HSC PDHPE ( UPDATED 2024 )
COMPLETE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (SOLVED) 100% CORRECT
- Uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal body cells
Answer: Cancer
- Most common cancer related death in women- Affects 1 in 5
Answer: Breast Cancer
- Leading cancer death in men, increasing in women, 10% of cases are non-smokers
Answer: Lung Cancer
- Australia has highest rates in the world and the incidence has quadrupled in 20 years.
Answer: Skin Cancer
- Caused 35% of deaths in 2005 & is the leading cause of disability
Answer: CVD
- 90% of all cases are type 2 & increasing incidence
Answer: Diabetes
- The body is unable to produce or effectively use insulin, which controls the blood glucose
levels in the bloodstream
Answer: Diabetes
- Activities & Lifestyle behaviours aiming to decrease the risk of illness, injury and disease, and
to increase mental, emotional and physical health during the ageing process, ensuring a good quality of life.
Answer: Healthy Ageing
- Account for 80% of the total disease burden within Australia
Answer: Chronic Dis- ease
- Any person who provides assistance in a paid role to an ill, aged or disabled person.
Answer: Carer
- Gives up their time to care for someone in an unpaid role.
Answer: Volunteer
- In 2001, there were 57 ".." per 100 people aged 65+ with a severe disability. By 2031, this
is expected to drop to 35 per 100.
Answer: Carer
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- Public & Private Hospitals, Nursing Home, Psychiatric Hospitals, Acute Care Hospitals
Answer: Institutionalised Services
- GP's, Pharmacy, Dentist, Physio, Radiology, Optometry etc
Answer: Non- Institutionalised Services
- Entitles benefits for a range of complementary and alternative health therapies and
services.
Answer: Private Hospital- Ancillary Cover
- Covers all or part of accomodation, choice of doctor, shorter waiting list etc
Answer: Private Hospital- Hospital Cover
- Designed to prevent people from incurring huge medical costs
Answer: Medicare
- Refers to health related treatments that typically fall outside of traditional western medical
tradition Complementary- Used together with conventional HC Alternative- Used in place of conventional HC
Answer: Complementary and Alternative
Health Care
- Supports the personal and social development of individuals by providing information,
education and enhancing life skills.
Answer: Developing Personal Skills
- Encourages a shared responsibility in caring for each other, our communities and our
environment
Answer: Creating Supportive Environments
- Reorienting Health Services towards promotion of health, in a direction beyond clinical
and curative services.
Answer: Reorienting Health Services
- Developing policies that foster equity, ensure safe and healthy services, provide clean and
enjoyable environments and that make healthy choices easier
Answer: Building Healthy Public Policy
- Ensuring communities have ownership & control, particularly in the process of decision
making, planning, prioritising and implementing.
Answer: - Strengthening Community Action
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