is the only sample that VCAA has given us of an appropriate answer:

Q: Explain how the human right listed above [in this case, adequate food] impacts GH.
A: Having the right to adequate food will decrease malnutrition, thus decreasing the morbidity and mortality from malnutrition in populations worldwide. It will also increase people’s life expectancy, thus impacting on global health as it attempts to achieve equity in provision of food and health status for all people worldwide.

Quote
Also another q-  I'm stuck with how to link emergency aid to global health and SHD?
First, do you think emergency aid is sustainable?

Then, how does EA contribute to improving health status and reducing inequality in health worldwide?

Semi-answers
It doesn't involve sustainable stuff like education or long-term infrastructure?  e.g. instead of building pumps that can be accessed for both current and future generations, or teaching them skills to increase crop production in the future, they're given bottles of water or packets of food which they eat and drink immediately.  Basically, it doesn't achieve SHD.

However it keeps people alive (think of specific ways like starvation, dehydration, death from spread of disease in crowded contaminated conditions, death from injury from a disaster that doesn't get treated) - GH as it reduces morbidity/mortality rates and promotes equity by keeping their HS decentish despite their inequity in circumstances (ie having a disaster).

I like to think of it as providing a platform for SHD/GH; basically, it keeps them alive so then they can build gh/shd, because if they're all dead they can't achieve these.  (Wow, that's a harsh/horrible way of putting it :( :P)

-Outline ways that the Australian Government provides aid to developing countries (not just funding)
- sends goods and services, like the necessary materials to build health clinics and schools, or nurses who can give immunisation or teach others to do so
- trains staff and improves management systems
- sends Australian advisers to help governments and businesses fix up their policies

Naturally any type of aid involves funding, but they also send materials and people.

Quote
-Elements of sustainable programs (not too sure what the elements are)
This is appropriate, affordable, equitable.

Example question

Tabitha Foundation Cambodia has developed a savings program in Cambodia.  Local community members
encourage families, targeting especially women and matriarchal families, to develop a vision of a better life
and join the savings program.
Each savings "cycle" lasts ten weeks. The savings are collected weekly by local community members and
returned with 10 percent interest at the end of the cycle. Before starting to save, each family decides what
they are saving for (their "dream") and is encouraged to purchase that item at the end of the cycle.
Saving the equivalent of 25 cents a week soon allows the purchase of life-transforming items such as a
water pot, a set of crockery, or clothes for the children. After several cycles, families save for income
producing items such as a fishing net, piglets, chickens, oxen, a watering can, or a bicycle to take produce
to market, etc.  Most families remain on the "Family Development through Savings Program" for about 7-8
years, after which they are able to support themselves.  It costs Tabitha $25 to support 1 family for 1 year
on the Family Development Program, funded by sponsors.


Using two examples that ensure sustainability of programs, evaluate the sustainability of this program.

Sample answers:
Affordability: as it is funded by sponsors (at low cost), all can afford to participate; it is affordable long-term as it generates money for participants so they can set themselves up without the program in a few years.
Equity: this program targets all, especially those in the greatest need including women and those in matriarchal families, so all can achieve improved economic stability.
Appropriateness: it is appropriate to each family's needs, as they are able to choose their 'dreams' to save for; the involvement of local community members increases its ability to target the community's needs.

Hope this helpsssss!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on August 31, 2015, 07:16:38 pm
Hey guys, just wanting some advice on hhd lectures. Had anyone been to any yet or went last year and can give any advice. At the moment, I'm thinking of doing the TSFX one and the Andrew Beaumont one? Bangali_lok, can you recommend any???
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on August 31, 2015, 08:45:30 pm
Hey again,
I'm having trouble with how the different types of aid are used to achieve global health and sustainable human development
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on September 01, 2015, 07:21:28 am
Hey guys, just wanting some advice on hhd lectures. Had anyone been to any yet or went last year and can give any advice. At the moment, I'm thinking of doing the TSFX one and the Andrew Beaumont one? Bangali_lok, can you recommend any???
Nope, I can't, as I never went to any, sorry.  All I know is that everyone's dead against TSFX in general, idk if it's well founded but I'm just innately against supporting that company, and I've heard good things about Andrew Beaumont.  Hoping someone else can help! :)

Hey again,
I'm having trouble with how the different types of aid are used to achieve global health and sustainable human development
In my last post I explained it for emergency aid; for the others, obviously their impact is going to differ depending on what they're doing, as an NGO or bilateral aid can do basically anything.  For instance, if it's purely food handouts with nothing else, it won't contribute that much to SHD, whereas if it's teaching about soil and water conservation techniques and increasing food output etc. + seeds are given and it targets women and gets the community involved, and so on, it'll contribute more.

So, be ready to analyse contribution for any example/case study they give you; otherwise, it's good to know the general strengths and weaknesses of the groups, for instance:
- multilateral aid is such a big-scale approach that it can fail to look at each community's needs and be quite inappropriate to them - a lot can be wasted or ineffective
- on the other hand, being big, it's often well-administered and can knock huge issues really hard on the head
- it can also deal with international issues (e.g. war, controlling international disease outbreak)

Try this with the others :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Smiley_ on September 01, 2015, 10:39:27 am
Hey guys, just wanting some advice on hhd lectures. Had anyone been to any yet or went last year and can give any advice. At the moment, I'm thinking of doing the TSFX one and the Andrew Beaumont one? Bangali_lok, can you recommend any???

Hi :)
I would recommend the SWOT VCE Revision Week run by Melbourne uni.
It has previous health students running it for a very minimal cost.

http://muhi.org.au/programs/swot/swot-vce-revision-week/

(Registrations should be open soon)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on September 01, 2015, 12:56:38 pm
In regard to revision lectures, I (and everybody else I know who attended) found Andrew Beaumont's extremely beneficial. I definitely recommend it.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on September 01, 2015, 05:44:19 pm
Hey guys, just wanting some advice on hhd lectures. Had anyone been to any yet or went last year and can give any advice. At the moment, I'm thinking of doing the TSFX one and the Andrew Beaumont one? Bangali_lok, can you recommend any???

I went to Andrew Beaumont for Unit 3 revision

Not the best tbh, it's almost like he's reciting the Jacaranda text book (he wrote it lol)

EDIT: I meant Unit 4 head start :s
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on September 01, 2015, 05:45:59 pm
In regard to revision lectures, I (and everybody else I know who attended) found Andrew Beaumont's extremely beneficial. I definitely recommend it.

oh lol maybe i'm the only one that hated it
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: sunshine98 on September 02, 2015, 10:19:14 am
For this dot point
• the priorities of the Australian Government's aid initiatives and the role it plays in developing programs to promote global health and sustainable human development
What exactly do I need to know about the 6 priorities ?  And what kind of  q would come up , is it like case studies where you have to find the priority and explain them ?
Thanks  :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on September 02, 2015, 10:46:26 am
oh lol maybe i'm the only one that hated it

Each to their own! :) I went three years (!) ago, so you would have a more recent perspective.

How long did the Unit 3 revision lecture go for?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on September 02, 2015, 10:48:02 am
Guys just had this idea.  I could do a really small interactive homey group HHD revision class sometime during the holidays for any of you that wanted to come.

If it went ahead, anyone interested would help me sort out the focus, but I imagine it would cover stuff like
- answering questions appropriately
- developing 'invention' skills
- how to study for the exam
- in general what content you need to know and the sort of questions they ask (but not going through it in depth except problem areas anyone wants me to, that's what you have textbooks for and what my notes would include)
- powering up and getting excited for the subject!! :D

Re length, location, date - tba based on interest (if any) - length totally anything from like 2-8 hrs over 1-2 days, I'm free most Mon-Wed (esp in the mornings), and location I have absolutely no clue.  Price - like if it were 4 hrs and 4 people came, I'd be looking at ~$25 each (gotta show mum that I'm 'earning' something :p).

As you can tell, the idea is barely formed, but I'm super keen to give something interactive and targeted at your personal issues and exam prep, rather than just dry content revision which you could do at home.  There's only so much you can do with written words, and I'd love to help y'all out.

If you're at all interested or have any ideas, please PM me or post in this thread (as I probably shouldn't be advertising in a Qs thread, but hopefully all my 'helpful' answers permit one post).  If there's interest, I'll create and post more specific details in that thread.

For this dot point
• the priorities of the Australian Government's aid initiatives and the role it plays in developing programs to promote global health and sustainable human development
What exactly do I need to know about the 6 priorities ?  And what kind of  q would come up , is it like case studies where you have to find the priority and explain them ?
Thanks  :)
The sorts of questions you could be asked:
- identify in case studies (thus you must know the names, and be able to pick out how specific examples show that priority)
- 'explain' a priority - this is quite vague, basically say what they're about + probably a couple of examples of how DFAT aid targets that priority
- how they impact on SHD and GH and anything/everything else (easy for most, like health, education etc., but remember to think about the impacts of effective governance and economic growth)

Pretty much, know:
- names
- general summary/examples
- impact on SHD/GH

I'd also know a full program or two that DFAT has run in developing countries - this can overlap with the last dot-point, for instance, learn a DFAT-run program that improves literacy rates.

Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on September 02, 2015, 11:02:59 am
^If I were available, I'd pay the very minimal $25 just for the experience! Great initiative.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on September 02, 2015, 05:23:58 pm
Yeah i think i would go if it wasn't too far away :-)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: sunshine98 on September 02, 2015, 06:10:19 pm
A really simple question but just clarifying :
If q gives data and asks you to identify the country that has made most progress towards achieving MDGs and say it was MDG 4 (reduce child mortality) - do you go for the country that is closest to the target , but decreased by a bit ? Or the one that has decreased the most , yet is still far from the target?

Thank youuuu :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on September 02, 2015, 06:36:01 pm
The sorts of questions you could be asked:
- identify in case studies (thus you must know the names, and be able to pick out how specific examples show that priority)
- 'explain' a priority - this is quite vague, basically say what they're about + probably a couple of examples of how DFAT aid targets that priority
- how they impact on SHD and GH and anything/everything else (easy for most, like health, education etc., but remember to think about the impacts of effective governance and economic growth)

Pretty much, know:
- names
- general summary/examples
- impact on SHD/GH

I'd also know a full program or two that DFAT has run in developing countries - this can overlap with the last dot-point, for instance, learn a DFAT-run program that improves literacy rates.

This may seem really silly, but i'm confused on what DFAT is and what it does....? Do we need to know examples of what it does/has done?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on September 02, 2015, 11:22:56 pm
Each to their own! :) I went three years (!) ago, so you would have a more recent perspective.

How long did the Unit 3 revision lecture go for?

Omg sorry how did I make that mistake (considering I went to no U3 revision lectures...), I meant Unit 4 head start... *facepalm x10*
It was 3 hours if I recall correctly, but the notes were pretty good (using them at this very moment)

Guys just had this idea.  I could do a really small interactive homey group HHD revision class sometime during the holidays for any of you that wanted to come.

If it went ahead, anyone interested would help me sort out the focus, but I imagine it would cover stuff like
- answering questions appropriately
- developing 'invention' skills
- how to study for the exam
- in general what content you need to know and the sort of questions they ask (but not going through it in depth except problem areas anyone wants me to, that's what you have textbooks for and what my notes would include)
- powering up and getting excited for the subject!! :D

Re length, location, date - tba based on interest (if any) - length totally anything from like 2-8 hrs over 1-2 days, I'm free most Mon-Wed (esp in the mornings), and location I have absolutely no clue.  Price - like if it were 4 hrs and 4 people came, I'd be looking at ~$25 each (gotta show mum that I'm 'earning' something :p).

As you can tell, the idea is barely formed, but I'm super keen to give something interactive and targeted at your personal issues and exam prep, rather than just dry content revision which you could do at home.  There's only so much you can do with written words, and I'd love to help y'all out.

If you're at all interested or have any ideas, please PM me or post in this thread (as I probably shouldn't be advertising in a Qs thread, but hopefully all my 'helpful' answers permit one post).  If there's interest, I'll create and post more specific details in that thread.


um, YES. Please do this
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on September 02, 2015, 11:29:53 pm
This may seem really silly, but i'm confused on what DFAT is and what it does....? Do we need to know examples of what it does/has done?

not sure if I'm correct but DFAT is in charge of Australian Aid, so when asked about DFAT just talk about that

eg. the 6 priorities of Australian Aid:
- Economic development including encouraging trade and the development of the private sector
- Health and supporting the fight against HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
- Education
- Empowering women and girls
- Effective governance
- Humanitarian aid

Tbh I don't even know if Australian Aid is a thing my teacher always calls it that, seems that everyone is calling it DFAT...
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: jihan on September 03, 2015, 08:51:37 pm
Me too :)
Soooooo nervous for the exam what should i do :/
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on September 03, 2015, 09:16:35 pm
not sure if I'm correct but DFAT is in charge of Australian Aid, so when asked about DFAT just talk about that

eg. the 6 priorities of Australian Aid:
- Economic development including encouraging trade and the development of the private sector
- Health and supporting the fight against HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
- Education
- Empowering women and girls
- Effective governance
- Humanitarian aid

Tbh I don't even know if Australian Aid is a thing my teacher always calls it that, seems that everyone is calling it DFAT...

My understanding is that DFAT (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trading) is the governmental branch that is responsible for Australia's international aid. I agree that when a question asks about DFAT, those are the things to discuss.

The study design was relatively recently changed, which may have caused some confusion. We used to have an agency called AusAID (Australian Agency for International Development), which was responsible for Australia's international aid; however, it was integrated into DFAT in October 2013. I (HHD 2012) studied AusAID, which had a whole bunch of different content attached to it.

All the best. :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on September 03, 2015, 10:55:53 pm
My understanding is that DFAT (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trading) is the governmental branch that is responsible for Australia's international aid. I agree that when a question asks about DFAT, those are the things to discuss.

The study design was relatively recently changed, which may have caused some confusion. We used to have an agency called AusAID (Australian Agency for International Development), which was responsible for Australia's international aid; however, it was integrated into DFAT in October 2013. I (HHD 2012) studied AusAID, which had a whole bunch of different content attached to it.

All the best. :)

ah ok, cheers for the clarification! +1'ed
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on September 05, 2015, 12:43:04 pm
I don't know what to say for the roles Australia's Government plays (For this dot point: 'the priorities of the Australian Government’s aid initiatives and the role it plays in developing programs to improve global health and sustainable human development')

EDIT: Is it just like for Effective Governance - Provide Advice to governments and so on?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on September 05, 2015, 02:26:18 pm
^and to add to above, the reason I use DFAT more (but not always) is simply a reaction to AusAID.  DFAT is quicker to write, and I'd find myself shortening 'Australian aid' to 'Aus aid', which is grey area; you could lose a mark for saying that.  So I steer clear of all risks with a quicker DFAT.

I don't know what to say for the roles Australia's Government plays (For this dot point: 'the priorities of the Australian Government’s aid initiatives and the role it plays in developing programs to improve global health and sustainable human development')

EDIT: Is it just like for Effective Governance - Provide Advice to governments and so on?
They're very unlikely to give you an open-ended question like 'What are the roles the Australian Government plays in promoting SHD?'  Though you may get, what is one way the govt promotes SHD, in which case you'd pick on anything specific like 'provide advice to governments to help with blah, which helps these governments to blah blah and thus achieve SHD'.

Anyway, I'd divide this dot point into two parts:
- the priorities of the Aus govt's aid initiatives
- the role the govt plays in developing programs.

Hence, they would most likely ask you
a.  How the govt uses priorities (either a specific one, or your choice) to promote SHD - pick a few examples and say how that impacts SHD.
b.  How the govt uses one program to promote SHD - just explain a program like you would any other.

Hope that answers your question!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: sunshine98 on September 05, 2015, 03:01:33 pm
A really simple question but just clarifying :
If q gives data and asks you to identify the country that has made most progress towards achieving MDGs and say it was MDG 4 (reduce child mortality) - do you go for the country that is closest to the target , but decreased by a bit ? Or the one that has decreased the most , yet is still far from the target?

Thank youuuu :)
anyone?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: djsbrks on September 05, 2015, 03:12:18 pm
Hi :) I have a question regarding the 4th key knowledge from unit 4 aos 2, 'The agenda of the WHO in promoting global health and sustainable human development'. My teacher says the WHO agenda has changed this year and so we were taught the 'WHO leadership priorities' instead. I'm a bit confused, if the WHO agenda has indeed changed, can we still talk about it in the exam this year? Or should we discuss the WHO leadership priorities?

Thank you in advance!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on September 05, 2015, 03:20:49 pm
Quote
A really simple question but just clarifying :
If q gives data and asks you to identify the country that has made most progress towards achieving MDGs and say it was MDG 4 (reduce child mortality) - do you go for the country that is closest to the target , but decreased by a bit ? Or the one that has decreased the most , yet is still far from the target?

Thank youuuu :)
anyone?

Oops, totally didn't see that sorry... 'Progress' means movement, so it's the ones that have decreased the most.  I agree though, I've found these tricky too for this reason.

Hi :) I have a question regarding the 4th key knowledge from unit 4 aos 2, 'The agenda of the WHO in promoting global health and sustainable human development'. My teacher says the WHO agenda has changed this year and so we were taught the 'WHO leadership priorities' instead. I'm a bit confused, if the WHO agenda has indeed changed, can we still talk about it in the exam this year? Or should we discuss the WHO leadership priorities?

Thank you in advance!

Great question, everyone read this answer.  The PEFISH 'agenda' has been out of date for a couple of years, it confused me last year because the website said something different from the textbook.  Anyway, this year VCAA officially changed, so it's now WHO's leadership areas and you will LOSE MARKS if you say one of the old ones.  So definitely discuss the leadership areas.
(Oops, my prac exam I uploaded still has agenda, because I hadn't realised when I wrote it).

Leadership Areas, UNSHIT
Perfect acronym because the WHO is so awesome.
- universal health coverage
 - non-communicable diseases
 - social, economic and environmental determinants
 - health-related MDGs
 - increasing access to medical products
 - the international health regulations
Summary: confusing.
2013: Core functions.
2014: Agenda areas.
2015: Leadership priorities.
Evil VCAA.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: djsbrks on September 05, 2015, 03:49:51 pm
@bangali_lok
Thanks for your quick reply! I can't figure out how to reply to your answer hence the new post..
That definitely makes a lot more sense now, I will be sure to use the acronym :')
Agreed, VCAA y u do dis -.-
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: idris on September 06, 2015, 03:26:21 pm
Hey guys, I was just wondering what is the difference between sustainable development and sustainable human development
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on September 07, 2015, 08:27:47 pm
@bangali_lok
Thanks for your quick reply! I can't figure out how to reply to your answer hence the new post..
That definitely makes a lot more sense now, I will be sure to use the acronym :')
Agreed, VCAA y u do dis -.-
Welcome, yeah, you reply by making a new post :)

Hey guys, I was just wondering what is the difference between sustainable development and sustainable human development
Don't know of any difference at all - and I don't think VCAA would use the term sustainable development ever.  Sorry, not 100% sure, but I'd call them identical.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: mnafady2006 on September 08, 2015, 07:34:26 pm
With regards to this dot point on the study design, i understand originally it was about AUSAID, but now its been changed to DFAT. So that does that mean we don't need to know anything about ausaid , except we should learn about dfat and its 6 priorities?

"the priorities of the Australian Government’s aid initiatives and the role it plays in developing
programs to improve global health and sustainable human development"
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: iClinton on September 08, 2015, 09:59:24 pm
why does the Australian Government provide funding for multilaterial organisations and NGOs?
Basic question, dunno how to word it
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on September 09, 2015, 07:38:49 am
With regards to this dot point on the study design, i understand originally it was about AUSAID, but now its been changed to DFAT. So that does that mean we don't need to know anything about ausaid , except we should learn about dfat and its 6 priorities?

"the priorities of the Australian Government’s aid initiatives and the role it plays in developing
programs to improve global health and sustainable human development"
Yes, AusAID simply doesn't exist.  (I've discussed more about this dot-point in the last 2ish pages of the thread if you care to skim quickly.)

why does the Australian Government provide funding for multilaterial organisations and NGOs?
Basic question, dunno how to word it
Well, what are the positives/better impacts on SHD of
a) multilateral aid
b) NGO aid
that bilateral aid can't achieve?  If you don't know, think about it for a while.

Then just explain that.  'Because multilateral aid... Because NGO aid...'  Give me your attempt if you're still stuck :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: iClinton on September 09, 2015, 09:24:17 am
Yes, AusAID simply doesn't exist.  (I've discussed more about this dot-point in the last 2ish pages of the thread if you care to skim quickly.)
Well, what are the positives/better impacts on SHD of
a) multilateral aid
b) NGO aid
that bilateral aid can't achieve?  If you don't know, think about it for a while.

Then just explain that.  'Because multilateral aid... Because NGO aid...'  Give me your attempt if you're still stuck :)
Multilateral -> Bilateral sector may not have enough time to focus on other sectors in the world maybe ? By providing aid/support to other countries, governments are able to implement facilities such as health care facilities and education facilities (e.g. school) to allow people to have access to school -> increased knowledge -> more likely to engage in health promotion behaviours (e.g. use contraception during sex to avoid catching sexual transmitted infections such as HIV or AIDs) -> globally health increase -> higher life expectancy -> lower mortality rates ?
NGO -> Uhhh, Australia Government provides funding for non-government organisations because NGOs may not have adequate financial funding to provide assistance to other countries or local communities. Australian Government wants to provide assistance to other countries in a effective way, so they can provide funding to other countries iuuno what to write for NGOs
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on September 10, 2015, 05:41:29 am
Multilateral -> Bilateral sector may not have enough time to focus on other sectors in the world maybe ? By providing aid/support to other countries, governments are able to implement facilities such as health care facilities and education facilities (e.g. school) to allow people to have access to school -> increased knowledge -> more likely to engage in health promotion behaviours (e.g. use contraception during sex to avoid catching sexual transmitted infections such as HIV or AIDs) -> globally health increase -> higher life expectancy -> lower mortality rates ?
NGO -> Uhhh, Australia Government provides funding for non-government organisations because NGOs may not have adequate financial funding to provide assistance to other countries or local communities. Australian Government wants to provide assistance to other countries in a effective way, so they can provide funding to other countries iuuno what to write for NGOs

Yep, again, the point is, what advantages can these types of aid provide that bilateral aid can't?  Bilateral does focus on different places in the world (it works with individual countries across the world).  Try this out again before checking my spoilers from my notes!  Think about it, multilateral = big + international, and some problems are big + international; NGO = small + local + focuses on communities.

Multilateral
•   able to have significant impact as they can coordinate resources in large-scale projects to address major humanitarian needs on a global scale
•   can resolve conflict and support peace on a global scale
•   can provide global support for control, treatment and eradication of diseases such as HIV, TB, malaria, and vaccine-preventable disease, and prevent global disease epidemics
NGO aid
•   can provide aid quickly and directly to those in need of assistance, often where official aid cannot reach
•   implement small-scale projects with strong community involvement and education (thus sustainable)
•   target community’s specific needs – appropriate and effective

This is a key skill for HHD, btw - that if you got a question like this and hadn't learnt it, to think and think and think until you come up with something decent.  Practise it.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: iClinton on September 10, 2015, 08:08:46 am
Yep, again, the point is, what advantages can these types of aid provide that bilateral aid can't?  Bilateral does focus on different places in the world (it works with individual countries across the world).  Try this out again before checking my spoilers from my notes!  Think about it, multilateral = big + international, and some problems are big + international; NGO = small + local + focuses on communities.

Multilateral
•   able to have significant impact as they can coordinate resources in large-scale projects to address major humanitarian needs on a global scale
•   can resolve conflict and support peace on a global scale
•   can provide global support for control, treatment and eradication of diseases such as HIV, TB, malaria, and vaccine-preventable disease, and prevent global disease epidemics
NGO aid
•   can provide aid quickly and directly to those in need of assistance, often where official aid cannot reach
•   implement small-scale projects with strong community involvement and education (thus sustainable)
•   target community’s specific needs – appropriate and effective

This is a key skill for HHD, btw - that if you got a question like this and hadn't learnt it, to think and think and think until you come up with something decent.  Practise it.
Yep, the teacher helped me go over this.
Thanks a lot for your help
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Losingmotivation on September 10, 2015, 10:06:12 am
Hey everyone,
 I was wondering whether the following response would be suitable for identifying and briefly (not really brief..is it?) explaining an Australian NGO...

"World Vision Australia is a nongovernment organistation that aims to address the underlying causes of poverty, food insecurity and lack of water and sanitation by implementing programs such as water pumps in Nigeria. World Vision's mission is 'to be a Christian relief, development and advocacy organistation dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice'.

Anything I should add/remove from this? -If possible could anyone briefly highlight they key information required when describing or outlining an NGO (not program).

THANKS
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: xeon88 on September 10, 2015, 07:13:26 pm
When discussing global health, do you relate to the dimensions of health for populations and/or health indicators? Also when you outline what roles NGOs play in global health and human development, do you discuss how they work/what they do and link them to improving global health and HD? Thanks
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on September 12, 2015, 05:44:28 pm
Hey everyone,
 I was wondering whether the following response would be suitable for identifying and briefly (not really brief..is it?) explaining an Australian NGO...

"World Vision Australia is a nongovernment organistation that aims to address the underlying causes of poverty, food insecurity and lack of water and sanitation by implementing programs such as water pumps in Nigeria. World Vision's mission is 'to be a Christian relief, development and advocacy organistation dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice'.

Anything I should add/remove from this? -If possible could anyone briefly highlight they key information required when describing or outlining an NGO (not program).

THANKS

I never did anything like this, tbh, since they've' never asked a question like this.  It's probably a good thing to do however to be safe, but I wouldn't stress too much about learning it.  It sounds totally fine to me as it is :)

When discussing global health, do you relate to the dimensions of health for populations and/or health indicators? Also when you outline what roles NGOs play in global health and human development, do you discuss how they work/what they do and link them to improving global health and HD? Thanks

See Re: HHD [3/4] Questions Thread :)

Well, if you don't have any examples of what they do you can't exactly show their impact, can you?  Since if they don't do anything then, well, they don't do anything.  So yes, briefly describe their work and then link.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Izzy1 on September 12, 2015, 08:34:25 pm
Hi everyone,
I was wondering if the program "Child Friendly Schools" is an example of multilateral or NGO Aid? UNICEF works with the Pakistani Gov, and local communities to create 'child friendly schools'. I'm pretty sure it's NGO but im not 100% confident!
TIA
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on September 12, 2015, 08:52:49 pm
I'm really struggling to grasp this dot point:
"different types of aid, including emergency aid, bilateral and multilateral, non-government organisation aid, and how they are used to achieve global health and sustainable human development"
I think i'm ok with emergency aid, but for the rest?????

My thoughts so far...
Multilateral: Implements large scale programs
Bilateral:  ?? ? ? ??
NGO: Implements small community based programs
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Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Rainbow19 on September 13, 2015, 01:10:58 pm
Hey guys, i'm kinda new to this  8) 8)

I am a bit lost with regards to the NGO's. So .....

 • the role of non-government organisations based in Australia in promoting global health and sustainable human development     --> Do we need to know about specific programs ( i thought we would be given a case study??) What is an example of one?

• programs focusing on literacy, food security, HIV/AIDS and malaria, immunisation, safe water and sanitation in terms of.........:
--> are these run by DFAT or something??? I was looking at past exams and some questions were like what is a program that AusAid (now DFAT) has run with an NGO????... I was under the impression it was hypothetical, like what is a program that could be implemented???
 Hope i'm making sense coz I'm confused myself haha  :) :) :) :) :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on September 14, 2015, 07:51:00 am
Hi everyone,
I was wondering if the program "Child Friendly Schools" is an example of multilateral or NGO Aid? UNICEF works with the Pakistani Gov, and local communities to create 'child friendly schools'. I'm pretty sure it's NGO but im not 100% confident!
TIA
Idk the actual program, but if it's UNICEF, that's part of the UN, which is a multilateral organisation.  Note that a program can involve different types of aid, for instance, Australian Aid can work with an NGO like CARE Australia to deliver a program, so that it's both bilateral and NGO aid.

I'm really struggling to grasp this dot point:
"different types of aid, including emergency aid, bilateral and multilateral, non-government organisation aid, and how they are used to achieve global health and sustainable human development"
I think i'm ok with emergency aid, but for the rest?????

My thoughts so far...
Multilateral: Implements large scale programs
Bilateral:  ?? ? ? ??
NGO: Implements small community based programs
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Scroll up :P Re: HHD [3/4] Questions Thread

Multilateral: as you say, huge scale, so they can really knock big issues on the head!!  But not just that; can you think of any international problems that it wouldn't be in the power of one single country to deal with?  Like, think about the things that the UN and WHO do that an individual country couldn't.

Bilateral: this one's a bit negative, actually, with limitations rather than benefits.  Often countries give to others for their own benefit, so it's not so useful - like they might send their own goods and services to improve their employment rates and trade, which may be more expensive and less efficient.  Like they might say 'we spent $5 mill!!!', but in reality, since they spent it on their own expensive products to help themselves, it only has the actual value of $3mill.  Still, there's heaps of good done.

NGO: small, community-based programs - think about how that makes them more sustainable, in terms of the elements of sustainability.

Hey guys, i'm kinda new to this  8) 8)

I am a bit lost with regards to the NGO's. So .....

 • the role of non-government organisations based in Australia in promoting global health and sustainable human development     --> Do we need to know about specific programs ( i thought we would be given a case study??) What is an example of one?

• programs focusing on literacy, food security, HIV/AIDS and malaria, immunisation, safe water and sanitation in terms of.........:
--> are these run by DFAT or something??? I was looking at past exams and some questions were like what is a program that AusAid (now DFAT) has run with an NGO????... I was under the impression it was hypothetical, like what is a program that could be implemented???
 Hope i'm making sense coz I'm confused myself haha  :) :) :) :) :)

Heya, cool to have you on board!  Welcome, and let us know if you have any issues with anything :D

Yes, you'll NEED to know 1-2 programs; for instance, could search through https://www.care.org.au/what-we-do/, under each heading memory tells me there are a few programs.  You need to know the aims, a few specific details about how they run, and then how that impacts GH and SHD.

No, there are two types of questions:
- Outline a program that HAS been implemented... --> NOT hypothetical, you need to learn a real one
- Outline a program that COULD be implemented... --> hypothetical, but you can still use details you learnt from the real one, or ones you've made up.

Those programs on literacy, food security etc. can be run by anyone - NGOs, DFAT, multilateral organisations.  It's up to you to find any random (true) program.  However, if you learn 1-2 from DFAT and 1-2 of NGOs, then that overlaps with other dot-points and saves you brainspace.

Okay, that AusAID + NGO question is possibly the nastiest question they've ever sprung - it's not clear that you have to know something like that, and it terrified me during my study (what other things would they spring that I didn't know I had to know?).  If you get stuck on the spot with a scary question like that, be prepared to invent; write out a full program that you know DFAT has implemented, and link it with a random NGO.  Don't panic and give up!!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on September 14, 2015, 10:48:23 am
Multilateral: as you say, huge scale, so they can really knock big issues on the head!!  But not just that; can you think of any international problems that it wouldn't be in the power of one single country to deal with?  Like, think about the things that the UN and WHO do that an individual country couldn't.
--> Like resolving conflict?
Those programs on literacy, food security etc. can be run by anyone - NGOs, DFAT, multilateral organisations.  It's up to you to find any random (true) program.  However, if you learn 1-2 from DFAT and 1-2 of NGOs, then that overlaps with other dot-points and saves you brainspace.

I struggle to find good programs, would  you be able to suggest any to us? :D
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Rainbow19 on September 14, 2015, 11:51:15 am
Alright, so for like the questions that ask for programs that HAVE been implemented, would they be about the programs focusing on literacy, food security etc?
whereas the COULD be implemented questions can be about anything e.g: maternal mortality ??



Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on September 14, 2015, 12:09:36 pm
--> Like resolving conflict?
Yes; and think about dealing with international outbreaks like ebola, or multinational companies like Maccas, tobacco giants, etc.

Quote
I struggle to find good programs, would  you be able to suggest any to us? :D
Firstly, your textbook should have some (should be good enough to score full marks at all times), if not, go to relevant websites
Alright, so for like the questions that ask for programs that HAVE been implemented, would they be about the programs focusing on literacy, food security etc?
whereas the COULD be implemented questions can be about anything e.g: maternal mortality ??
Precisely :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: hutchinm on September 16, 2015, 08:08:56 pm
Hey, sorry if this has already been answered but I can't find it anywhere!

I'm doing revision and am struggling with the study design point:
> Potential health outcomes of a VicHealth funded project and how it reflects social model of health

At the moment this is all I have for it in my notes:

* MOTION Program.
Funds art orgs to establish arts activities that incorporate physical activity to build social connection
* Walk to School program.
- School children and their parents are encouraged to walk to school each day in October
> ↑ social interaction (social health)
> ↑ physical activity
= ↑ fitness, assists weight management (physical health)
= ↑ feelings of wellbeing (mental health)

and I feel like I'm missing a lot, any guidance would be greatly appreciated!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on September 16, 2015, 08:56:57 pm
Hey guys, for some of the programs focusing on water and sanitation etc, i can't find the actual program name. So like for water and sanitation is this enough, or should i try find another program?? "WaterAid Australia implemented a program that help people in developing countries access safe water by . . .. . "
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on September 16, 2015, 09:54:39 pm
I'm doing revision and am struggling with the study design point:
> Potential health outcomes of a VicHealth funded project and how it reflects social model of health

At the moment this is all I have for it in my notes:

* MOTION Program.
Funds art orgs to establish arts activities that incorporate physical activity to build social connection
* Walk to School program.
- School children and their parents are encouraged to walk to school each day in October
> ↑ social interaction (social health)
> ↑ physical activity
= ↑ fitness, assists weight management (physical health)
= ↑ feelings of wellbeing (mental health)

and I feel like I'm missing a lot, any guidance would be greatly appreciated!

Welcome to this thread Hutchinm! :)

I'd learn one more in detail, as in, learning exactly what it involves and the actions VicHealth takes. (Quit is a pretty easy one because there's heaps of detail about it on the website.)

So then you have to be able to link it to:
- all dimensions of health
- a few of the principles of the social model of health (AREAS)

Both of these you should be able to do on the spot, rather than having to learn it by heart, because you're more likely to be given a case study you've never seen and be asked the impacts on health or how it reflects the social model.  So practise on a few random programs, trying to explain how they impact health and reflect the principles!

If you're totally stuck on how to answer social model questions, there's an e.g. in the spoiler.

Spoiler
CARE Australia produces and freely distributes educational magazines and radio broadcasts in Timor-Leste, which teach literacy, numeracy, small business development, health and nutrition.  Teachers use them to teach, and parents read them with their children, increasing their knowledge, literacy and skills.

Involves intersectorial collaboration: an NGO (CARE Australia), the media (radio) and the education system are working together to increase literacy levels and health.
Addresses the broader determinants of health: the magazine targets social and economic determinants of health (such as literacy, health-related knowledge, income) rather than biomedical/behavioural determinants.

And see http://wiki.engageeducation.org.au/health-and-human-development/unit-3/area-of-study-2-promoting-health-in-australia/case-study-social-model-or-ottawa-charter/.
Let me know if I didn't answer your question :)

Hey guys, for some of the programs focusing on water and sanitation etc, i can't find the actual program name. So like for water and sanitation is this enough, or should i try find another program?? "WaterAid Australia implemented a program that help people in developing countries access safe water by . . .. . "

OK yeah, I often struggled to find names; you can often say WaterAid's Clean Water Program or something, put it in capitals and it looks like a name.  The name really isn't important if you have a good program, don't stress :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: hutchinm on September 17, 2015, 03:58:36 pm
Wow thanks so much for your help!
Just to be annoying and double check, would you say these new notes are adequate enough then?

MOTION Program
- Funds art orgs to establish arts activities that incorporate physical activity to build social connection
> ↑ physical activity (physical health)
> regular physical activity protects against illness, improves mental health and alertness, and increases resilience against stress, anxiety and depression (mental health)
> builds social connection (social health)

Link to social model:
1. Addresses the broader determinants of health
Addresses the broader determinants of health such as social inclusion and connectedness.
3. Acts to reduce social inequities.
MOTION is an initiative for everyone
5. Empower individuals and communities
About improving people’s health by giving them opportunities to get creative, physically active and involved in their local community through the arts.

Walk to School program.
- School children and their parents are encouraged to walk to school each day in October
> ↑ social interaction (social health)
> ↑ physical activity
= ↑ fitness, assists weight management (physical health)
= ↑ feelings of wellbeing (mental health)

Link to social model:
2. Involve inter-sectoral collaboration
This program was initiated by collaboration between VicHealth, schools, teachers and parents, local councils, media and non-government organisations.
5. Empower individuals and communities
- By engaging in regular physical activity, individuals become empowered and are more likely to participate in physical activity in the future.

Quit
- Anti-smoking campaign that provides:
> support to those attempting to quit
> education programs that aim to reduce the number of individuals taking up the habit
= ↓ smoking rates
= ↓ risk of cancer, respiratory diseases and cardiovascular diseases
= ↑ life expectancy (physical health)

Link to social model:
2. Involve inter-sectoral collaboration
VicHealth (funding), media (campaigns), education system (smoking prevention programs in schools)
5. Empower individuals and communities
This empowers individuals by providing them with skills/knowledge that can lead to educated decisions about tobacco smoking


Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: banaidil on September 17, 2015, 09:22:39 pm
i don't really understand when a question asks how does this( whatever they are talking about)  improve global health. i mean when the whole case study is talking about an individual or a community how can you talk about their improvement of health in a global context?
thank you :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on September 18, 2015, 09:01:57 pm
hey :)

for this on the study design:
- the role of nutrition in addressing the following conditions recognised in the NHPAs: cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, colorectal cancer, obesity and osteoporosis, taking into account, where relevant, the function (as a determinant of health) and major food sources of protein, carbohydrate (including fibre), fats (mono, poly, saturated and trans), water, calcium, phosphorus, sodium and vitamin D.

does 'addressing' mean 'as a protective factor'?

thank you :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on September 20, 2015, 01:35:15 pm
hey :)

for this on the study design:
- the role of nutrition in addressing the following conditions recognised in the NHPAs: cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, colorectal cancer, obesity and osteoporosis, taking into account, where relevant, the function (as a determinant of health) and major food sources of protein, carbohydrate (including fibre), fats (mono, poly, saturated and trans), water, calcium, phosphorus, sodium and vitamin D.

does 'addressing' mean 'as a protective factor'?

thank you :)

Basically. But also be aware of the risk factors of each nutrient. So, for example, saturated and trans fats might be risk factors for obesity and diabetes mellitus; the nutrients aren't always protective factors, but they often are.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on September 20, 2015, 04:11:26 pm
Basically. But also be aware of the risk factors of each nutrient. So, for example, saturated and trans fats might be risk factors for obesity and diabetes mellitus; the nutrients aren't always protective factors, but they often are.

ok cool thank you, so if I get a question that asks for the function of carbohydrates as a determinant of health for example, can I talk about either risk or protective factors or should I discuss both?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on September 20, 2015, 06:40:59 pm
ok cool thank you, so if I get a question that asks for the function of carbohydrates as a determinant of health for example, can I talk about either risk or protective factors or should I discuss both?

I don't have any particular substance for this, but my opinion is that when it asks for the function, it's best to speak of the positive aspects. I wouldn't really see the excess body weight of saturated fat, for example, a 'function' as such - more of a consequence.

Speaking from experience, I always spoke about the positive aspects of the nutrient when it asked for its function.

I'm not 100% sure about it, though. What do other people think about this?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on September 20, 2015, 10:31:40 pm
I don't have any particular substance for this, but my opinion is that when it asks for the function, it's best to speak of the positive aspects. I wouldn't really see the excess body weight of saturated fat, for example, a 'function' as such - more of a consequence.

Speaking from experience, I always spoke about the positive aspects of the nutrient when it asked for its function.

I'm not 100% sure about it, though. What do other people think about this?

I think you could justify either positive or negative in my opinion. As long as there's reasoning either should be fine :D

Does anyone have any tips on choosing health promotion programs for NHPA's so that they double up??? I was thinking I could use the same one for injury prevention and control (suicide) and mental health??
Also, what are the things you need to say to get the marks for a health promotion program??
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on September 23, 2015, 08:13:22 am
Wow thanks so much for your help!
Just to be annoying and double check, would you say these new notes are adequate enough then?

Program descriptions: probably need a bit more detail about how they’re implemented.

Links to health: perfect :)

Links to social model: excellent in some sections, a bit sketchy in others; e.g. in MOTION, one of your explanations was ‘Addresses the broader determinants of health such as social inclusion and connectedness.’  You’d need to expand a bit more (most of that’s just the name of the principle), being more specific about exactly where in the program it demonstrates social inclusion and connectedness, and also naming what type of determinant is being addressed, rather than just ‘broader’ (social determinants).  Just more detail on a couple of these would be good :)

That said, I’m thinking about answering a question in the exam.  I wouldn’t put these details in your notes, as you don’t have to learn them.  This is more a skill, the skill of identifying aspects of the social model/Ottawa Charter from ANY program.  So it's less important to learn some, and more important to practise it in different case studies. (e.g. also try applying Ottawa Charter to these).

i don't really understand when a question asks how does this( whatever they are talking about)  improve global health. i mean when the whole case study is talking about an individual or a community how can you talk about their improvement of health in a global context?
thank you :)
Love how everyone asks the questions I asked too...

Most programs target developing countries; thus, they promote equity in health worldwide by improving the health of a country that’s currently hopelessly disadvantaged, and bringing it up closer to other countries.  Also, a small program contributes to overall improved health – it’s lots of tiny programs working together that promote health worldwide.

I agree it’s stupid, but meh, you just have to know how to answer the question: explain the impact of the program on health status, and then throw in phrases like ‘for all people worldwide’ or (which I prefer as it’s more true) ‘promoting equity in health worldwide’.

I think you could justify either positive or negative in my opinion. As long as there's reasoning either should be fine :D

Does anyone have any tips on choosing health promotion programs for NHPA's so that they double up??? I was thinking I could use the same one for injury prevention and control (suicide) and mental health??
Also, what are the things you need to say to get the marks for a health promotion program??
Just always make sure it’s as relevant as possible, and make 100% sure you really clearly draw the link between the program and burden of disease from that NHPA, in detail.  Obesity-related programs cover obesity, CV health and diabetes mellitus; mental health programs cover what you said; that’s about it.

To describe one program that aims to decrease burden of disease from one NHPA:
1.   name the program
2.   who is running the program
3.   what is the program’s aims
4.   how do they do it (bulk of your response)
5.   the impact of this on the NHPA
Remember to be as specific as possible and include enough detail, especially on point 4.

Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on September 23, 2015, 01:06:12 pm

Just always make sure it’s as relevant as possible, and make 100% sure you really clearly draw the link between the program and burden of disease from that NHPA, in detail.  Obesity-related programs cover obesity, CV health and diabetes mellitus; mental health programs cover what you said; that’s about it.

To describe one program that aims to decrease burden of disease from one NHPA:
1.   name the program
2.   who is running the program
3.   what is the program’s aims
4.   how do they do it (bulk of your response)
5.   the impact of this on the NHPA
Remember to be as specific as possible and include enough detail, especially on point 4.


Does the heart foundation tick work for Cardiovascular Health, Diabetes Mellitus and Obesity?? Or should i change it so that it directly links to weight??

So i can use the same program for injury prevention and control and mental health?? so like the 'R U OK? Program'
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: imaware on September 23, 2015, 01:32:06 pm
Just wondering, in regards with the Health exam pro practice examinations, I've completed the first sample exam. Was wondering if its easier/harder/same difficulty of VCAA papers. I finished 5 minutes late but it was the first exam i've decided to attempt and thought i'd time myself.

Any thoughts anyone?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on September 23, 2015, 05:48:39 pm
Does the heart foundation tick work for Cardiovascular Health, Diabetes Mellitus and Obesity?? Or should i change it so that it directly links to weight??

So i can use the same program for injury prevention and control and mental health?? so like the 'R U OK? Program'
The Tick is fine as long as you show direct links to the particular disease involved.

Yes, RUOK should be fine as long as you really clearly explain how it'll reduce risk of intentional self-harm/suicide, and will thus reduce injury rates from suicide.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on September 27, 2015, 08:58:42 pm
hey guys,

does anyone find the engage practise exams very different from VCAA-style questions?
they're just not specific enough? idk if I should spend time on these?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on September 27, 2015, 09:07:36 pm
Haven't done them so i'm not sure.

How much detail do we need to know the Australian Dietary Guidelines in?? Is knowing the guideline enough ?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on September 28, 2015, 09:38:11 am
does anyone find the engage practise exams very different from VCAA-style questions?
they're just not specific enough? idk if I should spend time on these?

From the free ones I've seen, they don't look brilliant (though don't write off all after trying one, as there are probably different authors).  I wouldn't do them in full, but probably skim them, answering the questions in your head/verbally - you'll still learn stuff, but not waste two full hours.  Of the ones I looked through last year, only Insight and QATS seemed VCAA-like to me.  Plus hopefully the one I wrote and posted on this board ;)

How much detail do we need to know the Australian Dietary Guidelines in?? Is knowing the guideline enough ?

Yeah, knowing the guidelines (not word-for-word, but pretty thoroughly) should be good enough.  The rest of it is just drawing on your U3 AOS 1 nutrition and health status knowledge to link to how it would improve health status or reduce BOD from specific diseases, which you should be able to make up on the spot.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on September 28, 2015, 06:29:13 pm
From the free ones I've seen, they don't look brilliant (though don't write off all after trying one, as there are probably different authors).  I wouldn't do them in full, but probably skim them, answering the questions in your head/verbally - you'll still learn stuff, but not waste two full hours.  Of the ones I looked through last year, only Insight and QATS seemed VCAA-like to me.  Plus hopefully the one I wrote and posted on this board ;)

dumb question but where is this practise exam???
it's not on the resources thread?
(or maybe I'm blind)

EDIT:
Found it, thank you!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Izzy1 on October 01, 2015, 05:12:48 pm
What is a biological determinant that is a risk factor for injuries? The text book only has a brief summary. TIA
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on October 01, 2015, 09:48:52 pm
What is a biological determinant that is a risk factor for injuries? The text book only has a brief summary. TIA

i can only think of a age - elderly and children :D
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on October 02, 2015, 07:24:01 am
What is a biological determinant that is a risk factor for injuries? The text book only has a brief summary. TIA

The hormone testosterone increases risk taking behaviours (e.g. unsafe driving and just generally being stupid like guys are) --> increases risk of injury.

Having low bone density (osteoporosis) also increases risk of injury - like it might not increase risk of falls, but if you do fall, you're more likely to be injured (i.e. have physical harm to the body).
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: emmakate on October 03, 2015, 09:30:23 pm
Hi! I have my last SAC on Monday and couldn't be more stressed. I was wondering if I could get some feedback on these questions? Thanks so much in advance.

Describe a literacy program that could be implemented in Pakistan to improve the levels of literacy.
Australian Red Cross’s ‘Human Writes’ literacy program aims to provide young women with opportunities to learn to read and write. Trained educators run free, community-based classes in small villages, aimed specifically at young women; these classes start at a low level and teach females basic literacy skills so that they can seek meaningful employment and therefore be able to generate an income for themselves and their families.

Use the program you discussed in part a. to analyse the interrelationships between health, human development and sustainability.
The ‘Human Writes’ program improves human development by providing access to knowledge through educational workshops and classes. This enables females with low literacy skills to learn to read and write, therefore enhancing and expanding their capabilities when it comes to employment. Having access to knowledge and the capability to attain employment results in social sustainability, as the daughter of an educated woman is, in turn, also more likely to be educated and attain employment herself. The sustainability of education leads to improved physical health of future generations, as educated women are more likely to understand health promotion messages and be aware of protective factors to health, such as the importance of immunisations and breastfeeding. This then improves their standard of living and enables them to lead long, productive lives in accordance with their needs and interests – promoting their human development.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on October 05, 2015, 07:07:24 am
Hi! I have my last SAC on Monday and couldn't be more stressed. I was wondering if I could get some feedback on these questions? Thanks so much in advance.

Hey!  Sorry that you're stressed (you shouldn't be, those were both really good answers ;)), but be glad it's nearly over! :D  Hope this is helpful even if not in time.

1.  Good, enough detail :D (remember that it's 'could be implemented' so you don't have to have a real named program).

2.  Really good - concise but addresses everything and shows interrelationships nicely.  To confirm 6/6 rather than risking a 5/6, expand a bit on health (e.g. link to other dimensions or indicators of health, and explain  more precisely how it impacts, e.g. what specific diseases it impacts), and maybe sustainability (e.g. link to other dimensions, throw in more of the definition - but you really wouldn't need to change much).
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on October 05, 2015, 01:43:16 pm
Just a general point in regard to practice exams:

I absolutely empathise with the vague nature of many of them. This is something that frustrated me endlessly (across a number of subjects) when I was in Year 12. However, I don't think there is any harm in completing them fully (on the assumption that there are no more pressing matters); even vague questions can prompt you to respond to questions in different ways.

Out of interest, which Engage exams have been most/least beneficial?
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Post by: emmakate on October 05, 2015, 04:53:58 pm
Hey!  Sorry that you're stressed (you shouldn't be, those were both really good answers ;)), but be glad it's nearly over! :D  Hope this is helpful even if not in time.

Thanks so much! It was in time, and it helped a lot. Thank you!  :D
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Losingmotivation on October 05, 2015, 07:32:07 pm
Hey everyone,  just looking for some feedback on how to purpose for an MDG should be written?

Should it be just all the targets chunked together (as in cambridge)
or more of a summary and explanation as in the Jacaranda?

Here is how Jacaranda puts it..
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
PURPOSE: To redyce the lvel of pverty and hunger within developing countries through the development of strategies to promote employment opportunities, particularly for women and young people.
(that is much easier to remember than the way  cambridge puts it, but I dont know whether it covers everything to get the full marks if asked for the purpose of goal 1 etc.)

