Dental conditions in children aged 0 to 4 years, had become a significant health issue in Ballarat. The statistic of Hospital admissions due to dental conditions 2011-2012 shown that 12.3% of children in Ballarat have dental conditions such as dental caries that leads to tooth decay. The number of children in Ballarat with the dental conditions is double the average of Victoria, which is only 4.3%. Dental caries commonly caused by: - consuming food and drinks high in sugar - lack of oral care and understanding of oral hygiene - lack of preventative - socio-economic background
Dental conditions in children reflects the core understanding of oral health in parents, as the children are immature and lack of oral health understanding. Consequently, parents should pay closer …show more content…
Indigenous students still report the highest rates of victimisation and 96% case of bullying happened in government schools. There are a variety of reasons why people bully.
1. Cultural causes of bullying: Ballarat is a multicultural community, being different in race, nationality, culture and physical appearance might drive others to bully. Some people might have heard a negative or misconception of those who different. Some of them are fascinated with winning, power, and violence. It is unrealistic to expect that people will not be influenced to seek power through violence in their own lives
2. Institutional Causes: in some schools, anti-bully policy might not be applied or does not have strong punishments to impose the boundaries of bullying. Public schools seemed to have a better anti-bully policy and most of them are Christianity. Therefore, these schools fostered their students to live with peace, empathy and treat others in the same