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Features of Effective Aid Programs
Types of Aid
Objectives and Rationale for the SDGs and Key Features of SDG 3
The Implications for Health and Wellbeing of Climate Change
The Economic Dimension of Sustainability
Economic Characteristics of Different Countries
Smoking and the Role of Health Promotion in Improving Population Health
Changes in Australia’s Health Status Over Time
Biological Factors Contributing to Variations in Health Status
Smoking
Self-Assessed Health Status and Life Expectancy
Access to Health Services and Information
Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)
Considerations When Becoming a Parent
Healthy and Respectful Relationships
Overview of the Human Lifespan
Mental Disorders: Impact, Incidence, Prevalence, and Trends
What Areas of Youth Health and Wellbeing Need Action?
Nutrients Required During Youth Including Carbohydrates, Protein, and Fats
Family, Peer Group, Housing, and Access to Health Information
Self-Assessed Health Status and Life Expectancy
Health and Wellbeing
Programs to Address the SDGs
The Features of Australia’s Aid Program
Key Features of SDG 3: Good Health and Wellbeing
The Implications for Health and Wellbeing of Conflict and Mass Migration
The Social Dimension of Sustainability
Social and Environmental Characteristics of Different Countries
Road Safety and the Role of Health Promotion in Improving Population Health
Policy and Practice Relating to the ‘Old Public Health’ and Australia’s Health Status
Sociocultural Factors Contributing to Variations in Health Status
Alcohol
Mortality
Digital Media and Health and Wellbeing
Private Health Insurance
Fertilisation and the Stages of Prenatal Development
Healthy and Respectful Relationships and Health and Wellbeing
Physical Developmental Transitions from Youth to Adulthood
Mental Disorders: Risk and Protective Factors
Programs Relating to Youth Health and Wellbeing
Nutrients Required During Youth Including Water, Calcium, Sodium, and Iron
Education, Employment, and Income
Mortality
Dimensions of Health and Wellbeing
Aid Programs Addressing SDG 2: Zero Hunger
The Australian Government’s Aid Priorities
SDG 3 Key Feature: Maternal and Child Health and Wellbeing
The Implications for Health and Wellbeing of World Trade and Tourism
The Environmental Dimension of Sustainability
Health Status and Burden of Disease in Different Countries
Skin Cancer and the Role of Health Promotion in Improving Population Health
The Biomedical Approach to Health
Environmental Factors Contributing to Variations in Health Status
High Body Mass Index
Morbidity
Issues in Health Services
Community Services to Support the Dimensions of Health and Wellbeing
The Role of Parents in Achieving Optimal Prenatal Development
Healthy and Respectful Relationships and Development
Social Developmental Transitions from Youth to Adulthood
Mental Disorders: Community Values, Support, Programs, and Costs
The Influence of Community Values and Expectations on Programs for Youth
Nutrients Required During Youth Including Vitamin D and the B-Group Vitamins
Key Skills
Morbidity and Burden of Disease
Youth Perspectives on the Meaning of Health and Wellbeing
Aid Programs Addressing SDG 3: Good Health and Wellbeing
World Vision
SDG 3 Key Feature: Communicable Diseases
The Implications for Health and Wellbeing of Digital Technologies
The Concept of Human Development
Safe Water and Sanitation
Initiatives to Address Indigenous Health and Wellbeing
Development of New Public Health and the Social Model of Health
Differences Between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Population Groups
Underconsumption of Vegetables, Fruit, and Dairy Foods
Burden of Disease
Health System Complaints
Rights and Responsibilities of Access to Healthcare
Development in Infancy
Key Skills
Emotional Developmental Transitions from Youth to Adulthood
Youth Advocacy and Action to Improve Outcomes in Health and Equity
Key Skills
Food-Selection Models and Other Tools to Promote Healthy Eating Among Youth
Hospitalisation, Core Activity Limitation, and Psychological Distress
Variations in Health Perspectives and Priorities
Aid Programs Addressing SDG 4: Quality Education
Red Cross
SDG 3 Key Feature: Non-Communicable Diseases
Key Skills
The Advantages and Limitations of the Human Development Index
Poverty
The Australian Dietary Guidelines
The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion
Differences Between Male and Female Population Groups
Dietary Risks of High Intake of Fat, Salt, and Sugar
Key Skills
Key Skills
Key Skills (Unit 2)
Development in Early Childhood
Intellectual Developmental Transitions from Youth to Adulthood
Key Skills
Consequences of Nutritional Imbalance
Key Skills
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives on Health and Wellbeing
Aid Programs Addressing SDG 5: Gender Equality
Oxfam
The Relationships Between SDG 3 and SDG 1
Key Skills
Inequality and Discrimination
The Work of Nutrition Australia
Improving Health Status Using the Social and Biomedical Approaches to Health
Differences Between High and Low Socioeconomic Status Population Groups
Dietary Risks of Low Intake of Fibre and Iron
Medicare
Early Life Experiences and the Intergenerational Nature of Health and Wellbeing
Perceptions of Youth and Adulthood as Stages of the Lifespan
Sources of Nutrition Information and Strategies to Evaluate Their Validity
Key Skills (Unit 1)
Aid Programs Addressing SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
Key Skills
The Relationships Between SDG 3 and SDG 2
Tobacco, Alcohol, and Processed Foods
The Challenges in Bringing About Dietary Change
Key Skills
Differences Between Those Living Within and Outside of Australia’s Major Cities
The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and the National Disability Insurance Scheme
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Food Trends and Marketing Tactics and Their Impact
Concepts of Health and Wellbeing and Illness
Aid Programs Addressing SDG 13: Climate Action
The Relationships Between SDG 3 and SDG 4
Key Skills
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Key Skills
Private Health Insurance – Further Exploration
Enablers and Barriers to Healthy Eating
Dimensions of Health and Wellbeing – Further Exploration
Taking Social Action
The Relationships Between SDG 3 and SDG 5
Funding and Sustainability and the Role of Australia’s Health System
Key Skills
Interrelationships Between the Dimensions of Health and Wellbeing
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The Relationships Between SDG 3 and SDG 6
Access and Equity and the Role of Australia’s Health System
Optimal Health and Wellbeing as a Resource
The Relationships Between SDG 3 and SDG 13
Key Skills (Unit 3)
Prerequisites for Health
The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and the World Health Organization
Key Skills (Unit 3)
Key Skills
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