Thanks so much in advance!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on October 05, 2015, 09:32:20 pm
(on the assumption that there are no more pressing matters)

I totally agree with you, except that in life - for me at least - there always are more pressing matters. ;)

Hey everyone,  just looking for some feedback on how to purpose for an MDG should be written?

Should it be just all the targets chunked together (as in cambridge)
or more of a summary and explanation as in the Jacaranda?

Here is how Jacaranda puts it..
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
PURPOSE: To redyce the lvel of pverty and hunger within developing countries through the development of strategies to promote employment opportunities, particularly for women and young people.
(that is much easier to remember than the way  cambridge puts it, but I dont know whether it covers everything to get the full marks if asked for the purpose of goal 1 etc.)

My guess is that either works.  I did, and prefer, a Cambridgian cool word style personally (reinforced by a VCAA Q on MDG 5 (improve maternal mortality) where there are two targets, and I think the report said that people who didn't do the second target didn't get full marks). (?)  But if a textbook says something, I'd assume it's good enough for full marks and you should be right!  If you do it this way, maybe expand a bit on what it hopes to achieve (the impact on health and HD).

Other opinions thoroughly invited.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on October 05, 2015, 09:35:32 pm
Just a general point in regard to practice exams:

I absolutely empathise with the vague nature of many of them. This is something that frustrated me endlessly (across a number of subjects) when I was in Year 12. However, I don't think there is any harm in completing them fully (on the assumption that there are no more pressing matters); even vague questions can prompt you to respond to questions in different ways.

Out of interest, which Engage exams have been most/least beneficial?

I've only done Bio, English and HHD so:
Bio: easier than VCAA as they're shorter and less application based
HHD: bad for the most part since the questions are ridiculously vague
English: Only did one language analysis and it was fine
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: imaware on October 06, 2015, 09:52:05 pm
Anyone know how many marks we can afford to drop to get in the 48-50 range?
This is given you are rank 1 or 2 with a 97% average
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: elysian on October 06, 2015, 10:02:38 pm
Hey,
Do we learn 2015 WHO's 6 priority areas or the previous years one?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on October 06, 2015, 10:33:52 pm
Has anyone been to the latest revision lecture by Andrew Beumont?? Still not 100% sure if i should go!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: imaware on October 06, 2015, 10:42:19 pm
Hey,
Do we learn 2015 WHO's 6 priority areas or the previous years one?

Best to know the new ones as stated on the study design
http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Pages/correspondence/bulletins/2015/February/vce_curriculum.aspx#18

These are the ones (UNSHIT) is a good acronym to use
-Universal health coverage
-Non Communicable diseases
-Social, economic and environmental determinants
-Health related MDG's
-Increasing access to medical products
-The international health regulations
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: imaware on October 06, 2015, 10:44:02 pm
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.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on October 06, 2015, 11:38:29 pm
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??
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: imaware on October 06, 2015, 11:53:23 pm
Was primarily content, although he spent a few minutes talking about subtle exam techniques and what not. Overall was pretty good :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on October 08, 2015, 12:21:31 pm
I (2012) found Beaumont extremely beneficial for the notes if nothing else.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: imaware on October 08, 2015, 04:51:33 pm
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
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: emmakate on October 10, 2015, 07:25:36 pm
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!  ;D
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on October 10, 2015, 09:35:11 pm
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!  ;D

Meh, I didn't learn a thing for this; it'll all be given in data, like in 2014's exam, which you analyse.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on October 13, 2015, 03:23:06 pm
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
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on October 14, 2015, 10:03:50 am
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).

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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.

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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
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: mnafady2006 on October 14, 2015, 03:00:42 pm
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
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on October 14, 2015, 06:08:25 pm
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
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: imaware on October 14, 2015, 06:26:24 pm
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
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on October 14, 2015, 07:21:12 pm
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.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on October 14, 2015, 07:59:50 pm
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
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on October 14, 2015, 08:30:19 pm
^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!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on October 14, 2015, 10:33:31 pm
y'all are 50ers so I trust you haha

(maybe imaware will be too ;) )
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: imaware on October 14, 2015, 11:06:03 pm
y'all are 50ers so I trust you haha

(maybe imaware will be too ;) )

Haha, we're in this together, lets both get 50's!
How's your revision going for health? been revising the content or going straight into exams?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on October 14, 2015, 11:45:45 pm
Haha, we're in this together, lets both get 50's!
How's your revision going for health? been revising the content or going straight into exams?

pfft I wish, the average SS at my school is 25 (or maybe it's less now...)

i've done a couple of exams (one at school and one by my own choice), not too much just reading over notes and doing some random practise questions here and there since I'm pretty comfortable with most of the course

what about you?

oh and this is for anyone, how many marks can we lose on the exam to get 50s?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: TrebleClef on October 15, 2015, 10:24:36 am
pfft I wish, the average SS at my school is 25 (or maybe it's less now...)

oh and this is for anyone, how many marks can we lose on the exam to get 50s?

Don't let that put you off, the average at my school was less than 25 SS as well, and although I got 45+ but not a 50, that was due to missing a few definition questions (Yes, losing easy marks  :(). As long as you stand out in your cohort, they won't affect your score.
As far as I know, you can lose 2-3 marks to get a 50, but I'm not 100% sure.

Good luck with the exam, I'm sure you guys will all do absolutely amazing!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on October 15, 2015, 09:52:56 pm
Don't let that put you off, the average at my school was less than 25 SS as well, and although I got 45+ but not a 50, that was due to missing a few definition questions (Yes, losing easy marks  :(). As long as you stand out in your cohort, they won't affect your score.
As far as I know, you can lose 2-3 marks to get a 50, but I'm not 100% sure.

Good luck with the exam, I'm sure you guys will all do absolutely amazing!

thank you for the advice!
just wondering, what were you focusing on in the last few weeks till the exam?
I know I have to fine tune a couple of things but that will all be done in a couple of days -- then what?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on October 15, 2015, 10:38:46 pm
Andrew Beaumont said that the highest exam mark he saw was low 90's (i think it was 94%) he then said that student would've gotten a 50 no doubt. Just saying :-)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: TrebleClef on October 15, 2015, 11:16:37 pm
thank you for the advice!
just wondering, what were you focusing on in the last few weeks till the exam?
I know I have to fine tune a couple of things but that will all be done in a couple of days -- then what?

I just looked through practice exams, doing them verbally/in dot point form, and do the 6 mark application questions, as I'd run out of time to complete that many in full. Kept going over definitions and the programs etc, as I have a horrible memory, and if I didn't keep going over it, I would forget it extremely quickly.
However, everyone is different, so look into the areas you feel you're weaker in, and polish it up.

Andrew Beaumont said that the highest exam mark he saw was low 90's (i think it was 94%) he then said that student would've gotten a 50 no doubt. Just saying :-)
Well then, I was way off the mark, oops. That's awesome though, a few small errors won't cost you the top marks.  :D
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on October 15, 2015, 11:39:03 pm
I just looked through practice exams, doing them verbally/in dot point form, and do the 6 mark application questions, as I'd run out of time to complete that many in full. Kept going over definitions and the programs etc, as I have a horrible memory, and if I didn't keep going over it, I would forget it extremely quickly.
However, everyone is different, so look into the areas you feel you're weaker in, and polish it up.
Well then, I was way off the mark, oops. That's awesome though, a few small errors won't cost you the top marks.  :D

thanks guys!

hopefully health markers aren't too stingy then, that actually seems alright

so basically you would get in the high 40s with a result approx.  >85%
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on October 15, 2015, 11:48:10 pm
if a question says

explain how ___ program could promote sustainable human development, do we refer to affordable/equitable/appropriateness or social/economic/environmental sustainability?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: imaware on October 16, 2015, 06:48:37 am
if a question says

explain how ___ program could promote sustainable human development, do we refer to affordable/equitable/appropriateness or social/economic/environmental sustainability?
Whenever a question asks about "Sustainable Human Development" it is asking you to talk about the aspects of
Health ( PMS, could take about global health too) - both if you can
Human Development ( just chunks from the definition)
Sustainability ( i like to break it down into the social/economic/environmental sustainability and discuss 1 or 2)

If a question says Explain using the "Elements of Sustainability how a program is sustainable then you should refer to the affordable/equitable and appropriate aspects of sustainability, making sure to make a clear think between the case study and what the elements of sustainability entail - essentially the definitions.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on October 16, 2015, 07:55:07 am
Whenever a question asks about "Sustainable Human Development" it is asking you to talk about the aspects of
Health ( PMS, could take about global health too) - both if you can
Human Development ( just chunks from the definition)
Sustainability ( i like to break it down into the social/economic/environmental sustainability and discuss 1 or 2)

If a question says Explain using the "Elements of Sustainability how a program is sustainable then you should refer to the affordable/equitable and appropriate aspects of sustainability, making sure to make a clear think between the case study and what the elements of sustainability entail - essentially the definitions.

thank you!
i've been confused by this because I was taught that whenever you see 'program' use AAE but I knew this was incorrect...
On a SAC we had a similar question and I got it wrong because I did it the way you described lol dodgy af...
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on October 17, 2015, 09:28:47 am
Hey guys, with the role of the Australian Government's Aid, would we have to know specific examples of where the aid was given?
For example: Provided bilateral funds to gain increased access to safe water.....
or:    Provided bilateral funds to the government in Indonesia to develop increased access to safe water.

Hope that makes sense?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on October 17, 2015, 09:40:33 am
Hey guys, with the role of the Australian Government's Aid, would we have to know specific examples of where the aid was given?
For example: Provided bilateral funds to gain increased access to safe water.....
or:    Provided bilateral funds to the government in Indonesia to develop increased access to safe water.

Hope that makes sense?

I would definitely know 1-2 programs in detail (including where implemented), but other than that, you don't need to know specifics - just know in general what the govt is doing for each priority, and I doubt they'd ask anything specific.

P.S.
^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.

In 2012, global health was different (there's been a distinct clarification since then).  But fully agree - this is perhaps the greyest area of the course for me ::)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on October 17, 2015, 09:55:10 am
I would definitely know 1-2 programs in detail (including where implemented), but other than that, you don't need to know specifics - just know in general what the govt is doing for each priority, and I doubt they'd ask anything specific.

P.S.
In 2012, global health was different (there's been a distinct clarification since then).  But fully agree - this is perhaps the greyest area of the course for me ::)

By programs, is that like DFAT run programs that can address a few of the priorities. Not sure if you've heard of it, but like 'Seeds For Life in East Timor?'

Also, whats the difference between interrelationships between hhd and sustainability questions and just promoting shd ??

Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on October 17, 2015, 12:10:00 pm
In 2012, global health was different (there's been a distinct clarification since then).  But fully agree - this is perhaps the greyest area of the course for me ::)

wait what's the clarification o.O
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on October 17, 2015, 12:31:03 pm
wait what's the clarification o.O

The following clarification has been provided in response to queries about how the term ‘health’ applies to the concepts of global health and sustainable human development. The terms ‘global health’ and ‘sustainable human development’ are used extensively in VCE Health and Human Development Unit 4: Global health and human development.

The term ‘global health’ extends beyond the individual and is concerned with the health of populations. Global health is about an international collaborative approach to achieve equality for all people worldwide.

Health is also linked to the concept of sustainable human development, however this is different from global health because it takes into account either the dimensions of health at an individual level (the physical, social and mental aspects) or measures of health status (for example mortality or morbidity rates). When people are healthy, they are more able to attend school, work and earn an income that gives them greater choice and control over their lives and therefore contribute to human development. Alternatively, if people can access education, they have greater choices in employment and a greater capacity to earn an income, which means they are able to feed their families, which could reduce the mortality rate for children aged under five years.

The concepts of global health and health as part of sustainable human development represent different perspectives of health. For assessment purposes, if asked to discuss global health and sustainable human development together, students should refer to health at both population and individual levels.


Thats from the VCAA website :-)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on October 17, 2015, 01:25:00 pm
The following clarification has been provided in response to queries about how the term ‘health’ applies to the concepts of global health and sustainable human development. The terms ‘global health’ and ‘sustainable human development’ are used extensively in VCE Health and Human Development Unit 4: Global health and human development.

The term ‘global health’ extends beyond the individual and is concerned with the health of populations. Global health is about an international collaborative approach to achieve equality for all people worldwide.

Health is also linked to the concept of sustainable human development, however this is different from global health because it takes into account either the dimensions of health at an individual level (the physical, social and mental aspects) or measures of health status (for example mortality or morbidity rates). When people are healthy, they are more able to attend school, work and earn an income that gives them greater choice and control over their lives and therefore contribute to human development. Alternatively, if people can access education, they have greater choices in employment and a greater capacity to earn an income, which means they are able to feed their families, which could reduce the mortality rate for children aged under five years.

The concepts of global health and health as part of sustainable human development represent different perspectives of health. For assessment purposes, if asked to discuss global health and sustainable human development together, students should refer to health at both population and individual levels.


Thats from the VCAA website :-)

thank you!
so the take home message is
global health = health in populations/health status indicators
global health and SHD = health (PMS) and health status
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: imaware on October 18, 2015, 10:59:35 am
Just confirming

If a question asks for example how education impacts on sustainable human development. Can we just break down the 3 concepts of Health/HD/sustainability and address them separately? What i mean is that we don't need to show any interrelationship or flow on from the other concepts in our answers true?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on October 18, 2015, 11:39:06 am


Just confirming

If a question asks for example how education impacts on sustainable human development. Can we just break down the 3 concepts of Health/HD/sustainability and address them separately? What i mean is that we don't need to show any interrelationship or flow on from the other concepts in our answers true?

Using this

Health is also linked to the concept of sustainable human development, however this is different from global health because it takes into account either the dimensions of health at an individual level (the physical, social and mental aspects) or measures of health status (for example mortality or morbidity rates). When people are healthy, they are more able to attend school, work and earn an income that gives them greater choice and control over their lives and therefore contribute to human development. Alternatively, if people can access education, they have greater choices in employment and a greater capacity to earn an income, which means they are able to feed their families, which could reduce the mortality rate for children aged under five years.

I'd say treat it like an interrelationships question. I always do it that way because I find that's its also easier in my opinion.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: hutchinm on October 22, 2015, 07:02:23 pm
Hey guys, I know that vcaa didnt release answers for the sample exam 2014 but is there anyone who has posted their answers?
Thanks!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: coolbeans on October 22, 2015, 07:31:41 pm
Could someone help me out with social and environmental characteristics of developed and developing countries, with some examples?  :-*
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on October 22, 2015, 08:35:35 pm
Hey guys, I know that vcaa didnt release answers for the sample exam 2014 but is there anyone who has posted their answers?
Thanks!

I was wondering the same thing!! Hopefully there are some answers!

Could someone help me out with social and environmental characteristics of developed and developing countries, with some examples?  :-*
Social Developing
- Gender Inequality
- Lower education and employment levels
- High Poverty (links with economic)

Environmental Developing
- Poor housing
- Poor water and sanitation access

Hope that helped :D
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Losingmotivation on October 24, 2015, 06:45:05 pm
What percentage/mark is considered an A+ in the HHD exam?

:) :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: imaware on October 24, 2015, 06:54:16 pm
What percentage/mark is considered an A+ in the HHD exam?

:) :)

According to last years exam, you'd have to get 78.5 % to get an A+
Take a look at this : http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Documents/statistics/2014/section3/vce_health_and_human_development_ga14.pdf
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on October 24, 2015, 10:01:46 pm
According to last years exam, you'd have to get 78.5 % to get an A+
Take a look at this : http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Documents/statistics/2014/section3/vce_health_and_human_development_ga14.pdf

would that mean you need about 85% correct to crack the 45+ range?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: iClinton on October 25, 2015, 05:38:12 pm
Interrelationship between Health, HD and sustainability
If a question told you to - Explain the interrelationships between health, human development and sustainability.

How would you write it
Got told by my teacher that you can space it out by paragraph structure
E.g. One paragraph on Health, another on HD, another on Sustainability
But when i went to the TSFX lecture, the lecturer said to not use paragraphs
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on October 25, 2015, 06:05:19 pm
Interrelationship between Health, HD and sustainability
If a question told you to - Explain the interrelationships between health, human development and sustainability.

How would you write it
Got told by my teacher that you can space it out by paragraph structure
E.g. One paragraph on Health, another on HD, another on Sustainability
But when i went to the TSFX lecture, the lecturer said to not use paragraphs

You shouldn't use paragraphs because it would mean you're not showing the interrelationships between them. If you do one paragraph on each you can't get full marks because you need do clearly show how one effects the other. Make sense? :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: iClinton on October 25, 2015, 07:42:28 pm
You shouldn't use paragraphs because it would mean you're not showing the interrelationships between them. If you do one paragraph on each you can't get full marks because you need do clearly show how one effects the other. Make sense? :)

Yep thanks
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: iClinton on October 27, 2015, 01:39:08 pm
Do we need to know the dot points under the australian dietary guidelines
for e.g.  Under Guideline 3, it has 3 dotpoints broken into a,b,c - do we need them for the exam?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: angietuffnell on October 27, 2015, 02:19:48 pm
I have a question!!
How would be the best way to describe the interrelationships between health, human development and sustainability??
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Losingmotivation on October 27, 2015, 07:27:05 pm
would that mean you need about 85% correct to crack the 45+ range?

I have this same question too :) Could anyone clarify please?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on October 28, 2015, 03:23:39 pm
I have this same question too :) Could anyone clarify please?

I don't think you can ever be certain, depends on how everybody else performs, your ranking and overall cohort.. As i said a few posts back, Andrew Beaumont said the highest exam mark he saw was a 94%. Open for interpretation on how to get over 45 :) 
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: emmakate on October 28, 2015, 05:18:26 pm
Hey, lovely people.
I was wondering if anyone could help me out by going over this Unit 4 Key Knowledge point:
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• the influence on the health status of developing countries compared to Australia of income, gender equality, peace/political stability, education, access to healthcare, global marketing (of alcohol, tobacco and fast/processed foods) and physical environments
I've got a general idea of it, but it'd be absolutely amazing if someone could briefly summarise it for me, and highlight the main points - maybe even come up with a likely exam question? Thanks heaps in advance, and sorry for asking so much.
Hope everyone's feeling okay in the lead-up! One week to go. :o
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on October 29, 2015, 09:05:13 am
Hey, lovely people.
I was wondering if anyone could help me out by going over this Unit 4 Key Knowledge point:I've got a general idea of it, but it'd be absolutely amazing if someone could briefly summarise it for me, and highlight the main points - maybe even come up with a likely exam question? Thanks heaps in advance, and sorry for asking so much.
Hope everyone's feeling okay in the lead-up! One week to go. :o

if I'm incorrect, no one hesitate to correct me... I haven't really thought about HHD for a while

This dot point is really practical, common sense -- if you're really stuck, just think about how it is in developing countries compared to Australia. eg. Does everyone go to school in developing countries? Is there political stability? Do men and women have the same rights? Is there adequate access to health care? Is there sanitation? ie. the answer to these is generally no, so then you think about what effect this has on citizens of that country.

Exam question would most likely be:
What is the impact of gender equality/global marketing/whatever on the health status of developed compared to developing countries?
(or something along those lines, essentially asking the same thing)

Here are some examples of the influence of these on health status, but there are heaps more that I may have forgotten:
Gender equality
- Men and women have equal access to education, income, social services, etc in Australia > more likely to be able to afford nutritious food, health care > reduced morbidity and mortality from preventable diseases

Peace/political stability
- In developing countries there may be political unrest eg. civil war, protesting > can lead to violence > increased morbidity and mortality from injuries
- War or conflict may prevent access to resources such as health care, food > increased morbidity and mortality from preventable diseases, malnutrition

Income
- Sufficient income > can afford health promoting resources such as nutritious food > don't have to rely on processed foods > less likely to be obese > reduced morbidity and mortality from CVD, type 2 diabetes etc
- Can afford health care > reduced morbidity and mortality from preventable diseases eg. flu and detectable and treatable conditions eg. cervical cancer

Education
- Literate > more likely to get a job > income > can afford health care, nutritious food etc etc etc
(notice that a lot of these are the same so don't stress too much about this dot point I reckon)

Global marketing
- Tobacco, alcohol being marketed in developing countries due to lost revenue in developed countries > people in developing countries are less educated about the harmful effects of these and are therefore more susceptible to advertising by multinational companies. Also, some may desire to be more 'Western' as a result of pop culture etc > people in developing countries smoke, drink etc > increases morbidity and mortality from lung & throat cancer (tobacco smoking), cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes (bad foods > obesity > CVD, diabetes), reduced LE > double disease burden from both communicable disease and malnutrition as well as lifestyle disease caused by Western habits

Physical environments
- Lack of sanitation > increased morbidity and mortality from water-borne diseases eg. diarrhoea, cholera
- Air pollution > chronic respiratory diseases
- Poor housing and overcrowding > increases spread of infectious diseases

Hope this helps, anyone feel free to call out my mistakes
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on October 31, 2015, 10:31:49 am
Hey Guys!!
Hope all your exams have been going well :D

I have a question regarding this question from  the 2014 exam

'Explain how one biological determinant and one social determinant could contribute to the variations in life expectancy between males and females.'

The exam report says this: 'Access to Health care: Due to the ‘macho’ attitude among men, they are less likely than females to access health care, meaning conditions may not be diagnosed or treated in time, increasing morbidity and mortality and decreasing their life expectancy compared to females.'

I don't understand how that's a social determinant, i can see it being behavioural?

Similar with Occupation/Employment: For a social determinant, could you say males are more likely to work in dangerous job settings with machinery etc? or is that a Physical Environment

THANK YOU :D
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: emmakate on November 01, 2015, 07:36:33 pm
Hey all!
I've been planning out the last few days (and trying not to panic - we're running out of days!) and thought I'd get the opinion of some of you. Seeing as the Health exam is in the afternoon (3.00-5.15), what do you think the best way to spend the day is, study-wise? I know it will differ from person to person, but for me I think that squeezing in one or more practice exams will leave me too tired for the real one.
So what did/will you do for your final preparations, come Wednesday?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on November 01, 2015, 08:11:16 pm
have some posts been deleted from this thread? some replies and the question I asked today are missing?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on November 01, 2015, 08:42:21 pm
have some posts been deleted from this thread? some replies and the question I asked today are missing?

yeah thats so strange, i just noticed that too!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on November 01, 2015, 09:55:20 pm
Hey all!
I've been planning out the last few days (and trying not to panic - we're running out of days!) and thought I'd get the opinion of some of you. Seeing as the Health exam is in the afternoon (3.00-5.15), what do you think the best way to spend the day is, study-wise? I know it will differ from person to person, but for me I think that squeezing in one or more practice exams will leave me too tired for the real one.
So what did/will you do for your final preparations, come Wednesday?

I didn't revise at all aside from briefly reading some notes (although I didn't really read them - I just sort of held them for peace of mind haha). I certainly didn't want to touch any practice exams.

I went for a walk, played some FIFA and tried to enjoy the sunshine. Best of luck. :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: xeon88 on November 01, 2015, 10:45:28 pm
Hey guys, how would you define sustainable human development? I can't seem to find the exact definition in the study design.

My textbook (Key Concepts) says: "The capacity of current and future generations to achieve their full potential and lead productive, creative lives in accordance with their needs and interests".

A practice exam I did (Engage) says: "The process of people striving to achieve their full potential, lead more productive lives, expand their choices and meet their needs without compromising the opportunities of future generations to meet their own needs."
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: sunshine98 on November 02, 2015, 08:15:20 am
For this key knowledge
 local, state and federal governments' responsibilities for health and health funding 
how many responsibilities should we know? and like for the funding what do we need to know in particular?
Also for the role of vic health , would this suffice ?
The role of Vic Health : a Victorian state Government imitative which is involved in health promotion and primary prevention of non-communicable diseases in order to promote good health , prevent ill-health and reduce inequalities between population groups in Victoria.
And when analysing data and comparing for Australia and other developed countries my teacher always says we should write 'Australia compares favourably with [insert country]' I always thought this was unnecessary , do we need to do this? 
Also , if a q were to ask the definition of developed and developing countries , would writing  a few characteristics of each into a few sentences suffice? Cause there is no official definition, right?
Thank you  :) :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: imaware on November 02, 2015, 10:17:05 am
To those who did Health and methods exams on the same day what were your approaches?
Did you revise for health after the methods exam or did you just chill etc?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: emmakate on November 02, 2015, 11:34:27 am
I'm doing it this year too, so if this is wrong - anyone feel free to correct me. ;D
Also for the role of vic health , would this suffice ?
The role of Vic Health : a Victorian state Government imitative which is involved in health promotion and primary prevention of non-communicable diseases in order to promote good health , prevent ill-health and reduce inequalities between population groups in Victoria.
This is from Key Concepts -
VicHealth's role is to promote health by targeting the broader social, economic and environmental factors that influence health. VicHealth targets these influences through funding, sponsorship, research and evaluation, and advocating for health promotion policies and programs.
Also , if a q were to ask the definition of developed and developing countries , would writing  a few characteristics of each into a few sentences suffice? Cause there is no official definition, right?
Again from Key Concepts -
Developed country: a country that has progressed adequately with regard to economic, mortality and demographic indicators.
Developing country: a country that has not progressed adequately with regard to economic, demographic and mortality indicators.


Haven't answered all your questions, but hopefully that was some help!  :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: sunshine98 on November 02, 2015, 04:30:43 pm
^ Thank you emmakate  :)
You know if they ask us to define a determinant of health like social determinant do we have to list evvvvverything that they put as an example ? Like if you just said 'aspects of the society and the social environment that impact on health such as poverty ' rather than 'Aspects of society and the social environment that impact on health, such as poverty, early life experiences, social networks and support' would you get full marks ? (Using social determinant as an example was probs not a good idea cause the physical environment is the one that has so many examples) 
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: RacquelLuntz on November 02, 2015, 04:59:33 pm
^ Thank you emmakate  :)
You know if they ask us to define a determinant of health like social determinant do we have to list evvvvverything that they put as an example ? Like if you just said 'aspects of the society and the social environment that impact on health such as poverty ' rather than 'Aspects of society and the social environment that impact on health, such as poverty, early life experiences, social networks and support' would you get full marks ? (Using social determinant as an example was probs not a good idea cause the physical environment is the one that has so many examples)

people can correct me if im wrong, but if this sort of question is worth two marks, state the definition and then examples, seeing as theyre looking for two aspects to mark correct. so, for example, one mark for referring to the physical evironment by 'the environment in which we work, live and play and how this affects health', and another sentence displaying examples, such as geographical proximity to health care, air quality, infrastructure :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on November 02, 2015, 07:52:41 pm
With questions that ask to define things such as burden of disease and bilateral aid etc. Do we have to give the exact definition from the advice for teachers glossary??
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Losingmotivation on November 02, 2015, 08:50:44 pm
With questions that ask to define things such as burden of disease and bilateral aid etc. Do we have to give the exact definition from the advice for teachers glossary??

Nope, you dont have to give the exact word for word definition :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: imaware on November 02, 2015, 09:29:27 pm
I have a question

In regards to Nutrition, when a question asks about the function of a nutrient, does that mean it could be positive or negative ? ( i have heard that you can only talk about positives)
Similarly, when a question asks how a nutrient "adresses" a particular disease, does that refer to the positives only?

Thank you !
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on November 02, 2015, 09:50:02 pm
How would you define sustainable health development? I can't find the exact definition in the study design.

My textbook (Key Concepts in HHD) says: "The capacity for current and future generations to achieve their full potential and lead productive, creative lives in accordance with their needs and interests".

Whereas on a practice exam (Engage) I did, the definition was: "The process of people striving to achieve their full potential, lead more productive lives, expand their choices and meet their needs without compromising the opportunities of future generations to meet their own needs."

Which one would be the most appropriate for the exam?

Engage's is the one I've met before - however, I didn't learn a definition for SHD since it's not on VCAA's glossary and they've never asked it before.  I figured if by some wild chance they did, I'd make it up by combining bits of health, HD and sustainability, primarily the latter two - which is what that Engage definition does.  I think you can safely make it up as VCAA hasn't defined right and wrong there (except to say it's a combination of health, HD and sustainability).

For this key knowledge
 local, state and federal governments' responsibilities for health and health funding 
how many responsibilities should we know? and like for the funding what do we need to know in particular?

Try our notes here and the HHD cheat sheet on the Wiki :)  I'd go with like 3 each (though more in case they ask you about a specific one and who arranges it).

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Also for the role of vic health , would this suffice ?
The role of Vic Health : a Victorian state Government imitative which is involved in health promotion and primary prevention of non-communicable diseases in order to promote good health , prevent ill-health and reduce inequalities between population groups in Victoria.

That would be fine; it's the sort of thing you definitely don't have to learn though (if they asked it, you should be able to make it up on the spot by drawing from their mission and strategic priorities - remember if you meet something you're not sure of not to panic because invention is the greatest HHD skill!)

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And when analysing data and comparing for Australia and other developed countries my teacher always says we should write 'Australia compares favourably with [insert country]' I always thought this was unnecessary , do we need to do this? 

Honestly don't know for sure; I did that bit just to be sure and to show that you're actually making a comparison rather than stating random data, but can't guarantee either way.

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Also , if a q were to ask the definition of developed and developing countries , would writing  a few characteristics of each into a few sentences suffice? Cause there is no official definition, right?

Yep, string together a few characteristics into a coherent definition would work (probably would be better than that key concepts one, too).

To those who did Health and methods exams on the same day what were your approaches?
Did you revise for health after the methods exam or did you just chill etc?

I relaxed for a bit (after reassuring myself that I hadn't done as bad as I thought on the morning exam :P), but then I definitely studied, and I can say that it made a difference to my score - for instance, it was during that study session that I first learnt the 'global health' definition that came up in the exam :P  Basically, I went quickly over study design checking that I knew everything, read, EVERYTHING I could think of that they might possibly ask (as I was aiming for a 50).

But what you do straight before an exam depends on the person; some people get stressed by more study, other people (read: me) wouldn't survive without that cram time.  If you don't know the course so well, avoid trying to learn heaps of new stuff - instead, focus on really solidifying a few key areas and leave the rest to chance.  Don't let yourself panic and start flurrying and scurrying between different parts of the course; pick specific things to learn and just revise them, rather than trying to do everything at once.

With questions that ask to define things such as burden of disease and bilateral aid etc. Do we have to give the exact definition from the advice for teachers glossary??

You won't be penalised for a couple of wrong words, but my take on it as someone who's marked SACs is that the further you get away from the definition, the more doubt you seed in the marker's mind of whether to give full marks or possibly take one off (since there aren't half-marks) - the closer you are, the less the risk.  Even the pickiest examiner sent straight from hell to plague you can't take a mark off if you're basically word-for-word.

I have a question

In regards to Nutrition, when a question asks about the function of a nutrient, does that mean it could be positive or negative ? ( i have heard that you can only talk about positives)
Similarly, when a question asks how a nutrient "adresses" a particular disease, does that refer to the positives only?

Thank you !

I'd probably go positives for the function - however for things like saturated and trans fats, normally people use the negatives, so I don't think it really matters.

For how a nutrient 'addresses' it, I'd go with positive because that sounds like protective nutrients only.  However, if the question is 'discuss the role of nutrition in addressing X condition', you could say 'reducing consumption of *bad nutrient* will (reduce the buildup of plaque on arterial walls, thus reducing risk of cardiovascular disease....)'.

Don't know if this makes sense :P
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on November 02, 2015, 10:29:49 pm
For the definitions, i alway get confused between each other because they're so similar. And like i always mix up the words injury/disease/illness :( Shouldn't matter too much???

Also: how do you know if you should go to the positive or negatives of a question. Like How does world peace impact on global health and sustainable human development. . Can you say without world peace there will be . . . therefore if there is peace . . . .

Edit: I found a question on a practice exam: 'Explain how differences in political stability contribute to the difference identified in part a (Australia has lower U5MR and male adult mortality rates that pakistan)
- So could i say that: In australia we have political stability which means we have less deaths due to violence and war hence reducing the child and adult mortality rates in comparison to Pakistan who experience political instability and therefore . .

and for MDG #5 -> increasing access to reproductive health services, is that having trained people at the birth, or having a place where women can seek advice about family planning etc?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on November 02, 2015, 10:58:13 pm
for this question:

Explain how one of the UN action areas aims to promote global health and sustainable human development (4 marks)

Action area: World peace and security

Explanation: Preventing conflict and keeping peace leads to a safer environment where individuals are not at a safety risk. Therefore, they may be able to continue to work and go to school, enabling them to develop to their full potential and enhancing their capabilities and choices as they are empowered to have wider employment options. If tensions are resolved it is unlikely that they will arise again in the future which enables both current and future generations to have same same ability to attend school and work. This means they are more likely to have better employment prospects in the future, allowing them to be able to afford health promoting resources such as nutritious food, thus reducing morbidity and mortality from malnutrition and improving the health status of the country, leading to equity in health status worldwide.

There weren't any questions like this on VCAA exams (that I remember...) or in Checkpoints, so do you think it is unlikely to get such a lengthy question on the exam?

There were a lot of links to be made and I didn't really know how to approach this

ty in advance :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: imaware on November 03, 2015, 12:05:57 am
In regards to why an MDG is important, what is the safest link to make?
Should we link it to a health status indicator or HD or just generally?

Thanks
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on November 03, 2015, 11:28:32 am
As always, my answers may not be fully coherent, so don't feel bad/please ask me to clarify if needed!

And yay, negotiated with work so I get tomorrow off, so I'll be here all of tomorrow to answer any last-minute questions!  (Obviously anyone else can jump in too, sorry for taking over this thread LOL ::)).

For the definitions, i alway get confused between each other because they're so similar. And like i always mix up the words injury/disease/illness :( Shouldn't matter too much???

If you fully understand in your mind exactly what each health status indicator is about, then you can reel through the definitions in your mind until one exactly matches the concept.  Before learning a word-for-word definition, you've got to understand what the indicator actually is or does - I found doing that made definitions much easier, especially easier not to mix up.  Any particular examples you struggle with.

Injury/disease/illness doesn't really matter, no.

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Also: how do you know if you should go to the positive or negatives of a question. Like How does world peace impact on global health and sustainable human development. . Can you say without world peace there will be . . . therefore if there is peace . . . .
Edit: I found a question on a practice exam: 'Explain how differences in political stability contribute to the difference identified in part a (Australia has lower U5MR and male adult mortality rates that pakistan)
- So could i say that: In australia we have political stability which means we have less deaths due to violence and war hence reducing the child and adult mortality rates in comparison to Pakistan who experience political instability and therefore . .

You're fine either way.
Re the edit, that's the perfect general way to answer that sort of question question, well done! :)

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and for MDG #5 -> increasing access to reproductive health services, is that having trained people at the birth, or having a place where women can seek advice about family planning etc?

Both, I think.

Explain how one of the UN action areas aims to promote global health and sustainable human development (4 marks)
Action area: World peace and security

Explanation: Preventing conflict and keeping peace leads to a safer environment where individuals are not at a safety risk. Therefore, they may be able to continue to work and go to school, enabling them to develop to their full potential and enhancing their capabilities and choices as they are empowered to have wider employment options. If tensions are resolved it is unlikely that they will arise again in the future which enables both current and future generations to have same same ability to attend school and work. This means they are more likely to have better employment prospects in the future, allowing them to be able to afford health promoting resources such as nutritious food, thus reducing morbidity and mortality from malnutrition and improving the health status of the country, leading to equity in health status worldwide.

There weren't any questions like this on VCAA exams (that I remember...) or in Checkpoints, so do you think it is unlikely to get such a lengthy question on the exam?

There were a lot of links to be made and I didn't really know how to approach this

I can fully imagine a VCAA exam asking this, personally; you could even get a 6-marker like this (probably split into two, i.e. 3 marks for GH and 3 for SHD).

I might start it with: The UN employs disarmament, peacekeeping and conflict mediation, which could decrease risk of disputes turning into violent conflicts.  Then I'd move straight into the mode of 'how does conflict impact HS/HD' from U4 AOS 1, and just explain a couple of specific ways that conflict influences GH and SHD - like, destroying infrastructure like schools and medical facilities; crop destruction; injury from military action; governments paying for weapons not healthcare/education; etc.  Just pick 1-2 and run with those, explaining their impact on GH and SHD, and ignore the rest.

So it's not hard: link to UN, then explain a couple of specific impacts on GH and SHD, and you've earned 4 marks.

In regards to why an MDG is important, what is the safest link to make?  Should we link it to a health status indicator or HD or just generally?

Any or all.  You just want to show why the current state is bad (because it leads to low health status, inhibits HD, etc.), and thus why we need this MDG.  Just think of the biggest baddest impacts of poverty, no education, gender inequality, child mortality, etc., and then explain it - and you should get full marks.  If it asks for two reasons, I'd probably go with health status for one and HD for the other to make them as distinct as possible, but again, it's flexible.

So I just need to clarify something about sustainability:
Question: Explain how undernourishment in developing regions may impact health, HHD and sustainability
That question was in our SAC and I talked about SEE whereas my friend used AAE and both our teachers marked it right.
I'm just confused which one is right because I always used AAE to assess a program and there wasn't any program given in the question.  :-\

SEE is much easier - I can't quite see how you would link this to AAE, anyway.  But since AAE is just about how the aspects of something makes it more sustainable/likely to continue in the future, if you can use it appropriately, I imagine it should get marks.  But use SEE.  (If you gave me an example of how they answered that question, I could be clearer on this).

When it comes to answering questions on sustainability and sustainable human development, what's the difference?

Sustainability = Sustainability
SHD = Sustainability + Human Development (+ in higher mark questions, Health)

So for sustainability questions, you would explain how something influences future generations without compromising the present, and link to social/economic/environmental sustainability; for SHD questions, that would only make up half to one-third of your answer, as the rest would be on HD and possibly health.

Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on November 03, 2015, 11:54:30 am
As always, my answers may not be fully coherent, so don't feel bad/please ask me to clarify if needed!

And yay, negotiated with work so I get tomorrow off, so I'll be here all of tomorrow to answer any last-minute questions!  (Obviously anyone else can jump in too, sorry for taking over this thread LOL ::)).

omg!! you're so kind!! ( and you're not taking over this thread haha!!)

thanks for your help once again :D
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on November 03, 2015, 12:54:50 pm

I can fully imagine a VCAA exam asking this, personally; you could even get a 6-marker like this (probably split into two, i.e. 3 marks for GH and 3 for SHD).

I might start it with: The UN employs disarmament, peacekeeping and conflict mediation, which could decrease risk of disputes turning into violent conflicts.  Then I'd move straight into the mode of 'how does conflict impact HS/HD' from U4 AOS 1, and just explain a couple of specific ways that conflict influences GH and SHD - like, destroying infrastructure like schools and medical facilities; crop destruction; injury from military action; governments paying for weapons not healthcare/education; etc.  Just pick 1-2 and run with those, explaining their impact on GH and SHD, and ignore the rest.

So it's not hard: link to UN, then explain a couple of specific impacts on GH and SHD, and you've earned 4 marks.


so is this an improved answer?
(I only added a couple of sentences at the start, can you please clarify this further?) :)
The UN employs disarmament, peacekeeping and conflict mediation, which could decrease risk of disputes turning into violent conflicts. Conflict leads to crop destruction, destroyed infrastructure and injury from violence. Preventing conflict and keeping peace leads to a safer environment where individuals are not at a safety risk. Therefore, they may be able to continue to work and go to school, enabling them to develop to their full potential and enhancing their capabilities and choices as they are empowered to have wider employment options. If tensions are resolved it is unlikely that they will arise again in the future which enables both current and future generations to have same same ability to attend school and work. This means they are more likely to have better employment prospects in the future, allowing them to be able to afford health promoting resources such as nutritious food, thus reducing morbidity and mortality from malnutrition and improving the health status of the country, leading to equity in health status worldwide.

and wow you took a day off for us?! you're more dedicated than all of my teachers combined, thank you!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: imaware on November 03, 2015, 01:02:43 pm
For Unit 4 AOS 2 when we have to learn a program on literacy, food security, HIV/Aids etc does it have to be a program that has already been implemented, or could we make it up?
And if we do make it up should we given it a name to make it sound realistic?
For example " The United Nations Global Immunisation Initiative" or something like that?

Thanks
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: iClinton on November 03, 2015, 03:28:56 pm
Can someone please clarify the difference between incidence and prevalence
I know the defintions, just need a clarification
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: sunshine98 on November 03, 2015, 03:54:24 pm
Can someone please clarify the difference between incidence and prevalence
I know the defintions, just need a clarification
While prevalence is the number or proportion of cases of a particular condition present in a population at a given time (definition) , incidence is the number or rate of NEW CASES of a particular condition in a given time
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: iClinton on November 03, 2015, 04:16:52 pm
While prevalence is the number or proportion of cases of a particular condition present in a population at a given time (definition) , incidence is the number or rate of NEW CASES of a particular condition in a given time

So if the exam q asked u to explain the difference u would say that?
Basically incidence new cases, prevalence old ?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: iClinton on November 03, 2015, 04:17:09 pm
While prevalence is the number or proportion of cases of a particular condition present in a population at a given time (definition) , incidence is the number or rate of NEW CASES of a particular condition in a given time

So if the exam q asked u to explain the difference u would say that?
Basically incidence new cases, prevalence current?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: sashya1998 on November 03, 2015, 05:56:08 pm
What is a question on DFAT likely to be  ???
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Rae97 on November 03, 2015, 06:03:57 pm
Does anyone have a prediction of what the NHPA is going to be on this years exam? I know some schools have teachers who predict these things each year...
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: ~V on November 03, 2015, 07:11:06 pm
Does anyone have a prediction of what the NHPA is going to be on this years exam? I know some schools have teachers who predict these things each year...
Last year it was really obvious it was going to be dementia because its the new NHPA introduced in 2012, and it wasnt on the 2013 exam. Im going to go with Mental health or Arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions.
What is a question on DFAT likely to be  ???

Shouldn't matter? But it'll be along the lines of Australia has given aid to create a program introduced to control some infectious disease so how does that influence their health status but don't stress they'll give you adequate information you need to answer the question.
Good luck all!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on November 03, 2015, 07:47:51 pm
What program do you guys use for immunisations??? Thanks :D

also if we are referring to type 2 diabetes, do we have to say type 2 diabetes mellitus?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Losingmotivation on November 03, 2015, 07:48:26 pm
Anybody else feeling too burnt out to try anymore? >,<
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on November 03, 2015, 07:52:11 pm
Anybody else feeling too burnt out to try anymore? >,<

yes, your profile name sums it up haha
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on November 04, 2015, 09:15:24 am
If a question says describe the NHPA Mental Health (2 Marks) what would you say?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on November 04, 2015, 09:29:25 am

so is this an improved answer?
(I only added a couple of sentences at the start, can you please clarify this further?) :)
The UN employs disarmament, peacekeeping and conflict mediation, which could decrease risk of disputes turning into violent conflicts. Conflict leads to crop destruction, destroyed infrastructure and injury from violence. Preventing conflict and keeping peace leads to a safer environment where individuals are not at a safety risk. Therefore, they may be able to continue to work and go to school, enabling them to develop to their full potential and enhancing their capabilities and choices as they are empowered to have wider employment options. If tensions are resolved it is unlikely that they will arise again in the future which enables both current and future generations to have same same ability to attend school and work. This means they are more likely to have better employment prospects in the future, allowing them to be able to afford health promoting resources such as nutritious food, thus reducing morbidity and mortality from malnutrition and improving the health status of the country, leading to equity in health status worldwide.

and wow you took a day off for us?! you're more dedicated than all of my teachers combined, thank you!

That's really good - my only (slight) quibble is the first thing on 'conflict leads to crop destruction' - if you're not explaining how that impacts on GH/SHD, don't put it in as it doesn't get the marks, and could put the examiner off right from the start.  Try to cut out more examples, and make sure that you put in enough detail on each example you DO choose.  Still - great work!

Oh, and, had way too much stuff to do so I was like 'I need a day off sometime... might as well make it HHD exam day'.  I loved basking in the joy of sleeping in till 6:30 (:P), so you've all done me a good turn ;D

For Unit 4 AOS 2 when we have to learn a program on literacy, food security, HIV/Aids etc does it have to be a program that has already been implemented, or could we make it up?
And if we do make it up should we given it a name to make it sound realistic?
For example " The United Nations Global Immunisation Initiative" or something like that?

Thanks

Definitely learn real programs; there are two types of questions:
a.  Describe a program that has been implemented... -> real program
b.  Describe a program that could be implemented... -> made up or real program, your choice

You do have to give a name for a but not for b.  If you haven't learnt a real program and get an a question, then yes, make it up and make the name as absolutely realistic as possible (choosing a less common NGO is pretty good, because chances are the examiner won't know whether it's true or false).  e.g. 'The NGO TEAR Australia implemented their Immunisation Initiative in developing countries such as...'

So if the exam q asked u to explain the difference u would say that?
Basically incidence new cases, prevalence old ?

So prevalence is EVERYONE who's sick right now - no matter whether they were diagnosed 30 years ago, or yesterday, it's all the guys in our population that have a disease.  So at any random point if we counted up everyone in Australia that's got a disease, that's prevalence.  But incidence is the new guys; so it's like counting up how many people have got diagnosed with a disease in the last year.

To explain the difference, you'd just say:
'Incidence is [definition], whereas prevalence is [definition]'.  To highlight the key differences, you could underline key opposite words (like 'new' and 'already existing' cases).

What is a question on DFAT likely to be  ???

The sorts of questions they could ask are:
- what priority does [a program/case study they give you] meet?
- name a program and describe it
- outline one program DFAT has run
- how does DFAT or a particular priority or program promote health, health status, HD, global health, SHD, etc.

Basically, just make sure you know the 6 priorities (HEE HEE), a bit of detail of what each involves, and one program DFAT has run, and the rest is skills of interpreting their case studies and linking to the impacts.

What program do you guys use for immunisations??? Thanks :D

also if we are referring to type 2 diabetes, do we have to say type 2 diabetes mellitus?

GAVI (you have the notes), or the Red Cross Measles/Rubella one from the Cambridge textbook, from memory.

No, you don't.

Anybody else feeling too burnt out to try anymore? >,<

Just push through these few more hours, feel free to take a rest before the exam, and it'll be over soon!  Remember to rest after your exam too to be okay for the next exams.  If you feel you have to do something, do something that'll have the clearest impact on your final score, and explain to yourself how important it is - that always helped me.  Try thinking about how excited you'll be when you get a good mark (and why you want a good mark), and how disappointed you'll be if you get a bad mark (and why it'd hurt you to get a bad mark).  But remember to take a rest and not try to push through when you're totally over it!

If a question says describe the NHPA Mental Health (2 Marks) what would you say?

Mental health is... [super-brief summary of the mental health definition].  This NHPA aims to improve mental health and reduce the impact/risk of mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, and bipolar. 

That was made up on the spot - there's no precisely right or wrong answer, but coming up with something like that should pull you the marks.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on November 04, 2015, 09:48:48 am
Just also wanted to make sure, is the kid's helpline an okay program for mental health? i haven't heard of anyone else doing it, just wanted to check :)

And also, is it okay to say for federal government, management and funding of medicare and PBS?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on November 04, 2015, 10:19:37 am
Just also wanted to make sure, is the kid's helpline an okay program for mental health? i haven't heard of anyone else doing it, just wanted to check :)

And also, is it okay to say for federal government, management and funding of medicare and PBS?

Yep, that's fine, as long as you have enough details in how it runs or is implemented and the impact it has, because a helpline is a pretty basic single thing so there's probably not much to talk about.

Yes, that's correct.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: emmakate on November 04, 2015, 11:28:11 am
Having a world of trouble posting this (error messages for an hour) so hopefully this posts properly. :(
Just wondering - can we use determinant examples more than once throughout the paper, if it doesn't explicitly say not to? For example, if I use Biological (Body Weight) on Question 3, can I then use it again in Question 7? TIA and good luck to everyone!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on November 04, 2015, 11:33:59 am
Having a world of trouble posting this (error messages for an hour) so hopefully this posts properly. :(
Just wondering - can we use determinant examples more than once throughout the paper, if it doesn't explicitly say not to? For example, if I use Biological (Body Weight) on Question 3, can I then use it again in Question 7? TIA and good luck to everyone!

Definitely :)

(should've warned everyone to get their questions out before 10.15 this morning :P and note that often an error message shows up but refreshing immediately breaks through that)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on November 04, 2015, 01:38:54 pm
What would you say for 'describe the NHPA arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions?' thanks!!!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: sunshine98 on November 04, 2015, 02:17:40 pm
What would you say for 'describe the NHPA arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions?' thanks!!!
Musculoskeletal conditions are ill health related to joints , muscles and bones. This included arthritis -a disorder of one or more bones - osteoarthritis- a group of diseases characterised by degradation of bones and cartilage causing inflammation , pain and locking.Also other forms of arthritis  such as rheumatoid arthritis -which is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease fall under this umbrella, as well as osteoporosis which refers to the thinning of bone density and literally refers to "porous bones".
I do think this is a bit too much info, obvs write info according to mark allocations.
Hope this helps  :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on November 04, 2015, 02:37:26 pm
Weighing in quickly - arthritis is to do with pain and stiffness of joints not bones. :)

All the best with this exam guys... I'm sure all the hard work of this year will pay off!  Can't wait to hear how it goes for you all :D
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: sashya1998 on November 04, 2015, 09:25:35 pm
Just wondering what people said/what you 50ers out their would say for "explain why mental health differs between non-indigenous and indigenous Australians?" - I feel like this was quite broad? Is it asking for a specific determinant?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on December 21, 2015, 12:58:55 pm
GUYSSSS!  Important message for 2016ers!

Casually reading the study design, y'know, as I always do on that Sunday night relax in a comfy arm chair, I noticed that the MDGs have been scratched and replaced by the SDGs – Sustainable Development Goals.

New Key Knowledge: the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 16) and reasons why they are important.

New Key Skills:
-   Describe the UN’s SDGS (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 16) and why they are important.
-   Explain the contribution the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals could make to global health and sustainable human development.

