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Sender:
Casey Searle
Subject:
I need motivation
Date:
06-SEP-2002
Attachment:
N/A
Message:
How is the best way to start studying and how do i get
motivated?

Sender:
Katrina Middlebrook
Subject:
Re: I need motivation
Date:
06-SEP-2002
Attachment:
N/A
Message:
>How is the best way to start studying and how do i get
>motivated?


Dear Casey

You seem to be lacking the same energy as Claire. To get
some good ideas, read the responses to Shavo's question on
study. Michelle provides a number of great ideas which may
give you a place to start. As I said to Claire, it is
never too late to start studying for your HSC.
Good luck!
Katrina

Sender:
Claire Burbidge
Subject:
I need motivation
Date:
06-SEP-2002
Attachment:
N/A
Message:
How is the best way to start studying and how do I go
about doing it?

Sender:
Katrina Middlebrook
Subject:
Re: I need motivation
Date:
06-SEP-2002
Attachment:
N/A
Message:
>How is the best way to start studying and how do I go
>about doing it?


Dear Claire
There is some great advice provided in the replies to
Shavo's question about study. have a look at these
responses. REMEMBER it is never too late to start
studying.

Cheers and hang in there!
Katrina

Sender:
Shavo
Subject:
Study
Date:
05-SEP-2002
Attachment:
N/A
Message:
What is the best way to approach study, and do you have
any study tips?

Sender:
Stefanie P
Subject:
Re: Study
Date:
06-SEP-2002
Attachment:
N/A
Message:
>I have some study tips if you would like to know
them....
I do practise essay for all my subjects bar maths of
course and I find that it really helps me...

What do you do know?




What is the best way to approach study, and do you have
>any study tips?

Sender:
Michelle Maher
Subject:
Re: Study
Date:
06-SEP-2002
Attachment:
N/A
Message:
>What is the best way to approach study, and do you have
>any study tips?


Study tips:
1. Know what is contained in your syllabus document ie.
Each Core & Option has 5 critical questions. You should be
familiar with each question & the learn abouts. This will
enable to to decide exactly what material need to be
addressed in your answer.

2. Have a complete set of class notes. If you don't have
these , get them or fill in the gaps using your text
book.Use the syllabus outline as a guide.

3. Summarise your class notes - if you have a full set,
they will undoubtably be too bulky to study from! Of
course you have already done this so try to condense your
notes - summarise the summary. If you have
little experience in this skill, see your teacher & ask
for some guidance in this area. There are some good study
books on the market , but all require you to add
additional notes if you wish to maximise your response.

4. Revise your summary book for at least 30 minutes a
day. Choose a different area to revise each time & make
note of any points you don't understand - take the time to
see your teacher about the problems the next
day. If this isn't possible, consult your text book.

5. Make use of HSC online tutorials, the standards package
(see your teacher if you haven't been shown this).

6. Attempt questions from last years HSC - ask your
teacher for copies of questions from previous trial
papers. Ask your teacher to mark your responses & give you
feedback on how you are going.

7. Get together with a few friends & study together - ask
each other questions, debate the answers, research the
response further if you can't agree.

8. Go to HSC - PDHPE - Preparing for the Exam (as printed
in the Sydney Morning Herald), there is some great advise
there!
Good luck!
Michelle

Sender:
Katrina Middlebrook
Subject:
Re: study
Date:
05-SEP-2002
Attachment:
N/A
Message:
>What is the best way to approach study, and do you have
>any study tips?

Shavo
Know your syllabus. A question last year, for example
asked students to assess the impact of health status on
the provision of health care services and facilities.
Knowing your syllabus was important in determining the
best way to go about answering the question. Health
status is learnt about through epidemiology. Therefore
you would need to talk about this and how it helps us to
inform us about what we die from, get sick from and how
this then influences the provision of facilities and
services. The examples you might draw upon could relate
to the health priority areas you have learnt and how the
extent of the problem etc. has influenced the focus on
cure or prevention of the disease.

