Year 12 · TCE / Health Studies
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- Check the task format, time limit and permitted materials with your school.
- Start with one timed section or task and record where you spent the most time.
- Review errors before attempting another section. Separate missing knowledge from timing problems.
Practice paper focus areas
- Exam 1 — Interpreting a proportion/pie figure on youth detention or youth risk behaviour; Dimensions of health and how one action affects two dimensions; Leading cause of morbidity and mortality for young Australians with statistics
- Exam 2 — Reading a trend line for smoking and vaping over time; Determinants of health and how they influence dimensions of health; Preventive versus curative and treatment strategies for a chronic condition
- Exam 3 — Calculating a difference or percentage from a health data table; Positive and negative risk taking and reasons young people take risks; Burden of disease measured by DALY, YLL and YLD
- Exam 4 — Describing a general trend across categories in a stimulus figure; Health literacy and its relationship to health promotion; Risk reduction strategies and the personal skills young people need
- Exam 5 — Identifying two trends evident in a provided figure; The social justice principles of equity, diversity and supportive environments; Government strategies that reduce harm from a youth health issue
- Exam 6 — Comparing two population sub-groups within a provided data set; How something becomes a health issue: scale, severity and community impact; Impact of individual risk taking on family, community and government
- Exam 7 — Extracting figures from a bar chart of causes of death; Advocacy and help-seeking strategies for young people; Health promotion campaign examples in Australia and the strategies they use
- Exam 8 — Interpreting a stacked or grouped figure on aged care or hospital use; The WHO definition of health and other definitions; Community perceptions and their influence on risk-taking behaviour
- Exam 9 — Predicting a trend beyond the range of a provided data set; Health indicators and how they assess the health status of populations; Mental health as a leading issue for young Australians
- Exam 10 — Reading percentages and proportions from a figure and quoting them accurately; Physical, social, mental/emotional and spiritual health in a case scenario; Alcohol, tobacco and other drug use among young people
- Exam 11 — Identifying the largest and smallest values in a comparative figure; Protective factors and how they reduce risk for individuals; Sun safe behaviours and skin cancer prevention in Australia
- Exam 12 — Comparing male and female data within a provided health data set; Emerging health issues and high versus low profile health issues; Accident, injury and dangerous driving among young drivers
- Exam 13 — Describing and comparing trends for two groups in one figure; The interaction between dimensions of health in a lived example; Sexual health as a youth health issue and support services
- Exam 14 — Reading a time series and stating the direction and size of change; Political determinants of health and their effect on individuals; Diet, nutrition and sedentary lifestyles among young people
- Exam 15 — Quoting supporting figures in every part of a data question; Why health inequalities exist between groups; Community and government harm-minimisation programs for youth
- Exam 16 — Interpreting a map or regional breakdown of health data; Health promotion, prevention and early intervention explained; Personal skills for maintaining personal and group safety
- Exam 17 — Identifying which category increased most across two reporting years; The physical, socio-cultural and political environments as determinants; Raising the profile of a youth health issue and advocating for change
- Exam 18 — Calculating a combined total from two categories in a figure; Case-study analysis of dimensions and determinants for one person; Positive risk taking as challenging and rewarding
- Exam 19 — Explaining what a provided figure represents in one sentence; Health literacy in practice: food labels and finding support services; Data on the leading risk-taking behaviours of young Australians
- Exam 20 — Distinguishing sentenced from unsentenced or similar legal-status categories in data; Behavioural risk factors and biological/genetic factors compared; Government programs targeting young people and how they operate
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