measuring health status
- role of epidemiology
- measures of epidemiology (mortality, infant mortality, morbidity, life expectancy)
What is the acronym for the ottawa charter?
- dead cats smell really bad
motivation
- positive and negative
- intrinsic and extrinsic
nutritional considerations
- pre-performance, including carbohydrate loading
- during performance
- post-performance
stages of skill aquisition
- cognitive
- associative
- autonomous
groups experiencing health inequities
- ATSI
- socioeconomically disadvantaged people
- people in rural and remote areas
- overseas-born people
- the elderly
- people with disabilities
What are the FIVE action areas of the Ottawa Charter?
- developing healthy public policy
- creating supportive environments for health
- strengthen community action for health
- re-orient health services
- building personal skills
anxiety and arousal
- trait and state anxiety
- sources of stress
- optimum arousal
supplementation
- vitamins/minerals
- protein
- caffeine
- creatine products
characteristics of the learner
characteristics of the learner eg personality, heredity, confidence, prior, experience, ability
high levels of preventable chronic disease, injury and mental health problems
- cardiovascular disease (CVD)
- cancer (skin, breast, lung)
- diabetes
- respiratory disease
- injury
- mental health problems and illnesses
complementary and alternative health care approaches
- reasons for growth of complementary and alternative health products and services
- range of products and services available
- how to make informed consumer choices
energy systems
- alactacid system (ATP/PC)
- lactic acid system
- aerobic system
recovery strategies
- physiological strategies, eg cool down, hydration
- neural strategies, eg hydrotherapy, massage
- tissue damage strategies, eg cryotherapy
- psychological strategies, eg relaxation
What are the characteristics of the learner in the cognative stage?
- understanding/beginner phase (trying to understand skill)
- learner needs key teaching points (e.g. head still, step towards ball)
- trial + Error (large errors)
- can’t self-correct, needs specific feedback
- visual cues important
- demonstration = best communication
identifying priority health issues
- social justice principles
- priority population groups
- prevalence of condition
- potential for prevention and early intervention
- costs to the individual and community
health promotion based on the five action areas of the Ottawa Charter
- levels of responsibility for health promotion
- the benefits of partnerships in health promotion, eg government sector, non-government agencies and the local community
- how health promotion based on the Ottawa Charter promotes social justice
- the Ottawa Charter in action
psychological strategies to enhance motivation and manage anxiety
- concentration/attention skills (focusing)
- mental rehearsal/visualisation/imagery
- relaxation techniques
- goal-setting
principles of training
- progressive overload
- specificity
- reversibility
- variety
- training thresholds
- warm up and cool down
assessment of skill and performance
- characteristics of skilled performers, eg kinaesthetic sense, anticipation, consistency, technique
- objective and subjective performance measures
- validity and reliability of tests
- personal versus prescribed judging criteria
a growing and ageing population
- healthy ageing
- increased population living with chronic disease and disability
- demand for health services and workforce shortages
- availability of carers and volunteers
health care in Australia
- range and types of health facilities and services
- responsibility for health facilities and services
- health care expenditure versus expenditure on early intervention and prevention
- impact of emerging new treatments and technologies on health care, eg cost and access, benefits of early detection
- health insurance: Medicare and private
physiological adaptations in response to training
- resting heart rate
- stroke volume and cardiac output
- oxygen uptake and lung capacity
- haemoglobin level
- muscle hypertrophy
- effect on fast/slow twitch muscle fibres
types of training
- aerobic, eg continuous, Fartlek, aerobic interval, circuit
- anaerobic, eg anaerobic interval
- flexibility, eg static, ballistic, PNF, dynamic
- strength training, eg free/fixed weights, elastic, hydraulic
the learning environment
- nature of the skill (open, closed, gross, fine, discrete, serial, continuous, self-paced, externally paced)
- the performance elements (decision-making, strategic and tactical development)
- practice method (massed, distributed, whole, part)
- feedback (internal, external, concurrent, delayed, knowledge of results, knowledge of performance)