HSC Core 1 – Health Priorities in Australia 1. Using measures of epidemiology‚ investigate the health status of Australians. Health status is a holistic concept that is determined by more than the presence or absence of any disease. It is often summarised by life expectancy or self-assessed health status‚ and more broadly includes measures of functioning‚ physical illness‚ and mental wellbeing. Epidemiology is the study of disease in groups or populations through the collection of data and information
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The Role of Government in Australia The structure of Government Australia has a three tiered structure of Government. Under the Australian constitution‚ the central Commonwealth government and the state governments are independent of each other‚ and have different roles although they might work together. The constitution sets out the absolute limits on what the government is able to do. The Commonwealth government has overall responsibility for the economy and has the most influence on
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Rights and Freedoms of Women in Australia Since 1945 Introduction Women’s rights have changed considerably after 1945 as beliefs that women were of less importance were being overturned to create a balanced society. Employment‚ social change and politics have all been changed. Without these alters‚ Australia would still be a female excluded society with an impression that women belong in their homes. Feminism has helped the progression of women’s rights in Australia. The first regained women’s
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Imagine the world where obesity was just a myth? Unfortunately‚ it is not and obesity is a serious health issue throughout Australia. Obesity does not only have an impact on the physical sector of health but has on all aspect of health in a way. Obesity weakens nearly every quality of wellbeing. “Someone who is 40% overweight is twice as likely to die prematurely as is an average-weight person” (Information on Health Risks Associated with Obesity at MedicineNet.com‚ 2016). Obesity results from
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FERAL CATS IN AUSTRALIA Domestic cats originated from an ancestral wild species‚ the European and African Wild Cat‚ Felis silvestris. The domestic cat is now recognised as a separate species‚ Felis catus. Domestic cats arrived in Australia with the Dutch shipwrecks in the 17th century; some of these cats escaped and formed the first generation of the feral cat. During the 19th century cats were intentionally released as a misguided form of rabbit pest control. The feral cat turned into an ecological
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Multiculturalism in Canada: The Benefits of a Multicultural Society Canada is a very interesting country‚ mainly due to its diversity. The weather in Canada can be both freezing and very hot. Some land is rocky and mountainous‚ while other places are composed of flat‚ rolling hills. And in Canada‚ you can find many different races‚ from Asian to Latin‚ African to Indian. Canada is the most multicultural country in the world‚ and a lot of Canada’s development and success can be attributed to immigrants
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Over the past century‚ prejudice and stereotyping continue to be two of the most important topics studied in social psychology. Today‚ more than ever people are living in a more culturally diverse world‚ where individuals come from different backgrounds and have different life experiences and personal beliefs. Culture diversity has many benefits for society‚ as it teaches individuals to recognise and respect people’s differences and similarities. However‚ research has found that perceived similarity
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Binge drinking is a significant health problem in Australia. Binge drinking is defined as ‘drinking heavily over a short period of time with the intention of becoming intoxicated‚ resulting in immediate and severe intoxication’(Australian Drug Foundation‚ 2016). The effect of binge drinking can be harmful in the short and long term. Jennison‚ (2004) states that binge drinking short term effect on individual include blurred vision‚ coma and death and long-term effect include health problems such as
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In her article Multicultural competence‚ Mary E. Kite contends that the using of difficult dialogues is necessary in teaching about diversity and claims that terminology is one of the simple ways to set the stage for engaging in this difficult dialogues. She states that the advantages of students’ studying diversity consist of: further scientific studies about human behavior‚ improvement in critical thinking skills‚ and improvement in both personal and cognitive development. According to the author
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Discuss the challenges of managing global/ multicultural teams in organisations. In order to answer this question I first intend to discuss a number of cultural differences that can cause problems for managers of global and multicultural teams. I will then go on to explain one of Hofstede’s models‚ known as the five dimensions of cultural differences which takes into consideration the underlying factors that can also create problems in multicultural teams. Lastly I will discuss different ways
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