Isn't it annoying when a course actually follows the real world!?!?! When things change in the world the course has to change too, bah! ;)  Since there are 169 targets, thankfully you don’t have to learn them like we did with MDGs :P

Anything you read about MDGs, their purpose, and their reasons why they’re important – is irrelevant.

this throws me off big time, all my notes, SACs and exams need a full rewrite *grumbles*

SDGs that you’ll be studying:
1.   No poverty
2.   Zero hunger
3.   Good health and wellbeing
4.   Quality education
5.   Gender equality
6.   Clean water and sanitation
8.   Decent work and economic growth
16.   Peace, justice and strong institutions.

So at least you can be thankful that the incredibly difficult mnemonic EAPRICED from the MDGs has turned into the far more simple and memorable NZGQGCDP.
:P

Essentially, for each you’ll have to know:
-   Its name and number
-   What it’s all about/what it aims to do
-   Reasons why it’s important – i.e. what problems were there that it’s trying to solve?  Why do we even need it?
-   How progress towards it will contribute to global health and sustainable human development

I’ll update with more resources and details in a new thread early next year.  Hopefully VCAA will have actually announced the change by then -.-
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on December 21, 2015, 10:01:00 pm
So at least you can be thankful that the incredibly difficult mnemonic EAPRICED from the MDGs has turned into the far more simple and memorable NZGQGCDP.
:P

This made me literally laugh out loud! Hahaha
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on December 23, 2015, 01:51:54 pm
Well. There go my tutoring days, then. Well played, VCAA!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: yearningforsimplicity on December 23, 2015, 07:29:39 pm
GUYSSSS!  Important message for 2016ers!

Casually reading the study design, y'know, as I always do on that Sunday night relax in a comfy arm chair, I noticed that the MDGs have been scratched and replaced by the SDGs – Sustainable Development Goals.

New Key Knowledge: the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 16) and reasons why they are important.

New Key Skills:
-   Describe the UN’s SDGS (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 16) and why they are important.
-   Explain the contribution the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals could make to global health and sustainable human development.

Isn't it annoying when a course actually follows the real world!?!?! When things change in the world the course has to change too, bah! ;)  Since there are 169 targets, thankfully you don’t have to learn them like we did with MDGs :P

Anything you read about MDGs, their purpose, and their reasons why they’re important – is irrelevant.

this throws me off big time, all my notes, SACs and exams need a full rewrite *grumbles*

SDGs that you’ll be studying:
1.   No poverty
2.   Zero hunger
3.   Good health and wellbeing
4.   Quality education
5.   Gender equality
6.   Clean water and sanitation
8.   Decent work and economic growth
16.   Peace, justice and strong institutions.

So at least you can be thankful that the incredibly difficult mnemonic EAPRICED from the MDGs has turned into the far more simple and memorable NZGQGCDP.
:P

Essentially, for each you’ll have to know:
-   Its name and number
-   What it’s all about/what it aims to do
-   Reasons why it’s important – i.e. what problems were there that it’s trying to solve?  Why do we even need it?
-   How progress towards it will contribute to global health and sustainable human development

I’ll update with more resources and details in a new thread early next year.  Hopefully VCAA will have actually announced the change by then -.-

As nerdy as it sounds, I was dreading the end of 2015 for exactly this reason hahahah
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on December 23, 2015, 10:41:31 pm
Well. There go my tutoring days, then. Well played, VCAA!

As nerdy as it sounds, I was dreading the end of 2015 for exactly this reason hahahah

To be fair, while it's annoying me ridiculously to have to rewrite all my SACs and exams and notes, it's actually not that big a part of the course.  While by SACs it makes up 1/8th, in content it's smaller than that.  A little time spent relearning should make you able to teach or write about it.

When I've dug through the UN's pages in enough detail, I'll be posting up some information to hopefully make everyone else's load a bit lighter :P
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tas18 on January 31, 2016, 12:37:09 pm
What is the relationship between life expectancy and wealth?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: geminii on January 31, 2016, 02:04:41 pm
What is the relationship between life expectancy and wealth?

Generally, the higher your level of income, the longer you are expected to live.
Higher socioeconomic status generally equals a longer lifespan.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: sunshine98 on January 31, 2016, 02:39:39 pm
Generally, the higher your level of income, the longer you are expected to live.
Higher socioeconomic status generally equals a longer lifespan.
While this is absolutely correct , would like to mention that if this were a question you may need to go more in depth. Like why is it that high income equals longer life span? Perhaps because if  someone has a higher income they often have increased access to healthcare ( because the barrier to access "costs" is reduced ) which in turn increase the ability to detect , diagnose and treat diseases and illnesses earlier before they worsen and become fatal, and therefore resulting in a longer lifespan and overall increases life expectancy.
The question above , however , focuses on the "relationship" between the two. Thus , you could answer it in the negative ( if that makes sense ) saying that low income --> less access to healthcare & education --> decreases ability to detect , diagnose , treat or decreases knowledge of health promoting behaviours etc etc -> decreasing life expectancy
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: geminii on January 31, 2016, 04:54:26 pm
While this is absolutely correct , would like to mention that if this were a question you may need to go more in depth.

Yeah I know you have to word your answer in a more detailed manner, I just didn't want to write the whole answer in order to give tas18 the chance to try it themselves! I just wanted to give the backbone of the answer. :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: geminii on February 01, 2016, 08:09:50 pm
Is this a good way to answer a question? Should I write more or less? Include anything or get rid of anything? All help is appreciated :)

John is a 5 year old who lives in Melbourne and has just started primary school. He was recently diagnosed with leukaemia and has spent the past three weeks in the children's hospital.
Describe how John's health may have changed in the past 3 weeks.


John, due to staying in the hospital for the past 3 weeks, has not been able to properly adjust to starting school. This means that John's mental health will be compromised as his learning will be delayed. He may also feel upset about missing out. John's physical and social health will also change as he cannot make new friends, interact with people his own age, or play with anyone.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on February 01, 2016, 08:32:07 pm
This is an overall explanation of how to answer a very large proportion of HHD questions!  [This is no complicated formula - it's just basic common sense]

So probably 60% of HHD questions are exactly this type:

Explain the impact of X [some factor or other] on Y [some facet of health or human development].

You then answer the question by simple, logical reasoning, like this: X leads to ___ which leads to ____ which leads to Y.
(i.e. you state what X is and reason out how it then impacts on Y)

I like shorthanding answers with arrows, so it looks like:
X --> ___ --> ___ --> Y

For example:
Spending time in a children's hospital means that John cannot interact with other children and participate in his school community, reducing his social health.
Boils down to:

Spends time in children's hospital (X) ---> can't interact/ participate ---> poor social health (Y).

This is a very simple example, and in more complicated questions, you'll need a lot more links in between (it's really important to make sure that each arrow step makes sense and doesn't 'jump' leaving a gap; in this case, that would be saying 'spends time in children's hospital --> poor social health', where you don't fully explain how step 1 leads to step 2).

John, due to staying in the hospital for the past 3 weeks, has not been able to properly adjust to starting school. This means that John's mental health will be compromised as his learning will be delayed. He may also feel upset about missing out. John's physical and social health will also change as he cannot make new friends, interact with people his own age, or play with anyone.
So, relating this to your question:
Your answer is good, and you address all dimensions of health (great!) and definitely do the X --> Y thing.  But to make it even cleaner, you could change the order so that it flows really, really clearly and logically.

For instance, you dump 'he may also feel upset about missing out' after describing mental health (so the examiner has to 'guess' that you're saying it impacts mental health).  The description would simply be smoother if your logic was carefully planned and you go: As John can't go to school, he may feel upset about missing out, [could even put another step here linking to words from mental health definition], compromising his mental health.

Or in shorthand: Can't go to school --> upset about missing out --> poor mental health.

Similarly, you kinda skip a step when you say 'John's physical... health will change as he cannot make new friends...'  This doesn't explain how not making new friends will impact his physical health, so the examiner has to fill it in - and they won't give you marks for what they add in.  Don't leave gaps in your logic.

P.S.  Good answer though, I'm just theory-dumping :P
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: geminii on February 01, 2016, 08:35:17 pm
This is an overall explanation of how to answer a very large proportion of HHD questions!  [This is no complicated formula - it's just basic common sense]

So probably 60% of HHD questions are exactly this type:

Explain the impact of X [some factor or other] on Y [some facet of health or human development].

You then answer the question by simple, logical reasoning, like this: X leads to ___ which leads to ____ which leads to Y.
(i.e. you state what X is and reason out how it then impacts on Y)

I like shorthanding answers with arrows, so it looks like:
X --> ___ --> ___ --> Y

For example:
Spending time in a children's hospital means that John cannot interact with other children and participate in his school community, reducing his social health.
Boils down to:

Spends time in children's hospital (X) ---> can't interact/ participate ---> poor social health (Y).

This is a very simple example, and in more complicated questions, you'll need a lot more links in between (it's really important to make sure that each arrow step makes sense and doesn't 'jump' leaving a gap; in this case, that would be saying 'spends time in children's hospital --> poor social health', where you don't fully explain how step 1 leads to step 2).

So, relating this to your question:
Your answer is good, and you address all dimensions of health (great!) and definitely do the X --> Y thing.  But to make it even cleaner, you could change the order so that it flows really, really clearly and logically.

For instance, you dump 'he may also feel upset about missing out' after describing mental health (so the examiner has to 'guess' that you're saying it impacts mental health).  The description would simply be smoother if your logic was carefully planned and you go: As John can't go to school, he may feel upset about missing out, [could even put another step here linking to words from mental health definition], compromising his mental health.

Or in shorthand: Can't go to school --> upset about missing out --> poor mental health.

Similarly, you kinda skip a step when you say 'John's physical... health will change as he cannot make new friends...'  This doesn't explain how not making new friends will impact his physical health, so the examiner has to fill it in - and they won't give you marks for what they add in.  Don't leave gaps in your logic.

P.S.  Good answer though, I'm just theory-dumping :P

Thanks!
The trouble I have though is having enough time to write down all the steps in between. Last year, half the year level didn't finish the HHD Unit 2 exam. I know I'm going to be short on time.
Is this just something that will come with practice?
Thanks again! :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on February 01, 2016, 08:39:18 pm
Thanks!
The trouble I have though is having enough time to write down all the steps in between. Last year, half the year level didn't finish the HHD Unit 2 exam. I know I'm going to be short on time.
Is this just something that will come with practice?
Thanks again! :)

It's definitely just practice.  Before long, the waffle will just flow out of your fingertips with zero thought.

You can definitely go overboard with explaining too many steps (that was me lol), but my key point was that it comes easier if you have a logical organised common-sense way of explaining rather than going 'this leads to that. and oh, this too. plus it causes this, and oh yeah, that does too'.

Not that your answer was a mess, I just felt like delivering this lecture for everyone! :P
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: geminii on February 01, 2016, 08:44:29 pm
Thanks for the tips bangali! Also wondering, if a question asks you for two (or three, or however many) trends in a graph or table, can you list it in dot points? We are allowed to do this in biology, what about HHD?
I lost marks in my exams last year because my teacher thought I had written two points for a three mark question, when in fact I had actually written three points but they all kind of melded together in a big paragraph. :(
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on February 01, 2016, 08:56:29 pm
In general, I wouldn't recommend dot points, but if something asks for two trends or three examples of something, then I'd definitely put them in a list (label them '1.' and '2.')
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on February 02, 2016, 09:19:17 am
And then for questions that ask for multiple determinants, or NHPAs, or goals, or whatever else, you can do something like this:

Spoiler
Behavioural determinant: blah blah blah

Social determinant: blah blah blah

That's what I did, at least. Not only does it avoid both long paragraphs and dot points, it shows clearly your distinct ideas (I underlined in red; other people I know highlighted).
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tas18 on February 03, 2016, 09:12:28 pm
In regards to data analysis questions, where a graph or some data is provided, is there any specific way to structure your answer? especially when it comes to identifying 2 or 3 trends and justifying each trend with data, my answers just become too long :(
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on February 05, 2016, 09:01:56 pm
In regards to data analysis questions, where a graph or some data is provided, is there any specific way to structure your answer? especially when it comes to identifying 2 or 3 trends and justifying each trend with data, my answers just become too long :(

What i used to say is compare using a 'higher/lower' word then give the stats. Always got full marks. If it's worth two marks, i would put two trends just to make sure you get full marks for that answer :D

EG: The life expectancy of women in Japan is higher than that of women in Australia with a life expectancy of 84 years in Japan and 82 years in Australia.
Alternatively, the life expectancy of women in Australia is lower than that of Japan with respectable ages of 82 and 84 years.

Also while talking about this, if you were reading off a graph, ensure to put the full numerical value for example per 100,000 as in an exam you would not get the marks :D
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: huehue on February 10, 2016, 10:24:18 am
For Health adjusted life expectancy, how is it determined? Is it determined after someone has died or at any age like life expectancy. For example, Bob is a 40 year old male and has a life expectancy of 80 but a HALE of 76. Does this mean that he is expected to be in ill health for 4 years?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on February 10, 2016, 01:57:18 pm
For Health adjusted life expectancy, how is it determined? Is it determined after someone has died or at any age like life expectancy. For example, Bob is a 40 year old male and has a life expectancy of 80 but a HALE of 76. Does this mean that he is expected to be in ill health for 4 years?

yes

recall that the definition of HALE is:
A measure of burden of disease based on life expectancy at birth, but including an adjustment for time spent in poor health (this is the 4 years of ill health). It is the number of years in full health that a person can expect to live (76 years), based on current rates of ill health and mortality. (80 LE)

hope that makes sense
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: scout on February 12, 2016, 03:17:39 pm
The definition of years of life lost (YLL) is given as: a measure of how many years of expected life are lost due to premature death.

Does the 'expected life' refer to just life expectancy or HALE? YLL + YLD = DALY so I would think that it refers to HALE rather than life expectancy since one DALY equals one year of HEALTHY LIFE lost. 

Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on February 12, 2016, 11:50:25 pm
The definition of years of life lost (YLL) is given as: a measure of how many years of expected life are lost due to premature death.

Does the 'expected life' refer to just life expectancy or HALE? YLL + YLD = DALY so I would think that it refers to HALE rather than life expectancy since one DALY equals one year of HEALTHY LIFE lost.

Life expectancy, because 'expected life' includes all of it, healthy or not

someone please verify this
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on February 14, 2016, 04:17:27 pm
Life expectancy, because 'expected life' includes all of it, healthy or not

someone please verify this

Yep, this is also my understanding.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: geminii on February 14, 2016, 09:14:08 pm
I don't really understand what this question is asking me to do?

Explain two ways that each of the following could contribute to variations in health status among individuals and population groups:
a) Overweight/obesity
b) Hypertension
c) High cholesterol levels


Any and all help is appreciated! Thanks. :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on February 14, 2016, 10:16:14 pm
I don't really understand what this question is asking me to do?

Explain two ways that each of the following could contribute to variations in health status among individuals and population groups:
a) Overweight/obesity
b) Hypertension
c) High cholesterol levels


Any and all help is appreciated! Thanks. :)

Well, think about it.  If Jack is overweight/obese and Jill has a normal/healthy weight, how will that lead to Jill being healthier than Jack?  What diseases is she less likely to get than Jack, and why?  Why is she likely to have a longer LE and HALE, and lower BOD/DALYs, than Jack?

And on a population scale, if a larger proportion of pop A are overweight than pop B, then...?

Then you'll say something like 'Being overweight leads to ___ which contributes to higher levels of ___ than those with normal weight.'

Now do this, twice, for all the three.  (Twice is a bit over the top for b) and c) and they wouldn't ask for such a detailed knowledge in the exam).
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: huehue on February 16, 2016, 01:29:02 pm
Few questions:
- when giving the official definition word for word, do you have to state the WHO, year part at the end?
- do you need to memorise specific statistics like mortality rates for colorectal cancer has fallen 49 percent since the 1980s?
- when asked to explain burden of disease for example, can I just give the official definition?

Thanks in advance for all help : ))
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: geminii on February 16, 2016, 07:07:37 pm
Few questions:
- when giving the official definition word for word, do you have to state the WHO, year part at the end?
- do you need to memorise specific statistics like mortality rates for colorectal cancer has fallen 49 percent since the 1980s?
- when asked to explain burden of disease for example, can I just give the official definition?

Thanks in advance for all help : ))

I'm not 100% sure about number 1 (although I'm pretty sure the answer is no).
For number 2, definitely not!
And for number 3, yeas just give the official definition, no need to explain further. :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on February 17, 2016, 01:21:01 pm
Few questions:
- when giving the official definition word for word, do you have to state the WHO, year part at the end?
- do you need to memorise specific statistics like mortality rates for colorectal cancer has fallen 49 percent since the 1980s?
- when asked to explain burden of disease for example, can I just give the official definition?

Thanks in advance for all help : ))

1. I don't believe so. If you're concerned about it, though, it would do no harm. Which specific definitions are you referencing?
2. Not a chance. If you need to speak about specific statistics in the exam or in SACs, they will always be provided.
3. A hesitant yes; I think it depends a little on the number of marks the question is worth. If it's just one mark, the definition should suffice. If two or three, you might like to provide an example or try to explain further. But I think this would be pretty unusual, and the definition should be fairly safe.

I'm not 100% sure about number 1 (although I'm pretty sure the answer is no).
For number 2, definitely not!
And for number 3, yeas just give the official definition, no need to explain further. :)

Yeah, basically this.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: huehue on February 17, 2016, 04:40:10 pm
1. I don't believe so. If you're concerned about it, though, it would do no harm. Which specific definitions are you referencing?
2. Not a chance. If you need to speak about specific statistics in the exam or in SACs, they will always be provided.
3. A hesitant yes; I think it depends a little on the number of marks the question is worth. If it's just one mark, the definition should suffice. If two or three, you might like to provide an example or try to explain further. But I think this would be pretty unusual, and the definition should be fairly safe.

Yeah, basically this.

Thanks you! Can you please give me an example of a 3 mark question asking to explain burden of disease?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on February 17, 2016, 04:44:11 pm
Thanks you! Can you please give me an example of a 3 mark question asking to explain burden of disease?

It would just be like, explain burden of disease, with 3 marks attached :P

But in that case, you'd probably be wanting to talk about the difference between YLL and YLD; if you felt like overdoing it, you could illustrate with examples (e.g. the BOD from, say, mental health is made up mainly of YLD, whereas in cancer it's mainly YLL (I think? don't even know hahaha, making up me stats like a pro))
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: huehue on February 17, 2016, 08:51:26 pm
It would just be like, explain burden of disease, with 3 marks attached :P

But in that case, you'd probably be wanting to talk about the difference between YLL and YLD; if you felt like overdoing it, you could illustrate with examples (e.g. the BOD from, say, mental health is made up mainly of YLD, whereas in cancer it's mainly YLL (I think? don't even know hahaha, making up me stats like a pro))

Hi Bangali, thank you for your answer! Another question, is there an official definition for mortality. The definition in the text book is "deaths in a population", however I feel like it won't get me full marks if asked to define mortality.

Edit: One more question, how does mortality rates affect life expectancy?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on February 17, 2016, 11:04:12 pm
Hi Bangali, thank you for your answer! Another question, is there an official definition for mortality. The definition in the text book is "deaths in a population", however I feel like it won't get me full marks if asked to define mortality.

I used: 'the number of deaths in a population caused by a disease, illness or other environmental factor'.
(basically the same but with more word-padding haha)

Edit: One more question, how does mortality rates affect life expectancy?

Fairly obvious - high mortality rates = lower life expectancy.  Also, the more 'premature' the mortality, the more impact it has on LE (e.g. high rates of infant mortality significantly lowers the LE, whereas when someone dies at 103, that death doesn't exactly lower the LE much... just think about it and it's obvious).
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: avince on March 09, 2016, 09:38:13 am
Hello everyone,
I have a SAC on Understanding Australia's health Sac 2, NHPAs and the role of nutrition on the 11th of March,
Is memorizing and just doing practice questions from textbook and checkpoints, good revision techniques? do I need to know the role of each nutrient ie: role of calcium, vitamin d and do I need to know the health promotion program for each NHPA in detail? and lastly, do I need to know any statistics for reasons of selection of each NHPA?

Thanks

Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on March 10, 2016, 11:56:36 am
Is memorizing and just doing practice questions from textbook and checkpoints, good revision techniques
Yeah, probably fine, as long as you understand what you're memorising.  And with things like costs and determinants, if you're rote-learning stuff, you're doing it the wrong way.

A good way can simply be to go through each NHPA in turn and ask yourself this set of questions (closed book):
- What are the key features?
- Why was it chosen?
- What are the costs (direct, indirect and intangible to individual and community)?
- What are 5+ determinants that act as risk factors, and why are they risk factors?
- What health promotion program can I talk about, and what's it about?

Then for each nutrient:
- What are 1-2 functions?
- What are 3-4 main food sources?

And for each of the five conditions you have to relate to nutrients:
- What nutrients act as risk factors, and how?
- What nutrients act as protective factors, and how?

Any time you can't answer one of these questions, welp, you know what to study.  Doing this should cover basically everything you need to study.  This works for other SACs and exam revision too.

do I need to know the role of each nutrient ie: role of calcium, vitamin d, and do I need to know the health promotion program for each NHPA in detail? and lastly, do I need to know any statistics for reasons of selection of each NHPA?

Yes, Yes, and No.

With health promotion programs, though, you can often boil it down into a few dot-points, e.g.
- Shape Up
- Aus Govt
- iphone app, 12 week meal planner
- articles on website
- ... and just a couple more details, and then you can pad it out into full explanatory paragraphs including how it aims to impact the NHPA, which sound detailed but in reality rely on 5-6 little fragments of information you learnt :P
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on March 10, 2016, 10:33:52 pm
Yeah, probably fine, as long as you understand what you're memorising.  And with things like costs and determinants, if you're rote-learning stuff, you're doing it the wrong way.

A good way can simply be to go through each NHPA in turn and ask yourself this set of questions (closed book):
- What are the key features?
- Why was it chosen?
- What are the costs (direct, indirect and intangible to individual and community)?
- What are 5+ determinants that act as risk factors, and why are they risk factors?
- What health promotion program can I talk about, and what's it about?

Then for each nutrient:
- What are 1-2 functions?
- What are 3-4 main food sources?

And for each of the five conditions you have to relate to nutrients:
- What nutrients act as risk factors, and how?
- What nutrients act as protective factors, and how?

Any time you can't answer one of these questions, welp, you know what to study.  Doing this should cover basically everything you need to study.  This works for other SACs and exam revision too.

Yes, Yes, and No.

With health promotion programs, though, you can often boil it down into a few dot-points, e.g.
- Shape Up
- Aus Govt
- iphone app, 12 week meal planner
- articles on website
- ... and just a couple more details, and then you can pad it out into full explanatory paragraphs including how it aims to impact the NHPA, which sound detailed but in reality rely on 5-6 little fragments of information you learnt :P

unrelated to HHD soz but I thought I'd let you know that I didn't mean to ignore your PM for a month, but every time I want to reply it says that you can't receive PMs O.O

just to add to avince's question, if you know of some stuff real health promotion programs do you can just fluff around and get marks for it (I did anyway) eg. 'The iPhone app contains meal plans and an activity tracker, providing individuals with health knowledge such as correct portion sizes and nutrient intakes for their age and activity level, as well as facilitating their ability to make healthy choices and improve their physical fitness' which is basically what Heidi said anyway but I'm just trying to reinforce the idea that you can make some things up lol

(totally made up and unspecific but hopefully you get where I'm coming from)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: huehue on March 19, 2016, 03:55:14 pm
Few questions:
- What do I need to know for each NHPA?
- What do I need to know for each health promotion program?
- What is the difference between explaining and justifying a health promotion program?
- What statistics do I have to remember? I remember my teacher talking about stats regarding to the NHPA's contribution to burden of disease.
- Are there official definitions of the each NHPA? If so, are they needed?
- How do I explain the reason for the selection of a NHPA?

Thanks in advance for all help : ))
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on March 19, 2016, 04:51:44 pm
I might be slightly rusty with HHD but in Heidi's absence, I hope that this will be hopeful:

- What do I need to know for each NHPA?

The study design is pretty handy, here.

You should know key features and reasons, determinants that act as risk factors, direct, indirect and intangible costs to the individual and the community, and a relevant health promotion program.

Remember, you should always refer to the study design.

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- What do I need to know for each health promotion program?

Things you might like to consider include the name of the program, by whom the program is implemented, how the program is funded, why the program is important (what it addresses), the aim of the program, and how the program operates (what it actually does).

There is some overlap in these things, and you may not need to write about all of them.

EDIT: After reviewing my notes, here are the things I used to talk about primarily:
1. The reason for the program
2. The type of aid involved in the program
3. Implementation of the program
4. Contribution to the achievement of sustainable human development

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- What is the difference between explaining and justifying a health promotion program?

Justifying might require an explanation and then also showing why that program is important. If you're trying to justify a program for cancer control, say, show how that program actually addresses the NHPA and makes a positive difference.

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- What statistics do I have to remember? I remember my teacher talking about stats regarding to the NHPA's contribution to burden of disease.

Honestly, I don't think many if at all. Perhaps a general idea of which NHPAs carry the greatest burden of disease (in fact, I'd probably recommend this, because it helps in justifying health promotion programs). I'm happy to be challenged on this, but I don't think you'll need to take in too much knowledge of specific statistics.

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- Are there official definitions of the each NHPA? If so, are they needed?

Yes, you should be able to define each NHPA. I'm not sure if there are official definitions, but you could check VCAA's glossary for HHD.

Quote
- How do I explain the reason for the selection of a NHPA?

I would try to link it back to something like burden of disease. So, because NHPA X has such a great burden of disease, or cost to the community, or whatever, it requires action. Inaction might see a heavy burden fall back onto the public healthcare system.

Best of luck! Please let me know if any of that didn't make sense, or if you disagree with anything. :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: huehue on March 20, 2016, 12:51:12 pm
Hello! Another question; when giving an official definition, do I use the one in the "Advice for teachers" or the one given by the official organisation. For example, WHO's definition of mental health is slightly different to VCAA's.

Edit: another question; is this a good answer to "explain the NHPA injury prevention and control"

Injuries are defined as adverse affects on the human body that result from a range of different events. Such events could be accidental (e.g drowning and sporting injuries) or intentional (self-harm and violence). The NHPA itself addresses the effects of injuries, aiming to reduce the impact of injuries to both the individual and community.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on March 23, 2016, 03:56:00 pm
Hello! Another question; when giving an official definition, do I use the one in the "Advice for teachers" or the one given by the official organisation. For example, WHO's definition of mental health is slightly different to VCAA's.
Advice for teachers; dodgy as this is, with VCE, you stick by the system not by the truth. :P
(jks, normally the system is great and matches with real life which is why it changes so often to keep up -.-)

Edit: another question; is this a good answer to "explain the NHPA injury prevention and control"

Injuries are defined as adverse affects on the human body that result from a range of different events. Such events could be accidental (e.g drowning and sporting injuries) or intentional (self-harm and violence). The NHPA itself addresses the effects of injuries, aiming to reduce the impact of injuries to both the individual and community.
That's fine, though it could be more concise (so it's easier to learn), e.g.
This NHPA aims to reduce the impact of injuries to the individual and community, where injury is physical harm to the body caused by events such as drowning, sporting injuries, burns, self-harm and violence.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: randyz on March 26, 2016, 11:11:30 am
I was just wondering if Worksafe is a Health Promotion program? This is for the NHPA of "Injury Prevention and Control"
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on March 29, 2016, 07:52:21 pm
I was just wondering if Worksafe is a Health Promotion program? This is for the NHPA of "Injury Prevention and Control"

Check with your teacher to be 100% sure. But I'm pretty sure it is!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: randyz on March 30, 2016, 11:07:25 pm
Check with your teacher to be 100% sure. But I'm pretty sure it is!
Thanks, unfortunately my teacher hasn't replied yet, so I've decided to go with "National Binge Drinking Strategy"
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: avince on March 31, 2016, 08:49:36 pm
Hi guys,
I have a SAC coming up around the 2nd week of May on Models of Health, Health promotion ie: The role of Vic health in promoting health and Australia's healthcare system, there are more to this, but this is just a overview of what will be assessed in the Sac.
So, what should I do to revise between now and the upcoming Sac?
Should I read through the textbook and understand concepts?..memorize definitions after understanding it?
Do practice questions ie: VCAA ones and possibly a practice SAC?
Write notes and summarize key information and defintions on cue cards??
Tips??

Sorry for the long post and asking a lot of questions...

Thanks


Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on March 31, 2016, 09:21:40 pm
Hi guys,
I have a SAC coming up around the 2nd week of May on Models of Health, Health promotion ie: The role of Vic health in promoting health and Australia's healthcare system, there are more to this, but this is just a overview of what will be assessed in the Sac.
So, what should I do to revise between now and the upcoming Sac?
Should I read through the textbook and understand concepts?..memorize definitions after understanding it?
Do practice questions ie: VCAA ones and possibly a practice SAC?
Write notes and summarize key information and defintions on cue cards??
Tips??

Sorry for the long post and asking a lot of questions...

Thanks

For what you should do for revision, check out the relevant dot point on the study design and make notes on everything it lists.

My strategy for the SACs went something like this and it always worked extremely well for me:
1. Complete all the relevant tasks set by my teacher that relate to the SAC eg. textbook questions
2. Write notes about the entire dot point on the study design
3. Do some Checkpoints questions or other exam style questions on the topic
4. Make little cue cards with the definitions I need to know on them and just memorise
5. Do a practise SAC if I could get one under timed conditions

I'd have all this done at least 1 night before and then I would just recite the notes and the definitions because I hated memorising and I needed to have the concepts 100% clear before I could regurgitate any info so I'd leave that to last. I'd even squeeze in some revision on the morning of or right before the SAC. This was my foolproof method, and I rarely dropped marks so give it a go (maybe not in the same order, do what you want) because it definitely works for some people
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: avince on April 01, 2016, 01:41:26 pm
Thanks a lot!!! I will definitely try your method.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: randyz on April 02, 2016, 04:06:42 pm
Could someone please  help me with these questions, thanks in advance ;)
 
1) How does polyunsaturated fats and monounsaturated fats decrease the chance of Diabetes Mellitus?
2) Do we need to know the process of ossification?


Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on April 13, 2016, 07:07:55 pm
Could someone please  help me with these questions, thanks in advance ;)
 
1) How does polyunsaturated fats and monounsaturated fats decrease the chance of Diabetes Mellitus?
2) Do we need to know the process of ossification?

1)  Genuinely didn't know the answer to this.  Google it, but they're not likely to ask you anything as specific as that in the exam.
2)  No.

Hi,
I need help with these questions, (Cambridge VCE HHD pg. 203,205 and 216)
1.Explain how the Ottawa charter represents the principles of the social model of health.
2. Discuss how the Sunsmart Schools initiative reflects the elements or priority action areas outlined in the Ottawa Charter.
Key Questions (Pg. 216 of textbook)
3.Identify the commitment of Vic Health.
4.Explain the steps that the Australian government has taken to implement the aims of the Ottawa Charter for Health promotion.
5.Explain Vic Health's focus/strategic imperatives

Thanks

Can you give them a go, post your ideas, and then we can go from there?  It's not much help me just spooning you an answer, because this is about learning how to think for yourself and apply what you know to specific cases.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on April 13, 2016, 07:43:29 pm
Could someone please  help me with these questions, thanks in advance ;)
 
1) How does polyunsaturated fats and monounsaturated fats decrease the chance of Diabetes Mellitus?

My textbook from last year (Jacaranda Key Concepts) just states that polyunsaturated fats "may decrease the impact of impaired glucose regulation and reduce the risk of diabetes mellitus" if you want to go by that
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: gemmaruffin on April 17, 2016, 03:47:39 pm
Hi,
Just wondering what scores are necessary to achieve a 45+ and possibly a 50?
So far I'm on 30/30 for my first SAC, and 28/30 for my second.
I'm doing 3/4 as a year 11 so I really want to do well, so I just want to know what scores I'll be needing.
Thanks!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on April 20, 2016, 05:52:36 pm
Hi,
Just wondering what scores are necessary to achieve a 45+ and possibly a 50?
So far I'm on 30/30 for my first SAC, and 28/30 for my second.
I'm doing 3/4 as a year 11 so I really want to do well, so I just want to know what scores I'll be needing.
Thanks!

Well from what i know, it doesn't really matter what you get on your sacs as actual results, you could be getting 80's but it's your rank that matters most - you'll want to be in the top 3 (ideally first!)! And most importantly, your exam performance!!! As a year 11, you should be able to put your all into your 3/4 subject(s) exam because really, year 11 is irrelevant and don't even worry about them while your doing your 3/4 exams  :)
From my experience, i averaged 97% in unit 3 and 98% in unit 4 and was ranked number 1 and i got a 45. I think this says that my schools sacs were easier than they should have been, but nevertheless, it's still a good result :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: huehue on May 11, 2016, 05:46:01 pm
Hello! For the question "Explain how Medicare may influence the health status of Australians (3 marks)", how would you structure it? I was thinking about having a brief explanation of medicare, a general statement saying that it increases health status, and an example of how it increases health status (linking medicare to health status indicators). But Engage Wiki suggested that you sjpi;d have a brief statement explaining medicare, a general impact of medicare on health and a link to health status of Australians. This structure is very different from mine, but do you think I would still get the full marks if I wrote it my way? Thanks in advance for all help : )
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on May 12, 2016, 11:44:04 am
Hello! For the question "Explain how Medicare may influence the health status of Australians (3 marks)", how would you structure it? I was thinking about having a brief explanation of medicare, a general statement saying that it increases health status, and an example of how it increases health status (linking medicare to health status indicators). But Engage Wiki suggested that you sjpi;d have a brief statement explaining medicare, a general impact of medicare on health and a link to health status of Australians. This structure is very different from mine, but do you think I would still get the full marks if I wrote it my way? Thanks in advance for all help : )

If I'm understanding you correctly, your structure isn't that different to the one suggested by the Engage Wiki.

Your structure:
- Brief explanation of Medicare
- General statement of impact on health status
- Example of impact on health status

Engage Wiki structure:
- Brief explanation of Medicare
- General statement of impact on health
- Example of impact on health status

So the only difference that I can see is that your second point links Medicare directly to health status, whilst Engage suggests linking it to health first. For what it's worth, I would personally go with the latter, but I don't think it will make too much difference. But I think linking it to health in general first would better demonstrate your understanding of the interlinking nature of the entire course. For example, improved physical health due to [xyz], which has an impact on health status through [whatever health status indicator you want to use].

I think Engage's response would sort of incorporate your last two points into one (the last one). So yeah, I personally agree with Engage.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: katenoble on May 18, 2016, 04:58:48 pm
Hey Guys,

I was wondering if any of you would be able to help me answer:

1. Explain how two or more priority areas of the Ottawa charter could be used to reduce the incidence of:
(a) obesity
(b) cancer
(c) mental health issues


THANK YOUU!!! :) :) :) :) :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on May 18, 2016, 05:02:18 pm
@katenoble, what are you stuck on?  What ideas do you have so far?  How about you show us your attempt first? :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: nicnia on May 24, 2016, 06:54:08 pm
I have a SAC next week on the health promotion strategies such as the Ottawa Charter, VicHealth and also on govt funded programs eg. Medicare, PBS. I'm finding it really hard to study for these because there's so much to remember!! Anyone have any tips?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: girl1234 on May 29, 2016, 02:05:43 am
Making acronyms helped me heaps for that SAC :D
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tashhhaaa on May 30, 2016, 08:56:30 pm
Making acronyms helped me heaps for that SAC :D

this

eg. Bad Cats Smell Dead Rats for the Ottawa Charter
Build healthy public policy
Create supportive environments
Strengthen community action
Develop personal skills
Reorient health services

there are endless possibilities, definitely make some of your own (very effective since I still remember the ones I used now)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: scout on June 01, 2016, 06:42:36 pm
Values of Australia's health care system - 'responsive' vs 'effective'? What's the difference?

My textbook defines 'responsive' as treating people with respect and ensuring that the health system is client-oriented. I found this quite similar to the definition for 'effective': relates to achieving desired outcomes in an appropriate timeframe and in a way tailored to individual needs of the patient.

Sometimes health programs are client-oriented (which is what both values are about) but they don't show if they are 'treating people with respect' or 'achieving outcomes in an appropriate timeframe', leaving you with limited means to decide which of the two values it's reflecting. E.g. a health promotion program targeting rural population health.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: leiaorgana on June 01, 2016, 08:47:28 pm
this

eg. Bad Cats Smell Dead Rats for the Ottawa Charter
Build healthy public policy
Create supportive environments
Strengthen community action
Develop personal skills
Reorient health services

there are endless possibilities, definitely make some of your own (very effective since I still remember the ones I used now)

Same!! My teacher recommended that we use DR. SCaB for the Ottawa Charter (i hope the missing 'A' doesn't throw people off but it's easier to think of it as scab)
Sending positive vibes for your SAC, OP! ;)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: kirstym1204 on June 21, 2016, 12:38:41 pm
Can someone please help me. 
Is it true that that topic for Sustainable Development Goals has changed?
Apparently it's gone from 8 goals up to 18 !!!!!!   please help!  is this true?  What is a good way to remember all 18?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: victoriakamb on June 21, 2016, 12:55:43 pm
From what I see in the textbook in chapter 11, there are 17 (page 379 PDF.) I would recommend making acronyms for them, or perhaps even grouping them into which ones have to do with the environment and which ones have to do with individuals in particular. Then just remember how many are in each group or make acronyms within those groups. Hope this helps :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on June 21, 2016, 12:56:59 pm
Can someone please help me. 
Is it true that that topic for Sustainable Development Goals has changed?
Apparently it's gone from 8 goals up to 18 !!!!!!   please help!  is this true?  What is a good way to remember all 18?

You may wish to read this post: Change to HHD Study Design - Sustainable Development Goals

:)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: leiaorgana on June 21, 2016, 06:01:11 pm
I recently got my latest Health SAC results back and to say the least, my result has really put me off. I got a 77% which isn't the worst yet I can't help but feel really disappointed. Despite Health being my favourite subject, the ranking of the cohort and the pressure to get a study score of 40+ is really disheartening. And I feel like getting 40+ is unattainable for me now. What do you guys do to get out of this state of mind?? What can I do to change things?
Thank you so much, I appreciate all the advice I can get! ^.^
(and don't be afraid to hit me with the cold hard truth)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on June 21, 2016, 06:23:19 pm
I recently got my latest Health SAC results back and to say the least, my result has really put me off. I got a 77% which isn't the worst yet I can't help but feel really disappointed. Despite Health being my favourite subject, the ranking of the cohort and the pressure to get a study score of 40+ is really disheartening. And I feel like getting 40+ is unattainable for me now. What do you guys do to get out of this state of mind?? What can I do to change things?
Thank you so much, I appreciate all the advice I can get! ^.^
(and don't be afraid to hit me with the cold hard truth)

Welcome to ATAR Notes, firstly. :) Stick around!

The cold hard truth, you reckon? Well, here are my thoughts:

Firstly, if you have a look around the Victorian Technical Score Discussion section, you will find that raw SAC scores mean very little. Like, very little. And they're very hard to compare. A 40+ study score is by no means unattainable; from what you've said, a 50 study score is by no means unattainable.

But to respond to your post more directly, I feel you. Getting scores back that you're disappointed with sucks. Really, it does. But as you say, 77% isn't objectively poor, and I'll just emphasise again here that raw scores really mean diddly squat. I understand that you're disappointed, but why not take this opportunity to improve? Why did you lose those marks? What can you improve on for the exam? I strongly suggest that you try to take the feedback as a positive thing rather than a negative thing. That might be hard, I know, but feeling angry or frustrated or disappointed or whatever else won't necessarily improve things.

My main point is that yeah, you might be disappointed at your 77%, but it really doesn't mean much. And a subsequent lack of motivation to improve and do well in your next SAC is going to be a lot more detrimental to your eventual study score than that 77% ever will be. Does that make sense? I understand the pressure and whatnot, but you can do this. Keep pushing yourself, keep working hard, and you will do well. There's no point thinking about ifs and buts at this stage; just do your best and the results will come.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: leiaorgana on June 21, 2016, 08:23:19 pm
Welcome to ATAR Notes, firstly. :) Stick around!

The cold hard truth, you reckon? Well, here are my thoughts:

Firstly, if you have a look around the Victorian Technical Score Discussion section, you will find that raw SAC scores mean very little. Like, very little. And they're very hard to compare. A 40+ study score is by no means unattainable; from what you've said, a 50 study score is by no means unattainable.

But to respond to your post more directly, I feel you. Getting scores back that you're disappointed with sucks. Really, it does. But as you say, 77% isn't objectively poor, and I'll just emphasise again here that raw scores really mean diddly squat. I understand that you're disappointed, but why not take this opportunity to improve? Why did you lose those marks? What can you improve on for the exam? I strongly suggest that you try to take the feedback as a positive thing rather than a negative thing. That might be hard, I know, but feeling angry or frustrated or disappointed or whatever else won't necessarily improve things.

My main point is that yeah, you might be disappointed at your 77%, but it really doesn't mean much. And a subsequent lack of motivation to improve and do well in your next SAC is going to be a lot more detrimental to your eventual study score than that 77% ever will be. Does that make sense? I understand the pressure and whatnot, but you can do this. Keep pushing yourself, keep working hard, and you will do well. There's no point thinking about ifs and buts at this stage; just do your best and the results will come.

Your time and wise words are very much appreciated :D Laugh at me but I'm actually very tempted to hang your reply up somewhere in my room. In particular, the line that most resonated with me: "There's no point thinking about ifs and buts at this stage; just do your best and the results will come." I definitely feel a lot better now! Thank you!!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on June 22, 2016, 10:28:43 am
Your time and wise words are very much appreciated :D Laugh at me but I'm actually very tempted to hang your reply up somewhere in my room. In particular, the line that most resonated with me: "There's no point thinking about ifs and buts at this stage; just do your best and the results will come." I definitely feel a lot better now! Thank you!!

All of last semester I had on my whiteboard: "If your dreams don't scare you, they're not your real goals."

Best of luck. :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: randyz on July 05, 2016, 11:57:01 am
Guys could anyone help me with

Why Sustainability is important for Human Development?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Bade98 on July 06, 2016, 07:52:42 pm
I have 2 questions;
1.What is a limitation of the Mortality strata?
2. What are the 4 human development indicators? ( I feel like I know this questions answer but I am not sure. Is it Life Expectancy, Mean years of school, Expected years of schooling and  Gross National Income?)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Aimee26 on July 06, 2016, 09:04:36 pm
I have 2 questions;
1.What is a limitation of the Mortality strata?
2. What are the 4 human development indicators? ( I feel like I know this questions answer but I am not sure. Is it Life Expectancy, Mean years of school, Expected years of schooling and  Gross National Income?)

Hi There,
If the mortality strata that you are referring to is the WHO stratum of A, B, C, D, and E, a limitation is the criteria of the strata levels.  Since they are only based upon child and adult mortality rates, other issues that can classify as developing countries are not included.  For example, a country may be in strata B with low adult and child mortality rates, may still experience rates of gender inequality and low education rates, making it a developing country.
And as for your other question you are correct with your indicators.
Hopefully these are right as I completed Health and Human last year and the study design has changed.
Hope that helps  :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tas18 on July 12, 2016, 08:27:13 pm
I have 2 questions;
1.What is a limitation of the Mortality strata?
2. What are the 4 human development indicators? ( I feel like I know this questions answer but I am not sure. Is it Life Expectancy, Mean years of school, Expected years of schooling and  Gross National Income?)

For the first question, another possible limitation of the Mortality strata is that the classifications for adult mortality are made on the basis of statistics of the mortality rates of males aged between 15 and 59. So only the data from one gender is used to determine which strata a country classfies in with regards to adult mortality rate. Essentially, it is a limitation because, the classification of adult mortality isn't really considering all adults within the population, just males.
(Note: Under-5 mortality rate is based on data for both genders, so I'm not entirely sure why adult mortality is based on just male data)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: oooo on July 15, 2016, 08:22:44 am
With the morality strata, it's calculated afrom how high, or low, U5MR and adult male mortality is. But how do you know when something is low, very low or high?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tas18 on July 15, 2016, 07:35:42 pm
With the morality strata, it's calculated afrom how high, or low, U5MR and adult male mortality is. But how do you know when something is low, very low or high?

While I believe it is difficult to distinguish between what the difference between for example, 'low' and 'very low' or 'high' and 'very high' adult mortality rate would be, there's nothing to worry about since data can be interpreted differently (to a certain extent..) and examiners do take that into account... hopefully. Usually, if the mortality strata is 250 per 1000 people (would be males aged 15-59 since it's for the mortality strata), I could consider that as high, but you could say that's very high. Hence, my answer would be strata D, and yours would be strata E. I believe I have seen a VCAA exam question asking about mortality strata based on data and both answers D and E were accepted where the mortality rate was 'high-ish'.

But still, here is a rough guide to (hopefully) help you:
If you're given a table with data for adult mortality and U5MR, then you have to make your classification based on whether:
The adult mortality rate is very low, low, high, or very high and whether the U5MR is very low, low, or high.
To make this classification I'll give you some estimated numerical values..
For very low - If the data is per 1000 population (for adult mortality) or per 1000 live births (for U5MR), then examples would be countries like Australia or Japan which would have a U5MR of 3 or 5 per 1000 live births. (These figures are very small so that gives it away, but also when you'll be given data you will be provided with the country too, this should also give you an idea of what strata it belongs to)
For low - I feel as though the distinction between low and very low is hard to make, but it would be relatively higher than low.. for example Indonesia may have a mortality rate of 43 per 1000 population - which isn't exactly very low, but it's still comparatively lower than a country which has for e.g. has an U5MR of 139 per 1000 live births.
For high - I would consider 65-140 per 1000 live births high.
For very high - 140+ per 1000 live births, my reasoning for this: VCAA Examiner's report 2012. In a 2012 question where Afghanistan which was presented as having an U5MR of 199 per 1000 live births, the examiner's report stated that this is 'very high'.

Generally speaking, as long as you are able to identify that a mortality rate of 5 per 1000 population is very low, and in comparison that 209 per 1000 population is very high, you should be fine. Anyways.. I hope I was able to help, but I'd like to stress that this is based on 40% of my own understanding + 60% of what my teacher has told me and what the examiner's report has shown, so I'm sorry if it's not 100% accurate.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: gemmaruffin on July 19, 2016, 07:58:43 pm
Has anyone come up with a good mnemonic for the sustainable development goals yet?? All I have is
New
Zealand
Good
Quality
Gas
Chefs
Decent
Pizzas
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on July 20, 2016, 02:20:34 pm
Hey gemmaruffin!  There's some ideas in this thread if you scroll down, probably the last post is the best :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on July 23, 2016, 04:15:36 pm
Welcome anotherworld2b :D Are you doing HHD 1/2?  This sort of question would never, ever be on the HHD 3/4 exam.  Unfortunately my memory of 1/2 HHD was is rusty and we never had to learn that much anyway :P
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: anotherworld2b on July 25, 2016, 01:31:48 am
Welcome anotherworld2b :D Are you doing HHD 1/2?  This sort of question would never, ever be on the HHD 3/4 exam.  Unfortunately my memory of 1/2 HHD was is rusty and we never had to learn that much anyway :P

Oh okay then :D
I'm not doing HHD but i was referred here from the biology question thread.This question is part of an assignment which is pretty difficult for me
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heneryetta on July 25, 2016, 12:09:28 pm
Does Anyone know any acronyms for the SDG's?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on July 25, 2016, 12:14:40 pm
I'm not doing HHD but i was referred here from the biology question thread.This question is part of an assignment which is pretty difficult for me
Yeah that's understandably difficult :/  I don't know of any VCE study design that actually contains that content haha.

Does Anyone know any acronyms for the SDG's?

This post may help, scroll down for various ideas (the best is probably in the last reply to the thread): Change to HHD Study Design - Sustainable Development Goals :D
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: oooo on August 07, 2016, 10:27:30 am
Can someone please explain to me how obesity is a form of malnutrition? Is it because you assume that obesity comes from eating energy dense foods that are lacking in nutrients? 
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on August 11, 2016, 12:03:48 pm
Can someone please explain to me how obesity is a form of malnutrition? Is it because you assume that obesity comes from eating energy dense foods that are lacking in nutrients?

Surely not everyone obese is malnourished - they may be eating lots of nutrient-dense foods *as well as* too much energy-dense foods.  But overall, it definitely is more likely that obesity comes from eating junk high-calorie foods rather than more filling lower-calorie fruits/vegies/etc --> malnutrition.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: taylorcrivari on August 12, 2016, 11:02:58 am
This has probably been asked before, but I want to start doing practice exams now and was wondering how many I should do each week leading up to the exam? And should I start off open book and then ease into proper exam conditions? Thanks  :) :D
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on August 13, 2016, 11:13:58 pm
This has probably been asked before, but I want to start doing practice exams now and was wondering how many I should do each week leading up to the exam? And should I start off open book and then ease into proper exam conditions? Thanks  :) :D

Personally with HHD I did nothing but VCAA exams (checkpoints-style before SACs) and the one school-enforced trial... that was all (50, so I guess it worked for me lol).  Instead, I focused on thoroughly learning all the memory-related content and practicing certain question types till I'd mastered them (e.g. 'What is the effect of ___ on health status?')  That doesn't mean that's The Way you should do it, of course!  You can do as many as works for you :)

About open --> closed book, yeah, that's often a good way to work - it depends how comfortable you are with HHD, if you find it reasonably easy then start closed book immediately :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: nicnia on August 13, 2016, 11:56:48 pm
I have my sac for the SDG's on monday, how likely is it that there'll be a question about the 5 areas of importance/do I need to know them? (Peace/planet/prosperity/people/partnership). Thanks :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: randyz on August 18, 2016, 03:14:27 pm
What are two disadvantages of multilateral aid?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on August 18, 2016, 03:17:06 pm
What are two disadvantages of multilateral aid?

Why not have a crack first? :) Then we can help fill the gaps. Do you have any ideas?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: randyz on August 18, 2016, 05:05:34 pm
I have no clue with this one because I don't see anything wrong with it 😭😭😭
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: gemmaruffin on August 23, 2016, 05:37:48 pm
If anyone is looking for a mnemonic for Australia's Aid Priorities, I'm currently using -
Big
Intelligent
Apes
Eat
Greens
Everyday
Is anyone else struggling to remember these?? They're so wordy  :-[
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on August 23, 2016, 06:01:41 pm
I have no clue with this one because I don't see anything wrong with it 😭😭😭

Hey randyz,

Sorry about the wait. I really have no idea how I missed your reply. That was bad of me after my initial post. Anyway, it is a pretty tricky one, regarding multilateral aid. A couple of downfalls off the top of my head are:

- Those who need aid most may not actually be assisted, because multilateral aid typically goes toward larger cities and the like
- The aid may be less sustainable, particularly if the third party (the UN, World Bank etc.) isn't aware of that particular country's long-term needs
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Steph.Y on September 02, 2016, 09:40:04 pm
Hey everyone!
I was just wondering what kinds of questions would come up about NGOs?
And if a question asks to describe a program that focuses on HIV/AIDS for example, what must I include in my response to ensure that I get full marks for that question? Does anyone have a formula?  ;D
Also, for the questions where you need to link something to global health, can you include the Physical, Social and Mental dimensions of health? Or just health status indicators?
Sorry for the drain!! :P
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: randyz on September 03, 2016, 07:05:39 pm
I was wondering whether this was a good response for how "Emergency Aid promotes human development"
- If people are provided basic necessities such as food and clean water it can reduce mortality and the spread of infectious diseases. This allows an environment for which individuals can develop their full potential. They can expand their choices and capabilities due to the lack of burden of morbidity and mortality.
I'm not sure it's a tough one...
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tas18 on September 03, 2016, 09:40:47 pm
And if a question asks to describe a program that focuses on HIV/AIDS for example, what must I include in my response to ensure that I get full marks for that question? Does anyone have a formula?  ;D

If you're asked to describe a program that has been implemented, then make sure you include the name of the program, the organisation implementing the program and also how it is delivered - what actions/activities are involved in the program (so basically what it does for e.g. provides pamphlets or posters about HIV/AIDS or maybe educates people about protection measures). This part of your answer should have a fair bit of detail depending on the amount of marks. You can also briefly mention what the aim of the program is.

Also, for the questions where you need to link something to global health, can you include the Physical, Social and Mental dimensions of health? Or just health status indicators?
You should link it to health status indicators because global health extends beyond the individual and is more concerned about health at a population level. You don't need to mention all the dimensions of health (physical, mental, and social - because they focus on the health of individuals).

Hope that helps! :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Steph.Y on September 03, 2016, 10:13:55 pm
Thanks so much Tas18  ;D
That helped heaps!!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tas18 on September 03, 2016, 11:59:27 pm
I was wondering whether this was a good response for how "Emergency Aid promotes human development"
- If people are provided basic necessities such as food and clean water it can reduce mortality and the spread of infectious diseases. This allows an environment for which individuals can develop their full potential. They can expand their choices and capabilities due to the lack of burden of morbidity and mortality.
I'm not sure it's a tough one...

Your answer is good, you know what you're talking about. However, a little more explanation as to 'how' the aid promotes human development seems necessary. I guess this depends on how many marks the question is worth, but it's worth keeping in mind. Also, just saying a 'lack of burden of morbidity and mortality' allows individuals to expand their choices and capabilities isn't explaining much.

Try thinking about it with an example, let's say there's a natural disaster - an earthquake in a developing country, Australia seeks to assist this country through the provision of food, medicine or shelter. Now the question is how does providing these things help those affected by the disaster? How does it promote human development? Well because they have access to food, they're less likely to suffer from hunger and malnutrition, and also nutritious food strengthens immune function. So they have more energy and are more capable to help rebuild their community after the disaster, and they can also return to their lives as they were prior to the disaster: re-establish employment, attain an income and therefore a decent standard of living.
Also, medicine and providing access to clean water helps individuals to avoid diseases, but how does this promote human development? Well you've said something similar to this in your answer, which is good, but just explain the link (how does the reduction of disease allow people to develop to their full potential?). So when individuals are free from disease, they experience better physical health and have the opportunity to live long, creative and productive lives, as they are not restrained by their illness, they are able to contribute to their community. They can participate in activities that reflect their interests.
Another example, Australia provides personnel following the earthquake to ensure infrastructure is safe and assist in rebuilding. Children can attend school if the buildings are safe and have access to knowledge after the disaster. Therefore, are able to expand their set of skills and enhance their capabilities.

Hope this makes sense :D

Thanks so much Tas18  ;D
That helped heaps!!
No worries :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Steph.Y on September 18, 2016, 05:16:33 pm
Hello!
I was just wondering if we are allowed to write our responses in pencil for the end of year exam?
And does anyone know where I could get practice exams that include the changes to the study design?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: CrypticSalter on September 20, 2016, 10:20:36 pm
Hi everyone, I'm a new user here but have read a fair bit of information from this very useful website.

My question is in regards to the many many definitions in the textbook.

Are there a specific set that we are meant to memorize or does VCAA expect that we learn them all?

I'm curious because in the study design, AOS 1 key knowledge states "know the meaning of burden  of disease, incidence, prevalence etc." but doesn't include some definitions like "optimal health" and "chronic disease" in the key knowledge or key skills.

I'm asking because if I can direct my focus to less words, then I can remember these better which is much more effective than learning words that aren't examinable.

Thanks in advance!  8)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: goodbye on September 21, 2016, 08:19:22 am
Hi everyone, I'm a new user here but have read a fair bit of information from this very useful website.

My question is in regards to the many many definitions in the textbook.

Are there a specific set that we are meant to memorize or does VCAA expect that we learn them all?

I'm curious because in the study design, AOS 1 key knowledge states "know the meaning of burden  of disease, incidence, prevalence etc." but doesn't include some definitions like "optimal health" and "chronic disease" in the key knowledge or key skills.

I'm asking because if I can direct my focus to less words, then I can remember these better which is much more effective than learning words that aren't examinable.

Thanks in advance!  8)


Search up the glossary from the 'advice for teachers'. They have most of the definitions you need to know (there's some missing like incidence).
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Steph.Y on October 02, 2016, 12:32:52 pm
Do we need to know the difference between soluble and insoluble fibre?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: geminii on October 05, 2016, 08:30:44 pm
Hey everyone,

Are these the priorities of the Australian government's aid initiatives?

1. Agricultural and water management practices
2. Education and health
3. Effective governance
4. Gender equality and empowerment of women and girls
5. Infrastructure, trade facilitation and international competitiveness
6. Resilience and capacity building
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: goodbye on October 06, 2016, 06:45:11 pm
Hey everyone,

Are these the priorities of the Australian government's aid initiatives?

1. Agricultural and water management practices
2. Education and health
3. Effective governance
4. Gender equality and empowerment of women and girls
5. Infrastructure, trade facilitation and international competitiveness
6. Resilience and capacity building

Sort of, the wording is incorrect. Click here for correct wording (scroll down a bit): http://dfat.gov.au/aid/pages/australias-aid-program.aspx

Do we need to know the difference between soluble and insoluble fibre?

No.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Steph.Y on October 21, 2016, 05:48:16 pm
Hey Guys!
Would we be asked to define mortality rate?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: flawsnllama on October 21, 2016, 05:50:35 pm
Hey Guys!
Would we be asked to define mortality rate?

Yes!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Steph.Y on October 22, 2016, 12:14:23 pm
Yes!

Cool!!
So would this definition be ok?
The measure of the proportion who die in a one-year period (usually 100 000).
Or would it be the same as the definition of mortality?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Jay.C on October 22, 2016, 12:36:03 pm

Cool!!
So would this definition be ok?
The measure of the proportion who die in a one-year period (usually 100 000).
Or would it be the same as the definition of mortality?

It will be the same as mortality.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: geminii on October 22, 2016, 01:37:15 pm
Do we need to know the ways in which Medicare is funded? If so, what are they? Because I looked online and I got:


Is this what we need to know or something else? Because I never learnt this during class.

Thanks!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: bdgonz on October 22, 2016, 06:07:16 pm
Do we need to know the ways in which Medicare is funded? If so, what are they? Because I looked online and I got:

  • Hospital Insurance (HI) Trust Fund
  • Supplementary Medical Insurance (SMI) Trust Fund

Is this what we need to know or something else? Because I never learnt this during class.

Thanks!

Medicare is funded through:
1. General taxation
2. The Medicare Levy (a tax most people in Australia pay contributing to Medicare)
3. The Medicare Levy Surcharge (an ADDITIONAL tax to the Medicare Levy on high income earners)

Note: The Medicare Levy Surcharge is also a Private Health Insurance Incentive

Hope this helped!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: geminii on October 22, 2016, 10:22:58 pm
Medicare is funded through:
1. General taxation
2. The Medicare Levy (a tax most people in Australia pay contributing to Medicare)
3. The Medicare Levy Surcharge (an ADDITIONAL tax to the Medicare Levy on high income earners)

Note: The Medicare Levy Surcharge is also a Private Health Insurance Incentive

Hope this helped!

Oh! Yeah, we did learn that. Thank you!! :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: gemmaruffin on October 23, 2016, 06:10:04 pm
Can food security be used as a social determinant for rural area differences? I said
"Often people in outer regional areas are more likely to buy canned foods than those is major cities due to lower amounts of fresh foods available."
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: flawsnllama on October 23, 2016, 06:33:26 pm
Can food security be used as a social determinant for rural area differences? I said
"Often people in outer regional areas are more likely to buy canned foods than those is major cities due to lower amounts of fresh foods available."


Yep, you can definitely say that and in addition you can add that they are seen to have lower socioeconomic status!  :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: JaidynLuke on October 25, 2016, 09:19:18 pm
My teacher told me that we still need to know specific information about the three nutrition surveys:
National Children's nutrition and physical activity survey (2007)
National Nutrition Survey (1995)
Victorian Population Health Survey (2010)

Is this necessary? I know about the uses of nutrition surveys, the limitations of nutrition surveys, what they aim to achieve, how they promote healthy eating, but do we actually need to know these three surveys?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: bdgonz on October 26, 2016, 08:58:53 pm
My teacher told me that we still need to know specific information about the three nutrition surveys:
National Children's nutrition and physical activity survey (2007)
National Nutrition Survey (1995)
Victorian Population Health Survey (2010)

Is this necessary? I know about the uses of nutrition surveys, the limitations of nutrition surveys, what they aim to achieve, how they promote healthy eating, but do we actually need to know these three surveys?

The study design states that you must know:

'The information provided by nutrition surveys and how it is used'

So, I don't think you need to memorise specific information, but the more knowledge you have, the better situation you'll be in (so it can't hurt!).
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on October 26, 2016, 10:04:34 pm
Just dropping in to say that I'm going to stick round to field any questions between now and the exam - sorry for my absence from this thread!

Best of luck in your last few days. :]
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: JaidynLuke on October 26, 2016, 11:43:11 pm
Just dropping in to say that I'm going to stick round to field any questions between now and the exam - sorry for my absence from this thread!

Best of luck in your last few days. :]

What do you think about this?

My teacher told me that we still need to know specific information about the three nutrition surveys:
National Children's nutrition and physical activity survey (2007)
National Nutrition Survey (1995)
Victorian Population Health Survey (2010)
The trend shows that they tend to ask questions more based on the uses of nutrition surveys and the information they include, rather than types of previous nutrition surveys. Would you doubt it to be on the exam?
With three other subjects to balance over the next week and an aim for 45+ in Health, what would you recommend?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on October 27, 2016, 02:19:28 pm
I remember this issue myself!  I crammed a little info about each the day of the exam just to be safe, but that was because I was aiming for a 50 - I reckon for the 45+ mark I'd just learn those names + years and spend the rest of my time checking I was solid with the rest of the course.  I've never seen a question on that before, ever. :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: JaidynLuke on October 27, 2016, 04:36:22 pm
I remember this issue myself!  I crammed a little info about each the day of the exam just to be safe, but that was because I was aiming for a 50 - I reckon for the 45+ mark I'd just learn those names + years and spend the rest of my time checking I was solid with the rest of the course.  I've never seen a question on that before, ever. :)

Thank you

What about the Dietary Guidelines? Do we need to know the micro-guidelines under Guidelines 1,2 and 3?
Guideline 1 - To achieve and maintain a healthy weight, be physically active and choose amounts of nutritious food and drinks to meet your energy needs
i) Children and adolescents should eat well to develop and grow normally and be physically active every day and growth should be checked regularly.
ii) Older people should eat well and keep active to maintain muscle strength and a health weight.
Guideline 2 – Enjoy a wide variety of nutritious foods from these five food groups each day
i) Plenty of vegetables/legumes/beans,
ii) fruit,
iii) Grain and cereal foods, such as wholegrain breads.
iv) lean meat/poultry,
v) reduced fat milk/yoghurt/cheese and alternatives (milk not suitable for children under 2 years)
Guideline 3 – Limit intake of foods containing saturated fat, added salt, added sugar and alcohol.
i) Saturated fat – replace high fat foods with polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats. Low fat diets not suitable for children under the age of 2.
ii) Added salt – read labels to choose lower sodium options, do not add salt to foods in cooking or at the table.
iii) Added sugar – limit drinks and foods such as confectionery, soft drinks, cordial, and energy drinks.
iv) Alcohol – small intake only, not drinking for pregnant women, people planning to become pregnant or breastfeeding is the safest option.

Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on October 27, 2016, 04:43:56 pm
Definitely learn the five guidelines, but while you should have a general bague idea of the sub-points (though the overall name of the guideline generally explains what they're about so you can BS if absolutely needed haha) definitely don't bother learning them. :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: gemmaruffin on October 27, 2016, 05:20:02 pm
Just dropping in to say that I'm going to stick round to field any questions between now and the exam - sorry for my absence from this thread!

Best of luck in your last few days. :]

What do you think the best thing is to be doing for this last week? I've just been doing practise exams and I don't see much improvement, what should I be doing?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Meenumanickam on October 27, 2016, 05:57:13 pm
Do we need to know anything about social development and do we need to memorise the definition of food security? Also what do we need to know about the global health issue programs for Malaria, Food Security, HIV/AIDS, Poverty, Literacy, immunisation, maternal health, and water and sanitation. Could you also give an example of an answer for the interrelationships between health, human development and sustainability for one of these programs(preferably maternal health) (big 6 mark question)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on October 27, 2016, 05:58:24 pm
What do you think the best thing is to be doing for this last week? I've just been doing practise exams and I don't see much improvement, what should I be doing?

Personally I found practise exams fairly useless for HHD (that is, I only did one LOL).

What I'd do:

- Go through every dot point of study design and check if you know the basic content for each; turning it into questions (e.g. something that mentions the dietary guidelines, ask yourself - what are the dietary guidelines?) helps, ESPECIALLY CLOSED BOOK.  If there's anything you're missing, obviously... learn it. :P

- Test yourself on every single definition in VCAA's definition list.  They love testing obscure ones!  If you don't know one - sit and rote learn it. :P

- Check that you know all the 'formulas' for how to answer common questions, such as 'What is the impact of X on [health/health status/HD/sustainability etc.]' or 'Explain how two ___ determinants of health could lead to differences in health status between X and Y'.  Model your answers on past VCAA solutions if unsure.

- What errors have you made in previous exams or SACs?  Try to figure out how specifically you could make sure they don't happen again or improve your answer structures!

In summary: go through the SD content and formula types and search for any holes in your knowledge; patch up. :)

Do we need to know anything about social development and do we need to memorise the definition of food security?


No, and yes. :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: zahraali1 on October 27, 2016, 06:04:56 pm
Hi guys, can someone please dot point a brief outline for all the points we should mention when describing a program for NHPAs and the programs for addressing global issues (such as HIV/Malaria etc)

Also, do we need to know NGO programs that are already implemented?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Meenumanickam on October 27, 2016, 06:07:06 pm
What does a question mean when it asks justify? Please give a example
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on October 27, 2016, 06:48:27 pm
Hi guys, can someone please dot point a brief outline for all the points we should mention when describing a program for NHPAs and the programs for addressing global issues (such as HIV/Malaria etc)

Also, do we need to know NGO programs that are already implemented?

For programs, mention:
•   who is running the program
•   what program it is (name)
•   where the program is being run (ideally, which country)
•   what the goals are
•   how the program is being run/implemented <-- most important
•   the expected outcomes (e.g. impact on GH, SHD or BOD from NHPA, how it achieves malaria reduction)

Generally, NHPAs (Unit 3) don't need as much information or detail as programs for developing countries (Unit 4).  Obviously a 3-marker can be briefer than a 5-marker.

And yes - having one real NGO program under your belt is worthwhile :)

What does a question mean when it asks justify? Please give a example

Can you give an example of a question, and I'll give an example of how I'd answer it. :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: nicnia on October 27, 2016, 07:45:31 pm
Does anyone have any tips on what to do on the day of the exam?? Health will be my first year 12 exam (I'm year 11) and I'm a little nervous. :P I feel like I'm going to be freaking out all day.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Meenumanickam on October 27, 2016, 08:41:00 pm


Can you give an example of a question, and I'll give an example of how I'd answer it. :)
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The Life! program is an initative of diabilites Victoria and the Victorian Government. Run by expert health professionals, the program is delivered as a Group Course or a Telephone Health Coaching service. The Life! program provides six sessions to adopt healthy behaviours such as healthy eating.

Making lifestyle changes can be challenging, espically without assistance. These changes include replacing less healthy fats with healthier fats and reducing salt intake. The program also aims to provide practical advices to increase levels of physical activity.

Firstly the question asked?
a) explain diabetes mellitus
b)Justify the life! program
c)Explain how the information collected in nutritious surveys can be used to decrease the risk of diabetes mellitus in Australia.

I attempted all these questions and I'm not sure if I'm right.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on October 28, 2016, 01:25:30 am
Does anyone have any tips on what to do on the day of the exam?? Health will be my first year 12 exam (I'm year 11) and I'm a little nervous. :P I feel like I'm going to be freaking out all day.

Is the HHD exam still in the afternoon?

I didn't do much, myself. Had a good breakfast, went for a fairly lengthy walk, did some very light revision (literally just looking over notes, but I was doing that more to fill the time). I think it's counter-productive trying to study too hard on the day (or the day before, but other people disagree with that, I know).

The first one is always nerve-wracking, but you'll be much better for it! :)

P.S. I'd also try to avoid the pre-exam and post-exam chatter. My own routine was getting to school/exam venue maybe an hour before the exam, reading the newspaper for about thirty minutes, then getting myself ready. Not much point stressing over stuff with others, really.

Good luck - I'm sure you'll do wonderfully. :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: sucdi99 on October 28, 2016, 11:26:20 am
Do we need to know the names of the priorities of the Australian Government’s aid program
Like "Infrastructure, trade facilitation and international competitiveness" word for word or could it be shortened to "Infrastructure, trade and international competitiveness"??
Thanks  :) :D
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: JaidynLuke on October 28, 2016, 01:59:12 pm
Do we need to know the WHO regions, and if so, to what degree?

Thanks for the responses by the way

Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Steph.Y on October 29, 2016, 08:44:09 am
Can someone please start a HHD exam discussion page and start off by listing all the formulas for different types of questions and tips for the exam?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: gemmaruffin on October 29, 2016, 11:09:20 am

Do we need to know the names of the priorities of the Australian Government’s aid program
Like "Infrastructure, trade facilitation and international competitiveness" word for word or could it be shortened to "Infrastructure, trade and international competitiveness"??
Thanks  :) :D

You can use the shortened names, like building resilience - humanitarian assistance, disaster risk reduction and social protection
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Steph.Y on October 29, 2016, 11:40:12 am
What are some disadvantages/limitations of:
- medicare
- PBS
- Australian Dietary Guidelines
- Private Health Insurance?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Meenumanickam on October 29, 2016, 01:00:22 pm
When a question asks about interrelationships between health and human development and it is 4 marks how should we approach it? 
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Meenumanickam on October 29, 2016, 01:08:14 pm
What are some disadvantages/limitations of:
- medicare
- PBS
- Australian Dietary Guidelines
- Private Health Insurance?


Medicare : No choice of doctor for in hospital treatments, waiting lists for many treatments, Does not cover alternative therapies, often doesn't cover full amount of a doctor's visit

PBS: Patients has to make a patient co-payment, not all medication is covered by PBS

Australian dietary Guidelines: Guideline 4, and 5 aren't really explored on ways to encourage, support and promote breastfeeding or caring for your food prepare and store it safety

Private health insurance: Often could be expensive, sometimes has a gap meaning the individual may have to pay the difference, and qualifying periods apply for some conditions(eg pregnancy)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Steph.Y on October 29, 2016, 01:49:24 pm
When a question asks about interrelationships between health and human development and it is 4 marks how should we approach it?

Someone correct me if i'm wrong but i think you would need to explain how health interrelates with human development and then how human development interrelates with health. Since its worth four marks, you need to make 2 links.   ;D
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Steph.Y on October 29, 2016, 03:44:07 pm
When a question asks about interrelationships between health and human development and it is 4 marks how should we approach it?

'The term ‘interrelationship’ implies a two-way relationship. For example, the interrelationship between health and human development includes how health can impact human development and how human development can impact health. Use the mark allocation to determine how much detail is required and ensure meaningful links are made between these concepts.'

This is from the 2016 VCE exam guide from the herald sun.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/special-features/news-in-education/2016-vce-exam-guide--health--human-development-practise-brainstorm-and-seek-feedback/news-story/012fe9a1adb3078d0a94eb0e3eae0113
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: goodbye on October 29, 2016, 05:31:54 pm
'The term ‘interrelationship’ implies a two-way relationship. For example, the interrelationship between health and human development includes how health can impact human development and how human development can impact health. Use the mark allocation to determine how much detail is required and ensure meaningful links are made between these concepts.'

This is from the 2016 VCE exam guide from the herald sun.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/special-features/news-in-education/2016-vce-exam-guide--health--human-development-practise-brainstorm-and-seek-feedback/news-story/012fe9a1adb3078d0a94eb0e3eae0113

So for a question asking interrelationships for health, human development and sustainability, would you make 6 links?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: gemmaruffin on October 29, 2016, 05:38:41 pm
So for a question asking interrelationships for health, human development and sustainability, would you make 6 links?

I usually do example - health - human development - sustainability - health/human development
and then in-between each make links like "by being free of illness, people can have adequate energy levels available to attend school, impacting on human development as..." and "improvements in health and human development impact on sustainability as..."
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: goodbye on October 29, 2016, 08:08:07 pm
Thanks. Another question what do you write for why is x SDG important?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: bdgonz on October 29, 2016, 08:20:54 pm
Thanks. Another question what do you write for why is x SDG important?

It's usually specific to each SDG. For example when discussing SDG 1 'No Poverty', depending on the mark allocation, that's how many dot points you use.
1 - Lower rates of poverty in relation to food intake can increase the immune system (especially for children), therefore achieving this goal increases health outcomes
2 - If regions are less poverty stricken, there is likely to be more children in school, leading to higher education rates (enhancing their capabilities)
3 - Less poverty furthermore can lead to more employment (due to less sickness), increasing GNI per capita and promoting economic sustainability
4 - Lastly if citizens have access to nutritious foods due to less poverty, they are likely to have a healthy weight; decreasing the risk of non-communicable diseases and subsequently increasing life expectancy and HALE

I doubt this question would be more than 4 marks. You have to basically make points like this specific to each SDG, but you can often interrelate them (eg - SDG 1 and 2).

Hope this made sense!  :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: bdgonz on October 29, 2016, 08:24:11 pm
If someone could answer a few of these questions that would be awesome!

- What are some findings from Nutrition Surveys (other than excessive sodium consumption)?
- What does it mean when we have to use nutrition as a 'determinant of health'?
- Do we have to know the Ottawa Charter prerequisites? (eg - peace, shelter, food, etc)
- What are some PROGRAMS run by Nutrition Australia (not food selection tools)?
- What are examples of social and economic development & humanitarian assistance provided by the UN?
- Are 6 mark Sustainable Human Development and 6 mark interrelationship questions the same thing?
- If not, what is the difference?

Sorry for the array of questions! Thanks in advance
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: goodbye on October 29, 2016, 10:02:17 pm
It's usually specific to each SDG. For example when discussing SDG 1 'No Poverty', depending on the mark allocation, that's how many dot points you use.
1 - Lower rates of poverty in relation to food intake can increase the immune system (especially for children), therefore achieving this goal increases health outcomes
2 - If regions are less poverty stricken, there is likely to be more children in school, leading to higher education rates (enhancing their capabilities)
3 - Less poverty furthermore can lead to more employment (due to less sickness), increasing GNI per capita and promoting economic sustainability
4 - Lastly if citizens have access to nutritious foods due to less poverty, they are likely to have a healthy weight; decreasing the risk of non-communicable diseases and subsequently increasing life expectancy and HALE

I doubt this question would be more than 4 marks. You have to basically make points like this specific to each SDG, but you can often interrelate them (eg - SDG 1 and 2).

Hope this made sense!  :)

So for these questions, do I link to global health and human development? Or is it something I memorise for each goal?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: bdgonz on October 29, 2016, 10:29:39 pm
So for these questions, do I link to global health and human development? Or is it something I memorise for each goal?

You don't need to do it, but improving global health and SHD is important so you can include it. But if there was a question asking why the goal is important, and then a follow up question about global health (or SHD), I would try to exclude global health related information from the first response.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: FatimaEl on October 30, 2016, 03:37:59 pm
Hey guys this is in the key knowledge of unit 3 in the study design  "health status of Australians compared with populations in other developed countries" and im wondering do we need to know this off the top of our heads or is this gonna be in an application type question, such as in a graph. Cause i dont quite understand how we'd be expected to remember random statistics of health status between developed countries, even if it is only 5 countries
EDIT, dont bother answering this question, i found the answer to my question in the "key skills" section:
"use, interpret and analyse data to draw informed conclusions about the health status and human development of developing countries compared to Australia"
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: JaidynLuke on October 30, 2016, 03:46:00 pm
Is anyone that is aiming for a 40+ studying this?
I'm not sure if we'll need it, it almost seems to be a repeat OF the goals themselves... :/

The SDGs resolve to... (What would this even come under as a question? This is why I'm doubting it)
1.   End poverty and hunger
2.   Promote health and wellbeing
3.   Combat inequalities within and among countries
4.   Build peaceful, just and inclusive societies
5.   Protect human rights, and
6.   Promote gender equity and empowerment of women and girls
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Elleeen on October 30, 2016, 06:37:14 pm
Two questions.

Firstly, in area of study 1, unit 3, I noticed that in my SACs when we were asked for "variations in health status between males and females" we didn't actually have to link to a health indicator.
We could just say "females experience more long-term mental health issues than males." Is this right? If so, can we also use things like higher rates of diabetes type 2, obesity, etc. for these variations in health status?

Another thing, I've seen some sample answers for explaining how a specific determinant of health (in this case let's say behavioural) can contribute to (something) being structured like this -
Behavioural Determinant: "Tobacco consumption: people living in rural and remote areas are more likely to smoke, therefore... etc."
Can we answer it like this? Or does it have to be in sentence form, e.g. "the determinant of tobacco consumption relates to people living in rural and remote areas as they are more likely to smoke, therefore...etc."
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: hola on October 30, 2016, 06:51:17 pm
Could someone please explain what information we need to know for the WHO priorities, and perhaps with some examples?

I was thinking...
  • Name of priority
    Explain

(e.g....
Name: Universal health coverage
Explain: Providing access to healthcare at an affordable cost for everyone regardless of their ability to pay. Families should not have to experience poverty to pay for healthcare.)

Anything else?

I've been told to know 1 or 2 ways in which WHO works in those areas. The key knowledge dot point is "the agenda of WHO in promoting global health...". Key word here is "promoting", implying knowledge of a how and the actions WHO takes to further its agenda. For your example (advancing universal health coverage), you could say that WHO funds and advises on healthcare infrastructure building projects. Thus, ensuring healthcare facilities for all to access. A more specific example also wouldn't hurt (e.g building hospitals).

Two questions.

Firstly, in area of study 1, unit 3, I noticed that in my SACs when we were asked for "variations in health status between males and females" we didn't actually have to link to a health indicator.
We could just say "females experience more long-term mental health issues than males." Is this right? If so, can we also use things like higher rates of diabetes type 2, obesity, etc. for these variations in health status?

Another thing, I've seen some sample answers for explaining how a specific determinant of health (in this case let's say behavioural) can contribute to (something) being structured like this -
Behavioural Determinant: "Tobacco consumption: people living in rural and remote areas are more likely to smoke, therefore... etc."
Can we answer it like this? Or does it have to be in sentence form, e.g. "the determinant of tobacco consumption relates to people living in rural and remote areas as they are more likely to smoke, therefore...etc."

Always refer to a health status indicator when it's asking about health status. You shouldn't had gotten the mark if you just said "females experience more mental health issues than males". If you said something like "long term mental illness morbidity is higher in females than males", than sure. Regarding the determinants question, yes. It's actually encouraged as it makes life easier for your examiner.

Now for a question of my own :P; how do you answer 2-4 mark sustainable human development questions? Do you just link to sustainability and human development?

Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Jay.C on October 30, 2016, 07:00:36 pm

I've been told to know 1 or 2 ways in which WHO works in those areas. The key knowledge dot point is "the agenda of WHO in promoting global health...". Key word here is "promoting", implying knowledge of a how and the actions WHO takes to further its agenda. For your example (advancing universal health coverage), you could say that WHO funds and advises on healthcare infrastructure building projects. Thus, ensuring healthcare facilities for all to access. A more specific example also wouldn't hurt (e.g building hospitals).

Always refer to a health status indicator when it's asking about health status. You shouldn't had gotten the mark if you just said "females experience more mental health issues than males". If you said something like "long term mental illness morbidity is higher in females than males", than sure. Regarding the detrrmiants question, yes. It's actually encouraged as it makes life easier for your examiner.

Now for a question of my own :P; how do you answer 2-4 mark sustainable human development questions? Do you just link to sustainability and human development?

You should answer sustainable human development questions by talking about health (either individual e.g. mental/physical/social or for a population e.g. health status indicators). Then talk about human development and then about sustainability. Make sure to link all of these elements to the scenario too!   
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: geminii on October 30, 2016, 07:45:21 pm
What would be an acceptable description for the Ottawa Charter For Health Promotion?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Jay.C on October 30, 2016, 07:48:18 pm
What would be an acceptable description for the Ottawa Charter For Health Promotion?

My description is: The Ottawa Charter For Health Promotion is an approach to health development, developed from the social model of health by the Word Health Organisation which attempts to reduce inequalities in health.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Aurora22 on October 30, 2016, 07:49:13 pm
What would be an acceptable description for the Ottawa Charter For Health Promotion?
Health promotion - The process of enabling people to increase control over, and improve their health. 
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Jay.C on October 30, 2016, 07:52:27 pm
In the 2015 VCAA exam there was this question: "Describe one program, developed by a non-government organisation, that may address
sodium consumption."

What study design point would that come under? I didn't think we had to know specific programs by NGOs??
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: geminii on October 30, 2016, 08:00:45 pm
Thanks guys!

Also do we need to know anything about the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme other than a description?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: JaidynLuke on October 30, 2016, 08:08:40 pm
I've been told to know 1 or 2 ways in which WHO works in those areas. The key knowledge dot point is "the agenda of WHO in promoting global health...". Key word here is "promoting", implying knowledge of a how and the actions WHO takes to further its agenda. For your example (advancing universal health coverage), you could say that WHO funds and advises on healthcare infrastructure building projects. Thus, ensuring healthcare facilities for all to access. A more specific example also wouldn't hurt (e.g building hospitals).

Could you provide examples for the other five agendas? I don't have any access to how WHO achieves its agenda
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: hola on October 30, 2016, 08:10:13 pm
You should answer sustainable human development questions by talking about health (either individual e.g. mental/physical/social or for a population e.g. health status indicators). Then talk about human development and then about sustainability. Make sure to link all of these elements to the scenario too!

Isn't that a bit overkill for a 2-4 mark question though :o?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Steph.Y on October 30, 2016, 08:11:10 pm
In the 2015 VCAA exam there was this question: "Describe one program, developed by a non-government organisation, that may address
sodium consumption."

What study design point would that come under? I didn't think we had to know specific programs by NGOs??

i think it would be this one;
• the role of Australia’s non-government agencies, including Nutrition Australia, in providing dietary
advice to promote healthy eating.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: bdgonz on October 30, 2016, 11:35:45 pm
i think it would be this one;
• the role of Australia’s non-government agencies, including Nutrition Australia, in providing dietary
advice to promote healthy eating.

On the examination report this would not get full marks only because it had to be a program WITHIN Nutrition Australia. So you could use Nutrition Australia as your basis, but you would have to name a specific program that they implement. You could NOT use the Healthy Eating Pyramid as that is a food selection tool, not a program. Possible examples you could use include National Nutrition Week and the Healthy Eating Advisory Service. You would have to explicitly state why and how they aim to reduce sodium consumption. Hope this helped!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Jay.C on October 31, 2016, 08:59:38 am
Isn't that a bit overkill for a 2-4 mark question though :o?

Wouldn't say its over kill for a 4 mark question, also do you have a question relating to sustainable human development which is only worth 2 marks?  ???
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Meenumanickam on November 01, 2016, 09:27:41 am
If someone could answer a few of these questions that would be awesome!

- What are some findings from Nutrition Surveys (other than excessive sodium consumption)?
- What does it mean when we have to use nutrition as a 'determinant of health'?
- Do we have to know the Ottawa Charter prerequisites? (eg - peace, shelter, food, etc)
- What are some PROGRAMS run by Nutrition Australia (not food selection tools)?
- What are examples of social and economic development & humanitarian assistance provided by the UN?
- Are 6 mark Sustainable Human Development and 6 mark interrelationship questions the same thing?
- If not, what is the difference?

Sorry for the array of questions! Thanks in advance

Nutrition surveys -type of milk consumed eg soy milk
What does it mean when we have to use nutrition as a 'determinant of health'? probably have to use a behavioural determinants example such a dietary behaviour.
- Do we have to know the Ottawa Charter prerequisites? (eg - peace, shelter, food, etc)  good to have an idea
- What are some PROGRAMS run by Nutrition Australia (not food selection tools)? the school information DVD program. They provide DVD's to parents, children and teachers educating them about the types of food young kids should be eating. Also the healthy living pyramid.
- What are examples of social and economic development & humanitarian assistance provided by the UN? not sure of the top of my head sorry.
- Are 6 mark Sustainable Human Development and 6 mark interrelationship questions the same thing? im pretty sure they are
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Meenumanickam on November 01, 2016, 09:45:33 am
Hey guys do we need to know how the priorities of DFAT link to global health or either sustainable human development? Because there has been no questions like that on any of the SAC's. thanks in advance :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on November 01, 2016, 10:54:22 am
Guys, I'll try and answer everything, going backwards and I'm sorry if it's out of order here!

Hey guys do we need to know how the priorities of DFAT link to global health or either sustainable human development? Because there has been no questions like that on any of the SAC's. thanks in advance :)

It definitely could be on the exam, but you don't have to learn it per se, because you should be able to make it up on the spot.  e.g. the priority that links to empowering women and girls, you already should know how gender equality impacts GH/SHD from other things you've learnt so you can use that earlier knowledge to make the link.

Wouldn't say its over kill for a 4 mark question, also do you have a question relating to sustainable human development which is only worth 2 marks?  ???

There have been some VCAA ones worth only two marks (e.g. explain how Australian aid impacts SHD, 2 marks) - just pick one link and describe it briefly. :)

Could you provide examples for the other five agendas? I don't have any access to how WHO achieves its agenda

You can just check out the WHO site for each, but if you're really struggling and there is a question on that (I don't think there has been before but there definitely could be), you can make it up... give a guess as something they might do.  For instance, with the health example given, you'd just guess that they build infrastructure because hell, that's a likely thing they'd do... you can't be too far off. :P  Or like for the International Health Regulations or something you'd just have to describe what the IHR are and say the WHO created them and boom, full marks.

Also do we need to know anything about the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme other than a description?

Just a description, and from there you should be able to draw how it impacts health/health status etc. (just make up on the spot).  I'd also know that there's a safety net for if you go over a threshold. :) 

In the 2015 VCAA exam there was this question: "Describe one program, developed by a non-government organisation, that may address
sodium consumption."

What study design point would that come under? I didn't think we had to know specific programs by NGOs??

You do, for Nutrition Australia (it caught out heeaaaaaaps of people last year).  Also knowing a Heart Foundation program  (e.g. the Tick) could help too in case. :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on November 01, 2016, 11:16:14 am
If you've asked a question check through my entire posts because an answer to yours is probably hidden in there somewhere haha :)

Do we need to know the names of the priorities of the Australian Government’s aid program
Like "Infrastructure, trade facilitation and international competitiveness" word for word or could it be shortened to "Infrastructure, trade and international competitiveness"??
Thanks  :) :D

It's hard to know, but they're often picky with word-for-word for titles like this, I'd really try to learn them properly.

Do we need to know the WHO regions, and if so, to what degree?

I don't think so.  If you're aiming for 50 it could be good to cover things like this that are super unlikely (in which case you'd just learn the region names and why the WHO splits it up this way) but mostly - nope.

I usually do example - health - human development - sustainability - health/human development
and then in-between each make links like "by being free of illness, people can have adequate energy levels available to attend school, impacting on human development as..." and "improvements in health and human development impact on sustainability as..."

I just want to say that this is the perfect approach!!! +1 and well done :D

- What are some findings from Nutrition Surveys (other than excessive sodium consumption)?
- What does it mean when we have to use nutrition as a 'determinant of health'?
- Do we have to know the Ottawa Charter prerequisites? (eg - peace, shelter, food, etc)
- What are some PROGRAMS run by Nutrition Australia (not food selection tools)?
- What are examples of social and economic development & humanitarian assistance provided by the UN?
- Are 6 mark Sustainable Human Development and 6 mark interrelationship questions the same thing?
- If not, what is the difference?

1. Eh, wouldn't bother learning this

2. It means - how does it impact/determine your health?  e.g. how does having too much saturated fat or too little soluble fibre impact your health?  (Remember, nutrition is a behavioural determinant of health).

3. I'd recommend knowing a couple just in case they ask for examples, so like you can just pull out 'peace' and 'shelter' and you'll be fine.

4.

5. Social/economic development: the sustainable development goals (name specific ones that link with S&E development); UN Women; UNICEF to look after children; Humanitarian assistance - the World Food Programme, the help they give in emergencies to countries like Syria in crisis.

6 and 7. They're different - for interrelationship questions you *specifically* have to draw links (e.g. how poor health leads to poor human development).  For just SHD questions I'd still draw links anyway to be safe but I don't think you'll have marks taken off if you don't.

Hey guys this is in the key knowledge of unit 3 in the study design  "health status of Australians compared with populations in other developed countries" and im wondering do we need to know this off the top of our heads or is this gonna be in an application type question, such as in a graph. Cause i dont quite understand how we'd be expected to remember random statistics of health status between developed countries, even if it is only 5 countries

You definitely don't have to learn stats - they'll always provide them!  Or maybe just know that we're ahead of the USA and behind Japan ;)

Is anyone that is aiming for a 40+ studying this?
I'm not sure if we'll need it, it almost seems to be a repeat OF the goals themselves... :/

The SDGs resolve to... (What would this even come under as a question? This is why I'm doubting it)
1.   End poverty and hunger
2.   Promote health and wellbeing
3.   Combat inequalities within and among countries
4.   Build peaceful, just and inclusive societies
5.   Protect human rights, and
6.   Promote gender equity and empowerment of women and girls

Nope, defs don't bother.

Firstly, in area of study 1, unit 3, I noticed that in my SACs when we were asked for "variations in health status between males and females" we didn't actually have to link to a health indicator.
We could just say "females experience more long-term mental health issues than males." Is this right? If so, can we also use things like higher rates of diabetes type 2, obesity, etc. for these variations in health status?

You can do that but say they experience high morbidity rates from type 2 diabetes - it's always better to chuck in an indicator word where you can haha.

Another thing, I've seen some sample answers for explaining how a specific determinant of health (in this case let's say behavioural) can contribute to (something) being structured like this -
Behavioural Determinant: "Tobacco consumption: people living in rural and remote areas are more likely to smoke, therefore... etc."
Can we answer it like this? Or does it have to be in sentence form, e.g. "the determinant of tobacco consumption relates to people living in rural and remote areas as they are more likely to smoke, therefore...etc."

It's *much* clearer for examiners if you do the first way ('Tobacco consumption: people living...'), I'd really recommend that over full sentence form.

Now for a question of my own :P; how do you answer 2-4 mark sustainable human development questions? Do you just link to sustainability and human development?

I reckon with a 4-marker plus you should probably mention all of health, human development and sustainability.  For 2-3 mark questions I just answered about its impact on human development plus throwing in a few sustainability buzzwords (e.g. 'passing on to future generations').
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: vic12345 on November 01, 2016, 11:26:24 am
What would you guys suggest to use as Programs for the NHPA's that may overlap e.g Cardiovascular Health, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Obesity?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on November 01, 2016, 11:49:17 am
What would you guys suggest to use as Programs for the NHPA's that may overlap e.g Cardiovascular Health, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Obesity?

Shape Up is the one I use (Aus Govt's replacement of Swap It Don't Stop It), or else the Heart Foundation's Pick the Tick program. :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: MandhreeE on November 01, 2016, 11:52:02 am
Hi guys!

I was wondering if someone could please clarify Private health insurance. So this is a health care scheme that is NOT funded by the federal government or is it? (I'm getting mixed information here)

There are three incentives to get people to take out PHI- is this also how it is funded?
 eg.
- the medicare levy 2%surcharge- which is paid by those who have not taken out PHI, this is means tested.
- The lifetime health cover, where individuals are encouraged to take out PHI before the age of 30 years or pay extra
- the federal government premium rebate; this is where people may be eligible to receive a rebate on their PHI premium based on their age and income.

THANK YOU
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: MandhreeE on November 01, 2016, 12:05:12 pm
Another question sorry!
Could some please outline the functions for
 monounsaturated fats,
polyunsaturated,
trans
saturated fats?
Also, could someone describe the main difference between poly and monounsaturated fats?

Thank you!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on November 01, 2016, 12:49:18 pm
I was wondering if someone could please clarify Private health insurance. So this is a health care scheme that is NOT funded by the federal government or is it? (I'm getting mixed information here)

There are three incentives to get people to take out PHI- is this also how it is funded?
 eg.
- the medicare levy 2%surcharge- which is paid by those who have not taken out PHI, this is means tested.
- The lifetime health cover, where individuals are encouraged to take out PHI before the age of 30 years or pay extra
- the federal government premium rebate; this is where people may be eligible to receive a rebate on their PHI premium based on their age and income.

THANK YOU

So Medicare, public health, is funded by the government.  Individuals fund private health insurance - they pay premiums to a health insurance company and then if they have to use certain private services (according to how much they've paid/their level of cover) then the company will pay some of the fees for those services.

Often the government pays some of it (the rebate), which is part of trying to get more people to take out private cover.  Those incentives are just three things the government's introduced to try and get more people to take out private cover.

The govt wants people to pay for private insurance because then they won't use Medicare/the public system so much, which the government has to fund.

Another question sorry!
Could some please outline the functions for
 monounsaturated fats,
polyunsaturated,
trans
saturated fats?
Also, could someone describe the main difference between poly and monounsaturated fats?

Thank you!

> Mono: lowers LDL levels in the blood

> Poly: helps blood circulation (omega 3 fatty acids) and regulates blood pressure/clotting and a healthy immune system (omega 6 fatty acids)

> Saturated: raises LDL levels

> Trans: raises LDL and lowers HDL levels

That's my memory, anyway :P
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: MandhreeE on November 01, 2016, 01:10:18 pm
So Medicare, public health, is funded by the government.  Individuals fund private health insurance - they pay premiums to a health insurance company and then if they have to use certain private services (according to how much they've paid/their level of cover) then the company will pay some of the fees for those services.

Often the government pays some of it (the rebate), which is part of trying to get more people to take out private cover.  Those incentives are just three things the government's introduced to try and get more people to take out private cover.

The govt wants people to pay for private insurance because then they won't use Medicare/the public system so much, which the government has to fund.

> Mono: lowers LDL levels in the blood

> Poly: helps blood circulation (omega 3 fatty acids) and regulates blood pressure/clotting and a healthy immune system (omega 6 fatty acids)

> Saturated: raises LDL levels

> Trans: raises LDL and lowers HDL levels

That's my memory, anyway :P


THANK YOU SO MUCH! I was also wondering if it wasn't to much to ask if i could PM you with some response? it's totally fine if you busy cause their is a few... thank you !! :) :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Steph.Y on November 01, 2016, 01:21:58 pm
For NGOs, do we just need to know about 3 or 4 and be able to briefly describe them and what they do?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Lauren Washington on November 01, 2016, 01:31:06 pm
Hi I've come across a question in my revision booklet and it says 'What is the mission of VicHealth?' And it lists 5 dot points... just wondering how I would go about answering this?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: MandhreeE on November 01, 2016, 01:41:13 pm
Hi I've come across a question in my revision booklet and it says 'What is the mission of VicHealth?' And it lists 5 dot points... just wondering how I would go about answering this?

normally these question are assocaiated with a program and ask "how does this program reflect Vichealths mission" here you would use key words from the mission to show this.
SO for example answering your question you would use words like "in parnership with other promotes good health", " recognises that social and economic factors influence health', 'aim to prevent chronic conditions', 'aim to promotes fairness and oppurtunity" this program "supports initiative that assist individuals, workplaces and communites improve wellbeing"

hope this helps :) :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Lauren Washington on November 01, 2016, 01:47:14 pm

normally these question are assocaiated with a program and ask "how does this program reflect Vichealths mission" here you would use key words from the mission to show this.
SO for example answering your question you would use words like "in parnership with other promotes good health", " recognises that social and economic factors influence health', 'aim to prevent chronic conditions', 'aim to promotes fairness and oppurtunity" this program "supports initiative that assist individuals, workplaces and communites improve wellbeing"

hope this helps :) :)

Thank you so much. This helps heaps
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: MandhreeE on November 01, 2016, 01:54:29 pm
What would be some similarities and differences between PHI and PBS?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Steph.Y on November 01, 2016, 02:04:39 pm
Do we need to know a separate program safe water and sanitation?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on November 01, 2016, 03:45:53 pm
I'm sure others can build on these answers, but:


THANK YOU SO MUCH! I was also wondering if it wasn't to much to ask if i could PM you with some response? it's totally fine if you busy cause their is a few... thank you !! :) :)

Why not post the responses here? :) That way, you're more likely to get a response, and it's of greater benefit for all involved. :) It may also lighten the load on Heidi a little! (I'll help out if I can; I 50ed, but it was fours years ago.)

For NGOs, do we just need to know about 3 or 4 and be able to briefly describe them and what they do?

I think that would be sufficient.

Hi I've come across a question in my revision booklet and it says 'What is the mission of VicHealth?' And it lists 5 dot points... just wondering how I would go about answering this?

I'm not 100% sure what you mean. If there's a question that asks for VicHealth's mission, though, that's all you need to provide. From memory, it may have changed a couple of years ago - is this where the confusion comes in? Please pull me up on this; I'm not really sure what you're asking (totally my bad). :-\

normally these question are assocaiated with a program and ask "how does this program reflect Vichealths mission" here you would use key words from the mission to show this.
SO for example answering your question you would use words like "in parnership with other promotes good health", " recognises that social and economic factors influence health', 'aim to prevent chronic conditions', 'aim to promotes fairness and oppurtunity" this program "supports initiative that assist individuals, workplaces and communites improve wellbeing"

hope this helps :) :)

Good answer. Depending on how much the question is worth, I might also chuck in relevant examples from the case study (so like, directly quote where relevant).

What would be some similarities and differences between PHI and PBS?

I'm going to palm this one off to the relevant page of the Engage Wiki because it's been a while, and to answer this properly I'd have to go back and revise the material anyway.

Do we need to know a separate program safe water and sanitation?

I can't answer definitively, but I believe my one covered both. If you go in knowing just one and for some reason the exam asks for different ones for safe water and sanitation (unlikely IMO), make it up.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: hola on November 01, 2016, 04:00:10 pm
I'm sure others can build on these answers, but:

Why not post the responses here? :) That way, you're more likely to get a response, and it's of greater benefit for all involved. :) It may also lighten the load on Heidi a little! (I'll help out if I can; I 50ed, but it was fours years ago.)

I think that would be sufficient.

I'm not 100% sure what you mean. If there's a question that asks for VicHealth's mission, though, that's all you need to provide. From memory, it may have changed a couple of years ago - is this where the confusion comes in? Please pull me up on this; I'm not really sure what you're asking (totally my bad). :-\

Good answer. Depending on how much the question is worth, I might also chuck in relevant examples from the case study (so like, directly quote where relevant).

I'm going to palm this one off to the relevant page of the Engage Wiki because it's been a while, and to answer this properly I'd have to go back and revise the material anyway.

I can't answer definitively, but I believe my one covered both. If you go in knowing just one and for some reason the exam asks for different ones for safe water and sanitation (unlikely IMO), make it up.

Hello! If you don't mind, could you please give a second opinion on one of my previously answered questions. It's the one regarding how to answer 2-4 mark sustainable human development questions. Thanks  :) :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: JaidynLuke on November 01, 2016, 04:00:39 pm
Can someone provide an example of multilateral and NGO aid?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Lauren Washington on November 01, 2016, 04:14:19 pm

Can someone provide an example of multilateral and NGO aid?

From my notes I've got;
A NGO Aid program is World Vision or Red Cross
Multilateral Aid program is Australia helping the United Nations to help fund the World Food Programme


Hope this helps
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on November 01, 2016, 04:21:47 pm
Hello! If you don't mind, could you please give a second opinion on one of my previously answered questions. It's the one regarding how to answer 2-4 mark sustainable human development questions. Thanks  :) :)

Hola, hola!

Quote
how do you answer 2-4 mark sustainable human development questions? Do you just link to sustainability and human development?

Is this it? I don't know, really - I'm not sure that there's a formula as such. I'd be surprised if there were a full-blown SHD question worth only two marks. Regardless, for 2-4 marks I'd personally go something like:

1. Impact on health
2. Subsequent impact on human development
3. Impact on sustainability
4. Tie it all together

I had a habit of over-writing, so I'd probably do that even for a two-mark question just to be sure. I'm happy for this to be disputed, though.

Can someone provide an example of multilateral and NGO aid?

Multilateral aid goes through a third party organisation, such as the World Bank or the UN. So a number of countries might give financial assistance via, say, the UN, who themselves decide how to use it.

NGO aid, on the other hand, aren't provided by bodies such as the World Bank or the UN but, as the name implies, NGOs. They tend to focus more specifically on communities. So this could be something like World Vision Australia providing aid in a small community of Cambodia.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: MandhreeE on November 01, 2016, 04:38:41 pm
hi guys! how would we explain how DFAT achieves the following priorities? do we just provide like a defintion or do we have to provide actual examples ? (if its just defintion would some please be able to provide some defintions?)
-   Infrastructure, trade facilitation and international competitiveness:
-   Agriculture , fisheries and water:
-   Education and health:
-   Gender equality; empowering women and girls:
-   Building resilience, humanitarian assistance, disaster risk reduction and social protection:
-   Effective governance; policies, institutions and functioning economies:

Thank you
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: JaidynLuke on November 01, 2016, 05:49:22 pm
How would you define aid agencies?

And why do they provide aid?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Elleeen on November 01, 2016, 06:10:01 pm
hi guys! how would we explain how DFAT achieves the following priorities? do we just provide like a defintion or do we have to provide actual examples ? (if its just defintion would some please be able to provide some defintions?)
-   Infrastructure, trade facilitation and international competitiveness:
-   Agriculture , fisheries and water:
-   Education and health:
-   Gender equality; empowering women and girls:
-   Building resilience, humanitarian assistance, disaster risk reduction and social protection:
-   Effective governance; policies, institutions and functioning economies:

Thank you
I haven't learned specific definitions for these -- I just have a general understanding of what they mean (e.g. education and health is about promoting the quality of and accessibility of education and health (such as health professionals, immunisations) in developing countries in order to eradicate poverty and promote health and human development), so I'd also like to know if a strict "definition" is worth knowing.
As for how, when in doubt just say DFAT funds programs associated with promoting these areas (since this is what the priority areas are for) or sends specialised personnel to help promote x. For example, sending trained economists to work with the government of a developing countr in order to address the "functioning economies" part of effective governance.

btw don't take me 100% on this, I'm just basing this off of what I'd do.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: MandhreeE on November 01, 2016, 06:15:40 pm
I haven't learned specific definitions for these -- I just have a general understanding of what they mean (e.g. education and health is about promoting the quality of and accessibility of education and health in developing countries in order to eradicate poverty and promote health and human development), so I'd also like to know if a strict "definition" is worth knowing.
As for how, when in doubt just say DFAT funds programs associated with promoting these areas (since this is what the priority areas are for) or sends specialised personnel to help promote x. For example, sending trained economists to work with the government of a developing countr in order to address the "functioning economies" part of effective governance.

btw don't take me 100% on this, I'm just basing this off of what I'd do.

THANK YOU THIS REALLY HELPS. there haven't really been many questions about DFAT in any of the 2016 exams i have done so i just wasn't sure how much VCAA would expect us to know. :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: bdgonz on November 01, 2016, 06:23:01 pm
If you've asked a question check through my entire posts because an answer to yours is probably hidden in there somewhere haha :)

1. Eh, wouldn't bother learning this

2. It means - how does it impact/determine your health?  e.g. how does having too much saturated fat or too little soluble fibre impact your health?  (Remember, nutrition is a behavioural determinant of health).

3. I'd recommend knowing a couple just in case they ask for examples, so like you can just pull out 'peace' and 'shelter' and you'll be fine.

4.

5. Social/economic development: the sustainable development goals (name specific ones that link with S&E development); UN Women; UNICEF to look after children; Humanitarian assistance - the World Food Programme, the help they give in emergencies to countries like Syria in crisis.

6 and 7. They're different - for interrelationship questions you *specifically* have to draw links (e.g. how poor health leads to poor human development).  For just SHD questions I'd still draw links anyway to be safe but I don't think you'll have marks taken off if you don't.


Thank you so much!!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: bdgonz on November 01, 2016, 06:32:36 pm
In regard to 6 mark interrelationship questions, I believe that my teacher has taught be the incorrect structure; as I have just been talking about how H, HD and S are promoted (not interrelated) and she's been giving me 6 marks. For the exam, I am now unsure about what structure to use, so if someone could recommend which is better (and more efficient) out of the following:

Structure 1 (note this structure is quite time consuming and usually I have to use the back page)
Relate H to HD
Relate H to S
Relate HD to H
Relate HD to S
Relate S to H
Relate S to HD

Structure 2
Discuss health (for example less illness)
Link health to HD (eg - less illness leads to more participation in the community and enhances capabilities)
Link HD to S (eg - more participation in the community can lead to more employment, increasing GNI and economic sust.)
Link S back to H (by ensuring economic sust. food security will increase, strengthening the immune system)

Please let me know if any other structures are more appropriate! Thanks.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on November 01, 2016, 06:36:11 pm
I honestly don't think that there's an exact 'formula' that you *have* to use. My view is that either of those structures would be fine, so long as you provide sufficient depth. For what it's worth, I tended to use something more similar to the second one, but that was just me, and I'm sure others differed.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: MandhreeE on November 01, 2016, 06:55:15 pm
In regard to 6 mark interrelationship questions, I believe that my teacher has taught be the incorrect structure; as I have just been talking about how H, HD and S are promoted (not interrelated) and she's been giving me 6 marks. For the exam, I am now unsure about what structure to use, so if someone could recommend which is better (and more efficient) out of the following:

Structure 1 (note this structure is quite time consuming and usually I have to use the back page)
Relate H to HD
Relate H to S
Relate HD to H
Relate HD to S
Relate S to H
Relate S to HD

Structure 2
Discuss health (for example less illness)
Link health to HD (eg - less illness leads to more participation in the community and enhances capabilities)
Link HD to S (eg - more participation in the community can lead to more employment, increasing GNI and economic sust.)
Link S back to H (by ensuring economic sust. food security will increase, strengthening the immune system)

Please let me know if any other structures are more appropriate! Thanks.

I dont know if this helps but i was taught to do it this way H-->HD--->SHD-->H So you carry on the effect if this makes sense. so here its not as much work but you still cover the essentials. Your 6 marks would come from how much detail you provide as Joseph41 mentioned. Hope this helps and i hope i haven't confused you. But in terms of the two methods you have i would probably go with the second because as you said the first method would take a lot of time which you don't have. And you dont wan't to be providing an essay on a 6 mark question at the expense of the other parts of the exam which would be worth more. :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: JaidynLuke on November 01, 2016, 08:50:43 pm
If asked to define the World Health Organisation, how could I go about it?

If the question was worth 1 mark, at the top of my head I'd be able to say something like...
The World Health Organisation is the United Nations agency to promote good health. It is also an international organisation that distributes multilateral aid to countries most in need.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Steph.Y on November 01, 2016, 09:13:44 pm
Hey guys for those needing more information on DFAT's priorities check out their website!!

http://dfat.gov.au/aid/pages/australias-aid-program.aspx
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: geminii on November 01, 2016, 11:35:10 pm
Do we need to know the objectives of AusAID? It came up in the 2012 exam (Section B question 6.a). I looked through the study design and AusAID isn't mentioned anywhere. So does that mean we don't need to know an NGO with which AusAID works and the rest of question 6 from 2012 Section B?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: hola on November 02, 2016, 12:18:03 am
Do we need to know the objectives of AusAID? It came up in the 2012 exam (Section B question 6.a). I looked through the study design and AusAID isn't mentioned anywhere. So does that mean we don't need to know an NGO with which AusAID works and the rest of question 6 from 2012 Section B?

AusAID technically doesn't exists anymore (so it won't pop up on the exam) since it was integrated into DFAT.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on November 02, 2016, 12:50:53 pm
For NGOs, do we just need to know about 3 or 4 and be able to briefly describe them and what they do?

I reckon just know 3-4 names, and probably one program that one of them does.

Hi I've come across a question in my revision booklet and it says 'What is the mission of VicHealth?' And it lists 5 dot points... just wondering how I would go about answering this?

The mission is split into 5 parts, and they may ask you simply to list them, though it's more likely that you'll have to identify how a certain program meets that mission.  (Note: this is out of order because of mnemonic PRISS, sorry if it throws anyone, but order doesn't matter):

We:
- promote fairness and opportunity for better health
- reconise that the social and economic conditions for all people influence their health
- in partnership with others, promote good health
- support initiatives that assist individuals, communities, workplaces and broader society to improve wellbeing
- seek to prevent chronic conditions for all Victorians

How would you define aid agencies?

And why do they provide aid?

No need for definitions, both of these are more 'common sense' questions (they're unlikely to ask and if they do, you should be able to make it up... like, without thinking in textbook or exam terms, what do you think an aid agency is?  Why do you think that NGOs or the UN provide aid?  Why do *you* donate to anything?

Structure 2
Discuss health (for example less illness)
Link health to HD (eg - less illness leads to more participation in the community and enhances capabilities)
Link HD to S (eg - more participation in the community can lead to more employment, increasing GNI and economic sust.)
Link S back to H (by ensuring economic sust. food security will increase, strengthening the immune system)

Please let me know if any other structures are more appropriate! Thanks.

You *definitely* need to interrelate/link between them, and while it's flexible how you write them, this Structure 2 is exactly what I would teach people. :)
If asked to define the World Health Organisation, how could I go about it?

If the question was worth 1 mark, at the top of my head I'd be able to say something like...
The World Health Organisation is the United Nations agency to promote good health. It is also an international organisation that distributes multilateral aid to countries most in need.

Questions like this are very unlikely; they rarely ask you to define anything that's not in their list of defintions, even if textbooks or company exams ask you to.  If they did say something like that, you'd just make it up based on everything you knew about the WHO.  You definitely don't have to sit and rote learn anything like that.

I haven't learned specific definitions for these -- I just have a general understanding of what they mean (e.g. education and health is about promoting the quality of and accessibility of education and health (such as health professionals, immunisations) in developing countries in order to eradicate poverty and promote health and human development), so I'd also like to know if a strict "definition" is worth knowing.
As for how, when in doubt just say DFAT funds programs associated with promoting these areas (since this is what the priority areas are for) or sends specialised personnel to help promote x. For example, sending trained economists to work with the government of a developing countr in order to address the "functioning economies" part of effective governance.

btw don't take me 100% on this, I'm just basing this off of what I'd do.

Perfect.  Beautiful explanation of how to make stuff up on the spot if required ;)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: hola on November 02, 2016, 05:00:51 pm
Is this it? I don't know, really - I'm not sure that there's a formula as such. I'd be surprised if there were a full-blown SHD question worth only two marks. Regardless, for 2-4 marks I'd personally go something like:

1. Impact on health
2. Subsequent impact on human development
3. Impact on sustainability
4. Tie it all together

I had a habit of over-writing, so I'd probably do that even for a two-mark question just to be sure. I'm happy for this to be disputed, though.

Hello again! I did a bit of digging and found an answer to my question; thought you (and others) might want to know. In one of TSSM's practice exams, a 3 mark question asked how might X program impact on SHD. The answer guide said 1 mark was for a link to human development, another for sustainability, and the last for one to the program.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: vaish_vj on November 02, 2016, 05:41:33 pm
Heyyy,
Does anyone know where i can get the answers to the health and human development VCAA sample exam??   :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on November 02, 2016, 07:13:04 pm
Hello again! I did a bit of digging and found an answer to my question; thought you (and others) might want to know. In one of TSSM's practice exams, a 3 mark question asked how might X program impact on SHD. The answer guide said 1 mark was for a link to human development, another for sustainability, and the last for one to the program.

I don't disagree at all, but random comment that by default I never trust company exams ;)

Does anyone know where i can get the answers to the health and human development VCAA sample exam??   :)

I don't think there are any anywhere - mostly they're just adapted questions from old exams anyway, but if you have any in particular you're stuck on you can post them here :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: JaidynLuke on November 02, 2016, 07:56:21 pm
I reckon just know 3-4 names, and probably one program that one of them does.

Would you say this would suffice?

Non-government organisation:
Tabitha Foundation Australia
Program: Cottage industry
-   Provides suffering people with small jobs and enables women to earn a steady income by making and selling handicrafts
Program: Wells programs
-   Provides safe and reliable water to families and communities to prevent diseases and encourage agriculture growth

Other mentionable NGOs   
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on November 02, 2016, 09:34:38 pm
Would you say this would suffice?

Non-government organisation:
Tabitha Foundation Australia
Program: Cottage industry
-   Provides suffering people with small jobs and enables women to earn a steady income by making and selling handicrafts
Program: Wells programs
-   Provides safe and reliable water to families and communities to prevent diseases and encourage agriculture growth

Other mentionable NGOs   
  • World Vision Australia
    Australian Red Cross
    Oxfam Australia

That's great, just make sure you can pad out the two programs with more 'details' if you're asked for an NGO program ;)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: JaidynLuke on November 02, 2016, 09:39:02 pm
That's great, just make sure you can pad out the two programs with more 'details' if you're asked for an NGO program ;)

Thank you so much for all your time and quick responses :) It's really helped me get through the last week. Although I'm aiming for a 45, a 50 like you would be just awesome.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: geminii on November 02, 2016, 09:57:58 pm
Hey guys, do we need to know all the little dot points within each model of health? Shown below:

The biomedical model of health
-focuses on risk behaviours and healthy lifestyles
-emphasises health education – changing knowledge, attitudes and skills
-focuses on individual responsibility
-treats people in isolation of their environments

The social model of health
-addresses the broader determinants of health
-involves inter-sectoral collaboration
-acts to reduce social inequities
-empowers individuals and communities
-acts to enable access to health care


Also, which Non govt. organisations do we need to know and what do we need to know about them?

Thanks so much!! :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on November 02, 2016, 10:09:48 pm
Thank you so much for all your time and quick responses :) It's really helped me get through the last week. Although I'm aiming for a 45, a 50 like you would be just awesome.

More than welcome, doesn't take long ;)  And best wishes - I hope you're able to get as high a score as you can!!

Hey guys, do we need to know all the little dot points within each model of health? Shown below:

The biomedical model of health
-focuses on risk behaviours and healthy lifestyles
-emphasises health education – changing knowledge, attitudes and skills
-focuses on individual responsibility
-treats people in isolation of their environments

The social model of health
-addresses the broader determinants of health
-involves inter-sectoral collaboration
-acts to reduce social inequities
-empowers individuals and communities
-acts to enable access to health care


Also, which Non govt. organisations do we need to know and what do we need to know about them?

Thanks so much!! :)

You don't need to know those specific points under the biomedical model: instead I'd learn the definition (The biomedical model of health focuses on physical and biological aspects of disease.  It is a medical model of care practiced by doctors and health professionals, and associated with diagnosis, treatment and cure of disease), plus making sure that you understand it in general and know its advantages and disadvantages!

But the points under the social model are often tested - they're the 'priorities' or 'areas' of the social model (do you know the corresponding five action areas of the Ottawa Charter? BCSDR?) and they're quite likely to test you on them, by asking you to list a couple, describe/explain a couple, or explain how they're evident in a case study.

Ideally you'd know them word-for-word as they're quite picky with these.

The only non-govt organisation you *have* to know is Nutrition Australia; have a general overall idea of what they do/their aims, probably the Guide to Healthy Eating (I don't know that this is absolutely required though) and a program they've run, e.g. menu assessments in hospital/school/workplace canteens to make them healthier; a website that has nutrition information and advice and nutritional recipes. :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: geminii on November 02, 2016, 10:20:07 pm
You don't need to know those specific points under the biomedical model: instead I'd learn the definition (The biomedical model of health focuses on physical and biological aspects of disease.  It is a medical model of care practiced by doctors and health professionals, and associated with diagnosis, treatment and cure of disease), plus making sure that you understand it in general and know its advantages and disadvantages!

But the points under the social model are often tested - they're the 'priorities' or 'areas' of the social model (do you know the corresponding five action areas of the Ottawa Charter? BCSDR?) and they're quite likely to test you on them, by asking you to list a couple, describe/explain a couple, or explain how they're evident in a case study.

Ideally you'd know them word-for-word as they're quite picky with these.

The only non-govt organisation you *have* to know is Nutrition Australia; have a general overall idea of what they do/their aims, probably the Guide to Healthy Eating (I don't know that this is absolutely required though) and a program they've run, e.g. menu assessments in hospital/school/workplace canteens to make them healthier; a website that has nutrition information and advice and nutritional recipes. :)

Thank you! So is BRCSD from the Ottawa Charter the thing that you would write if they asked you for the points on the social model of health?

Also do we need to know the objectives of Nutrition Australia word for word? ('act as a source of scientific information on key nutrition issues', etc.) Or do you think we might get away with making something up on the spot? Like 'provide a scientifically backed up source of nutritional information and nutritional recommendations' or something along those lines?
Also does Nutrition Australia 'own' the Australian Dietary Guidelines, Australian Guide To Healthy Eating & Healthy Eating Pyramid? Or are they developed by someone other than Nutrition Australia?

Thanks again!! :) :)

Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: JaidynLuke on November 02, 2016, 10:24:05 pm
Thank you! So is BRCSD from the Ottawa Charter the thing that you would write if they asked you for the points on the social model of health?

Also do we need to know the objectives of Nutrition Australia word for word? ('act as a source of scientific information on key nutrition issues', etc.) Or do you think we might get away with making something up on the spot? Like 'provide a scientifically backed up source of nutritional information and nutritional recommendations' or something along those lines?
Also does Nutrition Australia 'own' the Australian Dietary Guidelines, Australian Guide To Healthy Eating & Healthy Eating Pyramid? Or are they developed by someone other than Nutrition Australia?

Thanks again!! :) :)

BCSDR (Boys can swim down rivers) is what you would answer if it asks about the elements or priority areas of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion.

I don't know those objectives and I'm aiming for 45+ so I wouldn't bother.

Nutrition Australia developed the Healthy Eating pyramid.
The Dietary Guidelines and Guide to Healthy Eating are by the Federal Government.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: geminii on November 02, 2016, 10:26:10 pm
BCSDR (Boys can swim down rivers) is what you would answer if it asks about the elements or priority areas of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion.

I don't know those objectives and I'm aiming for 45+ so I wouldn't bother.

Nutrition Australia developed the Healthy Eating pyramid.
The Dietary Guidelines and Guide to Healthy Eating are by the Federal Government.

Thank you! I just use the acronym BRCSD, doesn't stand for anything but just reminds me of 'bricks' and then the letter d, idk :P
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on November 02, 2016, 10:38:55 pm
Thank you! So is BRCSD from the Ottawa Charter the thing that you would write if they asked you for the points on the social model of health?

Nope, they're different.

If you're asked for the areas or priorities of the social model of health, it's these five:
-addresses the broader determinants of health
-involves inter-sectoral collaboration
-acts to reduce social inequities
-empowers individuals and communities
-acts to enable access to health care

If you're asked for the action areas of the Ottawa Charter, it's these five:
- build healthy public policy
 - reorient health services
 - create supportive environments
 - strengthen community action
 - develop personal skills
(That's the BRCSD thingo).

For both of these, you'd have to write a priority/action area word-perfect to get the mark.  You could be asked to:
- list 2 social model priorities/Ottawa areas
- explain 1-2 priorities/areas (describe what they're about/what they aim to achieve/something like that)
- explain how a certain case study shows a 1-2 priorities/areas

... and make sure you're referring to the right collection, it's common for people to put down Ottawa Charter areas when the question asks for social model priorities. :)

It's very likely that one of these will be asked, so if you want to cram anything, this is a good thing to cram. :) 

Also do we need to know the objectives of Nutrition Australia word for word? ('act as a source of scientific information on key nutrition issues', etc.) Or do you think we might get away with making something up on the spot? Like 'provide a scientifically backed up source of nutritional information and nutritional recommendations' or something along those lines?
Also does Nutrition Australia 'own' the Australian Dietary Guidelines, Australian Guide To Healthy Eating & Healthy Eating Pyramid? Or are they developed by someone other than Nutrition Australia?

Thanks again!! :) :)

Defs don't need to know those, and yeah, ADG/AGHE are federal govt things, Healthy Eating Pyramid is Nutrition Aus.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on November 02, 2016, 10:46:02 pm
Fkn 9,000 points to Ravenclaw for Heidi's responses in the last week.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Elleeen on November 03, 2016, 10:03:13 am
Exam is only a few hours away, and I would sincerely like to thank everyone that has been on here both asking and answering questions, because I have learned a lot and been able to build up a lot of skills and confidence.
I wish everyone here the best of luck! Let's ace it  ;)

(also special thanks to Heidi, you're a legend)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Lauren Washington on November 03, 2016, 10:20:59 am

Exam is only a few hours away, and I would sincerely like to thank everyone that has been on here both asking and answering questions, because I have learned a lot and been able to build up a lot of skills and confidence.
I wish everyone here the best of luck! Let's ace it  ;)

(also special thanks to Heidi, you're a legend)

Stress levels have hit the roof now. Good luck to everyone :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on November 03, 2016, 10:35:51 am
Yes - all the best of luck, everyone!  You'll all be absolutely fine. :]
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: JaidynLuke on November 03, 2016, 12:56:47 pm
Does anyone have any quick suggestions about 'reasons' for programs, or for the SDGs?

E.g. could I say...?
"As HIV/AIDS is a major cause of disease burden and mortality in developing countries such as Ethiopia, causing a loss in productivity and lower life expectancy, by addressing and attempting to prevent cases of HIV the country's life expectancy and economic development will improve."

Thanks to all the responses and thanks heidiii for all the time and effort. Good luck to everyone :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Elleeen on November 03, 2016, 01:08:37 pm
Does anyone have any quick suggestions about 'reasons' for programs, or for the SDGs?

E.g. could I say...?
"As HIV/AIDS is a major cause of disease burden and mortality in developing countries such as Ethiopia, causing a loss in productivity and lower life expectancy, by addressing and attempting to prevent cases of HIV the country's life expectancy and economic development will improve."

Thanks to all the responses and thanks heidiii for all the time and effort. Good luck to everyone :)
In my opinion that's a bit extensive. You just need to give a short reason relating to HS or HD for the mark. So "HIV/AIDS contributes significantly to mortality in Ethiopia thus decreasing life expectancy, therefore the program aims to reduce the mortality associated with HIV/AIDS."
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on November 03, 2016, 01:11:04 pm
Does anyone have any quick suggestions about 'reasons' for programs, or for the SDGs?

E.g. could I say...?
"As HIV/AIDS is a major cause of disease burden and mortality in developing countries such as Ethiopia, causing a loss in productivity and lower life expectancy, by addressing and attempting to prevent cases of HIV the country's life expectancy and economic development will improve."

Thanks to all the responses and thanks heidiii for all the time and effort. Good luck to everyone :)

Yep that's great!  If it's a one-mark 'reason why SDG is important' it could be shorter [Ellen beat me to it haha], and if it's for a program, I'd make sure you specifically mention the program. :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: rhi_morley on November 04, 2016, 09:54:29 pm
Does anyone have a copy of the exam???
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: duniaaaaa on November 05, 2016, 01:57:20 pm
OMG YES! i'm dying for a copy of the exam i made the biggest mistakes ever!  >:( :'( :-[ :-\
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: ttruongxo on December 13, 2016, 01:11:10 pm
Hi guys !
Can somebody please help me with this question that's about burden of disease:
"If cardiovascular disease kills more people than cancer, how is it possible that cancer contributes more YLL?"
Thank you so much!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: RolyPolySpheal on December 13, 2016, 01:48:19 pm
Can somebody please help me with this question that's about burden of disease:
"If cardiovascular disease kills more people than cancer, how is it possible that cancer contributes more YLL?"

Cancer can go undetected for many years, especially when it comes to melanomas and such, thereby contributing to YLL without people really knowing it. Meanwhile, CVD causes death after the arteries are plugged to a point where blood flow can't occur any more, which would be easier to detect by the affected person and thus it would be easier to bring a person back to a healthy state.

...or something like that.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on December 13, 2016, 02:31:18 pm
Hi guys !
Can somebody please help me with this question that's about burden of disease:
"If cardiovascular disease kills more people than cancer, how is it possible that cancer contributes more YLL?"
Thank you so much!

CVD may kill people faster, leading to death quicker after diagnosis, whereas cancer may linger on for far longer, being constantly treated enough to stay alive but not healthy. (e.g. a heart attack is pretty quick and final and could occur fairly soon after CVD begins, I believe)

That's my guess, anyway. :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on December 14, 2016, 11:43:35 am
*facepalms*

Ignore my incorrect answer above; I interpreted YLL as YLD for some reason.  Forgive me. :P

So, I'm pretty sure that cancer, on average, kills people at a younger age than CVD does, so they 'lose' more years of life.  For instance, I haven't heard of a 10yo dying of CVD but cancers can kill children and young adults, contributing more to YLL. :)

Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: EdwinaB19 on December 29, 2016, 06:51:24 pm
What exactly do we need to know about the programs for each NHPA? e.g. aims, effectiveness etc.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on December 30, 2016, 10:15:35 am
What exactly do we need to know about the programs for each NHPA? e.g. aims, effectiveness etc.

This was my formula, and as long as you're specific enough you should get full marks:
1.   name the program
2.   who is running the program
3.   what is the program’s aim
4.   how do they do it (bulk of your response - specific details of the actions the program takes)
5.   the impact of this on the NHPA

:)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: littledreamer on January 04, 2017, 05:33:00 pm
Hi guys, can someone help me with this q? Describe the difference between the WHO definition and the Ottawa Charter definition of health. And just for reference - WHO definition: A complete state of mental, physical and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Ottawa Charter definition of health: a resource for everyday life, not the objective of living. Health is a positive concept emphasising social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities.
Thank you!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: uuuu on January 04, 2017, 06:04:19 pm
Hi guys, can someone help me with this q? Describe the difference between the WHO definition and the Ottawa Charter definition of health. And just for reference - WHO definition: A complete state of mental, physical and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Ottawa Charter definition of health: a resource for everyday life, not the objective of living. Health is a positive concept emphasising social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities.
Thank you!

The Ottawa Charter's definition acknowledges that health differs for everyone; people with disabilities can't achieve optimal physical health like those without for example. Essentially, it gives more leeway in terms of classifying "good health" and makes it more achievable.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: j.wang on January 05, 2017, 02:53:51 pm
Hi

For some definitions there's a date and an organisation (?) e.g. (AIHW, 2008)

Do we need to inc this in our definitions

Also what's the definition of mortality?
The number of deaths caused by a particular disease, illness or other environmental factor (includes infant, under 5, adult and maternal)
OR Relates to death. The concept of mortality is often used in relation to deaths in a population or group
OR something else
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: uuuu on January 05, 2017, 03:02:51 pm
Hi

For some definitions there's a date and an organisation (?) e.g. (AIHW, 2008)

Do we need to inc this in our definitions

Also what's the definition of mortality?
The number of deaths caused by a particular disease, illness or other environmental factor (includes infant, under 5, adult and maternal)
OR Relates to death. The concept of mortality is often used in relation to deaths in a population or group
OR something else

No need for the date and organization. The second definition for mortality is correct; the first is for mortality rate.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: j.wang on January 05, 2017, 03:23:35 pm
No need for the date and organization. The second definition for mortality is correct; the first is for mortality rate.

Thanks heaps  :)

Is mortality rate in AOS 1?

Also for the examples of physical, mental and social health? Do we need to know all of the ones in the textbook or just 3 or so?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: j.wang on January 05, 2017, 04:13:43 pm
Few definition questions... I've checked the study design glossary but my teacher has diff ones and she's mia

What are the definitions of YLL and YLD?

For Under 5 mortality rate, which definition is correct? The number of deaths of children under 5 years of age per 1000 live births./ The rate of deaths occurring in children under 5 years of age per 1000 live births.

For mortality, which definition is correct? Relates to death. The concept of mortality is often used in relation to deaths in a population or group./ Refers to death, often at a population level.

For the definition of incidence, do we include the things in the brackets? The number (or proportion/ rate) of new cases of a condition during a given period of time (often 12 months).


Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: uuuu on January 05, 2017, 06:43:39 pm

Hey jwang!

Mortality rate is indeed in AOS 1. I've included its key knowledge dot point below. Just remember though, when talking about measures of burden of disease mortality is not a measure; mortality rate is.

Spoiler
Different measures of health status of Australians, including the meaning of burden of disease, health adjusted life expectancy and disability adjusted life years (DALYs), life expectancy, under-five mortality rate, mortality, morbidity, incidence and prevalence.

With regard to health examples, I would know around 3. It'll be useful when you're answering health questions that asks how something affects health (or a specific dimension) as it shows your understanding more.

If you're ever confused with definitions, always follow the glossary as they're guaranteed to be correct.

YLL's definition: A measure of how many years of expected life are lost due to premature death.
YLD's definition: A measure of how many healthy years of life are lost due to illness, injury or disability.

Both U5MR definitions are correct but I'll go with the first (as it comes from the glossary).

Both mortality definitions are essentially the same, just worded differently. Take a pick at which one to use.

Regarding incidence's definition, including the things in brackets wouldn't hurt.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: hodang on January 21, 2017, 11:27:59 am
Does anyone have the answers for unit 3 and 4 key concepts hhd book the jacaranda one? it sucks how every subjects has answers except this one
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: hodang on January 21, 2017, 12:00:12 pm
For this dot point in the study design
•   The role of determinants of health, including the physical environment, biological, behavioural and social, in explaining variations in health status:

Do we have to know all factors relating to a specific determinant? Such as for example-
Biological determinant (do we have to know blood pressure, birth weight, blood cholesterol, glucose regulation, genetics - or can we choose a few such as 2 or 3 and learn them?)

For blood cholesterol - do you think we need to know the 2 types of cholesterol in the body? etc.. do we just need to know- What is it, What happens if theres too much in the body (AFFECT ON HEALTH STATUS) or..?

For - Low birth weight - do we need to know the causes of low brith weight such as age of mother, nutrition of mother, smoking/drug use

For - Body weight - do we need to know anything about BMI or is that too extra?

For - Glucose regulation - Do we need to know like what happens when carbs are eaten (e.g-  glucose is absorbed into the bloodstream.  An increase in glucose levels will increase the release of insulin from the pancreas which allows glucose to travel from the bloodstream into the cells to be used for energy ?  (or is that too biology for HHD?) or the impact on this mechanism? (e.g- cells can develop insulin resistance/glucose intolerance in response to high insulin levels, preventing glucose from entering the cells, impairing glucose regulation. This means that glucose will remain in the blood, resulting in High blood glucose levels and in time resulting in diabetes mellitus type 2.)  LOL sorry guys, the textbook covers so much i don't know if this is even relevant? Study design is very broad so im not really sure

For - Sex - Men: Do we need to know what this practically: (males have higher levels of testosterone plays an important role in sperm production and increasing risk-taking behaviours. This can help explain higher rates of injury in men. The body shape of men means that they store more fat around the abdomen than women which is a risk factor cardiovascular disease.)
(woman oestrogen plays a protective role in cardiovascular disease and also the maintenance of bone density. This hormone explains why women have a higher rate of osteoporosis because as women go through menopause, their oestrogen levels start to decline (making them more susceptible to break and fractures). Oestrogen is also linked to distribution and deposition of fat in the body. Oestrogen tends to result in fat being deposited around the buttocks and thighs (pear shape)

Basically, can anyone tell me what exactly we need to know for this dot point.

Aswell as for Biological determinant ( or we choose 2 or 3 from: tobacco smoking, drug misuse, dietary behavior, risk-taking behavior, physical activity (is this irrelevant saw this somewhere -
    Healthy body weight:
Physical activity means the individual uses more energy, which can contribute to H.B.W
This reduces the risk of obesity and associated conditions such as CVD, type 2 diabetes & some cancers.
   Healthy blood vessels:
Physical activity assists in maintaining the elasticity of blood vessels which decreases blood pressure and reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease.
   Positive mental health and lower rates of depression, anxiety and stress.
Exercise can help to relieve stress and produces endorphins, which are hormones that promote feelings of wellbeing.

Same for all the other determinants but i cant continue haha you guys get what i mean

So bascially im trying to say:

+ What do we need to know from this dot point
+ Do we need to know all the factors relating to them (like the ones ive listen or just 2-3?)
+ If we do need to learn them what exactly do we need to know (what is it, what is it caused by, affect on health status)?
+ What exactly is irrelevant that we shouldnt focus on


LOL, if you read this and reply to me, that will be very much appreciated. Thanks alot and sorry for the confusion :p 

Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: helloeveryone on January 21, 2017, 01:13:57 pm
Does anyone have the answers for unit 3 and 4 key concepts hhd book the jacaranda one? it sucks how every subjects has answers except this one

Pretty sure there are answers for Jacaranda's questions. I remember my teacher posting them to us every time we started a chapter but unfortunately they were commercially produced so I can't share them, sorry :-\. Try asking your teacher if they have them?

For this dot point ... for the confusion :p

At this point, you don't need to know any of the determinant examples too in depth. You just need to know that, for example, high blood cholesterol leads to higher cardiovascular disease risk, increasing morbidity rates and thus lowering health status (maybe even a cause for high blood cholestrol like high fat diet). In top you this, you should know the stuff about low birth weight and sex. My teacher said that it wouldn't hurt as it shows a higher level of understanding.

However once you get to NHPA/nutrition part, you will need to know:
- The different cholesterol types and their effects
- Everything you've said about glucose regulation (although maybe not too scientifically in depth)
- BMI as a way to classify obesity (don't need to know how it's calculated)

Also, I would know all of the factors relating to a specific determinant (the textbook ones at a minimum).

P.S What I've just said is ultimately really dependent on how your school runs the course. At my school, everything was catered towards preparing you for the end of year exam; bullshit that wasn't going to be on there was cut out. Your school might do it differently by chucking some non-exam things into SACs. So really, check before you take anything of what I've just said on board :P.

Hope that helps.
 :) :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: hodang on January 21, 2017, 09:38:07 pm
Thankyou so much helloeveryone

Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Maya24 on February 08, 2017, 07:51:47 pm
Would we  need to know the exact definitions for the health status indicators?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on February 08, 2017, 08:18:11 pm
Would we  need to know the exact definitions for the health status indicators?

Absolutely!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Maya24 on February 08, 2017, 09:12:25 pm
Thank you :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on February 09, 2017, 09:18:42 am
Thank you :)

No problem!

I think the health status indicators are one area I'd actually prioritise when it comes to definitions. I don't know of a subject more definition-heavy than HHD (I actually did some number crunching the other month, and traditionally a pretty considerable portion of the exam comes from definitions), but some, IMO, are more crucial than others. And health status indicators are one of those.

Why? Well, because they relate to practically the entire course. If you have to link something to its impact (positive or negative) on global health or health status, I think a really good place to start (depending a little on the structure of the question) would be to define the relevant health status indicator. :)

I don't think it's a bad thing, really. I actually enjoyed the challenge of nailing each and every definition! :D
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: pap0007 on February 21, 2017, 07:59:08 pm
hi i just did a health sac for determinants of health and difference in population groups and there was a question asking to choose 2 determinants of health that would account for the difference in higher injury mortality rates in rural and remote areas when compared to metropolitan areas. one of my determinants i said that "rural and remote areas have higher rates of risk taking behavior such as drug use which increases rates of violence and therefore increases injury mortality rates when compared to metropolitan areas". i didnt receive any marks for this determinant. i have since asked why and the teacher told me she will check it out but i was wandering if this would be valid for the this population group?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: gemmaruffin on February 22, 2017, 11:13:46 pm
hi i just did a health sac for determinants of health and difference in population groups and there was a question asking to choose 2 determinants of health that would account for the difference in higher injury mortality rates in rural and remote areas when compared to metropolitan areas. one of my determinants i said that "rural and remote areas have higher rates of risk taking behavior such as drug use which increases rates of violence and therefore increases injury mortality rates when compared to metropolitan areas". i didnt receive any marks for this determinant. i have since asked why and the teacher told me she will check it out but i was wandering if this would be valid for the this population group?

I think you just needed to link between how drugs increase rates of violence and then your answer would have been better!
Last year I always did my determinant questions in 3 steps and I found it helped really well -
1. those in rural and remote areas have higher levels of drug use than those in metropolitan areas. (compare the determinant)
2. Drug use can lead to an increased risk of violent behaviour due to impacted thoughts, which may increase the risk of injuries. (explain your determinant)
3. This may explain why those in rural and remote areas have higher levels of morbidity due to injury rates than those in metropolitan areas (compare the health difference)

This always makes sure you cover your bases!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Adriana3149 on March 04, 2017, 05:30:13 pm
Hey guys
please look through my hhd questions because I haven't done 1/2 before and I'm not sure if its correct or not

thanks so much!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: seth on March 05, 2017, 09:04:22 am
Hey guys
please look through my hhd questions because I haven't done 1/2 before and I'm not sure if its correct or not

thanks so much!

Only got through the first 4 pages but then remembered that I had a SAC tomorrow x_x
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tryingtogetsmart on March 07, 2017, 05:15:31 pm
Hey guys, Can anyone give me a example answer for 'using the data from the graph above, identify a trend'. Just want to make sure I have the structure right before I hand it in!

Thanks in advance
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: littledreamer on March 09, 2017, 11:00:49 pm
Hey guys
please look through my hhd questions because I haven't done 1/2 before and I'm not sure if its correct or not

thanks so much!

Hey, if you still need help I had a go at answering some :) Following on from what was already corrected:
bi)
1 tobacco use: current daily smoker
Those in the lowest socioeconomic status (SES) group have higher rates of tobacco use, as approximately 22% are current daily smokers compared to 10% of the highest SES groups being daily smokers.
2 physical activity: sedentary/low exercise level
Those in the lowest SES group have lower levels of physical activity compared to those in the highest SES group as they have 75% and 60% of sedentary/ low exercise levels respectively.
ii)
1 Possible health status: Those in low SES groups have higher rates of premature death than those in high SES groups
High rates of tobacco use is a risk factor for lung cancer and other respiratory diseases. Lung cancer can be fatal, thus contributing to higher rates of premature death in low SES groups compared to high SES groups. 
2 Possible health status: Those in low SES groups have higher rates of obesity
Sedentary/low exercise levels are a risk factor for overweight and obesity, hence, contributing to the higher rates of obesity in low SES groups compared to high SES groups (not sure about this one because it's a bit obvious)

With your other answers on the doc, I think you have the right idea but just rephrase your answers to make them more clear

Hope this helps! Feel free to correct if any of these are wrong :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: ayush.mahajan on April 23, 2017, 02:09:24 pm
Hey guys,
If a question asks me to explain a program for a NHPA such as diabetes mellitus, and I decide to use LiveLighter, do I have to give an explanation of how the program specifically addresses the NHPA? For example, LiveLighter can be used for many NHPA's, so would I be able to provide the exact same response as if I were asked to explain a program for cardiovascular health?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on April 23, 2017, 02:10:22 pm
Hey guys,
If a question asks me to explain a program for a NHPA such as diabetes mellitus, and I decide to use LiveLighter, do I have to give an explanation of how the program specifically addresses the NHPA? For example, LiveLighter can be used for many NHPA's, so would I be able to provide the exact same response as if I were asked to explain a program for cardiovascular health?

I'd definitely make it as specific to the relevant NHPA as possible. :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: n__n on April 23, 2017, 03:31:19 pm
Hey guys,
If a question asks me to explain a program for a NHPA such as diabetes mellitus, and I decide to use LiveLighter, do I have to give an explanation of how the program specifically addresses the NHPA? For example, LiveLighter can be used for many NHPA's, so would I be able to provide the exact same response as if I were asked to explain a program for cardiovascular health?

Adding on to what Joseph has already said, the study design key skill you're being tested on is how a program addresses the NHPA, so it would be too simplistic and general to just replicate the exact same response for a diabetes and cardiovascular health question. You have to personalize it to each condition so that you explain how an action may reduce the disease's risk.

Also, just a tip; LiveLighter might seem like the go-to program because it covers more than one NHPA, but from experience, it's way easier to remember and answer with the more obvious programs, like the Heart Foundation tick for cardiovascular health. My personal preference though, I just found that it was too much of a hassle to link to obesity then cardiovascular health, for example, instead of just directly answering it for the NHPA the question was asking for. And it's always good to have a backup program on top of LiveLighter, in the case of the SAC/exam going: "LiveLighter is a program designed to help reduce CVD risk. Describe how another program works to reduce CVD risk."

Hope that helps.  :) :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: patriciarose on April 23, 2017, 05:01:49 pm
Hey guys,
If a question asks me to explain a program for a NHPA such as diabetes mellitus, and I decide to use LiveLighter, do I have to give an explanation of how the program specifically addresses the NHPA? For example, LiveLighter can be used for many NHPA's, so would I be able to provide the exact same response as if I were asked to explain a program for cardiovascular health?

if it's asking for a program addressing diabetes mellitus, you absolutely have to link to diabetes because otherwise you don't answer the question haha. it is literally asking for specifics, so i don't think your response would be absolutely identical to a cardiovascular health response (although it'd be very similar because honestly, you can just say something like 'obesity is a risk factor for diabetes mellitus, and the program live lighter helps to reduce the risk of becoming obese by' etcetera etcetera.) if you link diabetes/cvd to obesity at the start and then probably at the end of your response, then the response would be basically identical for both NHPAs.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: abbeyrose on April 24, 2017, 06:24:58 pm
What are the health promotion programs that you could use for the NHPA Arthritis and other musculoskeletal conditions? I had Osteoporosis Australia but my teacher told me it wasn't right so now I am a bit unsure
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: n__n on April 24, 2017, 06:49:48 pm
What are the health promotion programs that you could use for the NHPA Arthritis and other musculoskeletal conditions? I had Osteoporosis Australia but my teacher told me it wasn't right so now I am a bit unsure

Yeah, cause Osteoporosis Australia is an organisation rather than program. Most people use Bone Health for Life since it's from the textbook, but another good one is How Dense Are You?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: abbeyrose on April 24, 2017, 07:50:46 pm
Yeah, cause Osteoporosis Australia is an organisation rather than program. Most people use Bone Health for Life since it's from the textbook, but another good one is How Dense Are You?

Thank you!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on April 25, 2017, 10:08:35 am
What are the health promotion programs that you could use for the NHPA Arthritis and other musculoskeletal conditions? I had Osteoporosis Australia but my teacher told me it wasn't right so now I am a bit unsure

I used the Waves Warm Water Wellness Program. :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Maya24 on April 25, 2017, 02:24:33 pm
Yeah, cause Osteoporosis Australia is an organisation rather than program. Most people use Bone Health for Life since it's from the textbook, but another good one is How Dense Are You?

I used the time to move program
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Maya24 on May 01, 2017, 06:18:23 pm
If i'm not rank number 1 and in a weak cohort, does that mean i cannot get a 50. Lets just say that i am rank 2 or 3, does that ruin my chance of getting a better score?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: plsbegentle on May 01, 2017, 06:36:35 pm
If i'm not rank number 1 and in a weak cohort, does that mean i cannot get a 50. Lets just say that i am rank 2 or 3, does that ruin my chance of getting a better score?
It's not impossible, but it's very hard. Because you are relying on rank 1 or 2 to do extremely well and on top of that you must do good on the exam. In my opinion, especially in a weak cohort, you want to be rank 1 to have any chance in 50. With that said though, the chances of 40+ is very feasible, if you ace or do decently well, you're in for a good score.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Maya24 on May 01, 2017, 06:41:29 pm
It's not impossible, but it's very hard. Because you are relying on rank 1 or 2 to do extremely well and on top of that you must do good on the exam. In my opinion, especially in a weak cohort, you want to be rank 1 to have any chance in 50. With that said though, the chances of 40+ is very feasible, if you ace or do decently well, you're in for a good score.
Thank you it's just that its difficult being rank 1 as a couple of marks separate it all
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: katie_13 on May 13, 2017, 02:23:00 pm
In desperate need of hhd help!!
What are the differences between the guidelines and the Australian Guide to healthy eating? xx
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on May 14, 2017, 12:21:14 pm
In desperate need of hhd help!!
What are the differences between the guidelines and the Australian Guide to healthy eating? xx

Hey, Katie! Welcome to ATAR Notes! ;D

So the Dietary Guidelines and the AGHE are both aspects of health promotion, and the AGHE was based on the Guidelines, but you're right - they do have some differences.

I think the biggest one is that the AGHE is more of a visual representation - it has the "plate" diagram, which reflects which food types should be consumed to which degree. The Dietary Guidelines doesn't really have this - instead, it just lists the five different recommendations (plus sub-recommendations). :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: gisele on May 14, 2017, 12:34:56 pm
In desperate need of hhd help!!
What are the differences between the guidelines and the Australian Guide to healthy eating? xx

Hi Katie!

The AGHE is a visual representation of ADG guidelines 2 & 3  (keep this in mind - this was a previous exam question), but does not really show guidelines 1, 4 or 5. The size of the "wedges" in the AGHE are the reflection of the approx. proportion of each food group that should be consumed on a daily basis. The ADG doesn't really say anything about the amount of each food group you should be consuming.

Another really key thing - the ADG is designed to be used primarily by the professional sector, educators, health industry sector (not so much the general public). On the other hand, the AGHE (as it's much much easier to understand) was designed to be used by the general public/consumers as a food selection tool.

Hope that helps :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on May 14, 2017, 12:37:38 pm
^Great response, gisele. ;D I guess you didn't 50 HHD for nothing hahaha.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: lauren3748 on June 02, 2017, 12:45:27 pm
I was just wondering if anyone could tell me some advantages and disadvantages of the Dietary Guidelines?
Thanks!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on June 02, 2017, 05:56:18 pm
I was just wondering if anyone could tell me some advantages and disadvantages of the Dietary Guidelines?
Thanks!

I can answer, but first: what are your thoughts on it? Not in a textbook-listy way, just - when you think about how people would respond to them, what do you think are some good and bad things about them?

Doing this is an excellent exam skill; it shows you that just by thinking you can answer many questions without having officially learnt the answers. :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on June 06, 2017, 11:29:01 am
Where are y'all up to in the course at the moment? :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Ayane_Abdillahi on June 06, 2017, 09:39:53 pm
Starting unit 4 ch 8 which is characteristic of a developing and developed countries and classifying countries
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: patriciarose on June 06, 2017, 10:02:48 pm
Where are y'all up to in the course at the moment? :)

who strata levels and human development index (: it's actually heaps more enjoyable than i thought it'd be? haha.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on June 07, 2017, 09:01:08 am
Starting unit 4 ch 8 which is characteristic of a developing and developed countries and classifying countries

Nice! How are you finding HHD thus far? :)
who strata levels and human development index (: it's actually heaps more enjoyable than i thought it'd be? haha.

This particular topic, or HHD overall? Because either way, I empathise. 😂 I loved HHD - super interesting (mostly lol)!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: littledreamer on June 13, 2017, 10:12:41 am
Hello,
I'm confused about the Medicare Safety Net and how it all works with the gap amount and out of pocket costs - have these concepts been largely tested on past exams or SACs?

Thanks  :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on June 13, 2017, 01:21:41 pm
Hello,
I'm confused about the Medicare Safety Net and how it all works with the gap amount and out of pocket costs - have these concepts been largely tested on past exams or SACs?

Thanks  :)

I don't think they've ever been mentioned on a past exam; it's enough to know that when you've spent enough on doctors' services covered by Medicare in a year, you get even more subsidies on your healthcare. :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: kaii on July 03, 2017, 07:58:11 am
I read how one of the 50ers in HHD selectively learned the content to get that score. She said: for example, for social determinants she would only pick one determinant like access to health care and she would vary the reasons according to the population being discussed.. so my question is, do we lose marks for that? I remember clearly in one of my old SACs that if you've given a social determinant, they would ask for another one in the following questions.
Thanks!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: gemmaruffin on July 03, 2017, 09:23:41 am
I read how one of the 50ers in HHD selectively learned the content to get that score. She said: for example, for social determinants she would only pick one determinant like access to health care and she would vary the reasons according to the population being discussed.. so my question is, do we lose marks for that? I remember clearly in one of my old SACs that if you've given a social determinant, they would ask for another one in the following questions.
Thanks!

When I did my determinant questions, I just made sure I had enough to cover my bases. If you want to condense information you have to learn (this can work throughout the whole course), try and find links you can use in one or more ways (eg. Biological - Body Weight works in pretty much every difference between groups questions), and just ensure you have a possible determinant for questions they can ask you. I ended up condensing my information last year so much so that I had the whole course laid out on 4 A3 pages :)

In terms of marks, they're very rarely going to ask you for more than two of one type of determinant, and if it is in a different part of the sac, from memory I think it's okay to reuse the same one.
Hope this helps!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: kaii on July 03, 2017, 09:13:35 pm
When I did my determinant questions, I just made sure I had enough to cover my bases. If you want to condense information you have to learn (this can work throughout the whole course), try and find links you can use in one or more ways (eg. Biological - Body Weight works in pretty much every difference between groups questions), and just ensure you have a possible determinant for questions they can ask you. I ended up condensing my information last year so much so that I had the whole course laid out on 4 A3 pages :)

In terms of marks, they're very rarely going to ask you for more than two of one type of determinant, and if it is in a different part of the sac, from memory I think it's okay to reuse the same one.
Hope this helps!

Wow!! The whole course in just 4 pages?!? Teach me your waysss   ;D  I am also condensing information in an A3 book rather than just simply writing notes as a revision tool but I feel like I'm still writing too much >_<  Any tips with revision and taking notes? In particular, how did you revise for the NHPAs ? Did you learn one bio, behav, phys env, and social for each or..?

Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: merryn_hall on July 06, 2017, 02:02:37 pm
1. Life expectancy at birth
2. Mean years of schooling
3. Expected years of schooling
4. Gross national income per capita


What other factors could be included in
calculating the Human Development Index of a
country?

