Health Status of Australians
This measure estimates the average number of years a person can expect to live based on current patterns of mortality.
What is life expectancy?
This group is specifically identified in the HMS syllabus as experiencing significant health inequities in Australia.
Who are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples?
This Commonwealth-funded program provides financial support and services for eligible Australians with permanent and significant disability.
What is the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)?
This describes a person who critically assesses health information, products and services before making decisions about their health.
What is a critical health consumer?
This SDG aims to ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all people at all ages.
What is SDG 3 – Good Health and Wellbeing?
When comparing Australia with other OECD countries, this type of information allows health professionals to determine whether Australia's health outcomes are relatively favourable or unfavourable.
What is international health data?
This population group may experience poorer access to healthcare because of geographic isolation and limited availability of health services.
Who are people living in rural and remote areas?
Australia's health system involves these two broad sectors, with private providers operating alongside government-funded services.
What are the government and non-government sectors?
When deciding whether an online health article is trustworthy, checking the author's qualifications, evidence and the organisation responsible for the information helps assess this.
What is credibility?
This SDG focuses on ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities.
What is SDG 4 – Quality Education?
Australia has generally high life expectancy and relatively good health outcomes compared with many OECD countries. One reason for this is the country's access to healthcare and strong public health systems.
What is Australia's health status in comparison with OECD countries?
Low income, insecure employment, poorer housing and limited access to healthy food can interact to contribute to poorer health outcomes for this group.
Who are socioeconomically disadvantaged people?
A local council may contribute to community health through initiatives such as healthy community facilities, recreation spaces and local environmental programs.
What is local government?
Telehealth allows patients to access healthcare without physically attending a healthcare facility, particularly benefiting people who may experience barriers to accessing services.
What is digital health?
A community links rising chronic disease to poor housing, education gaps and climate impacts, then designs a strategy addressing several SDGs at once.
What is the interconnection of the SDGs (in a community health strategy)?
A graph shows that rates of smoking have decreased over several decades while rates of some chronic diseases have increased. Rather than focusing on individual statistics, this is the type of information students should identify.
What is a health trend?
Low income, poor housing, insecure work and limited access to healthy food combining to worsen someone's health.
What is the interaction (compounding) of determinants?
This approach involves healthcare providers considering an individual's needs, preferences, values and circumstances when planning and delivering care.
What is person-centred healthcare?
This technology allows health information to be stored electronically and potentially shared between healthcare providers, improving continuity of care.
What are electronic health records?
The WHO's approach of "health for all," delivered through accessible, community-based services rather than hospitals alone.
What is primary health care?
A country ranks higher than Australia for life expectancy despite spending less per person on healthcare. This suggests that healthcare expenditure alone cannot explain differences in population health.
What is the relationship between healthcare expenditure and health outcomes?
Two Australians of the same age have very different health outcomes — one shaped by generations of dispossession, discrimination and reduced access to services.
What is intergenerational/historical disadvantage?
A government wants to reduce hospital admissions for a chronic disease. Investing money in early intervention and prevention rather than relying entirely on hospital treatment demonstrates this important healthcare consideration.
What is prevention versus healthcare expenditure?
Health organisations can use large datasets to identify disease patterns, predict health risks and target preventative interventions, potentially reducing unnecessary treatment and healthcare costs.
What is big data?
Countries, health organisations and communities working together across borders to tackle a shared health issue like a pandemic.
What is global health collaboration?