Ensure you have an overview of the course in summary.
For each summary heading you should be able to state the
learning that occurred in this area. This study takes
time and effort. Choose techniques that meet you style
of learning. For example, if you prefer to learn by
looking and reading, then use this when you study. put
notes and summaries all around your room to look at
constantly. If you prefer to hear things read or said,
and learn best this way, then read your study notes out
loud or have others ask you questions and give responses
out loud. If you learn best by doing, then walk around
while you study and say it out loud. Writing also helps
memeory for this group. If in doubt try a combination of
all three techniques.
Hang in there.
Katrina

Sender:
Jemma Williams
Subject:
Priority areas
Date:
05-SEP-2002
Attachment:
N/A
Message:
What would be the most important factor in determining
the priority areas?

Sender:
Katrina Middlebrook
Subject:
Re: Priority areas
Date:
06-SEP-2002
Attachment:
N/A
Message:
>What would be the most important factor in determining
>the priority areas?

Dear Jemma
It is difficult and debatable to single out one factor as
being most important in determining the priority areas.
However, if you had to, and wanted to be consistent with
taking a NPH approach, the most defensible important,
single factor would be social justice. Social justice
refers to prioritising the needs of the most disadvantaged
groups, thereby targeting sub-groups in the population
that suffer the worst health (low socio-economic groups,
Aboriginal Australians...). Improvments in these
population groups would reduce the prevalence of illness
conditions and premature death rates for the whole
country, and would significantly address the personal,
health, and economic costs to individuals and the wider
community.

John

Sender:
Naomi Stewart
Subject:
Jakarta declaration
Date:
05-SEP-2002
Attachment:
N/A
Message:
Do you suggest any simple ways to remember the action
areas of the declaration? I can never remember them...

Sender:
Michelle Maher
Subject:
Re: Jakarta declaration
Date:
06-SEP-2002
Attachment:
N/A
Message:
>Do you suggest any simple ways to remember the action
>areas of the declaration? I can never remember them...

Dear Naomi

There is no simple way to remember JK except through
developing a better understanding of the New Public Health
Approach & the global policies that have guided its
development (Ottawa Charter, Jakarta Declaration &
associated national projects) - look at the 'big picture'
- its like a jigsaw puzzle, if you stand back from it, it
all makes sense!

The three fundamental characteristics of New Public Health
Approach are empowerment of individuals; community
participation & acknowledgement of the social determinants
in our determining our state of health. You need to
think of the Jakarta Declaration as a refinement of the
action areas developed in the Ottawa Charter. In 1997 WHO
delegates recognised the worth of the Charter but realised
the model needed to be improved if we were to
effectively deal with emerging health issues in the 21st
century. This extra detail may help to define each
principle:
1. Promote social responsibility for health - involve
both public & private sectors in the development of
policies and practices that enhance health & don't put the
environment or the individual at risk. Sustaining the
environment & safeguarding the workplace are important
aspects of this principle.

2. Increase investments for health development in all
sectors - this principle called on governments to evaluate
their investment in health - to increase the investment,
direct it appropriately(ie to areas experiencing
inequity) and thus enhance the quality of life of the
population.

3. Consolidate & expand partnerships for health -
partnerships between government, non-government agencies,
private & public areas of health need to encouraged so
that knowledge, expertise & resources can be shared &
health may be improved.Communication between government
agencies & health professionals must be encouraged.

4. Increase community capacity & empower the individual -
This principle relies heavily on the health promotion
process - 'Health promotion is carried out BY & WITH the
people, not ON or TO the people' (WHO 1997) - can
you see how this reinforces the Ottawa Charter?
5. Secure an infrastructure for health promotion - this
principle calls on countries to develop intersectoral
collaboration, share resources and information in &
between nations. The JK also states that countries need
to develop appropriate legal, political, social & economic
environments to support health promotion.

Regards
Michelle

Sender:
Joanne Ellis
Subject:
Role of health professionals
Date:
04-SEP-2002
Attachment:
N/A
Message:
How has the role of health professionals changed with
new public health?

Sender:
Michelle Maher
Subject:
Re: Role of health professionals
Date:
04-SEP-2002
Attachment:
N/A
Message:
>How has the role of health professionals changed with
>new public health?

The New Public Health approach has been directly
responsible for a shift in focus by our medical and
health professionals. This focus is no longer simply
curative but encompasses preventative health care
(Note:
It also recognises the importance of the role of health
education, community participation and public health
policy.)

