HLTH1306 My Position Statement 2 Flashcards

These flashcards cover the shift from individual to shared responsibility in health, social determinants, and person-centered care based on Sophie Staunton's position statement.

Initial Position on Health Responsibility

The view that individuals have a large amount of responsibility for their own health outcomes through everyday choices like eating well, exercising, and following medical advice.

Current Position on Health Responsibility

A shared responsibility where individuals make choices, but governments, health systems, and social conditions have more responsibility because they shape what choices are available, affordable, and realistic.

Social Determinants of Health

Factors including income, education, housing, transport, culture, gender, location, health literacy, disability, and service availability that influence health outcomes across a population.

Holistic Health Definition

A state that is not just the absence of disease but includes physical, mental, emotional, and social wellbeing.

Illness (Structural View)

A state shaped by a person’s life, environment, support systems, access to care, and experiences with the health system rather than being only biological.

AIHW Determinants of Health

A range of factors categorised as social, economic, environmental, cultural, behavioural, and biological.

Individual Healthcare Responsibilities

Seeking help, attending appointments, asking questions, following treatment plans where possible, and making healthy choices when able.

Government Healthcare Responsibilities

Funding and regulating Medicare, hospitals, public health programs, screening, vaccinations, aged care, disability supports, and preventive strategies.

National Preventive Health Strategy 2021–2030

A Department of Health policy focusing on prevention, reducing health inequities, and addressing the wider determinants of health.

Population Health

An approach that looks at patterns across groups and tries to reduce risk before illness becomes severe, such as through road safety laws or cancer screening.

System-Level Prevention Examples

Tobacco laws, plain packaging, public education, and Quit programs that reduce smoking across a whole population rather than focusing on one person at a time.

Barriers to Aboriginal Healthcare Access

According to Nolan-Isles et al. (2021), these include distance, cost, racism, lack of cultural safety, and poor communication.

Person-Centred Care

Recognising the person as an active participant in their own care rather than treating them as a passive recipient of services.

Professional Health Worker Considerations

Moving beyond a diagnosis to consider a patient’s social situation, culture, family support, finances, transport, and health literacy.