Health Priorities in Australia
What is epidemiology?
Is the study of disease in groups or populations through the collection of data and information, to identify patterns and causes.
What are the 3 energy systems?
ATP-PC
Anaerobic
Aerobic
What is a soft tissue injury?
What is one benefit of drug testing?
•It protects the right of athletes to compete in a sporting environment free from doping.
•Athletes should be rewarded on their natural ability and training outcomes
•Knowing that athletes can be tested any time, anywhere, is a deterrent
•Doping is harmful to the health of athletes.
•Athletes like being tested because they like being able to prove that they are competing clean.
If someone in Australia has been awarded a "Baggy Green" what have they received?
A baggy green cap to represent the Australian Cricket Test team.
Name 3 of the groups experiencing health inequities.
ATSI, Socioeconomically disadvantaged people, People in rural and remotes areas, Overseas-born people, Elderly people & People with disabilities.
What fuels the ATP/PC system?
Creatine Phosphate
What are 3 out of the 5 areas you have to look out for when training children?
Asthma, Diabetes, Epilepsy, Overuse Injuries and Thermoregulation.
What is the term for planning a whole year of training?
Periodisation.
How many times Olympics has been hosted by Australia?
1956 in Melbourne and in 2000 in Sydney
What is the difference between alternative and complementary health products?
Both terms refer to treatments, like herbs or acupuncture that are out of the medical mainstream. But complementary medicine is when these therapies are used along with traditional Western medicine. Alternative medicine is when these approaches are used instead of traditional medicine.
What are the 6 Principles of Training?
Progressive Overload, Specificity, Reversibility, Variety, Training Thresholds & Warm-up & Cool Down
Give me an example of a hard tissue injury?
Any injury to bone and/or teeth.
What is the difference between a Mesocycle and Microcycle?
Mesocycles are a smaller chunk of time generally a few weeks or months. Microcycles are usually 7 to 10 days.
Which Australian athlete has won the most medals at an Olympics?
Emma McKeon 11 (Swimming)
(5 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze)
What are the 5 areas of the Ottawa Charter?
Developing personal skills, Creating supportive environments, Strengthening community action, Reorienting health services, Building healthy public policy.
What are the 3 stages of skill acquisition? Include an example in your answer.
Juggling
Cognitive - Learning the skills
Associative - Plenty of mistakes but learning slowly
Autonomous - Making no mistakes but critiquing your every movement.
When assessing an injury on the field what is the acronym you go through?
T - Talk
O - Observe
T - Touch
A - Active Movement
P - Passive Movement
S - Skills Test
What is overtraining? give an example.
The chronic psychological and physiological condition caused by training loads that are too demanding for an athlete to manage.
Which NRL team has won the most premierships?
South Sydney Rabbitohs - 21
What is happening to rates of incidence for lung cancer overall, for males and for females?
Increasing, decreasing or remaining stable.
Overall - Stable
Males - Decreasing
Females - Increasing
What are the 4 strategies to enhance motivation and manage anxiety?
Concentration, Mental Rehearsal, Relaxation Techniques and Goal Setting
What are the dash points associated with female athletes in critical question 2?
- Eating disorders
- Iron deficiency
- Bone density
- Pregnancy
Finish the syllabus dash point.
The dangers of performance enhancing drug use, eg...
Physical effects
Loss of reputation
Sponsorship
Income
How many times have the Matildas played at the FIFA Women's World Cup?
7