The NPHA promotes the reoirientation of health services
towards primary prevention, i.e. all activities that
are
aimed at preventing the onset of illness or injury and
to keep people healthy. Examples include the use of
sunscreen and child immunisation programs. The approach
stresses the need for reorienting health services (NB.
Ottawa Charter action area).

Examples of how health professionals and related
servoces have re-oriented include increased funding for
health promotion and research; pharmacists working with
community health centres to engage the local population
in more preventative strategies or GPs working in
childcare centres to promote immunisation.

This approach also advocates the need for an
intersectoral approach in the delivery of health
services by health professionals. The Jakarta
Declaration emphasises the importance of breaking down
traditional barriers between the sectors involved in
the
health - government, non-government, public & private.
Cooperation and communication are essential in the
delivery of effective health services as health
professionals now realise our state of health does not
exist in isolation but is heavily influenced by social
&
environmental factors.

Sender:
Adam Geosits
Subject:
Re:Role of health professionals
Date:
05-SEP-2002
Attachment:
N/A
Message:
Thats Tops !!!!!!!!!!!!

Sender:
annah&mir cowboy
Subject:
Jakarta Declaration /new public health
Date:
04-SEP-2002
Attachment:
N/A
Message:
Can you please give some examples of the jakarta
declaration applied to some of the priority areas of
health?

Sender:
John Germov
Subject:
Re: Jakarta Declaration /new public health
Date:
04-SEP-2002
Attachment:
N/A
Message:
>Can you please give some examples of the jakarta
>declaration applied to some of the priority areas of
>health?


The Jakarta Declaration is most remembered for
highlighting social responsibility for health (rather
than individual responsibility), re-endorsing the 5 key
principles of the Ottawa Charter, and promoting
a ‘settings approach’ to health promotion an effective
and practical way to implement the Ottawa Charter.
Specifically, the Jakarta Declaration set 5
broad ‘priorities for health promotion in the 21st
century’:

1. Promote social responsibility for health

2. Increase investments for health development

3. Consolidate and expand partnerships for health

4. Increase community capacity and empower the
individual

5. Secure an infrastructure for health promotion

As an example, let’s apply these priorities to the area
of mental health:

1. Promote social responsibility for health

In the case of mental health, this would be evidenced
by
the public provision of mental health services and
equitable treatment of people suffering a mental
illness. The essential aspect of acknowledging social
responsibility is that collectively we all have a duty
to ensure people in need have free access to essential
health services (ie, that access is not determined by
ability or inability to pay). Equitable treatment can
also be viewed as ‘breaking down the barriers’ in the
community by addressing prejudice against people with
mental health problems and facilitating their
integration into everyday social life.

2. Increase investments for health development

While this priority refers to generally to the need to
provide adequate funding for health care (and
particularly mental health which has often been poorly
resourced), it also implies that the most marginalised
groups should be prioritised in terms of addressing
health needs, in particular groups such as children,
older people, and indigenous, poor populations.

3. Consolidate and expand partnerships for health

This priority mostly refers to intersectoral
collaboration and continuity of care among different
levels of government and different agencies responsible
for health issues. An example in the mental health
field, in terms of children and mental health, may
require the consolidation of relationships and networks
between child protection services, psychiatric care and
rehabilitation facilities.

4. Increase community capacity and empower the
individual

Any form of health promotion should conducted in
consultation and participation with those people it is
meant to benefit. This involves a move away from
an ‘expert/we know best’ approach to one that
facilitates individual and community participation. In
mental health, examples include incorporation of
patients and their families in decision-making
processes
and even service delivery.

5. Secure an infrastructure for health promotion

This priority mostly refers to the ‘settings for
health’
approach which basically represents the organizational
locations for health promotion strategies. In the case
of mental health, settings may include the school, the
workplace… in terms of ‘breaking down the barriers’ and
increasing community understanding and incorporation of
mental health sufferers in the everyday life of the
community where appropriate.

Sender:
Patrick Esangga
Subject:
Measuring Health Status?
Date:
03-SEP-2002
Attachment:
N/A
Message:
What is the most important indictor of a nation's
health status as a measure of epidemiology?

Sender:
John Germov/Michelle
Subject:
Re: Measuring Health Status?
Date:
05-SEP-2002
Attachment:
N/A
Message:
>What is the most important indictor of a nation's
>health status as a measure of epidemiology?

