ELECTIVE:
Global Health

Year 10

What is the subject about?

Global Health explores health data on a global level. Students will analyse the health status of Australians and compare with the health status of people from other countries. Students will develop an understanding of the characteristics of high-income and low-income countries and use this understanding when looking at Morbidity, Mortality and Life Expectancy. Students will study the Sustainable Development goals and the different factors that affect a nation's health, with a focus on gender inequality, poverty, climate change, conflict and discrimination. For the final outcome students will take action in response to an issue they are interested in, such as putting together birthing kits for women in low income countries so that they can have a safe birth.

Outcomes

Outcome 1: Global factors that influence health
Outcome 2: The Global Goals to End Poverty, Fight Inequality and Injustice and Tackle Climate Change
Outcome 3: The Global Effort to promote health and wellbeing

Skills you will develop

Analysing health data
Evaluating factors that influence health and wellbeing
Developing proposals to enhance health and wellbeing
Analyse the implications of attitudes and behaviours such as prejudice, marginalisation, homophobia, sexism, discrimination, violence and harassment on individuals and communities
Investigate community-action initiatives young people have instigated that have had a positive influence on the health and wellbeing of global communities

Assessment

Argument Presentation
Inquiry project

Pathways

This study aims to prepare students to pursue VCE Units 1-4 Health and Human Development and the Vocation Major Literacy Inquiry. Potential careers in the field of global health could include:

Health policy analyst
Global health consultant
Epidemiologist
Global health educator
Non-Government organisations such as Doctors Without Borders

Prerequisites

No prerequisites required.