Preliminary PDHPE
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Core 1
Better Health for Individuals
Core 2
Body in Motion
Option
First Aid
Option
Fitness Choices
- meanings of health
- perceptions of health
- health behaviours of young people
- the determinants of health
- the degree of control individuals can exert over their health
- health as a social construct
- what is health promotion
- responsibility for health promotion
- health promotion approaches and strategies
- the Ottawa Charter as an effective health promotion framework
- principles of social justice
- skeletal system
- muscular system
- respiratory system
- ciruclatory system
- health-related components of physical fitness
- skill-related components of physical fitness
- aerobic and anaerobic training
- immediate physiological responses to training
- motion
- balance and stability
- fluid mechanics
- force
- setting priorities for managing a first aid situation and assessing the casualty
- crisis management
- management of injuries
- management of medical conditions
- physical environment
- infection control and protection
- legal and moral dilemmas
- support following first aid situations
- meanings of exercise
- the value that people place on exercise and fitness
- individual fitness actvities
- group fitness activities
- settings for exercise
- advertising and promotion
- motivators and barriers to participation
HSC PDHPE
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Core 1 Health priorities in Australia
- measuring health status
- identifying priority health issues
- groups experiencing health inequities: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
- high levels of preventable chronic disease: CVD, skin cancer, breast cancer and lung cancer
- a growing and ageing population
- health care in Australia
- complementary and alternative health care approaches
- health promotion based on the five action areas of the Ottawa Charter
Core 2 Factors Affecting Performance
- energy systems
- types of training and training methods
- principles of training
- physiological adaptations in response to training
- motivation
- anxiety and arousal
- psychological strategies to enhance motivation and manage anxiety
- nutritional considerations
- supplementation
- recovery strategies
- stages of skill acquisition
- characteristics of the learner
- the learning environment
- assessment of skill and performance
Option
Sports Medicine
- ways to classify sports injuries
- soft tissue injuries
- hard tissue injuries
- assessment of injuries
- children and young athletes
- adult and aged athletes
- female athletes
- physical preparation
- sports policy and the sports environment
- environmental considerations
- taping and bandaging
- rehabilitation procedures
- return to play
Option
Improving Performance
- strength training
- aerobic training
- anaerobic training (power and speed)
- flexibility training
- skill training
- initial planning considerations
- planning a training year (periodisation)
- elements to be considered when designing a training session
- planning to avoid overtraining
- use of drugs
- use of technology
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Sources: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material.
Australian Bureau of Statistics
National Health and Medical Research Council
State of New South Wales (Department of Communities and Justice)
State of New South Wales NSW Ministry of Health.
The State of Queensland (Queensland Health)