Dear Patrick

The answer to the question 'what is the most important
indictor of a nation's health status?' depends on what
health indicators are considered important, measurable
and comparable - issues upon which is there is likely to
be some disagreement. For example, in determining the
health status of a nation, we could consider:
1. Life expectancy
2. The infant mortality rate
3. The extent of health inequality among different social
groups
4. Morbidity (illness) rates, and
5. Quality of life measures

The traditional approach has focused on points 1 & 2,
life expectancy and infant mortality because they are
generally easy to measure and compare between countries
where good data collection exists. Infant mortality rate
shows the annual number of deaths of children under one
year of age per 1000 live births. In westernised
countries such as our own, infant mortality is extremely
low & therefore one might say that this reflects a good
standard of health.

Yet such factors can be crude measures of the health
status of a nation, as they can hide many significant
differences in health status among different social
groups. For example, life expectancy in Australia is
75.9 for men and 81.5 for women. Yet this figure masks
the fact that the life expectancy for Aboriginal
Australians is almost 20 years lower - a figure closer to
that of White Australians living in the early 1900s!
We also know that those in the lower socio-economic
groups have higher rates of illness and premature death.

Given that measuring health depends on how we define it,
many people consider health more than just the absence of
disease or longevity, but also factor in quality of life
as an important consideration (how happy, secure, and
safe people feel). Such a view, makes us move beyond a
medical or disease model of health and illness, to take
into account psychological and social factors as
important contributors to health - epitomised in the
famous World Health Organization definition of health
as:'a state of complete physical, mental and social well-
being and not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity'.

Cheers
John/Michelle

Sender:
Melanie Fuller
Subject:
Re: Measuring Health Status?
Date:
04-SEP-2002
Attachment:
N/A
Message:
>What is the most important indictor of a nation's
>health status as a measure of epidemiology?

I think you have to take the results of epidemiology as
a whole. It is difficult to single out one measure of
epidemiology to be the most important. The measures of
epidemiology are life expectancy, mortality rate,
infant mortality rate and morbidity rate.

Melanie

<&lt;P.S.You may want to look at what the expert says when <BR>
a response is posted to check it against this.
Katrina>>

Sender:
Maria Manousaridis
Subject:
Individual responsibility
Date:
03-SEP-2002
Attachment:
N/A
Message:
Does New Public Health still reqiure individuals to take
some level of responsibility for their health?

Sender:
Melanie Fuller
Subject:
Re: Individual responsibility
Date:
04-SEP-2002
Attachment:
N/A
Message:
>Does New Public Health still reqiure individuals to
take
>some level of responsibility for their health?

Yes, it does. However, it also recognises the effect of
social determinants on health. It aims to empower
individuals to make healthy lifestyle choices.

Sender:
John Germov
Subject:
Re: Individual responsibility
Date:
03-SEP-2002
Attachment:
N/A
Message:
>Does New Public Health still reqiure individuals to
take
>some level of responsibility for their health?


The answer to your question is Yes. However, the New
Public Health approach uses a combined approach focusing
on both individual and social responsibility for health.

The New Public Health (NPH) approach links 'old' public
health concerns about hygiene, sanitation, clean air and
water, and combines them with a concern for the role
played by lifestyle factors/individual behaviour,
community and social determinants.

NPH focuses attention on the prevention of illness
through:
·health education and empowerment of individuals
·community participation, and
·wider social policies aimed at improving living and
working conditions.
Rather than just concentrate on the health education of
individuals and getting individuals to take
responsibility for their health, it also attempts to
address community health needs (through a settings
approach - introducing specific changes to settings such
as the school, the sports club, the workplace, the local
area...), as well as addressing the social determinants
of health (such as poverty, unemployment, hazardous
workplaces and products...). In this way NPH recognizes
that there are other factors influencing the ability of
individuals to behave in healthy ways.

An example of the NPH approach can be seen in the Quit
smoking campaign, which has involved educating
individuals about the dangers of smoking, in addition it
provides counselling and support services in local
communities, and aligned with other social policies that
have led to the introduction of smoke-free environments
(work, school, public buildings and transport), and
legislation limiting the sale and promotion of
cigarettes. These supportive environments are critical
in helping maximize the chances of individuals making
healthy choices.

