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HMS, HIC 2014 HSC 10 MC

For a health promotion strategy to be classified as strengthening community action, it must

  1. focus on a targeted health promotion for those most at risk.
  2. focus policy direction and public discussion on the health promotion strategy.
  3. facilitate participation from all government departments for the health promotion strategy.
  4. facilitate the funds and infrastructure for the health promotion strategy to be carried through successfully.
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\(B\)

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  • B is correct: Strengthening community action involves empowering communities to influence policy direction.

Other Options:

  • A is incorrect: Targeting at-risk groups isn’t specific to community action.
  • C is incorrect: Government department participation isn’t community action focus.
  • D is incorrect: Providing funds relates more to creating supportive environments.

HMS, HIC 2015 HSC 9 MC

In which action area of the Ottawa Charter does the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) belong?

  1. Developing personal skills
  2. Reorienting health services
  3. Building healthy public policy
  4. Strengthening community action
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\(C\)

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  • C is correct: PBS is government policy that makes medications affordable.

Other Options:

  • A is incorrect: PBS doesn’t develop individual skills.
  • B is incorrect: PBS doesn’t change how services are delivered.
  • D is incorrect: PBS is government policy not community action.

♦♦ Mean mark 49%.

HMS, HIC 2016 HSC 19 MC

From December 2012, the Australian Government required all tobacco products to be sold in plain packaging.

Why did the government do this?

  1. To increase costs at the point of sale
  2. To increase taxation on tobacco products
  3. To provide a mix of strategies aimed at developing personal skills
  4. To implement a health promotion strategy directed at changing behaviour
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\(D\)

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  • D is correct: Plain packaging is a health promotion strategy targeting tobacco behaviour change.

Other Options:

  • A is incorrect: Plain packaging doesn’t directly increase product costs.
  • B is incorrect: Packaging requirements don’t affect taxation levels.
  • C is incorrect: This targets population behaviour, not individual skill development.