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HMS, HAG 2012 HSC 10 MC

Which of the following is a government strategy that promotes the social justice principle of diversity?

  1. Involving community groups in the planning of their local area health services
  2. Increasing the amount of funding to address the health needs of ATSI peoples
  3. Road safety education programs that target behaviours of adolescents
  4. Legislation to ban smoking in the workplace and public spaces
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\(A\)

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  • A is correct: Community involvement promotes participation and recognises diverse needs.

Other Options:

  • B is incorrect: This promotes equity rather than diversity.
  • C is incorrect: Age-targeted programs don’t address diversity principles.
  • D is incorrect: Universal smoking bans promote health but not diversity.

♦♦♦♦ Mean mark 38%.

HMS, HIC EQ-Bank 039

Outline what participation as a social justice principle involves in health decision-making.   (3 marks)

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  • Participation involves enabling individuals and communities to be actively involved in decisions that affect their health, including planning and implementing health services.
  • Participation requires provision of appropriate information, consultation mechanisms, and opportunities for meaningful input, particularly for marginalised groups.
  • Participation also means ensuring representation of diverse voices in health governance structures, such as community members on hospital boards and consumer representatives in policy development committees.
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  • Participation involves enabling individuals and communities to be actively involved in decisions that affect their health, including planning and implementing health services.
  • Participation requires provision of appropriate information, consultation mechanisms, and opportunities for meaningful input, particularly for marginalised groups.
  • Participation also means ensuring representation of diverse voices in health governance structures, such as community members on hospital boards and consumer representatives in policy development committees.

HMS, HIC EQ-Bank 035

Outline TWO ways in which the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) promotes the social justice principle of participation.   (4 marks)

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  • NACCHO promotes participation by ensuring ATSI communities have control over their own health services and can make decisions about healthcare delivery that reflect their needs and priorities.
  • This is achieved through community members being represented on boards of management and involved in developing culturally appropriate health programs.
  • NACCHO also provides opportunities for community members to train and work as health professionals within their own communities.
  • Through this approach, ATSI peoples can actively participate in addressing health inequities rather than being passive recipients of mainstream services.
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  • NACCHO promotes participation by ensuring ATSI communities have control over their own health services and can make decisions about healthcare delivery that reflect their needs and priorities.
  • This is achieved through community members being represented on boards of management and involved in developing culturally appropriate health programs.
  • NACCHO also provides opportunities for community members to train and work as health professionals within their own communities.
  • Through this approach, ATSI peoples can actively participate in addressing health inequities rather than being passive recipients of mainstream services.

HMS, HIC EQ-Bank 029 MC

A healthcare centre conducts community consultations and forms advisory committees with representatives from diverse cultural backgrounds to determine which health services to provide in the area.

This best represents which social justice principle?

  1. Participation
  2. Access
  3. Equity
  4. Rights

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\(A\)

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  • A is correct as the scenario describes community members actively participating in decisions that affect their health services.

Other options:

  • B is incorrect as while improved access may be an outcome, the scenario focuses on the process of involving community members in decision-making.
  • C is incorrect as equity focuses on fair distribution of resources rather than involvement in decision-making.
  • D is incorrect as rights refers to protecting entitlements rather than active involvement in decisions.

HMS, HIC EQ-Bank 011

Describe how the social justice principle of participation promotes the health status of a community.   (3 marks)

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  • Participation enables community members to be actively involved in identifying their own health issues and developing appropriate solutions.
  • When communities participate in health decision-making processes, health initiatives are more likely to be culturally appropriate, accepted and sustained.
  • This process leads to improved health outcomes.

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  • Participation enables community members to be actively involved in identifying their own health issues and developing appropriate solutions.
  • When communities participate in health decision-making processes, health initiatives are more likely to be culturally appropriate, accepted and sustained.
  • This process leads to improved health outcomes.