The five principles of the NPH approach as outlined in
the Ottawa Charter and reinforced in the Jakarta
Declaration involve this unique combination of
individual, community and social responsibility for
health as follows:
·Build healthy public policy: Health promotion goes
beyond health care and includes legislation, fiscal
measures, taxation and organizational change. It is
coordinated action that leads to health, income and
social policies that foster greater equity.
·Create supportive environments: The conservation of
natural resources throughout the world should be
emphasized as a global responsibility. Health promotion
generates living and working conditions that are safe,
stimulating, satisfying and enjoyable.
·Strengthen community action: Health promotion works
through community action in setting priorities, making
decisions, planning strategies and implementing them so
that communities take ownership and control of their own
endeavours and destinies.
Develop personal skills: Health promotion supports
personal and social development through education for
health and enhancing life skills so that people can
exercise more control over their own health and their
environments.

Cheers
John

Sender:
Travis Waite
Subject:
Ottawa Charter & Jakarta Declaration
Date:
03-SEP-2002
Attachment:
N/A
Message:
What is the OC and JK and how do we apply these to each
of the areas?

Sender:
Katrina Middlebrook
Subject:
Re: Ottawa Charter & Jakarta Declaration
Date:
03-SEP-2002
Attachment:
N/A
Message:
>What is the OC and JK and how do we apply these to each
>of the areas?

Travis
An example of how the Ottawa Charter applies to lung
cancer is provided in the response to the question
entitled, individual responsibility in this forum. In
this response John refers to the Quit campaign and how
it addresses aspects of the Ottawa Charter.

For an example of how road accidents and injuries can be
addressed. You may like to go to the Core 1: HSC online
and examine "What actions are needed to address
Australai's health priorities?" and information is
contained in the focus question"What are the priority
areas ...?" Take all of the past actions, legislation
etc around road accidents and injuries and apply (link)
these to each of the action areas.

Last years exam had a question linking health promotion
initiatives to JD. Look at work samples in the PDHPE
standards package for example responses. Ask your
teacher for a copy of this CD ROM.

Regards
Katrina

Sender:
Jane Nicol
Subject:
Social determinants
Date:
02-SEP-2002
Attachment:
N/A
Message:
What are the "social determinants" of health?

Sender:
Melanie fuller
Subject:
Re: Social determinants
Date:
04-SEP-2002
Attachment:
N/A
Message:
>What are the "social determinants" of health?


The social determinants of health relate to any
lifestyle or hereditary factors that influence an
individual's health. For example socioeconomic status,
location, gender, and ethnicity. Well that's what we
have been told. Mel

Sender:
Bianca Danna
Subject:
Re: Social determinants
Date:
05-SEP-2002
Attachment:
N/A
Message:
What are the social determinants for CVD?

Sender:
John Germov
Subject:
Re: Social determinants
Date:
06-SEP-2002
Attachment:
N/A
Message:
>What are the social determinants for CVD?

Dear Bianca
There are class, gender and ethnic differences in rates
and experiences of treatment... In particular, low socio-
economic status is commonly linked to higher rates of
CVD.
A NPH approach would target community strategies and
settings in which health promotion and illness prevention
could be introduced.

Cheers
John

Sender:
Name not provided
Subject:
Re: Social determinants
Date:
04-SEP-2002
Attachment:
N/A
Message:
>What are the "social determinants" of health?

The social determinants of health are:
- age
- location
- disability
- language barriers
etc

Sender:
Dr John Germov
Subject:
Re: Social determinants
Date:
02-SEP-2002
Attachment:
N/A
Message:
>What are the "social determinants" of health?

Dear Jane

Because we all experience illness personally (we all
know what it’s like to have the flu), we tend to view
health and illness in an individualistic way – as a
product of bad luck, poor lifestyle or genetic fate. Yet
this is only part of the story.

Health and illness also have social determinants.
For example, even the highly individual act of suicide
often occurs in a social context. In 1998, of the 2683
suicide related deaths in Australia, over 80% were
male, with the highest rates occurring between the
ages of 20 and 39. While there will always be
individual reasons for a person attempting suicide,
social patterns in suicide rates suggest the story is
more complex.