Why might it be difficult to include other
factors in calculating the Human Development
Index?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: gemmaruffin on July 06, 2017, 03:54:30 pm
Wow!! The whole course in just 4 pages?!? Teach me your waysss   ;D  I am also condensing information in an A3 book rather than just simply writing notes as a revision tool but I feel like I'm still writing too much >_<  Any tips with revision and taking notes? In particular, how did you revise for the NHPAs ? Did you learn one bio, behav, phys env, and social for each or..?



It was definitely a lot of hard thinking and small handwriting, but I did get there in the end! For revision, I remember having summary tables which had all the information I needed, then I would summarise each dot point of the study design to an A4 page, and then when I had done an outcome of each one, I would do an overall summary of the whole outcome on A3 (I found a photo of outcome 2 unit 4 that I attached!)

For revision, especially NHPAS, practise questions are the absolute best option! I pretty much knew a little spiel about each NHPA program off by heart, but luckily for unit 4 programs you can make them up, and then again condense your information so that you have less to learn ;)

I can't remember exactly how I remembered the determinants for NHPAs, but I think if you have a good understanding about what the NHPA is about, you can pretty much work out what determinant would affect it, like for example cardiovascular health would have some relation to obesity. The NHPA SAC was the one I'll probably always remember because I dropped two marks for writing cardiovascular disease and type two diabetes instead of cardiovascular health and diabetes mellitus, so trust me - always learn your detailed terminology!

I've gone on a tangent again, as per usual, but hopefully this helps you :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: gemmaruffin on July 06, 2017, 04:01:22 pm
1. Life expectancy at birth
2. Mean years of schooling
3. Expected years of schooling
4. Gross national income per capita


What other factors could be included in
calculating the Human Development Index of a
country?

Why might it be difficult to include other
factors in calculating the Human Development
Index?

I find this a really interesting question, seeing you only really need to know the 4! But I guess you could talk about for a - gross domestic product (value of goods produced and services provided in a year), or something like employment rate or prevalence of illness, but for b - it may be difficult as the 4 main factors really cover everything - and there wouldn't need to be much else.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: maria.ali on July 06, 2017, 05:12:33 pm
Hi there,
what is the difference between income and GNI?
and how would you answer a question that asks 'Explain how income may contribute to differences in health status between Australia and another developing country' compared to a question that asks 'Explain how the GNI per capita could contribute to differences in human development between '" and ""'

Thank you
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: gemmaruffin on July 06, 2017, 05:25:12 pm
Hi there,
what is the difference between income and GNI?
and how would you answer a question that asks 'Explain how income may contribute to differences in health status between Australia and another developing country' compared to a question that asks 'Explain how the GNI per capita could contribute to differences in human development between '" and ""'

Thank you

Income is more on an individual basis, and GNI is on a more community basis, however you could talk about it in the same way.

Australia has a higher income/GNI than some developing countries such as Uganda. A high income or high GNI in developed countries such as Australia allows for increased amount of tax to be paid which allows the government to use this money to subsidise the cost of vaccines, meaning that more people would have access to vaccines and thus there would be decreased incidence of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles. This means that Australia may have a better health status than developing countries such as Uganda.

Bit wordy but you get the point ;)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Butterflygirl on July 06, 2017, 07:21:33 pm
It was definitely a lot of hard thinking and small handwriting, but I did get there in the end! For revision, I remember having summary tables which had all the information I needed, then I would summarise each dot point of the study design to an A4 page, and then when I had done an outcome of each one, I would do an overall summary of the whole outcome on A3 (I found a photo of outcome 2 unit 4 that I attached!)

For revision, especially NHPAS, practise questions are the absolute best option! I pretty much knew a little spiel about each NHPA program off by heart, but luckily for unit 4 programs you can make them up, and then again condense your information so that you have less to learn ;)

I can't remember exactly how I remembered the determinants for NHPAs, but I think if you have a good understanding about what the NHPA is about, you can pretty much work out what determinant would affect it, like for example cardiovascular health would have some relation to obesity. The NHPA SAC was the one I'll probably always remember because I dropped two marks for writing cardiovascular disease and type two diabetes instead of cardiovascular health and diabetes mellitus, so trust me - always learn your detailed terminology!

I've gone on a tangent again, as per usual, but hopefully this helps you :)

Just a quick question, around when did u officially start exam preparation (doing papers etc.)?
Thanks!! :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: gemmaruffin on July 07, 2017, 05:07:55 pm
Just a quick question, around when did u officially start exam preparation (doing papers etc.)?
Thanks!! :)

I didn't properly start studying until Term 3 holidays! My first trial paper was the one I did at school (somehow got a 89??) and then just did practise exams after that leading up to the exam. I don't find it that useful to do heaps and heaps of papers, but rather try and get really detailed feedback from your teacher so that you know what to fix up (I was probably getting ~96,97 on my practise papers the week before the exam, but I think I only ended up doing about 8 total.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: merryn_hall on July 08, 2017, 09:21:58 am
Why do you think non-communicable diseases
don’t receive a lot of attention in countries such as
Uganda where rates are higher than in Australia?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: amigos on July 08, 2017, 09:30:57 am
Why do you think non-communicable diseases
don’t receive a lot of attention in countries such as
Uganda where rates are higher than in Australia?

Because communicable diseases are more prevalent there. People are more likely to focus more on the 'imminent dangers' of malaria, for instance, than conditions such as obesity and diabetes.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: merryn_hall on July 08, 2017, 10:17:39 am
Hi there,
I was wondering what the go is with 'double dipping' in health?
For example using the same determinant more than once for different NHPA questions in the same SAC/exam.

Would we not get a mark as it doesn't display a broader knowledge or is that up to individual schools for SACs?

In the exam would they ignore if we 'double dip'?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: merryn_hall on July 08, 2017, 10:39:46 am
I find this a really interesting question, seeing you only really need to know the 4! But I guess you could talk about for a - gross domestic product (value of goods produced and services provided in a year), or something like employment rate or prevalence of illness, but for b - it may be difficult as the 4 main factors really cover everything - and there wouldn't need to be much else.

Yeah I know what you mean!
Both questions were from the Jacaranda textbook I have and I didn't really get why it would ask me to identify these factors that I don't need to directly know.
Most likely to secure my understanding that the initial 4 factors are the most relevant or something.

Thanks for your help  ;D
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: gemmaruffin on July 08, 2017, 12:24:41 pm

Yeah I know what you mean!
Both questions were from the Jacaranda textbook I have and I didn't really get why it would ask me to identify these factors that I don't need to directly know.
Most likely to secure my understanding that the initial 4 factors are the most relevant or something.

Thanks for your help  ;D

All good! I had the jacaranda textbook last year too, and I found the textbook questions to be so irrelevant to the course (I honestly don't remember doing any of them throughout the year)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: gemmaruffin on July 08, 2017, 12:31:31 pm

Hi there,
I was wondering what the go is with 'double dipping' in health?
For example using the same determinant more than once for different NHPA questions in the same SAC/exam.

Would we not get a mark as it doesn't display a broader knowledge or is that up to individual schools for SACs?

In the exam would they ignore if we 'double dip'?

God I don't mind not having to hear about double dipping anymore
I got away with it whenever you did a different question, so like 3 to 4, but if you were talking a to b, you can't do it
Confusing, but it will probably make more sense when you do practise exams!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on July 09, 2017, 11:15:48 am
Great work in this thread! :D

A particularly big thank you to gemmaruffin, who's been smashing it! 🙌

Sorry about my relative absence here in the last week or two.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: gemmaruffin on July 10, 2017, 12:06:31 am
Great work in this thread! :D

A particularly big thank you to gemmaruffin, who's been smashing it! 🙌

Sorry about my relative absence here in the last week or two.

Awww, thanks! Just trying to spread knowledge and love for HHD, ya know?  ;)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on July 24, 2017, 03:52:31 pm
Awww, thanks! Just trying to spread knowledge and love for HHD, ya know?  ;)

Oh, I know! It's a great subject. :))
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: gemmaruffin on July 24, 2017, 04:35:17 pm
Oh, I know! It's a great subject. :))
I actually miss it now! Everyone who's doing it in my year talks about it and all I wanna do is go smash some questions hahah :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on July 24, 2017, 07:19:15 pm
I actually miss it now! Everyone who's doing it in my year talks about it and all I wanna do is go smash some questions hahah :)

ATAR Notes is the perfect place for you. ;)

One of us, one of us!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: kaii on July 27, 2017, 11:06:04 pm
Please help! Confused HHD-er  :(

I still haven't quite gotten my head around the elements of sustainability. I don't quite get appropriateness as an element and often confuse this with equity. Any help and explanations would be really good! Thanksss
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on July 28, 2017, 08:48:37 am
Please help! Confused HHD-er  :(

I still haven't quite gotten my head around the elements of sustainability. I don't quite get appropriateness as an element and often confuse this with equity. Any help and explanations would be really good! Thanksss

If you just think about it logically, from what the word means - appropriateness is about the program being... appropriate to the situation of those you're trying to help; that's all there is to it.

For example:

- if most of the people you're trying to help are illiterate, it's hardly appropriate to give them literature on health-promoting behaviours; instead, try and deliver it visually or through talking to people

- if they don't have many electrical powerpoints or electricity is very expensive or (many other issues), don't try supplying them with iPads

- if they don't have cars, you need to make your program available within walking distance

- if the men won't allow the women out of the house, or to talk to other men, you need to find a way around that - you can't run a health or water or nutrition program without addressing that fact



A key thing with HHD is to try and move away from thinking of things in terms of textbook answers, and moving towards basic logical thinking - for example, rather than learning officially what makes a good program, just think logically about how it would play out in real life.  Rather than learning a list of Costs Of NHPAs, just think - how does someone having cancer make us pay both money and emotionally?  In this way, HHD is mostly common sense and requires much less Content Learning/"Studying" than you'd think.  I didn't refer to any notes writing this, I just thought about what it meant off the top of my head, and I haven't looked at HHD notes in ages; I just used common sense.

It's a subtle difference, but in my experience makes all the difference in the world.

Does that make sense? :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: gemmaruffin on July 30, 2017, 10:49:28 am

A key thing with HHD is to try and move away from thinking of things in terms of textbook answers, and moving towards basic logical thinking - for example, rather than learning officially what makes a good program, just think logically about how it would play out in real life.  Rather than learning a list of Costs Of NHPAs, just think - how does someone having cancer make us pay both money and emotionally?  In this way, HHD is mostly common sense and requires much less Content Learning/"Studying" than you'd think.  I didn't refer to any notes writing this, I just thought about what it meant off the top of my head, and I haven't looked at HHD notes in ages; I just used common sense.

It's a subtle difference, but in my experience makes all the difference in the world.

Does that make sense? :)

I second this so much!! If you try to think about everything in Health logically it does make sense, and then rather than studying textbook answers that don't make much sense, you can come up with your own answers that will be way more likely to make sense not just to you, but whoever is marking your SACS/Exam, and therefore you'll probably get better marks because of it!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: buster99 on August 03, 2017, 05:49:29 pm
 Unit 4 health and human development, the question I had was
Identify the SDG that aims to reduce under 5 mortality rate

(once I got out of the SAC I realised it was obviously SDG 3 Good Health and Wellbeing)

But silly me wrote SDG 2 Zero hunger and justified why
Would I still have lost marks for this ??
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: gisele on August 03, 2017, 06:28:40 pm
Unit 4 health and human development, the question I had was
Identify the SDG that aims to reduce under 5 mortality rate

(once I got out of the SAC I realised it was obviously SDG 3 Good Health and Wellbeing)

But silly me wrote SDG 2 Zero hunger and justified why
Would I still have lost marks for this ??

It's ultimately up to your teacher and how he/she decides to mark it. You probably won't get the marks for identifying the SDG, but you could potentially get consecutive marks for justifying. Again, depends on your teacher but either way, it's a good lesson for the exam :P
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: kaii on August 04, 2017, 10:41:34 am
Any tips with revising for the SDGs?

Specifically, I was wondering if I would have to know all the description for each SDG word for word like :
SDG 8: Decent work and economic growth
Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
Description
•   Annually increase GDP and economic growth in developing countries
•   Increase economic productivity through upgrading technology, promoting tourism, and building policies that support innovation, job creation, and growth of small businesses
•   Achieve full, productive and decent employment for all men and women
•   Increase proportion of youth employed or in education
•   Promote safe working environments for all
•   Eradicate slavery and child labour, and achieve equal pay for work of equal value
•   Increase access to financial services for all


or something simpler like Jess' slide notes from the July Atarnotes lecture
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on August 04, 2017, 11:01:05 am
You definitely don't need to memorise that word for word.  You just have to have a general thorough idea of what they each involve, and from there you can easily figure out how they impact GH/SHD.  Jess's slides are probably a great place to go from!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Ayane_Abdillahi on August 08, 2017, 08:12:56 pm
Can some explain the structure of writing a sustainable human development question as well as a global health question
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: gemmaruffin on August 10, 2017, 05:58:28 pm
Can some explain the structure of writing a sustainable human development question as well as a global health question

SUSTAINABLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
This is possibly your way to success! Seeing that it's the question given the highest mark in the exam (so far) you really need to get this one down pat.
Lets use the example of SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
Basically I would follow a formula, and after the example pretty much write the same thing every time, just manipulating it so it made sense -

Example[1] - this just has to be something taken out of the information you're given in the question.
Through the achievement of SDG 2, more people, especially children will have access to adequate and nutritious food.

Link to Health [1] Now you link to one of the aspects of health, I would usually do physical
This will improve the physical health of communities as adequate food will ensure sufficient energy to perform daily tasks and improve immunity to diseases such as measles and malaria.

Link to Human Development [2] Here, it is important that you have a short linking sentence that brings you to the human development. You'll need to include at least 2 aspects of HD too.
Children and adults will no longer be ill and have the energy to attend work and school. (This is the linking part and from memory (pls confirm) I think it gives you a mark?) This improves human development as it creates an environment where both adults and children can participate in the life of their communities. Children can also enhance their numeracy and literacy skills and adults through work can increase their access to a decent standard of living.

Link to a type of sustainability [1]
Here, talk about improving sustainability for the current generation.
The current generation are now able to earn an a decent income due to improvements in health and human development and can contribute taxes to their community to subsidise the cost of vaccinations. ( economic sustainability)

Back to Health or HD [1]
This part is up to you - depending on what you say for your example to lead you to what you say - just be careful and don't double dip, eg. if the question was about vaccinations, you don't want to link it back to the government subsiding vaccination because it's already happening!
This will improve the physical health of future generations as they will now have access to immunizations and will not suffer from illness such as measles.


GLOBAL HEALTH

This is also one of the more weighted questions! It follows a formula too.
Pretty much I would do example - global health, including a few health status terms (plus adding global or worldwide to each indicator). The last sentence to cover you is just a short thing about equity in health.

EG.
Identify a WHO leadership priority area and explain how it promotes global health. [3 marks]
One of the WHO leadership priority areas is ‘Increasing Access to Medical Products’. This area aims at working with countries, especially developing countries to increase access to affordable medicines and vaccinations. [1]This impacts on global health as if more people have access to immunisations against disease against measles, this means global morbidity and under 5mortality rates worldwide should decrease, increasing global life expectancy [1]. Improvements in global health ensures greater equity in health for all people worldwide. [1]

Hope this helped!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Ayane_Abdillahi on August 10, 2017, 09:34:46 pm
Thank you son much it really helped
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Maya24 on August 13, 2017, 01:46:30 pm
When is the best time to start doing practice exams and how many?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Sunset.T on August 13, 2017, 08:59:55 pm
Okay sustainable human development questions are messing with me. I'm pretty sure I get it and stuff, it's easy to write the health and human development aspects of it, it's just the sustainability bit that's getting to me.

So first of all, in an exam if there was a question on sustainable human development, would it be the same old "how could achieving SDG __ lead to sustainable human development" or could the question be slightly different to that? So far in class we've only looked at that example question.

Anyway when I get to th sustainable part I always write something like "if these services are available for the current generation, then they'll likely be around for future generations who will also be encouraged to utilise those services" and I basically use that exact same thing for every SDG.

So for example, one of my answers to a sustainable development question was:
"achieving SDG #1, which has a focus on ensuring all people have access to appropriate social protection systems and financial services, could mean more people have the ability to afford adequate shelter, which would decrease the amount of health issues associated with poor shelter such as injuries, heatstroke and disease caused by pests. Because of this, people will have more time to go out and attend school to improve literacy and access to knowledge which could allow for ability to earn income. Further, if current generations can access financial services that can help with affording shelter, then these services are likely to be available to future generations who would be encouraged to utilise those services to ensure that they too are able to afford shelter and meet their own needs and prevent future generations from falling into the poverty cycle."

I feel like I messed it up.
The sample sustainable human development question that we did together as a class with the teacher was
"Sustainable development goal #3, good Health and wellbeing, has a focus on ensuring universal access to sexual and reproductive health care services. As all women would be able to access a skilled health professional during labour, less birth complications are likely to occur, preventing women from dying during childbirth. If less women are dying during childbirth, this means they are more likely to be able to lead long and healthy lives. Further, they will be able to care for their children. If women access healthcare services currently, then healthcare services will be available for future generations to access, ensuring sustainability and continued improvement in maternal mortality rates."

The underlined sections are what the teacher told us to underline as I believe they are each mark, so the first one is a Health mark, the second is Human development mark, the third is sustainability, and the fourth I believe is another health mark. But yeah because of that practice answer I have been writing all my sustainable human development answers to pretty much completely match the practice one we did. At the moment we are focusing only on SDG 1,2,3 & 5. And for these I'm wondering how I could talk about one of the 3 sustainability dimensions in my answers, it's seeming surprisingly difficult, I feel like there's an important factor that I'm missing that will get me back on the ball.

I'm fine with everything else in this study, global health is pretty easy to address, and most of the SDG's have fairly similar aspects to them which means for certain questions my answers would be similar regardless of which SDG it is (i think/hope) and now I'm just in the process of remembering key terms which is super easy. So I think I've got everything down pat apart from this bloody sustainable human development
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on August 14, 2017, 11:53:23 am
When is the best time to start doing practice exams and how many?

Whenever you feel ready, and however many you feel you need.

I don't know if this answer will be satisfying for you, but it's really hard to say like "in two weeks from now, and 14!"

It changes from person to person. There are several people on this forum who did extremely well in HHD (read: raw 50 study score) having completed two or fewer practice exams.

I also scored a 50, and probably did ~30 practice exams in full.

How confident are you feeling with the material at the moment? :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on August 14, 2017, 12:32:28 pm
Ya, I did one school-required prac exam, and had looked through the past VCAA exams through the year to get an idea of what each SAC could test.  That was it for me, except flicking through some company prac exams to check if there were any questions I had no idea how to do.

Okay sustainable human development questions are messing with me. I'm pretty sure I get it and stuff, it's easy to write the health and human development aspects of it, it's just the sustainability bit that's getting to me.

The easiest method in my opinion: link to education.  If someone is educated/literate, they are more likely to ensure their child is educated/have the income to send them to school/be able to teach their child/pass down knowledge, thus ensuring future generations have more health-related knowledge and income, which is social sustainability.  You can link most/all SDGs to education (let me know if you struggle with this at all), so if all else fails, go:

SDG --> improves education --> future generations more educated

If the question is about how a specific program promotes SHD, you can focus on how elements of that program are affordable/equitable/appropriate and thus sustainable, but this isn't easily possible with SDGs.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Maya24 on August 14, 2017, 06:02:21 pm
Whenever you feel ready, and however many you feel you need.

I don't know if this answer will be satisfying for you, but it's really hard to say like "in two weeks from now, and 14!"

It changes from person to person. There are several people on this forum who did extremely well in HHD (read: raw 50 study score) having completed two or fewer practice exams.

I also scored a 50, and probably did ~30 practice exams in full.

How confident are you feeling with the material at the moment? :)

I'm feeling okay with the content. Just have to brush up on a couple of things. I'm aiming for high 40s so I think  I might plan to do 30 to 40 practice exams.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Sunset.T on August 15, 2017, 09:53:33 am

The easiest method in my opinion: link to education.  If someone is educated/literate, they are more likely to ensure their child is educated/have the income to send them to school/be able to teach their child/pass down knowledge, thus ensuring future generations have more health-related knowledge and income, which is social sustainability.  You can link most/all SDGs to education (let me know if you struggle with this at all), so if all else fails, go:

SDG --> improves education --> future generations more educated

If the question is about how a specific program promotes SHD, you can focus on how elements of that program are affordable/equitable/appropriate and thus sustainable, but this isn't easily possible with SDGs.

Very helpful thank you. But also with the SDG's promoting global health I feel like I'm writing the exact same answer which is like "as the goal targets _____ this would mean less ____ and improved mortality and morbidity rates globally, which then decreases disparity between countries in regards to the gap in life expectancy and further promote equity in health for all people world wide."

Or something along those lines. Surely there's more to it. Every time I've practiced it for each of the 4 SDG's that we are currently focusing on my teacher marks it as completely correct but it's only worth 3 marks. I don't allocate myself marks I just try to write as much as possible and see how many marks my teacher thinks it's worth and it's always about three. How can I expand it and write it so it's worth more marks if I'm writing the same thing all the time and feel like it's covered everything? I have my SAC in 2 and a half hours from now so I'm cramming everything lmao
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on August 15, 2017, 10:08:08 am
Well basically... that IS all there is to it haha.  Some bits of HHD are just simple formulas like that, and you'll consistently get full marks for that. :) Just remember to make all your links (from the SDG to mortality, for instance) as clear as possible, and you'll be absolutely fine! :D
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: gemmaruffin on August 15, 2017, 06:19:07 pm
When is the best time to start doing practice exams and how many?

I started doing mine in the term 3 holidays and did about 7 or 8, including the school based ones. I got heaps of feedback on them though, so I think feedback>number, ie. if you have the choice to do one exam you can get heaps of feedback on, or 3 but no feedback, go for the one.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Maya24 on August 16, 2017, 05:30:06 pm
I started doing mine in the term 3 holidays and did about 7 or 8, including the school based ones. I got heaps of feedback on them though, so I think feedback>number, ie. if you have the choice to do one exam you can get heaps of feedback on, or 3 but no feedback, go for the one.

Thank you
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: kaii on August 18, 2017, 09:16:25 am
Referring to SDG brief descriptions on the useful HHD resources forum

Hi, I was just wondering whether the brief descriptions outlined by heids are enough to give me full marks on a sac. Thank you
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: littledreamer on August 18, 2017, 01:05:21 pm
Unit 4 health and human development, the question I had was
Identify the SDG that aims to reduce under 5 mortality rate

(once I got out of the SAC I realised it was obviously SDG 3 Good Health and Wellbeing)

But silly me wrote SDG 2 Zero hunger and justified why
Would I still have lost marks for this ??

Hey guys - just with this I was wondering why it would be wrong to say SDG 2? Is it because SDG 3 is more specific to health that it's the best answer? Because I thought like essentially SDG 1 + SDG 2, also work to reduce U5MR e.g. for SDG 1 if there is no poverty, person can be educated + have better health knowledge when taking care of babies etc or like access to healthcare because of income?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: gisele on August 19, 2017, 10:31:54 am
Hey guys - just with this I was wondering why it would be wrong to say SDG 2? Is it because SDG 3 is more specific to health that it's the best answer? Because I thought like essentially SDG 1 + SDG 2, also work to reduce U5MR e.g. for SDG 1 if there is no poverty, person can be educated + have better health knowledge when taking care of babies etc or like access to healthcare because of income?

Hey! At the end of the day, it's up to your teacher and whether they would accept SDG 1 or 2. What you're saying is 100% correct in that the achievement of SDG 1 or SDG 2 would likely reduce U5MR. However, the reason why SDG 3: Good health and wellbeing is the most correct is because if you recall- SDG 3 specifically focuses on:
- maternal and child mortality (i.e. U5MR)
- communicable diseases such as malaria, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis and tuberculosis.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: gisele on August 19, 2017, 10:37:27 am
Referring to SDG brief descriptions on the useful HHD resources forum

Hi, I was just wondering whether the brief descriptions outlined by heids are enough to give me full marks on a sac. Thank you

It depends on how many marks the question is worth. Generally speaking though, the 'describe SDG #' questions are usually 2 marks, so the brief descriptions should be enough for full marks there :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Ashyyy23 on August 29, 2017, 06:42:46 pm
Hey guys! I have a question that's really bugging me!

So with the interrelationships questions for 6 marks between H, HD, AND SUS- do we answer that the same way we would a SHD question for 6 marks?

Also, in these interrelationships questions (whether that's between all 3 or just the interrelationship between health and HD, for example), for the health component, can we only mention the dimensions or also health status indicators?

(my teacher has told me that for the separate "health AND *Insert here* ..." we only use the dimensions)

Pleaseeeeee help out guys, got a SAC soon! :S
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Maya24 on September 06, 2017, 06:58:26 pm
How many Ngo programs should we know?
Also For the DFAT Priorities would we need to know it contributes to sustainable human development and Global Health?

Thanks in Advance
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Butterflygirl on September 06, 2017, 07:24:44 pm
Hey guys, for interrelationships questions (health, HD and sustainability), do we need to have three links or six links?


Thanks!! :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: gisele on September 08, 2017, 11:41:14 am
Hey guys! I have a question that's really bugging me!

So with the interrelationships questions for 6 marks between H, HD, AND SUS- do we answer that the same way we would a SHD question for 6 marks?

Also, in these interrelationships questions (whether that's between all 3 or just the interrelationship between health and HD, for example), for the health component, can we only mention the dimensions or also health status indicators?

(my teacher has told me that for the separate "health AND *Insert here* ..." we only use the dimensions)

Pleaseeeeee help out guys, got a SAC soon! :S

For the interrelationships questions, they differ from SHD questions in that you must discuss the interrelationships. For SHD, you do not need to (but it is a good idea to anyway).

For both types of questions, you can use either dimensions or health status indicators.

Hey guys, for interrelationships questions (health, HD and sustainability), do we need to have three links or six links?


Thanks!! :)

Hey! :)
3 links. For the 6 mark question:
3 marks = health, HD, sustainability on their own
3 marks = the links/interrelationships

How many Ngo programs should we know?
Also For the DFAT Priorities would we need to know it contributes to sustainable human development and Global Health?

Thanks in Advance

By NGO programs, do you mean the aid programs addressing key issues like literacy, malaria, HIV/AIDs, etc.? If so, then you should know one program per issue (so 6 altogether). If you mean the non-gov organisations like World Vision, Oxfam, etc., then just stick to the ones your school is studying. For the exam, all you really need is to be familiar with some NGOs and their mission, but you won't be asked about the details of any specific NGOs for this topic.

As for DFAT, yes it is possible that you are asked how a priority might contribute to sustainable human development. It's a good idea to think about this beforehand, perhaps some practice questions on it. Otherwise, you can just apply your knowledge in the SAC/exam. :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Maya24 on September 10, 2017, 04:06:14 pm
What is the cut off mark in the exams?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on September 11, 2017, 09:43:53 am
What is the cut off mark in the exams?

The cut off for what? :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Maya24 on September 11, 2017, 07:25:52 pm
For an A+ and an A
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: gemmaruffin on September 11, 2017, 09:41:53 pm
For an A+ and an A
If you head to the graded distribution, (http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Pages/vce/statistics/2016/statssect3.aspx) it will show you each cut off for all parts of the exam. This usually doesn't change too much, but by googling 'graded distribution ..(insert year)..', you'll be able to find what it's been in the past :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Maya24 on September 11, 2017, 10:17:19 pm
Thank you, I was just wondering what it  meant by 159-200  for the A+ cut off  since i thought the exam was only out of 100.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: gisele on September 11, 2017, 10:33:15 pm
Thank you, I was just wondering what it  meant by 159-200  for the A+ cut off  since i thought the exam was only out of 100.

The exam is marked twice (i.e. by 2 assessors), hence why it is out of 200. :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Maya24 on September 12, 2017, 04:23:05 pm
Thank you for clearing that up :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Sunset.T on September 13, 2017, 08:13:02 pm
Hey guysss
I had my final 3/4 sac today and I'm honestly so concerned. I feel like I did atrocious on it, I actually believe I may have gotten a D on it.

Like it was a mess, in the lessons leading up to the SAC I was doing brilliant on the revision questions, I was getting full marks and everything. But the questions on the SAC somehow threw me off. I actually had a headache which didn't help and my mind went blank frequently. Haha. In fact I actually struggled on the interrelationship questions which is weird because I had practiced those questions so many times and I had perfected it so I don't know why I spaced out on it.

Anyway one of my answers that was bothering me the most was to an "evaluate the sustainability of this program" question. For appropriateness I wrote down that the program addresses an actual issue that the people in Bangladesh face. Then going through my notes in my book after the SAC I never even wrote that "addressing an actual issue the community faces" is part of appropriateness. Do you reckon it could be considered correct?

I'm honestly so worked up about this sac. If I don't do well on it I'm actually gonna die lmao
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: gemmaruffin on September 13, 2017, 09:09:59 pm
Hey guysss
I had my final 3/4 sac today and I'm honestly so concerned. I feel like I did atrocious on it, I actually believe I may have gotten a D on it.

Like it was a mess, in the lessons leading up to the SAC I was doing brilliant on the revision questions, I was getting full marks and everything. But the questions on the SAC somehow threw me off. I actually had a headache which didn't help and my mind went blank frequently. Haha. In fact I actually struggled on the interrelationship questions which is weird because I had practiced those questions so many times and I had perfected it so I don't know why I spaced out on it.

Anyway one of my answers that was bothering me the most was to an "evaluate the sustainability of this program" question. For appropriateness I wrote down that the program addresses an actual issue that the people in Bangladesh face. Then going through my notes in my book after the SAC I never even wrote that "addressing an actual issue the community faces" is part of appropriateness. Do you reckon it could be considered correct?

I'm honestly so worked up about this sac. If I don't do well on it I'm actually gonna die lmao

Don't stress! Overall, one SAC won't make that much of a difference to your scores.
Also, what you wrote for appropriateness is perfect - if a program needs to be appropriate, it has to address the needs of the community, which is an actual issue they would face!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Sunset.T on September 13, 2017, 10:25:45 pm
Don't stress! Overall, one SAC won't make that much of a difference to your scores.
Also, what you wrote for appropriateness is perfect - if a program needs to be appropriate, it has to address the needs of the community, which is an actual issue they would face!

Okay that's very comforting to hear, thanks. But still I value my scores way too much, I think it's unhealthy actually. Haha.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: amorphous on September 15, 2017, 07:58:22 pm
Hi! Are there a lot of essays in HHD?
Thanks! :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Hamed Sarwari on September 17, 2017, 04:30:53 pm
Hello, I need help with a question
How does achieving food security assist in achieving 3 of the AUSTRALIAN AID PRIORITIES?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Blessimms on September 18, 2017, 10:01:29 am
Hello I'm in Year 11 and i'm hoping to do Health and Human Development 3/4 next year  without doing 1/2 is that a good idea, or am I setting myself up for failure
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on September 18, 2017, 11:41:16 am
Apologies to those I've not responded to - I'll let somebody else have a crack here (I'm not too sure on responses).

Hi! Are there a lot of essays in HHD?
Thanks! :)

Hey amorphous. :)

HHD doesn't have essays in the same way that, for example, English has essays. There are some questions that require longer responses (usually about six marks), but they don't need to be structured in an essay form.

So, to answer your question: no, not really - but you may need to provide some extended responses. :)

Hello I'm in Year 11 and i'm hoping to do Health and Human Development 3/4 next year  without doing 1/2 is that a good idea, or am I setting myself up for failure

Hey Blessimms! Welcome to ATAR Notes. :D

Nah, that sounds like a fine enough idea to me. What's your rationale for picking up HHD? Are you interested in the content?

I don't think you're setting yourself up for failure, necessarily; I didn't do 1/2, either, and finished with a 50 study score. :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Maya24 on September 26, 2017, 06:26:11 pm
What is the best way to revise for Health?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Butterflygirl on October 03, 2017, 09:31:30 pm
I'm freaking out about the amount of content. Ahh

Similar to the question above, does anyone have any tips on improving quality of responses??
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: littledreamer on October 09, 2017, 11:32:00 am
I'm freaking out about the amount of content. Ahh

Similar to the question above, does anyone have any tips on improving quality of responses??

I find that doing practice exams and then correcting them really help. Add corrections and phrases to your current answers and copy the good answers from the solutions just to like get the general structure of how they do it.

Does anyone know if glycaemic index is in our study design? So like would we be asked to define and explain it? thanks :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: boooom on October 09, 2017, 11:46:27 am
I find that doing practice exams and then correcting them really help. Add corrections and phrases to your current answers and copy the good answers from the solutions just to like get the general structure of how they do it.

Does anyone know if glycaemic index is in our study design? So like would we be asked to define and explain it? thanks :)

Nope. It was removed with this study design.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: littledreamer on October 15, 2017, 10:57:52 am
Nope. It was removed with this study design.

For nutrition can we still talk about how low GI carbohydrates protect against diabetes? and how high GI carbohydrates are risk nutrients?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Maya24 on October 15, 2017, 12:34:10 pm
Yes we can as it is part of carbohydrates
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Maya24 on October 25, 2017, 10:08:14 pm
Is it better to do VCCA exams or company papers?
Also for company papers which one are  the hardest?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: hmdeadas on October 27, 2017, 08:51:46 am
Hey All, do we have to define "HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX" for the exam?
Do i have to know the types of dementia and mental issues covered by the NHPA?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on October 27, 2017, 04:04:31 pm
What is the best way to revise for Health?
I'm freaking out about the amount of content. Ahh

Similar to the question above, does anyone have any tips on improving quality of responses??

If you haven't read it, this thread contains my tips I wrote a couple of years ago (scroll down to a later reply where I recommend how to learn content).

Re. improving quality of responses: I recommend asking for feedback here!  Feel free to post your answers to questions you aren't sure about, and I'll give detailed feedback on them ASAP :)

Is it better to do VCCA exams or company papers?
Also for company papers which one are  the hardest?

I found most company papers I skimmed through weren't representative of what VCAA exams looked like; as a result, I only worked with VCAA exams, and my own questions drawn from VCAA exams.

Hey All, do we have to define "HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX" for the exam?
Do i have to know the types of dementia and mental issues covered by the NHPA?

You probably won't be required to define it because that's been asked more than once, but yes, HDI is expected knowledge.

It's good to have a general idea of the types of dementia and mental issues, but you won't be asked specifically about any one type. :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: hmdeadas on October 27, 2017, 09:05:35 pm
How do i find out what terms i have to define for the health exam (2017)? I think i am trying to define everything and have no idea which words i need.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: hmdeadas on October 27, 2017, 10:35:45 pm
Sorry for asking soo many questions, just a bit stressed out!
Do i have to define decent work, food security, poverty, HIV/AIDS etc.. As i was told to define them for a SAC but not sure for the exam
Thank You soo much!!!!!!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Maya24 on October 28, 2017, 10:08:36 am
How do i find out what terms i have to define for the health exam (2017)? I think i am trying to define everything and have no idea which words i need.

In the study design it will clearly tell you what words you need to know word for word, but for other key terms have a general idea of them and make sure that you can explain them.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: littledreamer on October 29, 2017, 10:26:36 am
hey guys i have a few questions,

1. so i've done a few past exams which used MDGs and there are often questions like evaluate the progress made toward reaching the target relating to reducing the U5MR etc, will we be required to do this on our exam too?

2. also with questions that ask "explain a program that could combat malaria" - does this have to be a real life program or is it asking us to create one? Some exam papers give an actual real life existing program in their answer but others seem to make it up as they don't give it a name or anything specific

3. with questions like justify why this SDG is important should we give answers like:
e.g. SDG 2: zero hunger
There are millions of starving children in the world who require food (so the negatives and why the goal is needed) OR children who are fed will have stronger immune systems and this allows them to go to school and potentially break free from the poverty cycle (or what the goal can achieve?)

thank you so much!! :) :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Maya24 on October 29, 2017, 04:27:53 pm
hey guys i have a few questions,

1. so i've done a few past exams which used MDGs and there are often questions like evaluate the progress made toward reaching the target relating to reducing the U5MR etc, will we be required to do this on our exam too?

2. also with questions that ask "explain a program that could combat malaria" - does this have to be a real life program or is it asking us to create one? Some exam papers give an actual real life existing program in their answer but others seem to make it up as they don't give it a name or anything specific

3. with questions like justify why this SDG is important should we give answers like:
e.g. SDG 2: zero hunger
There are millions of starving children in the world who require food (so the negatives and why the goal is needed) OR children who are fed will have stronger immune systems and this allows them to go to school and potentially break free from the poverty cycle (or what the goal can achieve?)

thank you so much!! :) :)

1.No, They made some changes to the sd and  it is no longer relevant to the course. However I find those questions helpful for practicing data analysis .

2. It depends on the wording. If the question says may be implemented then you can make a program up, however just to be safe use the program that you know.

3. They are both valid reasons.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: hmdeadas on November 01, 2017, 06:09:20 pm
Hey, How do i approach the 6 mark question?  What do need to include on the interrelationships between Sustainability, Health (P,M,S or STATUS?) and Human Development question and what do i need to include when talking about "sustainable Human Development" as i don't know the difference.
Also how much time should i spend on these questions as they take me 10-15 minutes sometimes (any tactic to answer them faster in order to save time as time management is a major issue for me)
Thank You
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: rpapa on November 01, 2017, 10:55:43 pm
Hey, How do i approach the 6 mark question?  What do need to include on the interrelationships between Sustainability, Health (P,M,S or STATUS?) and Human Development question and what do i need to include when talking about "sustainable Human Development" as i don't know the difference.
Also how much time should i spend on these questions as they take me 10-15 minutes sometimes (any tactic to answer them faster in order to save time as time management is a major issue for me)
Thank You
Hey! What I have been doing for the 6 marker this year is the following format:
- health status indicators (you can use the dimensions of health, both are fine. I just find indicators easier)
- link to human development (x 2/basically use two parts of the definition)
- link each hd to sustainability
- make a comment about future generations and link it back to the the health stuff you spoke about in the beginning

Here is a sample about safe water and sanitation just in case my word vomit does not make sense lmao: 
If people have access to clean water, they are less likely to fall ill to water borne diseases such as diarrhoea and cholera. This may reduce the risk of premature death and global mortality rates as a result. This will also increase global life expectancy. Being free from disease means that children are well enough to attend school and access knowledge. This knowledge can be passed onto future generations (social sustainability). Due to this knowledge, people may be more likely to obtain meaningful employment. This will allow them to earn an income and afford a decent standard of living. This income and standard of living (ie: housing) can be passed onto future generations (economic sustainability). Due to this income, future generations may be more likely to afford health care such as immunisations and doctors consultations. This will assist in keeping from free from water borne diseases and avoid premature death. Hence, further reducing global mortality rates and increasing global life expectancy worldwide.

I believe sustainable human development includes all of the same aspects: health, human development and sustainability. If a question asked you about this, make sure you hit all of those key sections (like the 6 mark format above). In terms of time, I usually spend around 6-8minutes on these (i basically rewrite the same response every time but make sure its relevant) but do whatever feels comfortable for you! 6 markers are a bit of a pain, but with practice you should be fine  :)

That was so long (but at least it was colourful??)  lol. Hopefully that makes sense! Please feel free to add anything guys!

Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: ringring on November 02, 2017, 05:18:24 pm
Hey everyone!
I don't know if this has been asked previously, but how do I approach a question that asks to 'describe a food security program that could be implemented by a non-govt org to reduce the proportion of undernourished people in developing countries'
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: gisele on November 03, 2017, 02:03:40 pm
Hey everyone!
I don't know if this has been asked previously, but how do I approach a question that asks to 'describe a food security program that could be implemented by a non-govt org to reduce the proportion of undernourished people in developing countries'

They're similar to the NHPA programs questions, but with these, you can essentially make the program up since it says 'describe a food security program that could be implemented'.

They're usually three marks, so make sure you memorise at least three distinct points about the program. They need to be: descriptive (i.e. not too vague), specific (i.e. relevant to the question) and believable.

Example for food security:
A program that could be implemented may involve volunteers from Australia training local people in a developing country to improve sustainability in agriculture and allow them to be more resilient to changing weather patterns. [1 mark]
Australia can provide basic tools and machinery to communities in the Indo-Pacific region to improve efficiency of food production. [1 mark]
They also equip local farmers with essential financial skills in order to increase profit margin and be able to produce more food, ensuring everyone in their community has access to food secutity. [1 mark]
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: ilikenoodlez on November 03, 2017, 08:10:57 pm
hi guys
for NHPA questions asking about costs and reasons, would we lose marks if we didn't link our answer back to the specific NHPA? e.g. would we gain full marks if we say that 'diabetes mellitus contributes to significantly to burden of disease'? also, are there any efficient ways of remembering the risk factors for the NHPAs?
thank u  :)

Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: rpapa on November 03, 2017, 11:16:46 pm
hi guys
for NHPA questions asking about costs and reasons, would we lose marks if we didn't link our answer back to the specific NHPA? e.g. would we gain full marks if we say that 'diabetes mellitus contributes to significantly to burden of disease'? also, are there any efficient ways of remembering the risk factors for the NHPAs?
thank u  :)


Hey! For costs, they definitely have to be specific to the NHPA to ensure that you don't lose any marks. I don't know if it is a have-to for reasons but I usually do it just in case  :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Butterflygirl on November 04, 2017, 10:41:35 am
Hey guys, what are some examples of things that WHO does for the priority 'social, economic and environmental determinants'?

Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: MrUnknowwn on November 04, 2017, 11:03:50 am
Hi guys, please give me constructive feedback on my response.

I am unsure if I need to link the governments role to an aid example or if I can use just an australian example. If my response is ineligible which it probably is, please write another sample for me. THANK YOU

Identify two priorities of Australia's aid program and outline one role the government has played in relation to each.


Gender equality, empowering women and girls --> The Australian government has ensured that women recieve the same rights as men. For example: Women can work in the same industries as men like trade.
Education and Health --> The Australian government has incorporated health curriculum in schools. Example: Teaching kids about the dangers of alcohol which can increase levels of health.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: littledreamer on November 05, 2017, 01:27:58 pm
Hey guys, what are some examples of things that WHO does for the priority 'social, economic and environmental determinants'?



I think developing strategies that promote development which are aimed at people in countries where poverty and isolation prevents good health can be an example
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Butterflygirl on November 05, 2017, 06:10:54 pm
Also, how do we answer a question like 'how can the australian dietary guidelines/healthy eating pyramid/australian guide to healthy eating' be used to reduce obesity rates? or something like that.

Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: littledreamer on November 05, 2017, 09:10:11 pm
Also, how do we answer a question like 'how can the australian dietary guidelines/healthy eating pyramid/australian guide to healthy eating' be used to reduce obesity rates? or something like that.



I would say something like the ADGs promote a varied diet that consists of plenty of vegetables, fruit, legumes and grains. These foods are high in fibre which is a protective factor against obesity as it promotes feelings of satiety. Also, the third guideline advises an individual to limit consumption of added alcohol which is energy dense, thus by decreasing intake of alcohol you decrease risk of obesity. I think I'd just link ADG/AGTHE/HEP to nutrition and how they promote protective factors against obesity :) For all 3 you could also probably say they promote water which contains no kilojoules so it can assist in providing a feeling of fullness without extra energy consumption
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: rpapa on November 05, 2017, 11:38:50 pm
I think developing strategies that promote development which are aimed at people in countries where poverty and isolation prevents good health can be an example
Some other examples could be building schools, providing microfinance loans, working with member states to develop health policies. Make sure your examples are explicitly linked to one or both of these kinds of development to ensure that you get full marks. (ie: talk about education for social and money for economic etc.)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: rpapa on November 05, 2017, 11:49:53 pm
Hi guys, please give me constructive feedback on my response.

I am unsure if I need to link the governments role to an aid example or if I can use just an australian example. If my response is ineligible which it probably is, please write another sample for me. THANK YOU

Identify two priorities of Australia's aid program and outline one role the government has played in relation to each.


Gender equality, empowering women and girls --> The Australian government has ensured that women recieve the same rights as men. For example: Women can work in the same industries as men like trade.
Education and Health --> The Australian government has incorporated health curriculum in schools. Example: Teaching kids about the dangers of alcohol which can increase levels of health.

Hi! Your understanding of what the priorities mean is correct. However, since this is talking about Australia's aid efforts, you need to link it to a more global impact (ie: another country, not just Australia). You could use some of the following examples:
Gender equality and empowering women and girls - This relates to women being provided with the same opportunities as men do. In Papua New Guinea, Australia is supporting women's economic empowerment by providing microfinance and saving activities, making workplaces safer for women to do business and supporting women in the PNG government.
Education and Health - The Australian Government works to provide funds for education programs, build schools and train local people on how to run it and provide immunization programs.
After stating 1 or 2 of these examples, link it back to the priority to ensure you don't lose any marks. (e.g: providing immunization programs will prevent people from falling ill to vaccine-preventable diseases such as tuberculosis; improving global mortality and morbidity rates/health outcomes worldwide)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: ilikenoodlez on November 06, 2017, 03:45:21 pm
For sustainable human development and interrelationships questions, do we talk about 1 or 2 areas of sustainability? My teacher told me to do 2 areas of sustainability for both, but some people have only been doing 1
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Maya24 on November 06, 2017, 03:57:19 pm
For sustainable human development and interrelationships questions, do we talk about 1 or 2 areas of sustainability? My teacher told me to do 2 areas of sustainability for both, but some people have only been doing 1

For interrelationships i do H and HD,HS and HD+S so do 2 areas of sustainability
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on November 07, 2017, 03:27:29 pm
Let me know if I've missed anyone's questions.  All of you answering others' questions are answering super well haha.

hi guys
for NHPA questions asking about costs and reasons, would we lose marks if we didn't link our answer back to the specific NHPA? e.g. would we gain full marks if we say that 'diabetes mellitus contributes to significantly to burden of disease'? also, are there any efficient ways of remembering the risk factors for the NHPAs?
thank u  :)

Definitely try and link and make it as specific as possible.

Hey guys, what are some examples of things that WHO does for the priority 'social, economic and environmental determinants'?

Copy pasted from my notes (which you can find here):

The UN:
•   maintains the UN Social and Economic Council (ECOSOC), which works to achieve higher standards of living, increased employment, eradication of poverty and hunger, and human rights
•   established and targets the SDGs which promote:
     o   gender equality (social development, SDG 5)
     o   decent and productive employment (economic development, SDGs 1 and 8)
     o   access to education (economic, SDG 4)
•   protects children’s rights and health through the UNICEF
•   protects women’s rights and gender equality through UN Women

I am unsure if I need to link the governments role to an aid example or if I can use just an australian example. If my response is ineligible which it probably is, please write another sample for me. THANK YOU

Identify two priorities of Australia's aid program and outline one role the government has played in relation to each.


Gender equality, empowering women and girls --> The Australian government has ensured that women recieve the same rights as men. For example: Women can work in the same industries as men like trade.
Education and Health --> The Australian government has incorporated health curriculum in schools. Example: Teaching kids about the dangers of alcohol which can increase levels of health.


You definitely need to link it to an aid example rather than Australian example; also, it'd be better with more specific examples.  Probably not the most important, but I'd recommend knowing one specific example for each aid priority.

Sample answers:
- gender equality and empowering women and girls: Australian aid runs the Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Development program, which works to increase women’s leadership in decision-making and access to financial services and markets
- education and health: Australian aid supports interventions to reduce malaria and improve access to anti-malarial drugs

See my notes for more info. :)

I would say something like the ADGs promote a varied diet that consists of plenty of vegetables, fruit, legumes and grains. These foods are high in fibre which is a protective factor against obesity as it promotes feelings of satiety. Also, the third guideline advises an individual to limit consumption of added alcohol which is energy dense, thus by decreasing intake of alcohol you decrease risk of obesity. I think I'd just link ADG/AGTHE/HEP to nutrition and how they promote protective factors against obesity :) For all 3 you could also probably say they promote water which contains no kilojoules so it can assist in providing a feeling of fullness without extra energy consumption

Excellent!  And always make sure you're specific to what that specific food model says or shows. :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: abbeyrose on November 07, 2017, 04:13:40 pm
How would the UN's action area 'Social and economic development' promote global health? TIA :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Butterflygirl on November 07, 2017, 04:15:22 pm
For interrelationship questions, why is it that such a small percentage of students (around 7%) get the full 6 marks? Because isn't there a set structure to be followed?

Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: heids on November 07, 2017, 04:20:21 pm
How would the UN's action area 'Social and economic development' promote global health? TIA :)

Can you give me your attempt at answering it/your ideas? :)

For interrelationship questions, why is it that such a small percentage of students (around 7%) get the full 6 marks? Because isn't there a set structure to be followed?

Not a clue.  I mean, in describe-a-program questions, typically about 1/3 of people get 0/3 or 0/4 marks... how?!  Given that these questions are entirely expected and come up every year.  And I think people just get scared when they get to the 6 markers.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: isobelj on November 07, 2017, 04:50:21 pm
Is mortality strata A characterised by low adult mortality and very low child mortality, or very low adult mortality and very low child mortality? I’ve heard different things :/
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: abbeyrose on November 07, 2017, 05:26:14 pm
Can you give me your attempt at answering it/your ideas? :)


I never really know how to go about linking my answer to global health/ always mix it up with health status so bear with me. This is by no means my actual response and just my ideas, however, I was thinking somewhere along the lines that, in this area of action, the UN have developed the SDG's, some of which focus on eliminating hunger. By working to eliminate hunger, there would ultimately be a reduction in the incidence of malnutrition in populations worldwide. Thus, decreasing mortality rates due to hunger, and improving health outcomes globally. This sounds like I'm not on the right track?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: abbeyrose on November 07, 2017, 05:28:49 pm
Is mortality strata A characterised by low adult mortality and very low child mortality, or very low adult mortality and very low child mortality? I’ve heard different things :/

From what I've gathered from the HTN lectures, I'm pretty sure there's some leniency with it this year and it can be either VL or L for adults? Correct me if I'm wrong.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: annie1973 on November 07, 2017, 06:47:12 pm
Hi i just wanted to confirm whether we are still able to use the heart foundation tick program as a health-promotion program for a NHPA? I think i remember my teacher saying that program is no longer available/valid so we shouldn't use it?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: lovelyperson on November 07, 2017, 07:01:11 pm
Hi i just wanted to confirm whether we are still able to use the heart foundation tick program as a health-promotion program for a NHPA? I think i remember my teacher saying that program is no longer available/valid so we shouldn't use it?

