SDG 1
What is the name of SDG 1?
No Poverty
What is the name of SDG 2?
Zero Hunger
What is the name of SDG 4?
Quality Education
Which SDG focuses on Good Health and Wellbeing?
SDG 3
Hunger can cause wasting, stunting and reduced energy. Which dimension of health and wellbeing is most directly affected?
Physical health and wellbeing
According to the textbook, extreme poverty is measured as living on less than approximately how much per day?
PPP$2.15 per day
What term describes having reliable access to sufficient nutritious food?
Food security
SDG 4 aims to increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills for what?
Employment
A poverty reduction program allows more pregnant women to access prenatal care. Which major feature of SDG 3 could this help achieve?
Reduce maternal mortality
Reducing poverty can reduce financial stress and worry. Which dimension of health and wellbeing could this improve?
Mental health and wellbeing
What type of system provides support so people can maintain access to necessities during unemployment, illness, pregnancy, disability or old age?
Social protection systems
Name two micronutrients highlighted by the textbook as particularly important for maternal and child health.
Any two of iron, iodine and vitamin A
Apart from students and facilities, what important workforce does SDG 4 aim to increase?
Qualified teachers
A nutrition program strengthens children's immune systems and reduces deaths from diarrhoea and malaria. Which SDG 3 feature is most directly affected?
Reduce under-five mortality / U5MR
How can quality education promote human development through employment?
Education develops knowledge and skills → increases employment opportunities → increases income and choices/capabilities → contributes to a decent standard of living.
Explain one way reducing poverty could reduce the under-five mortality rate.
Families may be able to afford nutritious food, clean water, vaccinations or health care, reducing disease and deaths among children under five.
Why can hunger increase a child's risk of dying from diseases such as pneumonia, measles, malaria and diarrhoea?
Hunger and malnutrition weaken the immune system, making children less able to fight disease.
Explain how quality education can indirectly increase a family's ability to access nutritious food and health care.
Education develops knowledge and skills → improves employment opportunities → increases income → families can afford food and health care.
Education improves people's knowledge of disease prevention and increases access to preventative health services. Name one SDG 3 feature this could help achieve.
Ending epidemics of communicable diseases OR reducing NCDs/promoting mental health and wellbeing, with explanation
Explain how malnutrition can restrict human development in children.
Malnutrition can cause ill health and low energy, reducing school attendance and the opportunity to develop knowledge and skills, which can limit future employment, choices and participation.
Explain how reducing poverty could contribute to reducing maternal mortality.
Reduced poverty can allow women to afford nutritious food, clean water, prenatal care and medical care during childbirth, reducing pregnancy and birth complications and therefore maternal mortality.
Explain one relationship between achieving SDG 2 and reducing maternal mortality as part of SDG 3.
Access to nutritious food reduces maternal malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies during pregnancy, supporting a healthier pregnancy and reducing the risk of maternal death.
Explain how educating girls could contribute to a lower under-five mortality rate.
Educated women are more likely to understand and access health information and immunisation, have healthier pregnancies and healthier children, reducing deaths among children under five.
Why is saying “SDG 2 helps achieve SDG 3” not enough for a strong VCE response?
A strong response needs to identify a specific feature of SDG 2, explain the mechanism, and link it to a specific feature of SDG 3.
Construct a chain linking quality education → health → human development.
Example: Education → knowledge/skills → employment/income → ability to afford food and health care → improved health → greater opportunities, choices and capabilities → improved human development.