The social pressures on men to be successful (in
sport, school and at work) and to live up to ideas of
what it is to be male (eg ‘boys don’t cry’, ask for help
and must be overly heterosexual), can sometimes
lead to the use of violence (including self-harm) to
address problems.

Similarly, the social pressures on women to be ‘thin'
as seen by the constant bombardment in magazines
about the latest diet craze and whether celebrities
has lost or gained weight, helps to explain why
eating disorders are almost entirely a female
condition.

Perhaps the clearest example of the role that social
determinants play in health and illness can be seen
when we compare life expectancy figures between
countries. As we all know, life expectancy in poorer
countries is much lower than that in wealthier
countries such as Australia and the USA. There are
no biological reasons for these differences. The
major reason for the difference in life expectancy
across the globe is the difference in the living and
working conditions of the country in which you live.

There are a number of social determinants we can
point to, such as poverty, the marketing efforts of
tobacco companies, the hazardous work practices of
some employers (e.g. miners with lung disease,
factory workers with industrial deafness). By
considering the social determinants of health and
illness, we avoid falling into the trap of
victim-blaming, i.e. blaming individuals for their level
of health, and develop an understanding the types of
social conditions that create unhealthy workplaces,
products, and lifestyles.

In summary, social determinants refer to the role
played by living and working conditions in affecting
the health of individuals. Where social patterns of
illness exist, such as the different health statuses
between women and men, the poor and the wealthy,
the Indigenous and White populations, we need to
look for the social condition or factors that are
creating or influencing differing levels of health,
rather than looking to individuals for explanations
and solutions.

Approaches are needed that address these social
determinants or influences. These approaches
require community participation and State
intervention (as advocated by Ottawa Charter which
outlined the new public health approach) in the form
of social services and public policies (such as
workplace safety and pollution controls, legislation),
which lie outside the strict confines of the health
system or the choices and lifestyles that people
lead.

If you are interested in reading more about social
determinants of health and illness try the following
web resources:

1. A Social Health Atlas of Australia:
<www.publichealth.gov.au/atlas.htm>

2.Public Health Association of Australia:
<www.phaa.net.au>

3. Social Determinants of Health - The Solid Facts:
<www.who.dk/healthy-cities/determ.htm>
This reading lists many social determinants and
how they impact on health and illness.

Cheers
John

Sender:
Adam Geosits
Subject:
New public health/OC and JD
Date:
31-AUG-2002
Attachment:
N/A
Message:
What is the relationship between the Ottawa Charter,
The Jakarta Declaration and the New Public Health
Approach?

Sender:
Michelle Maher
Subject:
Re: NPH/OC and JD
Date:
02-SEP-2002
Attachment:
N/A
Message:
>What is the relationship between the Ottawa
Charter,
>The Jakarta Declaration and the New Public
Health
>Approach?

Dear Adam

The Ottawa Charter and Jakarta Declaration are
both part of what is known as the New Public Health
Approach. The Ottawa Charter has shaped "New Public
Health". It formed the "blueprint" for health promotion
in Australia. It still guides all health promotion in
Australia.

The Ottawa Charter encourages the empowerment
of individuals, the need for community participation
and recognises the social determinants that impact on
a person or population groups state of health. It
highlights the need for healthy public policy to
support individuals to make healthy decisions and the
need for an intersectoral approach in the delivery of
health services. It recognises that an individual's
health is the product of the conditions in which they
live and work and that to be healthy, individuals need
supportive environments.

Conferences that followed the Ottawa Charter built
on this notion of New Public Health. The Jakarta
Declaration reaffirmed the Ottawa Charter and its
action areas for health promotion. The Jakarta
Declaration reflects many of the characteristics of New
Public Health. It encourages the empowerment of
individuals and communities to act to influence their
own
health. Most of all it promoted health as a "social
responsibility" not just the responsibility of
individuals. Developing healthy public policy &
practices, consolidating and expanding the
intersectoral approach and increasing funding &
investment to all sectors of health (not just curative
sectors) to provide an infrastructure for health
promotion in our society were all products of the
Jakarta Declaration.

The Ottawa Charter and the Jakarta Declaration are
in fact the vehicles for the approach that we know as
New Public Health Approach.