Yeah, don't use it. They've been phasing it out since the end of 2015 so it isn't a valid program anymore.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Butterflygirl on November 07, 2017, 07:08:54 pm
Yeah, don't use it. They've been phasing it out since the end of 2015 so it isn't a valid program anymore.

Omg what?? My school taught this program?? Should I learn a new one? Which one should I learn?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Butterflygirl on November 07, 2017, 07:16:30 pm
Actually, hold on, in the 2016 exam report, for the NHPA diabetes an option that students could've chosen is ''pick the tick''?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: rpapa on November 07, 2017, 07:36:46 pm
Honestly, you are probs safer just avoiding it. if it makes you feel any better, we were never taught it  :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: ktrn-710 on November 07, 2017, 07:54:59 pm
Hi there, i was just wondering if we need to know specific health status variations between Indigenous vs non-Indigenous, males vs females, low vs high SES and rural and remote vs urban areas. For example, do we need to know that 'infant mortality is 1.5 times higher among Indigenous Australians' or can we just say that 'mortality is higher among Indigenous Australians than non-Indigenous Australians.' Thanks!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: rpapa on November 07, 2017, 08:33:41 pm
You don't have to memorize any specific statistics in health; regardless of the AOS. It is enough to say infant mortality rate is greater among Indigenous Australians than non-Indigenous.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: ktrn-710 on November 07, 2017, 08:36:11 pm
You don't have to memorize any specific statistics in health; regardless of the AOS. It is enough to say infant mortality rate is greater among Indigenous Australians than non-Indigenous.

Thank you so much! :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: rpapa on November 07, 2017, 08:42:17 pm
Thank you so much! :)
All good :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Butterflygirl on November 07, 2017, 11:29:51 pm
Do we have to mention specifically how the dietary guideline can reduce prevalence of disease?
eg. do we have to say that it can be used in schools to teach children or do we just say 'if it is followed...'
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: dec.hargreaves on November 08, 2017, 09:45:59 am
Do we have to mention specifically how the dietary guideline can reduce prevalence of disease?
eg. do we have to say that it can be used in schools to teach children or do we just say 'if it is followed...'
I doubt it would hurt to put that in. HHD always asks for examples and that's a good one to use
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Butterflygirl on November 08, 2017, 09:53:03 am
Thanks to the previous answer!

And also guys, how do we structure responses on the Ottawa Charter action areas to make sure we get all the marks? because I always education in schools as the example (for develop personal skills), I don't know if thats a good enough response.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: lovelyperson on November 08, 2017, 12:01:46 pm
Actually, hold on, in the 2016 exam report, for the NHPA diabetes an option that students could've chosen is ''pick the tick''?

Yeah, as rpapa said it's best to avoid it. They probably allowed it in 2016 because it was only announced at the end of 2015. And plus, HHD is a very 'current' subject so it's best to use up-to-date information in your answers.  :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Butterflygirl on November 08, 2017, 12:14:18 pm
Yeah, as rpapa said it's best to avoid it. They probably allowed it in 2016 because it was only announced at the end of 2015. And plus, HHD is a very 'current' subject so it's best to use up-to-date information in your answers.  :)

Would I able to discuss LiveLighter? Even though its more related to obesity? Because I just learnt some points about that one.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: lovelyperson on November 08, 2017, 12:18:58 pm
Would I able to discuss LiveLighter? Even though its more related to obesity? Because I just learnt some points about that one.

Yup! And tbh, you could even use LiveLighter for most of the NHPAs provided that you link it back to the NHPA correctly.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: dani.eric on November 08, 2017, 12:29:46 pm
Hi,
Some last minute help needed here. When discussing determinants that act as risk or protective factors for NHPA's, how do I relate early life experiences to conditions such as asthma? I often find social determinants quite difficult to connect to NHPA's, what other social determinants influence the onset of asthma?

Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance! :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: lovelyperson on November 08, 2017, 01:00:45 pm
Hi,
Some last minute help needed here. When discussing determinants that act as risk or protective factors for NHPA's, how do I relate early life experiences to conditions such as asthma? I often find social determinants quite difficult to connect to NHPA's, what other social determinants influence the onset of asthma?

Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance! :)

Early life experiences: maternal smoking --> increased asthma risk
Social determinants: Low SES --> higher rate of smokers --> increased risk of developing asthma, poor housing --> poor ventilation --> exposure to dust and stuff (lol don't say this, can't think of the right word) --> increase asthma risk
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: lxndr on November 08, 2017, 01:26:35 pm
While looking at the reasons for the injury prevention and control NHPA, Ive noticed my textbook (Jacaranda) claims the burden of disease for injuries to be 7% in 2010, but EngageWiki says 6.5%. How important is it that we get the correct stats, and which one is correct?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: lovelyperson on November 08, 2017, 01:51:02 pm
While looking at the reasons for the injury prevention and control NHPA, Ive noticed my textbook (Jacaranda) claims the burden of disease for injuries to be 7% in 2010, but EngageWiki says 6.5%. How important is it that we get the correct stats, and which one is correct?

Not important at all because you don't need to memorise any stats for the exam. Instead, just know what the stat suggests/reflects.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: dani.eric on November 08, 2017, 01:54:31 pm
Early life experiences: maternal smoking --> increased asthma risk
Social determinants: Low SES --> higher rate of smokers --> increased risk of developing asthma, poor housing --> poor ventilation --> exposure to dust and stuff (lol don't say this, can't think of the right word) --> increase asthma risk

Thankyou!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: xghostariax on November 08, 2017, 07:37:15 pm
Could anyone recommend a program for the NHPA injury prevention and control that is relevant, easy to remember and good to use in the exam if a question for that particular NHPA comes up?? thanks!! :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Maya24 on November 08, 2017, 08:36:29 pm
Could anyone recommend a program for the NHPA injury prevention and control that is relevant, easy to remember and good to use in the exam if a question for that particular NHPA comes up?? thanks!! :)

I learnt the arrive alive program
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: MrUnknowwn on November 08, 2017, 08:46:18 pm
Could anyone recommend a program for the NHPA injury prevention and control that is relevant, easy to remember and good to use in the exam if a question for that particular NHPA comes up?? thanks!! :)

Learn the elmo stays safe program easy to remember elmo and sesame street!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: xghostariax on November 08, 2017, 09:06:44 pm
Okay cool!! Thank guys!! really appreciate it! :) :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Butterflygirl on November 08, 2017, 09:43:43 pm
How would the private health system reflect values of the health system?

Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: rpapa on November 08, 2017, 09:58:15 pm
Effective - Private Health Insurance allows people to access treatments such as elective surgery when required rather than being put on a waiting list. It also allows for choice of doctor and hospital for these said treatments. This allows patients to achieve desired outcomes to the highest standard in a reasonable time frame and have care tailored to their needs. Hence, making it effective
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: xghostariax on November 08, 2017, 10:17:26 pm
Another question, besides Nutrition Australia, what's another non-government organisation that promotes health eating? Could I use the Heart Foundation? Thanks  :) :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Sunset.T on November 08, 2017, 10:22:12 pm
Another question, besides Nutrition Australia, what's another non-government organisation that promotes health eating? Could I use the Heart Foundation? Thanks  :) :)

Yeah, in the text book it talks about the heart foundation straight after talking about nutrition Australia so I’d say you can use it
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: far0011 on November 08, 2017, 10:32:12 pm
Whats a literacy program and how was it been implemented in a developing country
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Sunset.T on November 08, 2017, 10:49:55 pm
Whats a literacy program and how was it been implemented in a developing country

WE BLOOM by CARE Australia is a good one focusing on training local community members to deliver literacy and numeracy classes to those that need it and has a strong focus on girls. And also creates a youth committee to raise youth concerns to village elders
Can’t remember the country it was implemented in
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Nequam on November 09, 2017, 11:29:53 am
LAST MINUTE HEALTH QUESTION!!
Could anyone help me out with these last minute questions?

1. Explain one reason why DFAT provides funding to non gov organisations?
2. When asked why a NHPA has been included, is it enough to say *Obesity carrys a large amount of costs? Or, Cardiovascular disease has large rates of mortality associated with it. <-- is that enough? or does it need more info?
3. Also when asked to describe a program that COULD be implemented, do we HAVE to make up a program? Or can we use one that is already existing, such as a program by World Vision!

Thanks! :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: MrUnknowwn on November 09, 2017, 12:18:29 pm
Hi when writing the Australian Aid Initiatives, do we need the full name especially when the case study doesn't even talk about other factors.

For example
Case study about farming.

Do we need to write agriculture, fisheries and water or can we just write agriculture.

Do we also need to write the full name like Building Resilience: Humanitarian assistance, disaster risk reduction and social protection?
Or is just building resilience better.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: far0011 on November 09, 2017, 12:41:14 pm
Hi when writing the Australian Aid Initiatives, do we need the full name especially when the case study doesn't even talk about other factors.

For example
Case study about farming.

Do we need to write agriculture, fisheries and water or can we just write agriculture.

Do we also need to write the full name like Building Resilience: Humanitarian assistance, disaster risk reduction and social protection?
Or is just building resilience better.

I'm pretty sure we have to write the whole name
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Sunset.T on November 09, 2017, 01:30:34 pm
LAST MINUTE HEALTH QUESTION!!
Could anyone help me out with these last minute questions?

1. Explain one reason why DFAT provides funding to non gov organisations?
2. When asked why a NHPA has been included, is it enough to say *Obesity carrys a large amount of costs? Or, Cardiovascular disease has large rates of mortality associated with it. <-- is that enough? or does it need more info?
3. Also when asked to describe a program that COULD be implemented, do we HAVE to make up a program? Or can we use one that is already existing, such as a program by World Vision!

Thanks! :)

1. Non government organisations are more able to implement specialised programs and work closely with communities and use their skills to better carry out their programs compared to DFAT on there own (or something like that, I might be wrong.)

2. Id say it depends on how many reasons the question is asking for or how many marks it’s worth. If it’s just one reason then that should be enough but you can also say things like how both of obesity and CVD are mostly preventable, have high prevalence, and stuff like that

3. I honestly have no idea but I always use programs that are already existing because an existing program can easily be implemented in other countries to address the same thing. That’s what my class has been doing and I dunno if making up programs would be considered correct or not
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Sunset.T on November 09, 2017, 01:33:30 pm
Hi when writing the Australian Aid Initiatives, do we need the full name especially when the case study doesn't even talk about other factors.

For example
Case study about farming.

Do we need to write agriculture, fisheries and water or can we just write agriculture.

Do we also need to write the full name like Building Resilience: Humanitarian assistance, disaster risk reduction and social protection?
Or is just building resilience better.

I was told that we have to include the full name. Either way it’s better to write the full name and not risk losing the mark. Best to do full name to be safe
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Sabrina Goh on November 09, 2017, 04:02:59 pm
when mentioning determinants e.g behavioural determinants and saying something like 'males are more likely to have higher rates of mortality due to taking part in risky behaviours.' do you have to explain why they are more likely to take part in those behaviours or can you just say that?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: ilikenoodlez on November 09, 2017, 04:25:12 pm
last min q!!
for questions asking about programs that 'could/may' be implemented, can we make it up? my teacher told us that we can, but last year's exam report had the same question but said to talk about actual programs  :-\
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: rpapa on November 09, 2017, 05:09:53 pm
last min q!!
for questions asking about programs that 'could/may' be implemented, can we make it up? my teacher told us that we can, but last year's exam report had the same question but said to talk about actual programs  :-\
you could make it up if you wanted to. However, examiners recommend that you use the programs that you learnt and name them (as it gives it context).
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Sunset.T on November 09, 2017, 08:19:41 pm
Really need help:
I can link health to human development and I can link human development to sustainability. Easy.

I can’t link health to sustainability. I mean every time I’ve done it I’ve gotten full marks but I don’t really understand how. I still get told to use education to link them but like how does education mix with health.
I really don’t think I’m explaining this well, but to me education is something I use to link human development to sustainability, not health to sustainability.

Could you just say that if current generations have lower rates of a disease then future generations will also have lower rates?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: rpapa on November 09, 2017, 08:32:11 pm
Really need help:
I can link health to human development and I can link human development to sustainability. Easy.

I can’t link health to sustainability. I mean every time I’ve done it I’ve gotten full marks but I don’t really understand how. I still get told to use education to link them but like how does education mix with health.
I really don’t think I’m explaining this well, but to me education is something I use to link human development to sustainability, not health to sustainability.

Could you just say that if current generations have lower rates of a disease then future generations will also have lower rates?
Hey! You could say something along these lines:
- blah blah program provides wells to a village to allow them to access safe water. If these sources of clean water are maintained, this resource can be utilized by future generations ( sustainability). This can help both immediate and future generations stay free from water-borne diseases such as diarrhoea and cholera (physical health)
- Children who are free from disease (physical health) are able to attend school. This may allow them to obtain meaningful employment in the future and earn an income. This income can be passed onto future generations (economic sustainability)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Nequam on November 09, 2017, 08:55:53 pm
HELP!!!!
Explain how two countries can have a similar income (GNI per capita) but a quite different HDI.

Can someone please explain this to me? Desperate
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: rpapa on November 09, 2017, 09:00:22 pm
HELP!!!!
Explain how two countries can have a similar income (GNI per capita) but a quite different HDI.

Can someone please explain this to me? Desperate
This question is basically about explaining the other indicators of the HDI. You could say something like this:
One country may have a higher life expectancy/mean years of schooling/expected years of schooling compared to the other; resulting in an increased HDI despite their similar GNI
Depending on your mark allocation, add more indicators.
Hope this helps!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: jeezyboi on November 09, 2017, 09:24:22 pm
How does the 6 mark interrelationship marking scheme work? Can you provide an example worth 6 marks?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: hodang on November 09, 2017, 10:05:39 pm
Last minute questions hahaa

- WHICH FATS RAISE HDL LEVELS? CAN SOMEONE GIVE ME DIFFERENCE/SIMILARITIES BETWEEN SATURATED, TRANS, POLY AND MONOUNSATURATED FATS?
- DO DFAT ONLY PROVIDE FUNDING TO NGOS ONLY?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: hmdeadas on November 09, 2017, 10:43:38 pm
HELP PLEASE - For the WHO priorities, Is one of them health related MILLENIUM or SUSTAINABLE development goals?? As haven't they changes to sustainable?
 
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: lovelyperson on November 09, 2017, 11:12:20 pm
HELP PLEASE - For the WHO priorities, Is one of them health related MILLENIUM or SUSTAINABLE development goals?? As haven't they changes to sustainable?

Yup, they're sustainable development goals now. VCAA released a study design amendment for this at the start of last year.

How does the 6 mark interrelationship marking scheme work? Can you provide an example worth 6 marks?

I believe you get 1 mark for each interrelationship (at least this is what I was told - better to overwrite anyways). Here's the sample answer from the 2016 examiner's report:

By increasing the number of people immunised, it is likely the prevalence of diseases such as
measles would decrease, hence promoting immune functioning and physical health, while also
decreasing U5MR. When in good health, children can go to school (increasing social
sustainability) and learn new skills such as reading, hence enhancing their capabilities and
increasing employment prospects, expanding their choices (increasing human development).
With increased employment prospects, individuals can achieve a higher income, increasing the
number of people paying tax (increasing economic sustainability). When the government of a
country has more money, they can invest in healthcare facilities hence increasing people’s
access to health, such as immunisation (increasing human development). With increased
access to healthcare services such as immunisations, a person may have less stress and
anxiety around getting sick, decreasing stress levels and promoting mental health. Hence, an
immunisation program would promote life expectancy and enable both current and future
generations to develop to their full potential, promoting sustainable human development.

Last minute questions hahaa

- WHICH FATS RAISE HDL LEVELS? CAN SOMEONE GIVE ME DIFFERENCE/SIMILARITIES BETWEEN SATURATED, TRANS, POLY AND MONOUNSATURATED FATS?
- DO DFAT ONLY PROVIDE FUNDING TO NGOS ONLY?


- Only poly increases HDL; both unsaturated fats decrease LDL. Saturated and Trans fats increase LDL levels, with trans fats also in addition decreasing HDL levels. Saturated fats are usually from animals (think dairy and fatty cuts of meat), trans fats are in processed foods (as trans fats are mostly man-made; there are only trace amounts of it naturally), mono: avocado and nuts, and poly (omega 3) fish, and poly (omega 6) seeds.
- Nope. They also provide aid to foreign governments.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Sunset.T on November 10, 2017, 04:16:13 pm
Okay, with the exam if one question uses the abbreviation SDG does that mean you can automatically use that abbreviation in any answer after that instead of writing the whole thing out?

Also in a interrelationships question I linked health to HD and then linked it back to health. Then took another example from the program and did another HD and linked that to sustainability, but then I linked sustainability to health.
Was I supposed to link sustainability back to HD?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Sid2006 on November 10, 2017, 07:05:35 pm
If my score for Unit 3 is 100/100 and 98/100 for Unit 4, and I think I dropped about 10 marks in the health exam today, what is the likely study score I'll get?
Thank you!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Otaku and Proud on November 10, 2017, 10:46:25 pm
Does anyone know if the HHD paper from today's exam has been released or where I might be able to find it? Thanks!   :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: harunaa on November 11, 2017, 06:29:51 pm
If im higher rank (in sacs) than someone who ends up doing better than me on exams, would they get a higher ss than me
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: MrUnknowwn on December 01, 2017, 07:07:10 pm
Should I repeat HHD again in 2018 despite all the study design changes? I am probably looking around a 33 study score this year?...
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: emi87 on January 18, 2018, 08:13:57 pm
hey guys I have a question:

What is the difference between emotional health and mental health?

I can't seem to tell the difference  :'( :'(
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: chezza on February 12, 2018, 10:44:29 pm
hey guys I have a question:

What is the difference between emotional health and mental health?

I can't seem to tell the difference  :'( :'(
hey, so the way I think of it is like, mental is more to do with the wellness of the mind and the functioning of the mind eg stress and anxiety. so like wellness of the mind instead of illness if that makes any sense? and then emotional is like emotions and feeling, recognising and expressing them and all that kind of stuff. I still get confused on this all the time, especially spiritual health and wellbeing. If you have the 3/4 Jacaranda textbook, there is a little section on page14 about the difference between the two. hopefully I helped a little, good luck!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: joshgoundar on February 25, 2018, 10:24:57 pm
VCCA released the exam specifications for the hhd exam with the new study design.
In the document, it states "At least one question, or one part of one question, will be worth 8–10 marks"
Does that mean there will be a 10 marker with the new study design?
It will be intresting to see what the practise exam VCCA releases will look like I guess.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: bach34 on April 02, 2018, 04:21:00 pm
Hey all, Can someone please give me a coherent description of what the determinants of health are in 2-3 sentences (paraphrasing it)? I don't have the textbook so if someone can also please attach the actual definitions that would be great! (please include which textbook you got the deifnition from) Thanks guys 
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: joshgoundar on April 16, 2018, 12:24:20 pm
So VCCA released the sample quesitons for the new study design
anyone else think that some questions are quite out there, it seems this new study design will have more questions asking to "evaluate" and to discuss "to what extent do you agree" with a statement.
Feeling the chills with this new format :/
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on April 16, 2018, 12:41:54 pm
So VCCA released the sample quesitons for the new study design
anyone else think that some questions are quite out there, it seems this new study design will have more questions asking to "evaluate" and to discuss "to what extent do you agree" with a statement.
Feeling the chills with this new format :/

Yeah, interesting - I think I agree with you. I found questions 3 and 4 of particular note. Very interesting indeed.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Jackson.Sprigg on April 28, 2018, 05:48:08 pm
Hey guys, I'm honestly confused about when to include statistics in an answer and when to just broadly refer to them. In a lot of practice questions I either include them unneeded or didn't refer to them when I was meant to. So are there any key words/phrases I should be looking for to know when to include data in my answer?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Maya24 on May 06, 2018, 09:16:11 pm
Hey guys, I'm honestly confused about when to include statistics in an answer and when to just broadly refer to them. In a lot of practice questions I either include them unneeded or didn't refer to them when I was meant to. So are there any key words/phrases I should be looking for to know when to include data in my answer?

If the question specifically states use data or refer data then you will need to mention the statistics ,otherwise for HHD there is no need to memorise specific statistics :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on May 07, 2018, 01:48:06 pm
Hey guys, I'm honestly confused about when to include statistics in an answer and when to just broadly refer to them. In a lot of practice questions I either include them unneeded or didn't refer to them when I was meant to. So are there any key words/phrases I should be looking for to know when to include data in my answer?

Hey, do you have any examples of questions you've struggled with? I usually included data if it was presented in the question (whether it was explicitly asked for or not).
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: sos1123 on October 13, 2018, 11:48:13 am
Can someone please help me with this question from the HHD 2018 VCAA sample questions:

Question 7

PASSAGE : Oxfam Australia is a non-government organisation involved in aid and development. Its 2014 ‘Close the Gap’ campaign included the ‘30 for 2030 Challenge’ pledge1. By taking the 30 for 2030 Challenge, I pledge to collect 30 names and contact details in support of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health equality by 2030.

We call on the Australian Government to:

• Commit to providing adequate and long-term financial resources to achieve Indigenous health equality;
• Invest in real partnerships, including increased Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participation and control around health service delivery; and
• Address critical social issues of housing, education and self-determination that contribute to the health crisis affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

B) The social action described above aimed to promote health and wellbeing.

Justify Oxfam Australia taking social action for Indigenous health and wellbeing (3 MARKS)

????
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: dsabeta on October 13, 2018, 04:50:45 pm
Can someone please help me with this question from the HHD 2018 VCAA sample questions:

Question 7

PASSAGE : Oxfam Australia is a non-government organisation involved in aid and development. Its 2014 ‘Close the Gap’ campaign included the ‘30 for 2030 Challenge’ pledge1. By taking the 30 for 2030 Challenge, I pledge to collect 30 names and contact details in support of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health equality by 2030.

We call on the Australian Government to:

• Commit to providing adequate and long-term financial resources to achieve Indigenous health equality;
• Invest in real partnerships, including increased Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participation and control around health service delivery; and
• Address critical social issues of housing, education and self-determination that contribute to the health crisis affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

B) The social action described above aimed to promote health and wellbeing.

Justify Oxfam Australia taking social action for Indigenous health and wellbeing (3 MARKS)

????

I only gave my teacher my sample to mark a few days ago so I'm not too sure if my answer was right or not :P 
But I basically said that Oxfam would have taken social action in an attempt to influence those in power who have the authority to make changes. In this case, they have called on the Australian Government to make the changes necessary to promote Indigenous health and wellbeing, achieve health equality, and address the critical issues that affect Indigenous Australians the most. They would have also done this to ensure that the needs of the Indigenous populations are represented while eliminating any potential discrimination surrounding their access to achieving optimal health and wellbeing.
Hope this helps!!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: sos1123 on November 07, 2018, 11:18:22 am
Does hunger and malnutrition affect immune functioning, leading to increased risk of illness from communicable diseases (e.g. measles)?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Little Miss Cocopops on November 07, 2018, 03:25:02 pm
Does hunger and malnutrition affect immune functioning, leading to increased risk of illness from communicable diseases (e.g. measles)?

When an individual is experiencing malnutrition, their immune system functioning is weakened. Therefore they are more suseptible to contracted communicable diseases such as measles. It should also be mentioned, that when an individual is malnourished, it is harder for them to fight off such communicable diseases, hence leading to premature death.

Hope this helps!!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: marina_t on November 07, 2018, 03:43:01 pm
Can someone please help me with this question from the HHD 2018 VCAA sample questions:

Question 7

PASSAGE : Oxfam Australia is a non-government organisation involved in aid and development. Its 2014 ‘Close the Gap’ campaign included the ‘30 for 2030 Challenge’ pledge1. By taking the 30 for 2030 Challenge, I pledge to collect 30 names and contact details in support of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health equality by 2030.

We call on the Australian Government to:

• Commit to providing adequate and long-term financial resources to achieve Indigenous health equality;
• Invest in real partnerships, including increased Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participation and control around health service delivery; and
• Address critical social issues of housing, education and self-determination that contribute to the health crisis affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

B) The social action described above aimed to promote health and wellbeing.

Justify Oxfam Australia taking social action for Indigenous health and wellbeing (3 MARKS)

????

My teacher marked mine and gave me full marks:

The social action taken by Oxfam through urging the Australian Government to take action through releasing this petition, encouraging the community to take on the '30 for 2030' challenge to support Indigenous health equality by 2030 aims to meet the needs of the Indigenous community. For example, Oxfam urges the Government to address critical issues of housing, education and self-determination that are affecting the Indigenous community. Through encouraging the community to sign the petition to take action, Oxfam promotes the need for more funding to provide Indigenous communities with adequate housing, to reduce the prevalence of infectious diseases that can be spread through living in overcrowded houses, hence improving physical health and wellbeing. With a large group of people signing Oxfam's petition, the Government can then consider taking action to improve the health equality of Indigenous people.

Hope that helps! :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Zcsund1234 on November 09, 2018, 05:21:08 pm
Hi all so quick question! I think I may have stuffed up my chanced of a raw 40!
My unit 3 scores were 94,96,88 (93/100) A
Unit 4 was 99 and 70 (85/100) A
I am ranked 4th of a very strong cohort of 30, 10-12 of which average 80s-90s.
I think on the exam I may have scored anywhere between high 70 to high 80. But I think I've stuffed up my chances of getting a raw 40, is there still hope for me?

Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Ellmir69 on November 09, 2018, 05:22:13 pm
Alright,
So I averaged 93% for my internal sacs and was ranked somewhere in the top 10 in a cohort of around 65 students in an average public school.
I am almost certain that I got around 80% on the exam.
What could I potentially be looking at in terms of study score?

Cheers guys ❤️
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: juicethelemon on November 11, 2018, 03:48:52 pm
Hi all so quick question! I think I may have stuffed up my chanced of a raw 40!
My unit 3 scores were 94,96,88 (93/100) A
Unit 4 was 99 and 70 (85/100) A
I am ranked 4th of a very strong cohort of 30, 10-12 of which average 80s-90s.
I think on the exam I may have scored anywhere between high 70 to high 80. But I think I've stuffed up my chances of getting a raw 40, is there still hope for me?
Remember new study design, so these high order questions could actually stuff up the entire state and make the A+ cut off mark lower than previous years. VCAA could also be a bit lenient considering this factor. But last year for Chem it was a new study design, and they had a crazy question (higher order question--> first time like hhd)  where VCAA actually had instructed examiners to really look for marks to give and be a bit generous. So who knows really!

Alright,
So I averaged 93% for my internal sacs and was ranked somewhere in the top 10 in a cohort of around 65 students in an average public school.
I am almost certain that I got around 80% on the exam.
What could I potentially be looking at in terms of study score?

Cheers guys ❤️
I'm a year 12 student aswell so don't quote me!
I think you can get around 40-41, if it was based on 2017's distribution. Maybe a 42 with the new study design?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Zcsund1234 on December 18, 2018, 11:00:08 am
Does anyone know when the VCAA 2018 exams usually get uploaded to their website, I remember last year they were uploaded almost instantly if not a few days later. I was really shocked with my B+ on the HHD exam as usually B+ refers to 61-70% which disappoints and confuses me as I was getting consistent 90s and did about 25 practise exams with scores of 90s. I paid for the statement of results to see what happened (or if the grade scale is different this year which is the scenario I am hoping for) and I want to be able to see the exam whilst I look at it, as I did with my Psychology result last year which I did in about mid Jan with the exam uploaded long before. So if anyone has any idea or knows or what ever when we can expect the exams to come out publicly online? Thanks!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: ChiaraS on January 09, 2019, 10:59:18 pm
What SAC marks do you need to get a 40+?
Hi,
I did HHD last year an achieved a study score in the high 40's.
In all my SAC's I averaged between 95-100%, which was an allowed me to get an A+ for both GA1 and GA2.
But, I also know someone who averaged between 85-94% in SACs and still got a SS of 40+.
However, SAC marks aren't as important as they seem. Your rank in your cohort is of higher significance. So try your best to be a top-ranking student in HHD.
:)

Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: marina_t on January 12, 2019, 09:20:27 am
What SAC marks do you need to get a 40+?

Hey!
I think it's best not to stress about SAC marks because they matter so little. I bombed two of my English SACs (like legit in the high 60s to low 70s :/) and still ended up with a 43 at the end of the day. For HHD, my SAC average was high 80s to low 90s and I ended up with a 50. So best of luck, don't stress about SACs, it's not the be all end all, just do your best on the exam x
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: g_jess on January 16, 2019, 01:24:59 pm
I feel like this might be a stupid question but does anyone know the correct definitions for The dimensions of health and well-being for 2019? I’m not sure if they changed or not but my teachers definitions are very long and different to what I’m finding from resources online, my textbook and for the atar notes 2019 lecture slides for hhd. I just need assurance because I’m stressing over little things, if anyone could tell me it would be much appreciated.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: andytime on January 16, 2019, 01:41:08 pm
Welcome to the forums g_Jess!

There are no 'correct' definitions for the dimensions of health and wellbeing exactly as exam questions will no longer ask you to define a dimension of health and wellbeing but will instead, ask you to describe the dimensions of health and wellbeing which means you'll be required to make some points about the dimension (and not having a word-for-word answer is okay!).

In saying that, it brings peace of mind just to memorise and understand some definitions. On the VCAA website, there is a clarification of terminology page on which they provide definitions of the dimensions of health and wellbeing.(https://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Pages/vce/adviceforteachers/hhd/clarification.aspx).

Directly from VCAA:
Quote
Dimensions of health and wellbeing
Students are expected to be able to describe different dimensions of health and wellbeing, including physical, social, emotional, mental and spiritual. It is important to acknowledge that these five dimensions of health a​re not isolated but are interrelated and influence each other.

Physical health and wellbeing​

Physical health relates to the functioning of the body and its systems, it includes the physical capacity to perform daily activities or tasks. Physical health is supported by factors such as regular physical activity, consuming a balanced diet, having appropriate rest/sleep, maintaining an ideal body weight, and the absence of illness, disease or injury.

Social health and wellbeing
Social health relates to the ability to form meaningful and satisfying relationships with others and the ability to manage or adapt appropriately to different social situations. It also includes the level of support provided by family and within a community to ensure that every person has equal opportunity to function as a contributing member of the society. Social health is supported by strong communication skills, empathy for others and a sense of personal accountability.

Spiritual health and wellbeing
Spiritual health is not material in nature, but relates to ideas, beliefs, values and ethics that arise in the minds and conscience of human beings. Spiritual health includes the concepts of hope, peace, a guiding sense of meaning or value, and reflection on your place in the world. Spiritual health can be highly individualised, for example in some spiritual traditions health may relate to organised religion, a higher power and prayer, in other practices it can relate to morals, values, a sense of purpose in life, connection or belonging.

Emotional health and wellbeing
Emotional health relates to the ability to express feelings in a positive way. Emotional health is about the positive management and expression of emotional actions and reactions as well as the ability to display resilience. Emotional health is the degree to which you feel emotionally secure and relaxed in everyday life.

Mental health and wellbeing
Mental health is the current state of well-being relating to the mind or brain and it relates to the ability to think and process information. A mentally healthy brain enables an individual to positively form opinions, make decisions and use logic. Mental health is about the wellness of the mind rather than illness. Mental health is associated with low levels of stress and anxiety, positive self-esteem, as well as a sense of confidence and optimism.

Hope that helps! :D
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: g_jess on January 16, 2019, 02:11:04 pm
Makes much more sense now :) thank you that was really helpful
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: katemitch01 on February 03, 2019, 05:28:48 pm
Can anyone help me with the 'relationships or interrelationships between factors and dimensions of health and wellbeing?
Eg. How might someone's physical health and wellbeing impact on their mental health and wellbeing?
Preferably a list on how they relate to each other

I have a SAC on Tuesday and I'm really stuck :((

Thanks !!!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: joshgoundar on February 03, 2019, 06:34:31 pm
Can anyone help me with the 'relationships or interrelationships between factors and dimensions of health and wellbeing?
Eg. How might someone's physical health and wellbeing impact on their mental health and wellbeing?
Preferably a list on how they relate to each other
I have a SAC on Tuesday and I'm really stuck :((
Thanks !!!
An individual experiencing good physical health and wellbeing is more likely to feel good about themselves and have positive self-esteem.
An indivudal who is physically inactive, may reduce their levels of confidence and self esteem
A person who becomes sick, may miss school/ work which can increase stress and anixety
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: jacquii02 on February 03, 2019, 08:33:17 pm
could someone please explain to me the difference between the health indicators 'HALE' and "Life expectancy',
but without giving me the definitions of them both? an explanation on the benefits/ pros of using HALE would be helpful?

thanksss
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: ChiaraS on February 04, 2019, 03:31:47 pm
could someone please explain to me the difference between the health indicators 'HALE' and "Life expectancy',
but without giving me the definitions of them both? an explanation on the benefits/ pros of using HALE would be helpful?

thanksss

Hi,
The main difference between HALE and life expectancy is that HALE is an indication of how many years IN FULL health a person is expected to live. On the other hand, life expectany is an indication of how many years OVERALL  a person is expected to live.
The main benefit of using HALE is that it is the number of healthy years an indivudal is expected to live  as it takes into account years spent in poor health.
Hope this helps
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: jacquii02 on February 04, 2019, 09:15:55 pm
Hi,
The main difference between HALE and life expectancy is that HALE is an indication of how many years IN FULL health a person is expected to live. On the other hand, life expectany is an indication of how many years OVERALL  a person is expected to live.
The main benefit of using HALE is that it is the number of healthy years an indivudal is expected to live  as it takes into account years spent in poor health.
Hope this helps


Thank you so much for your help!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: galaxy21 on March 14, 2019, 06:18:56 pm
Hi guys,
Just wondering...with the study design dot point the contribution to Australia’s health status and burden of disease of smoking, alcohol, high body mass index, and dietary risks (under-consumption of vegetables, fruit and dairy foods; high intake of fat, salt and sugar; low intake of fibre and iron). (Unit 3 AOS 1), do we have to know any data relating to these dietary risks and contributing factors, or just general conditions that they can lead to?
Thanks! :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: jacquii02 on March 15, 2019, 01:29:08 pm
Hi,

Just wondering if anyone would be able to help me out with a response to 'how does a stable ecosystem  promote health and wellbeing?' I always get confused with this prerequisite and sustainable resources, and would appreciate a good go-to response!

Thanks :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: ChiaraS on March 18, 2019, 12:37:02 am
Hi guys,
Just wondering...with the study design dot point the contribution to Australia’s health status and burden of disease of smoking, alcohol, high body mass index, and dietary risks (under-consumption of vegetables, fruit and dairy foods; high intake of fat, salt and sugar; low intake of fibre and iron). (Unit 3 AOS 1), do we have to know any data relating to these dietary risks and contributing factors, or just general conditions that they can lead to?
Thanks! :)
No just general conditions they lead to and impact on health status/burden of disease.
I just wrote out a model response for each risk factor when I did HHD (example below)
HOW DOES A UNDERCONSUMPTION OF DAIRY IMPACT HEALTH STATUS AND BURDEN OF DISEASE
Dairy plays a vital role in promoting peak bone mass, due to being a rich source of calcium. If an adequate amount of dairy is not consumed, bones may become weak and brittle which may lead to osteoporosis, which increases the risk of fractures.  Living with this osteoporosis will contribute to the YLD portion of burden of disease. Osteoporosis might also increase morbidity rates and decrease health adjusted life expectancy.

Hope this helps :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: ChiaraS on March 18, 2019, 12:39:32 am
Hi,

Just wondering if anyone would be able to help me out with a response to 'how does a stable ecosystem  promote health and wellbeing?' I always get confused with this prerequisite and sustainable resources, and would appreciate a good go-to response!

Thanks :)
A STABLE ECOSYSTEM (definition)-A STABLE ECOSYSTEM IS ACHIEVED WHEN BALANCE IS ACHIEVED BETWEEN THE ENVIRONMNET AND THE SPECIES THAT LIVE IN THE ENVIRONMNET. STABJLITY INDICATES THAT ALL LIVING THINGS ARE HAVING THEIR NEEDS FOR FOOD, WATER, SHELTER AND REPRODUCTION ARE MET WITHOUT CAUSINGG DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS TO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMNET.
•When the ecosystem is stable, individuals are able to have their food and water requirements met hence contributing to the overall functioning of their body and its organs, which affects physical health and wellbeing
•Having clean air and water in the environment, reduced levels of anxiety as individuals don’t need to stress about not having access to these survival essentials, improving mental health and wellbeing

Hope this helps :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: galaxy21 on March 18, 2019, 07:12:19 am
No just general conditions they lead to and impact on health status/burden of disease.
I just wrote out a model response for each risk factor when I did HHD (example below)
HOW DOES A UNDERCONSUMPTION OF DAIRY IMPACT HEALTH STATUS AND BURDEN OF DISEASE
Dairy plays a vital role in promoting peak bone mass, due to being a rich source of calcium. If an adequate amount of dairy is not consumed, bones may become weak and brittle which may lead to osteoporosis, which increases the risk of fractures.  Living with this osteoporosis will contribute to the YLD portion of burden of disease. Osteoporosis might also increase morbidity rates and decrease health adjusted life expectancy.

Hope this helps :)

Amazing thank you so much!!! ;D
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: JR_StudyEd on June 12, 2019, 02:27:56 pm
From Checkpoints 2019:
Identify two health promotion actions used in Australia, targeted at reducing the uptake of smoking among young people. Suggest why this health promotion strategy may have been effective in reducing smoking among teenagers.

I don't know anything else other than Quitline.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: afnan900 on July 20, 2019, 11:10:53 am
Hi guys!
I have a question regarding health status indicators;

There are many questions about the contribution of certain risk factors to health status. When discussing the incidence and prevalence of a certain condition, how do I know which one to use?

- Eg: "Due to smoking, there is an increased __________ of lung cancer.."

How do I know whether to use the term incidence or prevalence in this example?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: ChiaraS on July 20, 2019, 11:39:15 am
Hi guys!
I have a question regarding health status indicators;

There are many questions about the contribution of certain risk factors to health status. When discussing the incidence and prevalence of a certain condition, how do I know which one to use?

- Eg: "Due to smoking, there is an increased __________ of lung cancer.."

How do I know whether to use the term incidence or prevalence in this example?

Hey,
Why not use both- I sure did.
With the example you provided, smoking will increase both the incience (number of new cases) and the prevalence (total number of cases of lung cancer pesent in society. In 99.99% of cases, increased incidences means increase prevalence
 My teacher said it was best to include two indicators in your response.
Hope this helps :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: afnan900 on July 20, 2019, 11:42:35 am
Hey,
Why not use both- I sure did.
With the example you provided, smoking will increase both the incience (number of new cases) and the prevalence (total number of cases of lung cancer pesent in society. In 99.99% of cases, increased incidences means increase prevalence
 My teacher said it was best to include two indicators in your response.
Hope this helps :)

Thank you so much.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: cdel on July 21, 2019, 09:35:01 pm
Does anyone have an answer guide or examples for questions like "evaluate the effectiveness of the HDI in measuring human development"

Thankyou
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: ChiaraS on July 21, 2019, 11:18:08 pm
Does anyone have an answer guide or examples for questions like "evaluate the effectiveness of the HDI in measuring human development"

Thankyou

Hey,
ADVANATGES OF THE HDI
•   Enables more accurate comparison between countries as it uses a single statistic to rank countries
•   Focuses on education, which helps measures access to knowledge and ability to expand choices and enhance capabilities
•   Focus on more than just the economic growth of a country
LIMITATIONS OF THE HDI
•   Does not address all aspects of human development, such as gender equality
•   Based on averages and as a result does not indicate inequalities that may exist within a country
•   Data collection may not be reliable in some countries

Hope this helps :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: afnan900 on July 24, 2019, 04:19:13 pm
Hi all,
I have a SAC tomorrow on one half of Unit 4, AOS 1, and I am currently completing a practice sac & have become stuck on a question;

Discuss the importance of economic sustainability in the promotion of health and well-being in a global context.


I understand the concept of economic sustainability, but only at a personal and national level, hence not a global context. How would I link a certain component of economic sustainability - such as increasing incomes- to the improvement of health and well-being on a global scale?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: cdel on July 24, 2019, 07:41:26 pm
When it says global context all you need to do is use words such as 'worldwide', 'globally' or 'in a global context' and try to avoid using the word indivdual (eg "this affects individuals physical health and wellbeing"), instead use "this effects peoples physical health and wellbeing".

An example is:
Economic sustainability relates to the capacity of future generations to earn an income and the efficient use of resources to allow economic growth over time. It includes ensuring people have jobs in order to earn an income allowing resources such as food, water and healthcare to be purchased. This reduces stress of being able to afford these items, promoting mental health and wellbeing around the world. By receiving income that can be used for nutritious foods, people are less likely to develop CVD or diabetes further promoting physical health and wellbeing worldwide

Obviously you could use much more detail but the point is you use the same links to health and wellbeing as you would when describing how it effects individuations, just include the words globally or worldwide after each point
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: afnan900 on August 13, 2019, 08:19:17 pm
Hi guys,
Just seeking help regarding a question that I'm stuck on currently:
Explain the difference between sex, sexual orientation and gender identity as a basis for discrimination.
Thanks! :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: chiarra on August 26, 2019, 02:46:12 pm
Hi all!!
i have a question on the rationale and objectives of the UN's SDGs.
I'm really confused at what we are meant to know about this
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: ChiaraS on August 26, 2019, 03:57:52 pm
Hi all!!
i have a question on the rationale and objectives of the UN's SDGs.
I'm really confused at what we are meant to know about this

Hey Chiara,
So basically,  SDG rationales relate to the reasons why the SDG's were developed•

-To develop a new set of goals and targets to replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that finished in 2015.
-Progress was uneven-despite progress there was still work to be done to ensure that the poorest and most disadvantage had access to improved health and wellbeing and human development
-New changes have emerged including impact of conflict and extremism (belief in and support for ideas that are very far from what most people consider correct or reasonable) which could undermine progress made by MDG’s

The objectives of SDG's refers to what they wish to achieve•   
-End extreme poverty
-Fight inequality and injustice
-Address climate change

Hope this helps :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: chiarra on August 28, 2019, 10:28:56 am

Hope this helps :)

thankyou! this helped a lot!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: chiarra on August 28, 2019, 10:35:41 am
Hi again!
I've got multiple resources for HHD but they all have different key features of SDG 3 (key knowledge on study design), and I'm not too sure which one is the correct key features?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: ChiaraS on August 30, 2019, 09:52:16 am
Hi again!
I've got multiple resources for HHD but they all have different key features of SDG 3 (key knowledge on study design), and I'm not too sure which one is the correct key features?


Hey,
The three main features to focus on are
-Maternal and child health and wellbeing
-Communicable diseases
-Non-communicable diseases
Hope this helps :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: afnan900 on August 31, 2019, 12:58:24 pm
Hi guys,
When talking about digital technologies, can I discuss social media and its benefits in spreading health knowledge?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: ChiaraS on August 31, 2019, 02:56:13 pm
Hi guys,
When talking about digital technologies, can I discuss social media and its benefits in spreading health knowledge?

Hey,
Absolutely- however you must be specific
-Social media can be used as a platform for health promotion programs- e.g. cancer council have sponsored advertisments on instagram
-Health warning can be eaily spread on social media
-Health specfic pages- act as e-health hence anyone from any geographical location can acess
Hope this answers your question :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: afnan900 on September 01, 2019, 01:55:01 pm
Hey,
Absolutely- however you must be specific
-Social media can be used as a platform for health promotion programs- e.g. cancer council have sponsored advertisments on instagram
-Health warning can be eaily spread on social media
-Health specfic pages- act as e-health hence anyone from any geographical location can acess
Hope this answers your question :)
Thank you so much! I have another question though. When discussing SDG 3 and it's relationship with the other SDGs, do I only discuss the key features/ health status factors (maternal/child mortality..) or can I also discuss physical/mental health?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: ChiaraS on September 01, 2019, 09:34:25 pm
Thank you so much! I have another question though. When discussing SDG 3 and it's relationship with the other SDGs, do I only discuss the key features/ health status factors (maternal/child mortality..) or can I also discuss physical/mental health?

Hey,
When discussing relationships between all the SDGs and SDG 3 always relate to the key feature; maternal and child health, communicable and non-communicable.
You can discuss physical and mental health- but only inrelation to maternal health and children.
Hope this helps :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: jacquii02 on September 04, 2019, 08:18:11 pm
Could someone please explain to me 'the role of Australia's health system in promoting health: funding and sustainability"?? (unit 3) what kind of information do I need to know for this point?
Thanks!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: afnan900 on September 07, 2019, 03:33:37 pm
Hi guys,
I have a question regarding the SDGs. In the study design, the key knowledge dot-point highlights that we need to know the relationship between SDG 3 and the others as well as the collaborations between the health sector, however, it doesn't specify if we need to know targets of the SDGs or why the SDG is important, but it is in my textbook and other summary notes I've looked at. Is it hence necessary to know the targets/aims as well as the importance of the SDGs or not? Also, do I need to know all key features of SDG 3 or only a few?
Thanks :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: YussifK on October 06, 2019, 08:29:32 pm
Yoooooo, what study scores did you all get for HHD and what where your sac averages...
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: chiarra on October 10, 2019, 10:21:45 pm
does anyone know any good HHD quizlets for exam revision?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: illuminae on October 19, 2019, 05:23:20 pm
hello !!

i'm thinking of picking up hhd 3/4 next year without having done 1/2. . . is it a bad idea? would i face any disadvantages and if so, what kind?

pls help i am conflicted since i want to do well next year :'(
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Macrophagee on October 19, 2019, 06:10:49 pm
Hey
I have done units 1/2 of hhd but I can safely say that unit 1 and unit 3 are very similar and most of unit 2 is irrelevant anyway. The main topics in unit 1/2 that you will need for 3/4 are:
Dimensions of health and wellbeing and interrelationships
Health status indicators
Nutrition and healthy eating
Road safety/smoking etc
Australia's health system

This is off the top of my head for now and you can absolutely do well without 1/2!
Good luck and hope this helps
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: jacquii02 on October 21, 2019, 09:47:33 pm
did anybody who's done the health exam have trouble finishing it in the 2 hours??
, slow writer so a bit concerned
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Massimo1 on October 22, 2019, 09:52:20 am
Hey.

With questions relating how a factor can lead to improved health outcomes, what do health outcomes relate to in these types of questions?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: JR_StudyEd on October 22, 2019, 10:50:31 am
Hey.

With questions relating how a factor can lead to improved health outcomes, what do health outcomes relate to in these types of questions?
Hey, what's up?

I do believe that health outcomes relate to either the dimensions of health and wellbeing or the health status indicators.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Joseph41 on October 22, 2019, 10:57:30 am
hello !!

i'm thinking of picking up hhd 3/4 next year without having done 1/2. . . is it a bad idea? would i face any disadvantages and if so, what kind?

pls help i am conflicted since i want to do well next year :'(

If you're happy to put in a little bit of work to catch up on any overlap from 1&2, I think you'll be fine. :) I did 3&4 without 1&2 and didn't feel disadvantaged at all.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Massimo1 on October 22, 2019, 12:06:46 pm
Hey, what's up?

I do believe that health outcomes relate to either the dimensions of health and wellbeing or the health status indicators.

Thank you! (:
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: alrightally on November 01, 2019, 10:08:39 pm
did anybody who's done the health exam have trouble finishing it in the 2 hours??
, slow writer so a bit concerned
I haven’t done the actual exam yet but I’ve done a few under time as a slow writer and it’s achievable. Just be aware of that clock the entire time. Check your work as you go because it’s unlikely you’ll have time to thoroughly check every answer at the end, especially as a slow writer
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: alaae on November 03, 2019, 02:10:21 pm
does anyone know any good HHD quizlets for exam revision?

https://quizlet.com/au/445747916/health-and-human-dev-2019-exam-flash-cards/?i=z9gjg&x=1jqY
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: cdel on November 07, 2019, 11:04:49 am
What is double burden?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: BELLAMELLA on November 07, 2019, 12:00:57 pm
What is double burden?

this is referring to double burden of diease and is when a country has high rates of both communicable and non-communable diseases!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: cfalzon on February 05, 2020, 09:42:44 am
Hi!
Could anyone please clarify whether resilience is a characteristic of mental health and wellbeing or emotional health and wellbeing? I've seen both and now I'm confused about which one is actually correct.

Thank you! :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: lm21074 on February 05, 2020, 07:59:18 pm
Hi!
Could anyone please clarify whether resilience is a characteristic of mental health and wellbeing or emotional health and wellbeing? I've seen both and now I'm confused about which one is actually correct.

Thank you! :)
Hey cfalzon! :)

Having a high level of resilience belongs to emotional health and wellbeing.

Mental health and wellbeing includes aspects such as positive thought patterns, positive self-esteem and high levels of confidence.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Blessing34 on February 20, 2020, 11:23:15 pm
Hi,
Can anyone please recommend any good lectures to go to for HHD, I have read that health teacher exam networks is good. Does anyone know anything about them?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: lm21074 on February 21, 2020, 04:25:21 pm
Hi,
Can anyone please recommend any good lectures to go to for HHD, I have read that health teacher exam networks is good. Does anyone know anything about them?


Hey Blessing34! :)

I'm doing 3/4 this year, but speaking from the experience of my friends and I, the ATAR Notes HHD lectures are great (and free). They are presented by a past high achieving student so be on the lookout for those around the forum or on AN's social media. Plus, they give you access to lecture slides afterwards. 8)

I've also heard that the Health Teachers Network lectures ones are great too - they are around $50 and are run by the Jacaranda Textbook author, Andrew Beaumont.

Your school might also run revision lectures too from various companies or by teachers.

