The current trends in Australia's health "progressed" according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Their Measures of Australia's Progress, 2013 cover various components of Australia's health with the most important indicator being life expectancy at birth. Australia's life expectancy at birth indicates that our current overall health is trending upwards. Life expectancy is one of the most widely recognised [...]
[raw_html_snippet id="my first ad"] Ottawa Charter in Action - National Chronic Disease Strategy The National Chronic Disease Strategy is a great example of the Ottawa Charter in Action. The National Chronic Disease Strategy "seeks to improve health outcomes and reduce the impact of chronic disease by providing a framework of agreed national directions for improving [...]
Every two years the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare release Australia's Health. Australia's Health is one of the main publications HSC PDHPE students need to interact with. Many HSC PDHPE teachers will get their students to read through the smaller publication Australia's Health in Brief, BUT I always encourage my students, particularly those who are looking to get [...]
In HSC PDHPE ATSI health is one of the key topics that you need to understand. The problem is that there is so much to take in related to ATSI health. In Australia, ATSI people experience a massive disadvantage as a marginalised people group. ATSI people have poorer outcomes not just in health, but in education, [...]
Recently a mother was arrested for neglecting her baby boy along with her naturopath who had given her poor advice. The baby had lost 1 Kg in a month, which left the child malnourished and requiring emergency care at hospital. The greater issues raised on The Project was the need to regulate the alternative health [...]