Regards
Michelle

Sender:
Michelle Maher
Subject:
Introduction - Michelle Maher
Date:
31-AUG-2002
Attachment:
Message:
Hi! My name is Michelle Maher. I am a PDHPE Teacher at
Hunter School of the Performing Arts in Newcastle & am
currently teaching my second Yr 12 group under the new
PDHPE syllabus. I am an experienced senior teacher and
hope my interest and enthusiasm for the Core 1 concepts
may enhance your understanding of this area.

One piece of wisdom for Core 1; health issues are all
around us, so don't confine yourself to just using
texts or class notes. Read magazines, newspapers,
television, news broadcasts, and Internet sites and
evaluate the worth of the health information presented.
Make sense of what you learn by looking at 'real'life
examples & it won't seem as big a challenge!

...there is a picture of me too - good luck in your
exams!

Michelle

Sender:
John Germov
Subject:
A quick hello from Dr John Germov
Date:
30-AUG-2002
Attachment:
Message:
Hello. I am Dr John Germov. I am a Senior Lecturer in
Sociology at The University of Newcastle and is
currently President of TASA: The Australian
Sociological Association (see: www.tasa.org.au). I have
a long-standing interest in the social determinants of
health and have written extensively on the topic.
Currently, I am author/editor of seven books,including:
Second Opinion: An Introduction to Health
Sociology; and A Sociology of Food and Nutrition:
The Social Appetite. I have also written the following
study skills books: Get Great Marks for Your Essays,
Surviving First Year Uni, and Get Great Information
Fast.

I have also included a photo - it's not too clear. But
at least you will know who I am.

Looking forward to hearing your questions.
John

Sender:
Katrina Middlebrook
Subject:
Who are our experts for this forum?
Date:
28-AUG-2002
Attachment:
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Message:
Two experts will be providing responses to your
questions in this forum.

Dr John Germov, Senior Lecturer in Sociology from the
University of Newcastle.

Michelle Maher, Core 1 Marker , 2001 HSC
examination.

To assist the discussion, ask questions that are
very specific, as long responses will need to be kept
to one to two paragraphs.

Thanks for your help on this.
Regards
Katrina

Sender:
Katrina Middlebrook
Subject:
Welcome to the first PDHPE HSC discussion forum
Date:
28-AUG-2002
Attachment:
N/A
Message:
Welcome to the first PDHPE forum. This forum will
give you an opportunity to discuss the New Public
Health Approach, an aspect of Core 1.

People who are experts in this area will be providing
answers to your questions. Responses to
questions will take approximately 24-48 hours.
Please be patient!

To "reply" to an existing message:
1. Select the message you wish to reply to.
2. Select the "Reply" button at the bottom of the
message.
3. Write your message.
4. Choose the "Preview" button.
5. You can either "Edit", "Cancel" or "Post" the
message to the forum.

To create a "new" message, select "Post" at the top
of the page and follow the same process.

Good luck. I hope to hear from you.

Katrina Middlebrook
PDHPE Curriculum Adviser
HSC Online Coordinator

Sender:
Angela Blampied
Subject:
Re: Welcome to the first PDHPE HSC discussion forum
Date:
01-SEP-2002
Attachment:
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Message:
I would love to find out any additional information on
The New Public Health Approach that could be useful for
my HSC.

Angela

Sender:
Katrina Middlebrook
Subject:
Re: Welcome to the first PDHPE HSC discussion forum
Date:
02-SEP-2002
Attachment:
N/A
Message:
>I would love to find out any additional information on
>The New Public Health Approach that could be useful for
>my HSC.
>
>Angela

Angela
You may ask some specific questions about New Public
Health or you may like to keep watching the sorts of
questions asked this week by others and look for the
responses provided by our experts.
Regards
Katrina

Sender:
Byrn Brundlemayer
Subject:
Re: Welcome to the first PDHPE HSC discussion forum
Date:
31-AUG-2002
Attachment:
N/A
Message:
Hello Katrina,
It was great to read this upon turning on my computer,
I am in one of those rushed situations at the moment,
but shall keep in touch .


Yours Faithful
Byrn Brundlemayer
PDHPE Teacher, Advisor, and Counsellor



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