All the best! :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: blueycan on February 26, 2020, 04:31:36 pm
can anyone recommend good sources for practice questions? i have the atarnotes book, but looking for some extra ones too. thanks (:
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: lm21074 on February 26, 2020, 06:08:22 pm
can anyone recommend good sources for practice questions? i have the atarnotes book, but looking for some extra ones too. thanks (:
Past VCAA exam questions! You can find these online by skimming through past exams (found here) or in Checkpoints books which you can purchase from a school bookseller. :)


Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Em.C11 on March 26, 2020, 11:12:57 am
Can someone please help me apply the quit-anti smoking program to the Ottawa Charter for health promotion.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: JR_StudyEd on March 26, 2020, 11:30:08 am
Can someone please help me apply the quit-anti smoking program to the Ottawa Charter for health promotion.

Hey, thanks for asking! I've got a few points to get you started:

Building healthy public policy
- Government taxes on tobacco

Create Supportive Environments
- Help lines for smokers trying to quit

Strengthening community action
- Advocacy for strategies that respond to community needs

Developing personal skills
- Stalls and info at events

Reorienting health services
- Reducing children's exposure through maternal and child care services

There's more but hopefully that generates some ideas. I hope that helped and happy studying!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Raquelnixon on March 26, 2020, 11:32:58 am
You need to take each action area of the Ottawa Charter and find a program or something QUIT does to address this. Eg
Build Public Policy - QUIT lobbies governments to ban smoking in areas eg outside restaurants. It also is the taxing of cigarettes to make them more expensive and more people will quit smoking.
Create supportive environment - QUIT line when you ring the quitline you have a personalised counsellor who will assist you with quitting, giving you tips and advice.
Strengthen Community Action - provide schools with lesson plans to deliver to classes to prevent smoking. They also help community groups to develop anti-smoking strategies eg for Indigenous population groups
Develop personal skills - provide information about the benefits of quiting smoking through advertising. Also the quitline to give advice on how to quit smoking to individuals, so it is personalised for that person.
Reorient health services - providing education on prevention to stop people starting smoking and helping them stop. This could be through advertising or research.
Hope this helps.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: cfalzon on April 28, 2020, 10:51:48 am
Hi everyone,
Hope you're doing well.

Could somebody please help me to understand the Key Knowledge Dot Point "the relationship between biomedical and social models of health"? I know what each of the models is separately, and the differences between them, but am still unsure about their relationship with each other.

Thanks :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: doubleS on April 28, 2020, 08:25:04 pm
So you basically just need to know what each model is, their principles/characteristics and how they have both contributed to improved health outcomes in Australia as well as their respective advantages and disadvantages. So you could also recognise how through understanding that lifestyle diseases were emerging in the 1970s through higher levels of unhealthy behaviour, the social model of health was introduced which looked beyond the physical and biological aspects of illness and disease (which is the biomedical approach), and focussed on preventing the development of a disease rather than simply treating it.

 
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Em.C11 on May 08, 2020, 01:19:22 pm
I'm struggling to come up with some simple examples for how close the gap reflects the action area build healthy public policy of the Ottawa Charter. If someone could help that'd be great. Thanks! 
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: lm21074 on May 08, 2020, 03:17:34 pm
Hey Em.C11!

I don't think there are too many examples for how Closing the Gap reflects Build Healthy Public Policy, but I'll try my best! :)

As you probably know, Build Healthy Public Policy is about the decisions made by government and organisations regarding laws and policies that affect health and wellbeing.

The Closing the Gap initiative was created by federal, state and territory and local governments along with Indigenous leaders to close the gap in life expectancy and health status between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. This agreement itself represents a healthy public policy.

There are some strategies that were implemented under the Closing the Gap initiative that relate to a healthy public policy.

One of these is "Feedin' the Mob", a nutrition, physical activity and healthy lifestyle program for Indigenous Australians in the City of Whittlesea in Victoria. It is funded by the federal government and supported by Whittlesea Council. This commitment to funding represents a healthy public policy.

Does this help answer your question? :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: blueycan on May 11, 2020, 07:19:54 pm
When talking about chapter 7 (initiatives to address smoking, and initiatives to address Indigenous health and wellbeing) should we have a basic understanding of the promotions/initiatives in the textbook (eg. Quitline, Learn Earn Legend! etc) or just focus on the BCSDR areas of the Ottawa Charter? Thanks a bunch (:
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: lm21074 on May 11, 2020, 07:52:01 pm
When talking about chapter 7 (initiatives to address smoking, and initiatives to address Indigenous health and wellbeing) should we have a basic understanding of the promotions/initiatives in the textbook (eg. Quitline, Learn Earn Legend! etc) or just focus on the BCSDR areas of the Ottawa Charter? Thanks a bunch (:
Hey Jeyda!

Are you talking about this dot point?
Quote from: HHD study design
Initiatives introduced to bring about improvements in Indigenous health and wellbeing in Australia and how they reflect the action areas of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion

Even if it's the one about smoking, road safety or skin cancer, I think it would be a good idea to have a basic understanding of the promotions / initiatives. You'll probably need to be able to describe them to talk about how each initiative reflects the action areas of the Ottawa Charter. You may wish to ask your teacher about this one! :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: blueycan on May 12, 2020, 01:20:11 pm
Hey Jeyda!

Are you talking about this dot point?
Even if it's the one about smoking, road safety or skin cancer, I think it would be a good idea to have a basic understanding of the promotions / initiatives. You'll probably need to be able to describe them to talk about how each initiative reflects the action areas of the Ottawa Charter. You may wish to ask your teacher about this one! :)

yep, that's the dot point aha. thanks for your advice!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: cfalzon on July 03, 2020, 10:59:51 pm
Hey everyone,
In terms of the Australian Dietary Guidelines, do we need to learn the recommended number of serves per day from each food group for each gender and age?

There's so many different numbers and I have no idea how I would possibly learn it all.

Thanks :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: lm21074 on July 04, 2020, 01:23:21 pm
Hey cfalzon!

For the Australian Dietary Guidelines, you need to know the name and number of each guideline as well as a little description about them (which you can access in your textbook - if you're using the Jacaranda book, it's on page 302, as well as further descriptions on subsequent pages).
Note that for guideline 2, you don't need to list all the food groups out.

Hope this helps :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: cfalzon on July 11, 2020, 10:30:48 am
Hey everyone :)

Just wondering - how are the PBS and NDIS funded?
From my understanding, the PBS is funded through general taxation and the NDIS is funded through a combination of federal and state/territory funds? Is this correct?

Also, I've read that the Medicare levy was increased by 0.5% (from 2% to 2.5%) to fund the NDIS, but this has confused me because we've been taught in class, through our textbook and on Edrolo that the Medicare levy is 2%.

Thank you!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: lm21074 on July 12, 2020, 12:26:50 am
Hey everyone :)

Just wondering - how are the PBS and NDIS funded?
From my understanding, the PBS is funded through general taxation and the NDIS is funded through a combination of federal and state/territory funds? Is this correct?

Also, I've read that the Medicare levy was increased by 0.5% (from 2% to 2.5%) to fund the NDIS, but this has confused me because we've been taught in class, through our textbook and on Edrolo that the Medicare levy is 2%.

Thank you!
Hello! :)

You are 100% correct about the ways the NDIS and PBS are funded. Just one small note is that the PBS is funded by the Commonwealth / federal government through taxes (at least according to my teacher), but this is extra nit picky. You could probably get away with what you stated.

About the Medicare levy percentage, I think your Edrolo / textbook / teacher is correct.


Hope this helps! :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Em.C11 on August 02, 2020, 05:37:52 pm
Can someone in simple terms please give me the definition of 'a double burden of disease,' i can't find it in the textbook. Thanks.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tiredandstressed on August 02, 2020, 08:52:23 pm
Can someone in simple terms please give me the definition of 'a double burden of disease,' i can't find it in the textbook. Thanks.
A double burden results in a rise in both communicable and non-communicable disease.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: lm21074 on August 02, 2020, 09:11:23 pm
Hi Em!

A simple definition of double burden of disease is where conditions associated with poverty and conditions associated with wealth exist at the same time in a community. For example, undernutrition and obesity.

In a middle-income country, there may be people who are in extreme poverty and lack the income to purchase nutritious food, which can lead to undernutrition.

On the other hand, the migration of people from rural areas to major cities increases access to, and therefore consumption of energy-dense processed foods.

Hope this helps :)

Edit: the above poster beat me to it, but I'll leave this here :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Em.C11 on August 06, 2020, 07:33:22 pm
Hi Em!

A simple definition of double burden of disease is where conditions associated with poverty and conditions associated with wealth exist at the same time in a community. For example, undernutrition and obesity.

In a middle-income country, there may be people who are in extreme poverty and lack the income to purchase nutritious food, which can lead to undernutrition.

On the other hand, the migration of people from rural areas to major cities increases access to, and therefore consumption of energy-dense processed foods.

Hope this helps :)

Edit: the above poster beat me to it, but I'll leave this here :)

Thanks :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Em.C11 on August 06, 2020, 07:33:47 pm
A double burden results in a rise in both communicable and non-communicable disease.

Thank you :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: cfalzon on August 28, 2020, 01:02:42 pm
Do we need to know all of the Sustainable Development Goals, or just the ones specifically outlined in the study design? My teacher says we should know the names of all the SDGs but there's just so many!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: lm21074 on August 28, 2020, 01:12:29 pm
Hi there!
For the exam, we need to know the interrelationships between SDG 3 and SDGs 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 13. I'm not sure why your teacher has asked you to remember the names of all of them!

Hope this helps :)
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Post by: The Cat In The Hat on August 28, 2020, 01:53:18 pm
We were advised to know the names of all of them, but not required. (last year student here)
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Post by: heids on August 28, 2020, 09:39:24 pm
Do we need to know all of the Sustainable Development Goals, or just the ones specifically outlined in the study design? My teacher says we should know the names of all the SDGs but there's just so many!

If something is outside the specifically listed scope of the study design, you NEVER need to know it.  Unless they say that you need an overall understanding of all SDGs, you don't. 

I'm not saying it's good for actual LEARNING, because it isn't, but for good *scores*, you're wise to focus on study-design-mandated information to the exclusion of everything else.  You're wise to have a vague acquaintance with other things, but no more.

For HHD, I'd recommend structuring your notes and study entirely around the study design.
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Post by: The Cat In The Hat on August 28, 2020, 10:05:39 pm
If something is outside the specifically listed scope of the study design, you NEVER need to know it.  Unless they say that you need an overall understanding of all SDGs, you don't. 

I'm not saying it's good for actual LEARNING, because it isn't, but for good *scores*, you're wise to focus on study-design-mandated information to the exclusion of everything else.  You're wise to have a vague acquaintance with other things, but no more.

For HHD, I'd recommend structuring your notes and study entirely around the study design.
(and Heidi should know, because 50 SS. Just putting that out there.)
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Post by: tiredandstressed on August 28, 2020, 10:30:33 pm
Do we need to know all of the Sustainable Development Goals, or just the ones specifically outlined in the study design? My teacher says we should know the names of all the SDGs but there's just so many!
Only the SDGs on the study design 1,2,3,4,5,6 and 13
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Alejandra on September 14, 2020, 03:57:07 pm
Could someone please tell me how SDG 3 - good health and well being promotes health and well being?
Thanks  :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tiredandstressed on September 14, 2020, 06:04:18 pm
Maternal and child health:
With increased efforts, to provide greater access to safe pre-natal services and more health professionals to help deliver safe births, there will be a reduced maternal mortality rate, therefore fewer mothers will become sick or injured, thereby promoting physical health and wellbeing.
Communicable diseases:
With greater efforts to improve education in low-income countries, this will result in more individuals practising safe sex, and therefore reducing the incidence of HIV/AIDS thus less individuals will become sick or immunocompromised, thereby promoting physical health and wellbeing.
Non-communicable diseases:
Make investment in providing a range of mental health services that are accessible to all, thus more people will receive the services and education they need to look after their mental health, thereby reducing stress and anxiety and therefore promoting mental health and wellbeing

Try to think of your own examples :) 
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Em.C11 on September 18, 2020, 04:43:38 pm
Just wondering if someone can explain to me the concept of burden of disease. I understand the definition and all that but I'm trying to understand it more in relation to health status styled exam questions.
For example- if i say that a high body mass index can cause cardiovascular disease can i then say that it therefore leads to an increase in burden of disease?
I hope that makes sense.
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Post by: lm21074 on September 18, 2020, 05:01:28 pm
Just wondering if someone can explain to me the concept of burden of disease. I understand the definition and all that but I'm trying to understand it more in relation to health status styled exam questions.
For example- if i say that a high body mass index can cause cardiovascular disease can i then say that it therefore leads to an increase in burden of disease?
I hope that makes sense.

Hey Em.C11,

Burden of disease is measured in DALYs (disability adjusted life years). The equation for DALY is years of life lost (YLL) plus years of life lost due to disability (YLD).

Therefore, when linking to burden of disease, If you ever just see the words ‘burden of disease’ in a question, you MUST relate your answer back to YLL, YLD, or DALYs.

Hope this helps :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: sherws on September 28, 2020, 10:49:08 pm
Hey Dudes!

Does anyone have a list of what we can and can't abbreviate throughout the exam. For example, what's acceptable ie. H+W for Health and Wellbeing, and what's not? :)
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Post by: MEH0010 on September 28, 2020, 11:05:14 pm
Hey Dudes!

Does anyone have a list of what we can and can't abbreviate throughout the exam. For example, what's acceptable ie. H+W for Health and Wellbeing, and what's not? :)

VCAA assessors have said that you can write H+W on the exam. Other accepted abbreviations include SDG, WHO, HALE, DALY, and some others. However, if a question asks, for example, how is burden disease measured (VCAA 2016) the full term is required.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: sherws on September 28, 2020, 11:05:42 pm
Hi Everyone!

Does anyone have an Indigenous Health Programme and the ways in which it meets the Ottowa Charter's action areas? :)
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Post by: tiredandstressed on September 28, 2020, 11:09:29 pm
Hi Everyone!
Does anyone have an Indigenous Health Programme and the ways in which it meets the Ottowa Charter's action areas? :)
Describe one initiative which aims to address the difference in health status experienced by Indigenous population:
The Be Deadly, Get Healthy Program:
•   Outline: The Be Deadly, Get Healthy (BDGH) program aims to improve the health of Aboriginal families and reduce chronic disease in Baw Baw shire in the Gippsland area of Victoria
•   Extra details: The program uses a family-based approach, where children and parents are encouraged to participate to learn long-term healthy behaviours, this is done by an initial health assessment and participation in physical activity sessions; such as group walks, gym circuits. Thus, promoting physical health and wellbeing for the Indigenous population

How does that program reflect the action areas of the Ottawa Charter:
•   Develop personal skills: Through the BDGH program the Indigenous population learn long-term healthy behaviours such as exercise strategies, through group exercise sessions, group walks and gym circuits  that educate the Indigenous populations methods to maintain healthy body weight, through physical activity, thereby promoting physical health and wellbeing   
•   Reorient health services: Through the BDGH program the West Gippsland Healthcare group (WGHG) provides health messages to the Indigenous population, with adequate exercise strategies, and physical development skills rather than mere medical treatment
•   Strengthen community action: The program is developed in partnership with WGHG and Ramahyuck District Aboriginal Corporation (RDAC) thus strengthening the relationship between the healthcare groups and the district Aboriginal cooperation, such connections allow for less economic stress for the Aboriginal community, promoting mental health and wellbeing   
 
Evaluate the selected program Indigenous initiative according to 2-3 of the relevant criteria:
•   The Be Deadly, Get Healthy program aims to improve the health of Aboriginal families and reduce chronic disease in Baw Baw shire in the Gippsland area, and is effective in improving the health status of the Indigenous population
•   The program is receiving adequate funding evident by the program being free for all Aboriginals, as the program is funded through Vic Outreach Aboriginal Health provides the necessary funds needed for the program to be sustainable and act as a resource to promote health and wellbeing of the Indigenous population, with adequate funding the program is effective as Aboriginal community is able to regularly attend program and thereby promoting physical health and wellbeing of the Aboriginal community
•   In this program, education is provided to the Indigenous population on making long-term healthy behaviours/decisions, such as participating in regular physical activity and therefore promoting health and wellbeing of the Indigenous population, with education the program is effective as Indigenous Australians empowered with knowledge on physical exercise strategies and are able to make healthy decisions and promote a healthy body weight 
•   The Indigenous Australians living in the Baw Baw shire have a high proportion of type 2 diabetes, thus this program aims to reduce the incidence of type 2 diabetes. The program successfully attempts to do this by employing physical exercise strategies to reduce weight gain in the population and therefore reducing the risks associated with conditions such as type 2 diabetes, thereby the program is effective in reducing the incidence of type 2 diabetes, promoting a healthy body weight and ultimately promoting health and wellbeing in the Indigenous population
•   As a result, the program can be deemed effective in improving the health status of the Indigenous population 
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: interessant on October 23, 2020, 05:08:42 pm
Hey! Would anyone happen to have some solutions to the VCAA sample questions? I'm not sure how many marks to give myself on the 10 markers
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Post by: tiredandstressed on October 24, 2020, 05:51:32 pm
Hey! Would anyone happen to have some solutions to the VCAA sample questions? I'm not sure how many marks to give myself on the 10 markers
Here are some sample responses:
Q3 Selecting evidence from the sources presented and using your understanding of dietary change, draw conclusions about the impact of dietary initiatives on the health and wellbeing of Australians, and the challenges faced by organisations that are focused on bringing about dietary change in Australia. (10 marks)

Spoiler
Overall dietary initiatives have seen some success in encourage healthy eating, however multiple challenges have failed to be overcome, contributing to rising obesity rates. Some dietary initiatives have seen some progress in improving the diet of Australians, evident in Source 1, the Alfred Health’s nudge project which implemented a labelling system resulted in 77% people stating that it influenced their meal choice. More importantly, the program found a 26% increase in the consumption of ‘green’ (healthy and nutrient dense) meals, and a 17% decrease in ‘red’ (unhealthy and energy dense) meals, demonstrating the promotion of healthy eating. Hence, dietary initiatives have seen an increase in the consumption of nutrient dense foods, thereby promoting physical health and wellbeing. Additionally, the Australian Dietary Guidelines provides advice for Australians when it comes to their diet, for instance Guideline 3: Limit intake of foods high in saturated fat, added salt, added sugar and alcohol, hence when Australians follow the advice of Guideline 3 they are less likely to eat energy dense foods and thereby promote dietary change. However numerous challenges have bene presented and need to be overcome to bring about dietary change. This is evident, since in 1995 the total obesity rate was 18.7% which increased overtime to 27.9% in 2014/2015 (source 2). Such challenges include; personal preference most people prefer foods high in fat, salt and sugar as they are flavour enhancers and stimulate the taste buds and the brain’s reward system. Additionally, individuals most often do not have the willpower or commitment to change food intake and are unable to resist temptations of unhealthier food choices. Coupled, with the time inconvenience healthy foods have (e.g. preparation, cooking) individuals are less likely to consume healthy foods, and as a result, only 24% of women and 15% of men meet the fruit and vegetable guidelines (source 3) highlighting the detrimental impacts the challenges have in promoting healthier food choices. Therefore, more effort and improvement in dietary initiatives is needed to overcome the plethora of challenges in bringing about dietary change in Australia.
Q4 ‘Climate change has greater implications for the health and wellbeing of high-income countries than for low-income countries.’ To what extent do you agree with this statement? (8 marks)
Spoiler
I mainly disagree with statement above, low-income countries experience greater implications for their health and wellbeing compared to high income countries due to climate change. Climate change impacts the quality of air and water, the availability of food and shelter, specifically rising sea levels cause an increase in salt in freshwater and thereby a reduction in the availability of fresh water, causing water scarcity and thus leading to water-borne illnesses such as diarrhoea negatively affecting physical health and wellbeing. Low-income countries do not have the money or resources to overcome water sacristy, whilst high-income countries are more likely to afford the resources to recover from such an event. Also, with climate change, extreme weather events are becoming more frequent, for instance natural disasters can increase homelessness leading to social isolation, negatively affecting social health and wellbeing. Low-income countries have lower levels of employment and education, thereby have limited health and social services, resulting in victims of natural disasters not being compensated and unable to overcome from such distress, negatively affecting mental health and wellbeing, whilst high-income countries have better access to health and social services and are more likely to receive support in such situations. Finally, changing weather patterns, has resulted in increasing temperature, contributing to crops being destroyed low-income countries have higher levels of food security, compared to high-income countries who have access to money and resources to combat climate change, and preserve crops whilst in low-income countries do not have access to such resources and as such are less likely to consume nutritious foods, negatively affecting physical health and wellbeing.
Q5a Describe the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). (2 marks)
The NDIS supports individuals with a significant or permanent disability under the age of 65 and their families over the individuals lifetime. The NDIS also support individuals with a disability to gain independence, involvement in their community, education, employment, through mainstream support such as installation of ramps in the house.
Q5b Analyse how the NDIS promotes health and wellbeing in Australia. Your response must include a discussion of access, equity and sustainability. (6 marks)
Spoiler
The NDIS entails an accessible healthcare system, evident with the NDIS providing individuals with a significant disability under the age of 65, access to community services and support (e.g. sporting clubs) thus individuals are able to develop meaningful social connections, thereby promoting social health and wellbeing. Additionally, the NDIS promotes equity by ensuring a fair health system as it provides additional financial funded supports, such as the installation of ramps to make the house wheelchair accessible, this instils fairness as it allows those who are disadvantaged due to disability have the resources to lead an ordinary life, such funds reduce the stress and anxiety of individuals, promoting mental health and wellbeing. The NDIS promotes sustainability, through he increased Medicare levy (2%) ensured adequate funds were met to maintain the NDIS, and thus individuals with a significant disability under the age of 65, can receive the support they need such as access to healthcare, thereby promoting physical health and wellbeing.
Q6a From the table above, identify the cause of death that shows the greatest decrease between 1907 and 2000. Discuss how the biomedical and social models of health could have contributed to a reduction in death rates. (6 marks)
Spoiler
Infectious diseases has seen to have the greatest decrease between 1907 and 2000, evident in the table above in 1907 12.6% of deaths reduced to 1.3% in 2000. The biomedical model focuses on the physical or biological aspect of disease and illness, with the biomedical model there was advances in medical technology, resulted in the introduction of antibiotics, contributing to a decrease in infectious diseases such as pneumonia. Hence, the biomedical model is associated with the diagnosis, treatment and cure of diseases, and such efforts from this model has resulted in a reduction is deaths for infectious diseases. The social model of health considers the physical, sociocultural and political environment, focusing in prevention of diseases. The social model applies the principle ‘empower individuals and communities’ through education, for instance campaigns and advertisements on safe sex practises, saw a decrease in sexually transmitted infectious (such as HIV/AIDS) thereby contributing to a reduction in death rates for infectious diseases.
Q6b To what extent could low-income and middle-income countries improve their health status by implementing the actions of the ‘old’ public health system from countries like Australia? (6 marks)
Spoiler
To a moderate extent the actions of ‘old’ public health system can improve the health status of low and middle-income countries. The ‘old’ public health system focused on changing the physical environment to prevent the spread of disease. For instance, measures such as government funded water and sewage systems ensured people had cleaner water to drink, and better sanitation seeing a decrease in infectious diseases from 12.6% in 1907 to 1.3% in 2000, and thus decrease in mortality from infectious diseases. Also, improved housing conditions led to reduced respiratory conditions, evident in 1907 14.3% deaths due to respiratory conditions decreased to 8.9% in 2000 thus due to improved air quality resulted in decreased mortality from respiratory conditions. However, the ‘old’ public health system is limited and only focuses on the physical environment, not considering the impact of the social, economic and political environment, for instance low and middle-income countries have lower levels of access to healthcare, thereby are less likely to be tested nor scanned for pre-existing conditions which can result in conditions, such as cancers being left undiagnosed and thus result in higher mortality rates.
Q8b Collaborative action aiming to reduce maternal mortality is more effective when the collaboration addresses the relationship between SDG 3 and other SDGs.’ With reference to one other SDG, to what extent do you agree with this statement? (4 marks)
Spoiler
I completely agree with the above statement, action taken to end violence against woman and girls (SDG 5: Gender equality) will decrease sexual assault, and by achieving gender equality means more women will be educated, and thus educated women are more likely to marry later, and as such give birth at a later age, where there body is better equipped to carry a baby, thus resulting in reduced maternal mortality (SDG 3: Good health and wellbeing)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: interessant on October 24, 2020, 09:44:51 pm
Thank you so much, that's really helpful!!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: interessant on November 03, 2020, 07:21:33 pm
In the 'to what extent do you agree' questions, is it okay to use 'i' and 'my' in your answer? And also should you mention your stance at the beginning of the question, or can you leave it till the end?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: lm21074 on November 03, 2020, 08:40:51 pm
In the 'to what extent do you agree' questions, is it okay to use 'i' and 'my' in your answer? And also should you mention your stance at the beginning of the question, or can you leave it till the end?
Yes, it should be okay if you use 'I' or 'my'.
You can mention your stance at the beginning or end, but mentioning it at the beginning would be better structure-wise so that the examiner can explicitly see where you are headed with your response.

Edit: didn't see your second question
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Post by: tiredandstressed on November 03, 2020, 08:43:37 pm
In the 'to what extent do you agree' questions, is it okay to use 'i' and 'my' in your answer? And also should you mention your stance at the beginning of the question, or can you leave it till the end?
You can use 'I' and 'my' and you should mention your stance at the beginning as it easier for the examiner to see the direction of your response.
Stronger responses will mention their stance at the beginning, a clear contention at the start will lead to a strong response.
Gl :)
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Post by: interessant on November 03, 2020, 09:50:38 pm
Ahh thank you both!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: blueycan on November 05, 2020, 06:07:35 pm
1. I remember Andrew Beaumont explaining in his lecture that it's okay to use abbreviations for some words, but I don't exactly remember how ): When we're answering a question about impact on/dimensions of health and wellbeing– is it okay to write H+WB to save time? Do we have to write "health and wellbeing" at the start of the answer and then put (h+wb) in brackets? Because that seems like it'd take a lot of time and I'm guessing examiners would already know what we're talking about...

2. On questions discussing health status, do we have to refer to specific health indicators (morbidity, incidence, e.t.c) or is it okay to simply write reduction in cases of x disease? I usually refer to a health indicator to be safe but I see a lot of people answering these kinds of questions with "reduces rates of cardiovascular disease" or "increases cases of diabetes" etc

3. If a question asks for impact on individual/national/global health, is it okay to examples such as:
Individual– increased fitness, stronger immune system, able to participate in community
National– increased productivity, lower health related costs
Global– reduced transmission of disease between countries, increased trade opportunities
I always forget how to answer these kind of questions so any advice would help.

Thanks for your tremendous amount of help in this board guys <3
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: lm21074 on November 05, 2020, 07:31:12 pm
Hey!

To answer your questions based on what I know (I'm a fellow 3/4 HHD student!):

1. I think you have to define each initialism you use per question, according to VCAA:
Quote from: VCAA 2020 Exam FAQs
It is recommended that you use only well-known and accepted abbreviations for your subject (for example, ABS, WHO, RBA, VCAT, GST, OHS, PPE) in your response, and that you write these out in full, with the abbreviation in brackets, the first time that you use them in each response. If the abbreviation is used in the examination question, then you may use it in your response. Please avoid using abbreviations that you have made up.
"h+w or h&w" for health and wellbeing should suffice too. Note that DALY and HALE are already accepted on the study design so you don't have to define them.

2. Always refer to health status indicators when answering a question asking to link to health status!

3. You can use those examples, but of course bear in mind that based on the stem of the question (e.g. identify vs briefly explain) signals how much detail you need :)



Hope this helps :)

Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tiredandstressed on November 05, 2020, 09:35:03 pm

3. You can use those examples, but of course bear in mind that based on the stem of the question (e.g. identify vs briefly explain) signals how much detail you need :)

For the impact on individual/national/global health often it is easier to explain how it improves 'health' by linking it to a dimension ;)
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Post by: blueycan on November 05, 2020, 10:22:32 pm
For the impact on individual/national/global health often it is easier to explain how it improves 'health' by linking it to a dimension ;)

So for example, if a question says "describe how Medicare promotes national health" would something like this be a viable answer?

Through providing access to subsidised doctor and specialist visits, Medicare ensures people can access the resources they need to treat their conditions. This improves national health by promoting physical health and wellbeing to the point where they can adequately complete daily tasks such as going to work, also boosting productivity.

Thanks again lm21074 and tiredandstressed  :)

Edit: I haven't come across these kinds of questions much– would these be common in an exam?
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Post by: tiredandstressed on November 05, 2020, 11:24:05 pm
So for example, if a question says "describe how Medicare promotes national health" would something like this be a viable answer?

Through providing access to subsidised doctor and specialist visits, Medicare ensures people everyone (i.e. the average citizen) can access the resources they need to treat their conditions, at affordable (to no) cost. This improves national health by promoting physical health and wellbeing to the point where they can adequately complete daily tasks such as going to work, also boosting productivity.
-Your last sentence is good, but you have failed to link how subsided doctor visits can lead to improved physical h+w
Edit: I haven't come across these kinds of questions much– would these be common in an exam?
With all citizens having access to subsided doctor visits, less people will be sick, therefore more people are able to go to work and therefore contribute to a greater economy, boosting productivity. An improved economy can encourage more people to live an active lifestyle (undergo regular exercise) and develop a healthy diet consuming nutritious food, thereby improving physical health and wellbeing, nationally
They asked a national/global question last year and it was poorly answered, I would expect something similar to that question to pop up in this year's exam
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Post by: blueycan on November 06, 2020, 10:35:17 am
With all citizens having access to subsided doctor visits, less people will be sick, therefore more people are able to go to work and therefore contribute to a greater economy, boosting productivity. An improved economy can encourage more people to live an active lifestyle (undergo regular exercise) and develop a healthy diet consuming nutritious food, thereby improving physical health and wellbeing, nationally
They asked a national/global question last year and it was poorly answered, I would expect something similar to that question to pop up in this year's exam

Thank you so much you're a lifesaver !
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: S_Fiadz on November 11, 2020, 07:57:11 pm
In the exam, can we write H+WB instead of constantly writing health and wellbeing? Thanks.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: blueycan on November 11, 2020, 08:12:50 pm
In the exam, can we write H+WB instead of constantly writing health and wellbeing? Thanks.

It seems like the answer changes depending on who you ask– if you scroll up a bit I asked this a couple days ago lol.
I'd be safe and just write "health and wellbeing" the first time you use it in an answer and then add brackets with "h+wb" so you can use the abbreviation after.

For example...
Physical health and wellbeing (h+wb) relates to the functioning of the body and it's systems and includes the capacity to adequately perform daily tasks. Physical h+wb includes ...

If you're going to do this make sure you do the whole full term-brackets thing in every question.
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Post by: tiredandstressed on November 11, 2020, 10:14:47 pm
It seems like the answer changes depending on who you ask– if you scroll up a bit I asked this a couple days ago lol.
I'd be safe and just write "health and wellbeing" the first time you use it in an answer and then add brackets with "h+wb" so you can use the abbreviation after.

For example...
Physical health and wellbeing (h+wb) relates to the functioning of the body and it's systems and includes the capacity to adequately perform daily tasks. Physical h+wb includes ...

If you're going to do this make sure you do the whole full term-brackets thing in every question.
This answer won't help you but personally, I always wrote out health and wellbeing (just the way I was taught) considering how much stress it's causing you I would recommend just to write it out
However, I heard that all examiners are familiar with h+w and would accept it as an abbreviation 
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: S_Fiadz on November 12, 2020, 11:17:21 am
It seems like the answer changes depending on who you ask– if you scroll up a bit I asked this a couple days ago lol.
I'd be safe and just write "health and wellbeing" the first time you use it in an answer and then add brackets with "h+wb" so you can use the abbreviation after.

For example...
Physical health and wellbeing (h+wb) relates to the functioning of the body and it's systems and includes the capacity to adequately perform daily tasks. Physical h+wb includes ...

If you're going to do this make sure you do the whole full term-brackets thing in every question.

thank you!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: S_Fiadz on November 16, 2020, 09:37:57 am
For anyone that did previous HHD exams, what was your strategy for the 8-10 marker? Did you do it first thing or one of the last questions?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tiredandstressed on November 16, 2020, 10:25:31 am
For anyone that did previous HHD exams, what was your strategy for the 8-10 marker? Did you do it first thing or one of the last questions?
Hi i sat the 2018 exam and I did the exam in order, i found the question was placed at around the right time to actually sit it.
My advice is to:
- Use reading time to read the source material and plan a response
- Scenario A: you feel good about the 10 marker -> then complete the exam in order (so the 8-10 marker is usually around Q4/5 so do Q1-3 to get into a good rhythm and develop confidence, then smash the 8-10 marker)
No matter what, complete the 8-10 marker within the first hour of the exam
- Scenario B: you freak out, and feel very unconfident about the question (this is okay) immediately after writing time highlight and annotate key information -> using any space you can find write a quick plan to provide a good guide for how to progress your response. Take a breath. Go to the start of the exam and answer the first few questions, then decide are you ready to answer the 8-10 marker. If yes go right ahead, if no complete a few more question to build momentum, but always complete the 8-10 marker within the first hour of the exam.
At least 10% of the state will score 0 marks (maybe more, it was 18% in 2019)so it is imperative you give the extended response a go and try to score as many marks as you can.
Gl :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: S_Fiadz on November 16, 2020, 07:55:27 pm
Hi i sat the 2018 exam and I did the exam in order, i found the question was placed at around the right time to actually sit it.
My advice is to:
- Use reading time to read the source material and plan a response
- Scenario A: you feel good about the 10 marker -> then complete the exam in order (so the 8-10 marker is usually around Q4/5 so do Q1-3 to get into a good rhythm and develop confidence, then smash the 8-10 marker)
No matter what, complete the 8-10 marker within the first hour of the exam
- Scenario B: you freak out, and feel very unconfident about the question (this is okay) immediately after writing time highlight and annotate key information -> using any space you can find write a quick plan to provide a good guide for how to progress your response. Take a breath. Go to the start of the exam and answer the first few questions, then decide are you ready to answer the 8-10 marker. If yes go right ahead, if no complete a few more question to build momentum, but always complete the 8-10 marker within the first hour of the exam.
At least 10% of the state will score 0 marks (maybe more, it was 18% in 2019)so it is imperative you give the extended response a go and try to score as many marks as you can.
Gl :)
Thanks so much!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: Em.C11 on November 17, 2020, 09:05:47 am
Can someone please explain the work of WHO in simple terms.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: blueycan on November 17, 2020, 10:36:19 am
Can someone please explain the work of WHO in simple terms.

1. Providing leadership and creating partnerships to improve health and wellbeing
- WHO partners with member states
- achieves positive outcomes for those in need
- coordinates relief efforts
- facilitates communication

2. Conducts research and provides health and wellbeing information
- carries out research
- provides grants
- funding research
- ensures the most up to date research is available

3. Setting norms and standards
- standardises the way research is carried out
- shares info about diseases internationally
- develops regulations
- provides technical assistance
- develops treatment and prevention standards

4. Developing policies to assist countries to take action to promote health and wellbeing
- helps countries in choosing immunisation programs
- develops guidelines and manuals
- publishes guides for health workers about diagnosis, treatment e.t.c.

5. Providing technical support and assisting health systems to become sustainable
- trains healthcare workers
- helps countries develop a national health finance strategy
- provides advice and personnel

6. Monitoring health and wellbeing and health and wellbeing trends
- establishes global databases to fill data gaps
- World Health Statistics– tracks changes in health status
- studies trends
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Post by: Em.C11 on November 17, 2020, 10:51:30 am
1. Providing leadership and creating partnerships to improve health and wellbeing
- WHO partners with member states
- achieves positive outcomes for those in need
- coordinates relief efforts
- facilitates communication

2. Conducts research and provides health and wellbeing information
- carries out research
- provides grants
- funding research
- ensures the most up to date research is available

3. Setting norms and standards
- standardises the way research is carried out
- shares info about diseases internationally
- develops regulations
- provides technical assistance
- develops treatment and prevention standards

4. Developing policies to assist countries to take action to promote health and wellbeing
- helps countries in choosing immunisation programs
- develops guidelines and manuals
- publishes guides for health workers about diagnosis, treatment e.t.c.

5. Providing technical support and assisting health systems to become sustainable
- trains healthcare workers
- helps countries develop a national health finance strategy
- provides advice and personnel

6. Monitoring health and wellbeing and health and wellbeing trends
- establishes global databases to fill data gaps
- World Health Statistics– tracks changes in health status
- studies trends
Thank you!!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: interessant on November 18, 2020, 12:03:17 pm
What does 'improving human capital' imply? I'm not a hundred percent sure what they mean by human capital.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tiredandstressed on November 18, 2020, 02:48:04 pm
How much time would you recommend spending on the 10 marker?

1.2 marks per minute
~12-15 minutes (can go up to 20 if you feel have time- finish other questions earlier)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: 02hi on November 18, 2020, 06:06:44 pm
Hi, when a question asks us to link back to human development and how it impacts human development (much like health and wellbeing and its dimensions) do we discuss, being knowledgeable, a long and healthy life and a decent standard of living?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: blueycan on November 18, 2020, 06:47:29 pm
Hi, when a question asks us to link back to human development and how it impacts human development (much like health and wellbeing and its dimensions) do we discuss, being knowledgeable, a long and healthy life and a decent standard of living?

Those are the dimensions of the human development index. Human development usually refers to:
- lead long and healthy lives
- lead productive and creative lives according to their own needs and interests
- participate in decisions that affect their lives
- participate in the community
- have access to knowledge and expand their choices and capabilities
- have access to resources needed for a decent standard of living

This is a question from the VCAA 2019 exam 13c. Explain how the program on page 20 promotes human development.

The program provides these girls in Kibera with the ability to go to school and therefore increases their access to knowledge, which they can then use to get a job and earn an income, improving their standard of living, and by being the first in their families to attend university, they will have their choices and capabilities expanded (the range of things they can be and do, instead of becoming a sex worker).
 
So I would refer to these factors instead (:
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: homeworkisapotato on November 20, 2020, 04:15:59 pm
Hey guys! I was wondering what the sweet spot for practice exams are? I'm starting HHD 3/4 the coming week and I'm wondering if I should buy more praccy exams. I currently have the VCAA exams and 6 my school will give me next year :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: lm21074 on December 15, 2020, 04:25:53 pm
Hey! :)

It honestly depends on what you think is best; the number of practice exams you do doesn't always correlate to a study score. It's more about how you use them. Personally, I don't think you need to go overboard with the number of practice exams you get and would suggest buying more practice exams if you feel you need them once you have completed the ones provided by your school and the VCAA exams. My school gave my HHD cohort about the same number of exams and we had people who did them all and ended up with great study scores.

VCAA exams are the gold standard, but if you're looking for more exams, some good ones are Health Teachers' Network, QATS, ACED and ACHPER.

Good luck with HHD! If you put solid effort into the subject, you'll be sweet 8)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: homeworkisapotato on December 17, 2020, 08:08:59 pm
Hey! :)

It honestly depends on what you think is best; the number of practice exams you do doesn't always correlate to a study score. It's more about how you use them. Personally, I don't think you need to go overboard with the number of practice exams you get and would suggest buying more practice exams if you feel you need them once you have completed the ones provided by your school and the VCAA exams. My school gave my HHD cohort about the same number of exams and we had people who did them all and ended up with great study scores.

VCAA exams are the gold standard, but if you're looking for more exams, some good ones are Health Teachers' Network, QATS, ACED and ACHPER.

Good luck with HHD! If you put solid effort into the subject, you'll be sweet 8)
Thank you soo much lm!!! Do you have any tips on study methods for HHD? What you did to remember content and key defs, study rituals for sacs, etc. ?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: lm21074 on December 17, 2020, 11:13:51 pm
Disclaimer: Take my advice with a grain of salt, because my study score isn’t looking good atm! Also, what worked for me may not work for you!

Study methods
Overall, know the content really well and practice applying it so you can apply it really well during SACs and exams. Here’s how I tried to do that.

Holidays
Things that would be helpful:
- Make flashcards for definitions and revise consistently – I personally used Quizlet to make flashcards for the definitions of the dimensions and indicators. I included cues – e.g. Aspects of spiritual health and wellbeing (5) (Note: when linking to dimensions, mentioning aspects that might be in your textbook – e.g. strong immune system for physical health and wellbeing – can make it easier to make the links).
- Revise them over the holiday period to get them into your long-term memory so that the relearning process over the year takes less time.


Learning the content
At the start of the year, my class used the “flipped classroom method” – taking notes for the upcoming lesson(s) at home as a form of learning the content and then the teacher goes over the content in class very quickly, so we have more time to do questions. A benefit of this method is that you can use class time for consolidation as you’re not learning content for the first time. As a potential downside, it takes time outside class to do your notes beforehand. Alternatively, another way you could learn the content is to read the textbook, do the review questions and then make notes as a way of consolidation. Or even doing a light reading of the textbook before class.

You can definitely keep up by simply going to class and being exposed to the content for the first time, rather than doing notes at home. It’s up to you! :)

Notes
Closed book notes at home might be useful – the idea of this is to read a section of the textbook, close it, and make notes based on what you remember. This isn’t the greatest use of time when you have to copy a definition word-for-word into your notes but is more of an “active recall” strategy to test yourself, rather than mindlessly copy chunks of text, which might make the content stick better. Also, make your notes short (or have very detailed notes and summarise them by using revision strategies like the ones I mention below). I made mine really long at times, which wasn’t entirely helpful come SAC time because I would only little bits of those notes.
Formatting – tables, especially for the factors section in U3 AOS 1 (DP 5), can make a world of difference to your revision. It’s so much easier to pick out factors by looking at a table than looking at giant blobs of text. Some of the factors, particularly biological, are the same for different population groups which can give you less to memorise.

Revision – revise consistently and give yourself time before a SAC (something I didn’t do and regret)!
Summary sheets – I mentioned having really long notes at the beginning. This is where summary sheets can be helpful. Before a SAC, I made summary sheets for each dot point / concept in a dot point (depending on how much content there was in a dot point). Usually when I made these, I’d try to refer to my notes as little as possible (this is almost what I did for the mind-maps albeit in a slightly different way). Also, with them being summary sheets, I'd try to write as concisely as possible and aim to use one page per dot point or concept depending on the amount of content I needed to cover.

what I'd include on a summary sheet
e.g. WHO Prerequisite for health: Peace
- Definition
- How it promotes each dimension of health and wellbeing (in point form) and health status (you can come up with points on the spot during a SAC but I guess it helps to have prior exposure beforehand).

Something I should also mention here is to use the Key Skills section of the study design.

For instance, one of the key skills for U3 AOS 1 is identify the WHO’s prerequisites for health and explain their links to improved health outcomes.

This is asking you to link the prerequisites health status and health and wellbeing. A question type that has appeared in past exams is to link how the prerequisites can act as a resource for optimal health individually, nationally and globally. Here, you end up doing what the Key Skills mention - linking to health outcomes.

- Mind-maps – I mentioned having really long notes. With mind-maps, I picked a dot point and wrote everything I knew about that dot point on a piece of paper. Then, going through my notes, I added information that I may have missed or didn’t know in a different coloured pen. Rinse and repeat.

- Teach others (or your wall) - something I did often is explain the content to my bedroom wall without notes (my dog would rather play than listen to me talk about HHD :( ). The process of verbalizing what you've learnt can help you pick up what you do and don't know.

- Past SACs – Doing these in timed conditions once you’ve finished revising for a SAC (or even before to see what you know). Mark them yourself and then getting your teacher to mark it if you’d like can serve as a greater learning experience.


- Have examples for everything – YouTube is an awesome platform for this, especially in U4 (I’ll have to make a post soon with YouTube links relating to the content for HHD). To see something you’ve read about in a textbook in the real world helps it make more sense and can act as an aid in remembering the content.


- Practice questions – after learning the content, I would do the textbook questions that my teacher assigned as a form of testing and applying my knowledge (if you have the Jacaranda book, excuse the reference). The application questions of the textbook are usually the better ones, especially as you approach U3 AOS 2. These textbook questions do not mimic SAC / exam-style questions incredibly well so that was a downside. My school encouraged us to do the textbook questions but I'd recommend doing practice exam questions instead. A useful way of doing this for me was, in class, we were given a practice VCAA question based on what we’d covered in class that week and we’d answer it within a time limit (HHD timing-wise is 1.2 minutes a mark, so you can gradually ease into this and give yourself more time if need be and perhaps even give yourself slightly less time as you approach the exam (but the latter isn’t incredibly necessary). Afterwards, we’d mark our own response based on the exam report and then give it to someone else to mark to see if they’d agree. This helped to prime me for answering exam questions.

- Don’t be afraid to ask for help / clarification!



Answering questions in a nutshell
Break down mark allocation – say you’re presented with the following question:
Jett is a 23-year-old who has been experiencing migraines since he was 15-years-old. He has visited his GP, who has prescribed him pain relief medication for his migraines. Over time, John has developed the ability to identify what triggers his migraines and recognise their onset. Jesminder is 12-years-old and recently experienced her first migraine, which she found to be extremely painful.  Using the scenario, describe how health and wellbeing is considered to be dynamic and subjective. (4 marks)
Possible mark allocation
- 2 marks – describe how h&w is considered to be dynamic (with a link to both Jett and Jesminder’s situation)  - mention definition of dynamic in a h&w context
- 2 marks – describe how h&w is considered to be subjective (with a link to both Jett and Jesminder’s situation) – mention definition of subjective in a h&w context

- Use modals –  “could impact”, “can contribute to”
- Use shorthand (write in full first) – e.g. “physical h+w” instead of “which promotes physical health and wellbeing” – saves time. Fun fact: the abbreviations DALY and HALE are already accepted according to the study design so you don't have to write these out in full (Yay! 8))

tl;dr:
-   Revise consistently
-   Practice consistently


It's getting a bit late so I'll stop here, but hope this helps! :)

Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: homeworkisapotato on December 21, 2020, 06:00:40 pm
Hey LM! THANK YOU SOOO MUCH for such a DETAILED response! I will be rereading this over the holidays and next year using it like a HHD bible. I'm soo grateful!

I just have one question.. where do I stop with the definitions? Do I need to know the definitions of the WHO prereqs like peace and shelter and all? Also, many teachers are providing different definitions for emotional health and wellbeing.. which one is the right one?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: lm21074 on December 21, 2020, 07:19:29 pm
No worries! Hope you find it useful :)

In SACs and the exam, you're generally asked to explain prerequisites, so knowing a definition for each can be helpful. The definitions are fairly self-explanatory, but make sure you understand them before you memorise them!

VCAA has definitions for the dimensions here. I'm pretty sure these are the ones in the Jacaranda textbook (not too sure about the others).

Hope this helps :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: homeworkisapotato on January 08, 2021, 04:17:07 pm
No worries! Hope you find it useful :)

In SACs and the exam, you're generally asked to explain prerequisites, so knowing a definition for each can be helpful. The definitions are fairly self-explanatory, but make sure you understand them before you memorise them!

VCAA has definitions for the dimensions here. I'm pretty sure these are the ones in the Jacaranda textbook (not too sure about the others).

Hope this helps :)
Thank you LM!!!! Your responses have been a lifesaver throughout the holidays! Do you suggest any external resources for practice questions or do you think the textbook questions are enough?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tiredandstressed on January 08, 2021, 04:22:57 pm
Do you suggest any external resources for practice questions or do you think the textbook questions are enough?
I'm gonna barge in here sorry; personally, I do not think the textbook questions are enough nor a good representation for what to expect in SACs / the exam.
My school provided us with an exam mega pack which consists of commercial exam questions, this may not be available to you. So I would recommend checkpoints (2019 onwards) as they are usually pretty good.
I would recommend asking your teachers for practice sacs and relevant exam questions to study for SACs
Hope this helps and all the best :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: scientificllama on February 22, 2021, 08:22:25 pm
Hi guys :)

Regarding questions that ask to identify a prerequisite and link it to improved health outcomes or contribute to individual/national/global health and wellbeing do you always have to link it to a specific dimension of health?

Thanks!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: lm21074 on February 22, 2021, 09:02:08 pm
Hey scientificllama,

A discussion similar to your question was mentioned in the previous few pages. This is a great reply from T&S.
For the impact on individual/national/global health often it is easier to explain how it improves 'health' by linking it to a dimension ;)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tiredandstressed on February 22, 2021, 11:23:45 pm
Hey scientificllama,

A discussion similar to your question was mentioned in the previous few pages. This is a great reply from T&S.

Let's ignore that I said health instead of health & wellbeing :P :P
I promise I know what I'm talking about
I agree with my past self, yes you should link it back to a specific dimension when you see 'improved health outcomes' that is a trigger to discuss the dimension :)
- T&S
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: scientificllama on February 23, 2021, 10:47:18 am
Let's ignore that I said health instead of health & wellbeing :P :P
I promise I know what I'm talking about
I agree with my past self, yes you should link it back to a specific dimension when you see 'improved health outcomes' that is a trigger to discuss the dimension :)
- T&S

Awesome :)
Thank you guys so much for the help!
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: somethingeevee on February 23, 2021, 06:49:05 pm
So I would recommend checkpoints (2019 onwards) as they are usually pretty good.

Hi, what if i have a checkpoints 2018 book, is this still relevant to the study design? :)
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: lm21074 on February 23, 2021, 08:36:17 pm
2018 was the first year of the study design, so yes :)

However, the 2019 one contains VCAA questions from the 2018 exam.
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: TinyWill on February 22, 2022, 08:38:00 pm
Is resilience part of emotional or mental health and wellbeing?
How does having a high level of resilience contribute to an individuals health and wellbeing?
Title: Re: VCE HHD Question Thread!
Post by: tiredandstressed on February 23, 2022, 05:26:56 pm
Is resilience part of emotional or mental health and wellbeing?
How does having a high level of resilience contribute to an individuals health and wellbeing?
1. That is correct resilience is a key feature of emotional health wellbeing
2. Many answers for this
e.g. Having a high level of resilience means an individual is more likely to be able to manage stressful situations, whereby their emotions could be heighted/overactive, thereby high level of resilience enables individuals to manage their emotions effectively and thus promote emotional health and wellbeing.