2 Unit Personal Development, Health & Physical Education
Preliminary Assessment Task 2016
Describe the nature and extent of the health inequities suffered by ATSI’s (8marks) (300 words)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples quality/extent of their health and life are detrimentally affected due to their generalised lack of knowledge and skills, genetics, attitudes and values, opportunity and education/location. Their are also other factors such as their socio-economical (employment, education, income) Sociocultural (family, peers, media, religion, culture) and Environmental (geographic location, access to health services, technology) status’ and factors which both accumulate to ATSI’s experiencing the largest gap in health outcomes …show more content…
Different sub headings fall under these three different factors which all have a significant outcomes on ATSI’s health as a …show more content…
Smoking daily is a clear example of the social gradient of health often referred to as someone’s Health Literacy. The higher the socioeconomic status (SES) group the less likely a person is to smoke (as well as a good education which stems from a solid and stable income). In 2011-12, the daily smoking rate was 23% in the lowest SES group and 10% in the highest. People living in areas of lowest SES are also more likely to place themselves at risk of lifetime harm from drinking alcohol (22%) than those in high SES areas (17%) (again also branching off with family and culture under Sociocultural factors where parents may not instil daily physical activity within their children lives, instead drink and smoke regularly which is statistically proven to increase the likely hood of their kids to take up such habits at a young age where we see a cycle of kids looking up to their parents and following the actions of them regardless if they are dangerous and or not good for their health as they do not know any better). Another example is physical inactivity, with people who live in SES groups less likely to be physically active. The proportion of people who undertook sufficient physical activity was 34% in the lowest SES group compared with 52% in the highest. Woman and children living in areas of lower SES are more likely to be
Preliminary Assessment Task 2016
Describe the nature and extent of the health inequities suffered by ATSI’s (8marks) (300 words)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples quality/extent of their health and life are detrimentally affected due to their generalised lack of knowledge and skills, genetics, attitudes and values, opportunity and education/location. Their are also other factors such as their socio-economical (employment, education, income) Sociocultural (family, peers, media, religion, culture) and Environmental (geographic location, access to health services, technology) status’ and factors which both accumulate to ATSI’s experiencing the largest gap in health outcomes …show more content…
Different sub headings fall under these three different factors which all have a significant outcomes on ATSI’s health as a …show more content…
Smoking daily is a clear example of the social gradient of health often referred to as someone’s Health Literacy. The higher the socioeconomic status (SES) group the less likely a person is to smoke (as well as a good education which stems from a solid and stable income). In 2011-12, the daily smoking rate was 23% in the lowest SES group and 10% in the highest. People living in areas of lowest SES are also more likely to place themselves at risk of lifetime harm from drinking alcohol (22%) than those in high SES areas (17%) (again also branching off with family and culture under Sociocultural factors where parents may not instil daily physical activity within their children lives, instead drink and smoke regularly which is statistically proven to increase the likely hood of their kids to take up such habits at a young age where we see a cycle of kids looking up to their parents and following the actions of them regardless if they are dangerous and or not good for their health as they do not know any better). Another example is physical inactivity, with people who live in SES groups less likely to be physically active. The proportion of people who undertook sufficient physical activity was 34% in the lowest SES group compared with 52% in the highest. Woman and children living in areas of lower SES are more likely to be