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Topics in the resource inventory

• Defining health: the WHO definition, other definitions, and using health indicators to assess the health status of populations
• Dimensions and determinants: physical, social, mental/emotional and spiritual health and how the physical, socio-cultural and political environments interrelate
• Health promotion, health literacy and health issues: how something becomes a health issue and the social justice principles of equity, diversity and supportive environments
• Risk taking defined: positive and negative risk, why young people take risks and the impact on personal health and wellbeing
• Leading risk-taking behaviours of young people: the supporting data and how community perceptions shape behaviour
• Risk reduction: effective strategies and the personal skills young people need to manage risk and maintain personal and group safety
• Factors that reinforce or prevent adolescent risk taking and the impact of individual risk taking on family, community and government
• Advocacy and help-seeking: skills, support-access strategies and raising the profile of a youth health issue
• Leading causes of morbidity and mortality relevant to young people: profiling an issue with statistics and prevention strategies
• Physical, socio-cultural and political factors influencing the health of Australians, and access to community resources and services
• Burden of disease: reading and using DALY, YLL and YLD to identify Australia's leading causes of morbidity and mortality
• Australia's leading chronic conditions and the risk factors common across them
• Preventive, curative and treatment strategies, trends over time and the National Strategic Framework for chronic conditions
• Australia's health care system: components, funding, medical technology, complementary services and the National Disability Insurance Scheme
• Groups experiencing inequality in health status: specific health concerns, historical context and strategies that reduce inequality
• The state of global health: historical causes of poverty in Least Developed Countries and what has changed over time
• Comparing LDC and MDC health status: the key indicators, the data, and the major causes of morbidity and mortality in LDCs
• The Sustainable Development Goals: purpose, Goals 1 to 6, the strategies used and the evidence and challenges in measuring progress
• Primary health care: the eight components, implementation in LDCs and the role of women in delivery
• Foreign aid: types of aid, Australia's aid program, how aid influences health and its negative impacts