Health & Human Development
Subject Guide
VCE Health and Human Development takes a broad and multidimensional approach to defining and understanding health. Students investigate the World Health Organization’s (WHO) definition and other interpretations of health and wellbeing. For the purposes of this study, students consider wellbeing to be an implicit element of health.
Students examine health (including the concepts of health and wellbeing, and health status) and human development as dynamic concepts that are subject to a complex interplay of biological, sociocultural and environmental factors, many of which can be acted upon by people, communities and governments. Students consider the interaction between these factors and learn that health and human development is complex and influenced by the settings in which people are born, grow, live, work and age.
Students consider Australian and global contexts as they investigate health outcomes and examine the Australian healthcare system to help evaluate what is being done to address health inequity and inequality. They examine and evaluate the work of global health organisations and the Australian Government’s overseas aid program.
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Unit focus areas
Units 1 and 2
Health and wellbeing
Sociocultural factors
Nutrition
Health programs
Lifespan and development
Healthy and respectful relationships
Australia’s health system
Units 3 and 4
Health and wellbeing
Health status
Indigenous health and wellbeing
Sustainability and human development
The World Health Organization
The United Nations
Australia’s aid program
Non-government organisations such as World Vision
Social action
Pre-requisites
There are no pre-requisites for studying Health & Human Development Units 1 - 4.
Assessment
Students complete a range of outcomes and classwork throughout each semester for Units 1 and 2. There is also an examination at the end of the academic year.
School-Assessed Coursework in Unit 3 (25%) and Unit 4 (25%) is subject to external moderation, and there is an end-of-year examination (50%).