Australia is one of the leading countries responding to the global health cost relating to illicit drug use. Australian Governments work collaboratively with organisations and communities to address the social‚ economic‚ and health issues faced by illicit drug users and the community. The global issue for health policy makers in Australia is that over 80-85% of people in Australia who have contracted blood borne diseases such as hepatitis C or AIDS has occurred through sharing equipment linked
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Sac 3 – Research Task and Written Report “Health Issues Facing Australia’s Youth” 1. Describe the health issue When people eat more calories than they burn off‚ their bodies store the extra calories as fat. When people keep up a pattern of eating more calories than they burn‚ more and more fat builds up in their bodies. Eventually‚ the body gets to a point where the amount of body fat can have a negative effect on a person’s health. Doctors use the terms "overweight" or "obese" to describe
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PUBLIC HEALTH Health is the word used to describe how your body feels. Being healthy is important because it makes you feel good and live longer. The field of health psychology is focused on promoting health as well as the prevention and treatment of disease and illness. Health psychologists also focus on understanding how people react‚ cope and recover from illness. Some health psychologists work to improve the health care system and the government ’s approach to health care policy. Health is the
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P2: Outline the main factors of current health and safety legislation as applied in health and social care. This leaflet will contain information for a booklet covering the main features of at least 3 current health and safety legislations as applied in a health and social care setting. Legislation is another word for written law‚ which may also be known as act of parliament or regulations. As stated by Stretch B and Whitehouse M (2007) pg. 17 legislation is also the law that parliament makes which
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health Health Inequalities 1.1 Our much dated concept and measurement of health has generally focused on ill health form a physiological point of view. By the mid twentieth century‚ the health pictures had changed‚ people as a whole were no longer looked upon as disease ridden and ideas of positive health emerged. The WHO formulated its definition of health following the World War 2 during a period when the social health of societies was in question. The WHO exemplified the holistic model. According
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pride and nobility that was once present in North Korea‚ although‚ until you withdraw the dark cloud of Communism from over your people we will never find out. Much like Soviet Russia you could slowly start assimilating democracy into your current government system. I guarantee that you will see a more sophisticated and creative society. Communism also reduces your citizen’s incentive to work hard. In a communist state everyone acquires the same amount of money. This is good for the facilitation
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justice issues among individuals with mental health and substance use conditions is a growing problem. This paper examines mental health issues as it relates to the criminal justice system and specifically how mental health and the mentally ill can play a role in the crime. Different factors can become a problem with mental health illness and the criminal justice system. Mental health illness can contribute to jail and prison overcrowding‚ high crime rates‚ drug addiction‚ and many other problems. After
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Health Promotion Obesity as a side effect in medication World Health Organisation (WHO 2012) states that health promotion is about empowering individuals to take control of their own health. It moves beyond a focus on individual behaviour towards a wide range of social and environmental interventions. The author will be focusing on a lady with a long mental health problems and has recently had medication changed to Clozapine; as a result she has gradually gained a lot of weight. The patient
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Public health From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search Newspaper headlines from around the world about polio vaccine tests (13 April 1955). Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease‚ prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society‚ organizations‚ public and private‚ communities and individuals" (1920‚ C.E.A. Winslow).[1] It is concerned with threats to health based on population health analysis. The
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third edition edition Health Psychology: A Textbook third edition Praise for the previous edition: "The volume of work undertaken by Ogden for the first edition of her textbook was impressive‚ and the second edition is even better...As a text aimed at undergraduate psychology students‚ it is hard to fault." Times Higher Education Supplement (The Textbook Guide) Health Psychology: A Textbook has made a major contribution to the teaching and study of this rapidly expanding discipline
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