Discuss how culture of everyday life and media influence the development of risky health behaviours in Australian communities. (6 marks)
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Benefits of cultural and media influences
- [P] Government policies and public health campaigns can shape positive health behaviours through systematic cultural change.
- [E] Successful tobacco control measures including high taxes, plain packaging laws and comprehensive advertising bans have significantly reduced daily smoking rates across Australian communities in recent decades.
- [Ev] These systematic cultural interventions demonstrate how coordinated policy changes can effectively shift deep-rooted social norms away from harmful behaviours like smoking and create smoke-free environments.
- [L] Therefore, well-designed cultural and policy approaches can successfully discourage risky health behaviours at population levels.
Challenges of cultural and media influences
- [P] However, media marketing and cultural normalisation can actively promote risky health behaviours through sophisticated advertising strategies and social influence campaigns.
- [E] Social media influencers and targeted marketing effectively bypass traditional health protection measures, particularly targeting impressionable young people with e-cigarette and substance promotion.
- [Ev] Heavy promotion of alcohol consumption, fast food and gambling during major sporting events creates widespread cultural acceptance of these harmful behaviours, leading to cumulative physical and mental health damage.
- [L] Consequently, unregulated media influences can systematically undermine coordinated public health efforts and normalise dangerous behaviours within vulnerable communities.
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Benefits of cultural and media influences
- [P] Government policies and public health campaigns can shape positive health behaviours through systematic cultural change.
- [E] Successful tobacco control measures including high taxes, plain packaging laws and comprehensive advertising bans have significantly reduced daily smoking rates across Australian communities in recent decades.
- [Ev] These systematic cultural interventions demonstrate how coordinated policy changes can effectively shift deep-rooted social norms away from harmful behaviours like smoking and create smoke-free environments.
- [L] Therefore, well-designed cultural and policy approaches can successfully discourage risky health behaviours at population levels.
Challenges of cultural and media influences
- [P] However, media marketing and cultural normalisation can actively promote risky health behaviours through sophisticated advertising strategies and social influence campaigns.
- [E] Social media influencers and targeted marketing effectively bypass traditional health protection measures, particularly targeting impressionable young people with e-cigarette and substance promotion.
- [Ev] Heavy promotion of alcohol consumption, fast food and gambling during major sporting events creates widespread cultural acceptance of these harmful behaviours, leading to cumulative physical and mental health damage.
- [L] Consequently, unregulated media influences can systematically undermine coordinated public health efforts and normalise dangerous behaviours within vulnerable communities.