Topic: Measuring Australias Health Status Lesson: An introduction to - - PDF document

1 | P a g e KEY KNOWLEDGE KEY SKILLS CHECK  Different measures of health status of Australians, including the meaning of burden of disease, health adjusted life expectancy and disability adjusted life years (DALYs), life expectancy, under- five mortality rate, mortality, morbidity, incidence and prevalence. Define key health terms. Use and interpret data to compare the health status of Australia’s population with that

• f other developed countries.

Introduction:

Good health is generally experienced by Australians and as a nation Australians are among the healthiest people in the world. Australia has a very comprehensive health system which attempts to address the health needs of Australians. It aims to promote good health and treat ill-health. The Health status of Australians is collected and measured in a number of ways. For example, burden of disease, health adjusted life expectancy, disability adjusted life years (DALYs), life expectancy, under-five mortality rate, mortality and morbidity rates, incidence and prevalence of disease. This information is compiled by various

• rganisations and is used to report on the health status of Australians.

Learning intentions:

By the end of Presentation 1: Parts A & B you should be able to:

• Define and explain the term health status.
• Identify where health information is collected from.
• Explain who collates this information and what this information is used for.
• Recognises different ways that data can be presented.
• Develop graph interpretation and analysis skills.

Topic: Measuring Australia’s Health Status Lesson: An introduction to measuring Australia’s health status

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Learning Activites for successful completion of this topic:

Learning Activities Completed  The Learning Intentions’ Success Criteria includes:

• Completion of the topic textbook reading and activities as advised

in the Work Program.

• View and work through Presentation 1, Part A & B – ‘An introduction

to Australia’s health status’ and complete the questions and activities in your semi-notes.

• Update your glossary of terms – add important terms to your

glossary. Presentation 1: Part A - An introduction to measuring Australia’s health status Slide 4

Slide 5

Develop a list of services that are provided by governments to Australian citizens. Australia is considered the lucky country because:

3 | P a g e Slide 6 What is health Status?

Recap your understanding of the term health status – copy out the definition into the box below.

Slide 7

What are some of the key points you have noted from the definition? Other important points:

Slide 8

What are some of the major health concerns for Australia’s health status?

Slide 10 Collecting information (data) on health status

What type of information is required to assess how healthy Australia is as a nation? Define the term statistical information.

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Slide 11 Statistics that provide information on health status include:

• Slides 14 - 16

Sources of health data

Complete the table to record the types of health data collected and where it is collected from.

Type of data collected Source

Administrative data sets

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Slide 17

Health authorities that compile health data

Name organisations that collate and present health data?

Slide 18

What can health status data tell us about the health status of Australians?

• Summary of key points: