PDHPE HSC CORE 1 exam with 100- correct answers 2024_2025.
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Course
PDHPE HSC
Institution
PDHPE HSC
Trends for the survival rates for Cancer:
Both males and females are increasing
What contributes to the poor health of Indigenous people?
Social factors: e.g. dispossession, dislocation and discrimination.
Disadvantages: e.g. education, housing, income, employment.
Physical environmental...
PDHPE HSC CORE 1 exam with 100%
correct answers 2024/2025
Trends for the survival rates for Cancer: - ANSWER- Both males and females are
increasing
What contributes to the poor health of Indigenous people? - ANSWER- Social
factors: e.g. dispossession, dislocation and discrimination.
Disadvantages: e.g. education, housing, income, employment.
Physical environmental factors.
What is cardiovascular disease? - ANSWER- All the diseases and conditions of
the heart and blood vessels.
Risk factors of Cardiovascular disease - ANSWER- Non-modifiable: Age, Heredity,
Gender
Modifiable: Smoking, High BP, high blood fats, overweight and obesity, lack of
physical exercise.
Protective Factors for Cardiovascular disease - ANSWER- Maintain healthy BP
and Blood Cholesterol, Healthy lifestyle choices (not smoking, food, physically
activity, weight).
Trends/ Statistic of Cancer - ANSWER- - Second most common cause of death
- Increase in cancer incidence
What are the groups at risk of cancer? - ANSWER- Smokers, socio-economically
disadvantaged, high-fat, low-fibre diet, family history, fair skin, sun exposure,
women who have never given birth.
What is causing the ageing population to grow? - ANSWER- - Better technology
- Living longer
, What is community care? - ANSWER- A program to assist the elderly to manage
daily activities within their home.
What is the private sector? - ANSWER- private hospitals, specialist doctors,
private GPs, physiotherapy, dentistry, pharmacy, chiropractic, radiology and
many other services.
What is Medicare? - ANSWER- Allows simple and equitable access to all
Australian citizens. Is designed to protect people from costs of sickness.
Provides free or subsidised medical care, free public hospital treatments. Based
on Universality, equity and simplicity.
5 Action areas of the Ottawa Charter - ANSWER- 1. Developing personal skills
2. Creating Supportive Environments
3. Strengthening community action
4. Reorienting health services
5. Building healthy public policy
Health status - ANSWER- Pattern of the general health of a population over time
Prevalence - ANSWER- The number of existing cases of diseases occurring in a
population.
Incidence - ANSWER- The number of new cases of disease occurring in a
population.
Observations/statistics gathered via epidemiology help: - ANSWER-
Describe/compare the patterns of the health of groups, communities &
populations
Identify health needs/allocate health-care resources
Evaluate health behaviours/strategies to control/prevent disease
Epidemiology uses statistics on: - ANSWER- Births, deaths, disease prevalance &
incidence, hospital use
Mortality - ANSWER- Refers to the no. of deaths in a given pop. from a particular
cause and/over a period of time
Morbidity - ANSWER- The incidence/level of illness, disease or injury in a given
pop
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