1006HSV Weeks 6 - 12 Flashcards
(73 cards)
On census night in 2016, how many people reported being homeless?
a) 1 per 10,000 people
b) 10 per 10,000
c) 50 per 10,000
d) 100 per 10,000
c) 50 per 10,000 - 116,427 people in total.
What are the three levels of homelessness and explain.
Primary homelessness: without conventional accommodation (sleeping rough)
Secondary homelessness: Frequently moving from one temporary shelter to another (emergency accommodation, youth refugees or couch surfing)
Tertiary homelessness: accommodation that is below minimum community standards (boarding houses, caravan parks).
Which level of homelessness is intervention most crucial?
Tertiary - intervention at this level can prevent secondary and primary homelessness.
What is the definition of sleeping rough?
Spending the night in the open; to be without shelter or a home.
There has been a _____ % increase in homelessness among tertiary (university or TAFE) students in the last five years.
40%
What is the most common form of homelessness?
a) Supported accommodation
b) Boarding houses
c) Sleeping rough
d) Severely overcrowded dwellings
d) Severely overcrowded dwellings made up 44% of those experiencing homelessness.
What are the key structural factors that contribute to homelessness?
- access to affordable housing
- poverty and unemployment
- mental health, behavioural and substance misuse issues
- domestic violence
Fact or myth: Homelessness is a choice.
Myth: it is a misconception that people choose to be homeless. Homelessness is a result of structural disadvantage.
How does the World Health Organisation define health?
Complete physical, mental and emotional wellbeing and not merely the absence of illness.
Health is a basic human right. True or false?
True. It is stated in Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
Health in the modern Western world is dominated by what model?
The medical model of health which sits in the scientific paradigm.
What does the medical model of health focus on?
The physical and biological cause of certain illness/disease/condition.
Social determinants of health include:
- Education
- Unemployment
- Types of work
- Religion
- Social networks
When determining the health of a country, what three measures are used?
1) Life expectancy
2) Infant mortality
3) Health expenditure
Public hospitals are jointly funded by both state/territory and federal government using which model of funding?
Activity Based Funding (ABS)
What is Activity Based Funding?
Hospitals are funded according to the classified activities they undertake.
In 2015-16, Australia’s health expenditure was:
a) $170 million
b) $80 billion
c) $80 million
d) $170 billion
d) $170 billion
Name three reasons ATSI peoples do not benefit from mainstream health services (according to Artuso, Cargo, Brown and Daniel, 2013).
Could be any of these reasons:
- Health services are limited particularly in remote areas
- Poor communication by health professionals (has led to misinterpretation or misunderstanding)
- Negative past experiences leading to racism and mistrust of the health system
- Long wait times
- Lack of cultural sensitivity from health services
- Health system fails to address 200 years of dispossession, racism and discrimination.
During the 1960s and 70s, development in disability policy coincided with what movement, influencing normalizing theories about valuing people with a disability?
International human rights movement.
In 1974, which Australian prime minister began the campaign for a social insurance scheme that would eventually become the National Disability Insurance Scheme in 2013?
Prime Minister Gough Whitlam
Which government introduced the NDIS in 2013?
The Gillard Labour Government
Is the NDIS federally funded, state funded or jointly funded?
It is jointly governed and funded by both the Commonwealth and participating states/territories.
What is the main component of the NDIS?
Individualised long term funding to provide support for people aged under 65 years with a permanent and significant disability or eligible for early intervention support.
What will the NDIS cost and how many people is it expected to benefit?
The NDIS is expected to cost $22.1 billion per year and benefit 450,000 Australians with a disability.