Topic: Measuring Australia’s Health Status Lesson: An introduction to measuring Australia’s health status KEY KNOWLEDGE KEY SKILLS CHECK Different measures of health status of Define key health terms. Australians, including the meaning of burden of disease, health adjusted life Use and interpret data to expectancy and disability adjusted life compare the health status of years (DALYs), life expectancy, under- Australia’s population with that five mortality rate, mortality, morbidity, of other developed countries. incidence and prevalence. Introduction: Good health is generally experienced by Australians and as a nation Australians are among the heal thiest 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 organisations 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. • 1 | P a g e
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 P resentation 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 Australia is considered the lucky country because: Slide 5 Develop a list of services that are provided by governments to Australian citizens. 2 | 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 h ealthy Australia is as a nation? Define the term statistical information. 3 | P a g e
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 4 | P a g e
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: 5 | P a g e
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