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Unit 3: AOS 2 Flashcards

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Three reason on why skin cancer targeted in Australia?

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  1. Australia has the highest rate of skin cancer in the world.
  2. Economic costs of skin cancer are substantial in Australia
  3. More than 2000 Australians die from skin cancer each year
  4. 2 in 3 Australian’s are diagnosed with skin cancer before 70
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What is the SunSmart campaign?

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An initiative from Cancer Council Victoria and is a world leader in skin cancer prevention.

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How does SunSmart: Build a Healthy Public Policy?

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  1. SunSmart has supported workplaces in developing occupational health and safety laws for outdoor workers.
  2. ‘No hat, play in the shade’ policies
  3. Warned the government for 10 years with research and statistics about the dangers of solariums for skin health. Commercial solariums are now banned in Australia.
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How does SunSmart: Create a Supportive Environment?

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Improving Environmental protection strategies such as:
- Shade audits
- Options for built and natural shade
- Promoting the SunSmart UV Alert.

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How does SunSmart: Strengthen Community Action?

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SunSmart works with schools to spread the message about staying safe in the sun. They remind people to protect themselves by wearing protective clothing, applying sunscreen, and avoid outdoor activities when UV levels are 3 or higher.

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How does SunSmart: Develop Personal Skills?

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‘No Hat, No Play’ reinforces sun protective behaviours in individuals.

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How does SunSmart: Reorient Health Services?

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During National Skin Cancer Action Week dermatologists work to raise awareness of and prevent skin cancer.

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What is Close the Gap?

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An initiative by the Australian government to achieve health equality for indigenous Australians by 2031.

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What is The Aboriginal Road to Good Health program?

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  • 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.
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How does programs apart of the Close the Gap initiative: Build Healthy Public Policy?

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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.

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How does programs apart of the Close the Gap initiative: Develop personal skills?

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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.

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How does programs apart of the Close the Gap initiative: Create Supportive Environments?

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Allowing Indigenous people to access medical care which increases the number of people who access care and improves health and wellbeing outcomes.

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How does programs apart of the Close the Gap initiative: Strengthen Community Action?

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The Australian Government is working with local alcohol and drug treatment services in Indigenous communities.

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How does programs apart of the Close the Gap initiative: Reorient Health Services?

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Program run in several communities by Indigenous health workers to prevent rather than treat chronic conditions such as type 2 diabetes.

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What are two examples on how the Aboriginal Road to Good Health promote Health and wellbeing

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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.

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How does the Aboriginal Road to Good Health reflect on two action areas of the Ottawa Charter?

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  1. 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
  2. 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.
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Evaluation of the initiative

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What are the two aims of The Australian Dietary Guidelines?

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  • 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.
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What are the 5 Guidelines from the Australian Dietary Guidelines?

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  1. 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.
  2. Enjoy a wide variety of nutritious foods from these five food groups: vegetables, fruit, grains, lean meats, dairy, and drink plenty of water.
  3. Limit intake of foods containing saturated fat, added salt, added sugar and alcohol.
  4. Encourage, support and promote breastfeeding (reduced breast cancer).
  5. Care for your food; prepare and store it safely ie. food safety and reduced food poisoning.
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What are three advantages of The Australian Dietary Guidelines?

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  1. Deals with food groups not nutrients, which makes it easier for the public to understand.
  2. Takes into account specific age groups
  3. Limit discretionary foods.
  4. Includes water consumption
  5. Includes serving sizes.
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What are three disadvantages of The Australian Dietary Guidelines?

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  1. Provides very general advice
  2. Serving sizes can be hard to find
  3. No visual aids - can cause problems for people with poor English skills
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What is The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating?

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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.

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What are two advantages of The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating?

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  1. Highlights the importance of water to good health.
  2. Visual, so it is easy to understand
  3. Includes foods that should only be consumed in small amounts.
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What are two disadvantages of The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating?

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  1. Does not provide information on serving sizes
  2. Not specific to individuals, age groups, ethnic groups, activity levels etc
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What are the 9 challenges in bringing about a Dietary Change?

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  1. Food Security
  2. Willpower
  3. Family, Culture, Society, and Religion
  4. Health and wellbeing factors
  5. Attitude and Beliefs
  6. Personal Preference
  7. Time Constraints and convenience
  8. Food marketing and media
  9. Education, nutrition knowledge and cooking skills.
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How can ‘Education, Nutrition knowledge and cooking skills’ be a challenge when changing diet?

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Lack of education can mean consumers do not have the skills to accurately assess food labels, and lack of cooking skills.

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How can ‘Food Marketing and Media’ be a challenge when changing diet?

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Most televised foods are high in fat, salt and sugar, and this has a big impact on children. People may struggle to distinguish between advertising and factual information.

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How can ‘Time Constraints and convenience’ be a challenge when changing diet?

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For busy families, more time is spent working than preparing healthy meals. Convenient foods are often consumed as a result, which are generally high in salt, saturated fat and sugar.

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How can ‘Personal Preference’ be a challenge when changing diet?

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Some people have different taste preferences and past experiences. Foods high in sugar and saturated fat are flavour enhancers as they stimulate the taste buds and the brain releases dopamine. This can create cravings overtime.

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How can ‘Attitudes and Beliefs’ be a challenge when changing diet?

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Some people believe healthy foods to be bland or tasteless. They may be unwilling to try these foods. Some diets, like veganism or the Paleo Diet restrict certain foods.

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How can ‘Willpower’ be a challenge when changing diet?

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Some people cannot resist temptations to eat unhealthy foods. Some people get offered food at parties or gatherings and cannot turn them down.

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How can ‘Food Security’ be a challenge when changing diet?

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Those with lower incomes are more likely to consume cheaper, unhealthier foods. Low SES groups are also likely to not have a strong understanding on dietary advice.

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How can ‘Family, Culture, Society and Religion’ be a challenge when changing diet?

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Children look up to their parents and the food they consume influences the foods they are familiar with and prefer. As children grow up, they may have their taste influenced by what their peers eat.

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How can ‘Health and Wellbeing Factors’ be a challenge when changing diet?

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Some people have allergies or intolerances, which restricts the types of food they can eat. As a result they may have a deficiency. Some people also use food as a stress reliever, or for comfort if they are down.

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What is Nutrition Australia?

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Is a non-government organisation that aims to promote healthy eating and adequate physical activity.

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What are two objectives of Nutrition Australia?

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  1. Acting as a source of scientific information on key nutrition issues.
  2. Producing and distributing material on nutrition.
  3. Acting as consultants to government departments and the food industry.
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What are the three works of Nutrition Australia?

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  1. Healthy Eating Advisory Service
  2. National Nutrition Week
  3. Healthy Eating Pyramid
  4. Publication of recipes
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What is the Healthy Eating Advisory Service?

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Works to promote consumption of healthy food and drinks in early childhood services, schools, hospitals and workplaces, including phone advice and support, staff training on menu assessment and modification, and training for cooks.

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What Is National Nutrition Week?

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An annual week that coincides with World Food Day (Oct 16) that provides events and resources to support schools and health centres in promoting healthier eating. Recipes and resources can be downloaded from the Nutrition Australia website.

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What is the Healthy Eating Pyramid?

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Is an easy to follow food selection tool based on the Australian Dietary Guidelines. It is a visual tool and represents foods from the five basic food groups.

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What are three strengths of the Healthy Eating Pyramid?

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  1. A simple visual tool promoting healthy food
    intake
  2. Very easy to interpret and remember.
  3. Based on dietary guideline – simplifies it.
  4. Pictorial – foods can be swapped depending on
    audience.
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What is one disadvantages of the healthy Eating Pyramid?

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  1. Serving sizes not identified.
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What is health promotion?

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Is the process of enabling people to increase control over and to improve their health

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2 reason on why certain issues are targeted by health promotion.

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Many issues can be addressed by behaviour change.

They may be leading causes of death and disability in Australia.

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What is the Aboriginal Quitline?

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Aboriginal Quitline is a telephone counselling service thatworksby providing confidential support for Indigenous Australians who want to quit smoking.

Aboriginal Quitline staff are professionals with specialist training to help people quit smoking in a culturally appropriate way.

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