Unit 3: AOS 2 Flashcards
Three reason on why skin cancer targeted in Australia?
- Australia has the highest rate of skin cancer in the world.
- Economic costs of skin cancer are substantial in Australia
- More than 2000 Australians die from skin cancer each year
- 2 in 3 Australian’s are diagnosed with skin cancer before 70
What is the SunSmart campaign?
An initiative from Cancer Council Victoria and is a world leader in skin cancer prevention.
How does SunSmart: Build a Healthy Public Policy?
SunSmart has initiated ‘Not Hat, ‘No play’ rule in schools that mandates children who forget to bring a hat can not play in the sun therefore reducing their unprotected exposure to the UV radiation.
How does SunSmart: Create a Supportive Environment?
Improving Environmental protection strategies such as:
- Shade audits
- Options for built and natural shade
- Promoting the SunSmart UV Alert.
How does SunSmart: Strengthen Community Action?
National Skin Cancer Action Week encourages people to get involved, including by putting posters up at work, home or at school to remind Australians of the importance of sun protection.
How does SunSmart: Develop Personal Skills?
‘No Hat, No Play’ reinforces sun protective behaviours in individuals.
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How does SunSmart: Reorient Health Services?
During National Skin Cancer Action Week dermatologists work to raise awareness of and prevent skin cancer.
What is Close the Gap?
An initiative by the Australian government to achieve health equality for indigenous Australians by 2031.
What is The Aboriginal Road to Good Health program?
- The Aboriginal Road to Good Health program is a type 2 diabetes six week prevention program for Indigenous Australians.
- They work with Indigenous communities and aims to promote healthy lifestyles including how to prevent type 2 diabetes.
How does programs apart of the Close the Gap initiative: Build Healthy Public Policy?
Advocating for change and implementation of policies that support Indigenous people, such as increasing funding to ensure all Indigenous people have access to early childhood education.
How does programs apart of the Close the Gap initiative: Develop personal skills?
By providing cultural awareness training for the medical workforce, including how different foods affect health and wellbeing, and importance of prenatal and postnatal care for mother and child.
How does programs apart of the Close the Gap initiative: Create Supportive Environments?
Allowing Indigenous people to access medical care which increases the number of people who access care and improves health and wellbeing outcomes.
How does programs apart of the Close the Gap initiative: Strengthen Community Action?
The Australian Government is working with local alcohol and drug treatment services in Indigenous communities.
How does programs apart of the Close the Gap initiative: Reorient Health Services?
Program run in several communities by Indigenous health workers to prevent rather than treat chronic conditions such as type 2 diabetes.
What are two examples on how the Aboriginal Road to Good Health promote Health and wellbeing
Educating Indigenous people about what foods have a negative impact on your health, making them less likely to consume these foods and more likely to consume nutritious foods. As a result their body is more likely to function optimally and free of disease, which can positively impact physical health and wellbeing.
Being free and allowing you to bring in a partner, friend or family member. By doing so, participants can bond with the person they brought and are more likely to maintain meaningful relationships between each other, which can improve social health and wellbeing.
How does the Aboriginal Road to Good Health reflect on two action areas of the Ottawa Charter?
- Developing personal skills of individuals, and educating individuals about how to make wise choices when eating and buying foods, and how to read nutrition labels. Here they can get the skills they need to prevent type 2 diabetes from occurring
- Creating supportive environments, by being free for individuals to participate in, making people feel welcome and more likely to enjoy the program. This makes individuals more likely to take in health promotion messages and prevent type 2 diabetes from developing.
What are three aims of The Australian Dietary Guidelines?
- Develop healthy dietary patterns that will promote health and wellbeing.
- Reduce the risk of developing a range of diet-related conditions such as hypertension and impaired glucose regulation.
- Reduce the risk of developing chronic conditions such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and some cancers.
What are the 5 Guidelines from the Australian Dietary Guidelines?
- To achieve and maintain a healthy weight, be physically active and choose amounts of nutritious food and drinks to meet your energy needs ie. only eat the foods required by your energy needs and growth + regular physical activity.
- Enjoy a wide variety of nutritious foods from these five food groups: vegetables, fruit, grains, lean meats, dairy, and drink plenty of water.
- Limit intake of foods containing saturated fat, added salt, added sugar and alcohol.
- Encourage, support and promote breastfeeding (reduced breast cancer).
- Care for your food; prepare and store it safely ie. food safety and reduced food poisoning.
What are three advantages of The Australian Dietary Guidelines?
- More holistic- More than just what to eat. Involves what to do with our food as well as managing food intake and output
- Takes into account specific age groups
- Includes serving sizes.
What are two disadvantages of The Australian Dietary Guidelines?
- Provides very general advice like limit or plenty
- It can be harder to understand due to the lack of visual features, and for people who with poor english skills
What is The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating?
Is a food selection tool which visually represents the proportion of the five food groups recommended for consumption on a daily basis.
Focuses on understanding Guideline 2 and Guideline 3 of The Australian Dietary Guidelines.
What are two advantages of The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating?
- Highlights the importance of water to good health.
- Visually appealing
- Includes foods that should only be consumed in small amounts.
What are two disadvantages of The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating?
- Does not provide information on serving sizes
- Not specific to individuals, age groups, ethnic groups, activity levels etc
What are the 9 challenges in bringing about a Dietary Change?
- Food Security
- Willpower
- Family, Culture, Society, and Religion
- Health and wellbeing factors
- Attitude and Beliefs
- Personal Preference
- Time Constraints and convenience
- Food marketing and media
- Education, nutrition knowledge and cooking skills.
