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RoSA Work Sample Nicky
Year 11 PDHPE student work sample – Grade A
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1. Three health issues relevant to young people are obesity, injury and poisoning and
mental health. Behaviours affecting obesity include poor dietary habits, for example
eating fast food and take away regularly as well as being physically inactive.
Protective factors to avoid obesity include regularly exercising, for example
attending the gym three times a week, as well as eating a wide range of foods such
as fruits and vegetables. Risk factors affecting injury and poisoning in young people
include alcohol consumption, which can lead to unconsciousness if too much is
drunk, and drink driving, which can lead to car crashes that can ultimately kill the
young person. Protective behaviours for injury and poising include zero alcohol
consumption to prevent any accidents as well as stop, revive survive which
prevents car crashes if young people are driving for long periods of time. The their
health issue, mental health has several risk factors such as isolation from friends,
which can negatively affect the individual by the fact they don’t speak to people
therefore they’re lonely, as well as alcohol consumption which can change a
person’s mood and make them do things they wouldn’t normally do. Protective
behaviours include having a close group of friends that you can talk to if anything is
worrying the person, as well as completing regular physical activity to relax the mind
and prevent stressing out.
2. The five dimensions of health: physical, social, spiritual, mental/emotional and
cognitive/intellectual are all interrelated and affect each other. The definition of
health is that the dimensions of health are to be dynamically balanced which means
that although some may not be perfect, if the other aspects are good, it can balance
the person’s health. All of the dimensions of health interact on a daily base as they
are dynamic which mean they are constantly changing due to external factors. For
example, a person’s health could change rapidly by being in a car crash. The
person may had perfect health before with all aspects being balanced, but by being
in a car crash they were all thrown off balance. The person may be physically
injured which obviously affects their physical health. Thus I turn could make them
feel sad and depressed which affects their mental health, leading to the person
isolating themselves from others which negatively their social health. They could
lose sight on their purpose or goals in life which they were trying to achieve due to
their depressed state, which affects their spiritual aspect of health. Since they are
withdrawn form society and have a negative outlook on life, their cognitive state is
impacted as they may not care anymore, therefore they make poor judgments. This
shows how from one outside factor i.e. the car crash, the individual has been
physically, socially, spiritually, mentally and cognitively affected highlighting how all
the dimensions of health are interacting. Another example is if a person had just
been promoted to a higher job. This would increase their self esteem therefore
Identifies relevant health
issues affecting young people
and is able to describe the risk
and protective factors with
relevant examples
Demonstrates an extensive
understanding of the changing
nature of health and how this
can be affected by the
interaction of the different
dimensions
This example effectively
communicates an extensive
understanding of the
interaction between a number
of dimensions
RoSA Work Sample Nicky
improving their emotional and mental state. The promotion would also allow for a
higher income which means they can afford to gout more and spend time with
friends therefore their social dimension improves. This extra money could also pay
for gym membership or healthier foods which allows the person to make healthier
decisions, therefore positively impacting their physical health. This also shows how
one external factor influences the dynamic nature of a person’s health and how the
dimensions of health are all interrelated.
An individual’s health can be negatively and positively determined by a range of
individual and socio cultural factors individual factors include knowledge and skills,
behavior and attitudes, and genetics. Sociocultural factors include family, peers,
media, religion and culture and laws. These factors have a major impact on an
individual’s health, and can determine how good it is. The knowledge and skills of
an individual have a great influence on an individual’s health. Having good
knowledge and skills allow for an individual to make decisions based on how to live
a healthy life, for example, an individual who has been properly educated has the
knowledge and skills to know how to stay health which involves looking at the five
dimensions of health and making decisions such as eating good food, regularly
exercising and spending time with friends. By making the correct decisions, an
individual’s health can positively improve. The attitudes and behavior of an
individual affect the person, as they’re outlook on health and the value they place
on it determine how healthy they’ll be. For examples, if someone disregarded eating
healthy foods and ate fast food and take away all the time, this bad behaviour to
eating right will ultimately affect their health negatively. Genetics affects the health
of an individual as it is a non-modifiable determinant . This means it can’t be
changed, so if a person has a hereditary disease such as breast cancer in the
family, they have a higher chance of being diagnosed with it.
3. The sociocultural focus can also affect how an individual’s health can be
determined. Family has a major influence on an individual’s health as they raise the
child and influence how to live. For example, a child that is brought up in a family
that values health, will be influenced to grow up and value health as well, by
partaking in physical activity, eating healthy food and spending downtime to reduce
stress levels with family and friends. Peers also have a major influence on a
person’s health. They influence an individual’s decision, especially with peer
pressure which can negatively influence an individual. For example, if an individual
attends a party with the mindset that they won’t drink any alcohol, their peers could
persuade the individual to drink with peer pressure. This in turn negatively
influences the individual to drink alcohol and impacts on their health. The media
have a great influence on individuals as they portray information to individuals
which influence their health. For example, the media in previous years portrayed the
figure of beautiful as skinny, which falsely influenced young girls to lose weight and
Extensive understanding of
course concepts
demonstrating both positive
and negative impacts
Thorough understanding of the
impact that knowledge and
skills can have on decision
making
Examples show extensive
understanding of the
implications of both factors
Good use of examples to
demonstrate negative impact
Understanding of sociocultural
factors demonstrated with a
relevant and clear example.
Information effectively
communicated
RoSA Work Sample Nicky
become skinny. This meant they were becoming anorexia and bulimic due to
negative portrayals of what is beautiful by the media. This is evidence that the
media plays a massive part in determining the health of individuals. Finally the
religious and culture of an individual plays an important role in influencing the health
of an individual. Some rituals and beliefs of the culture may affect a person’s health,
for example, some cultures believe that girls shouldn’t partake in sport. This
influence on girls to not be physically active affects their physical health negatively
which can impact on the other dimensions of health since they’re all related. Other
cultures may encourage people to be active and play sport, which influences people
to be active and live healthy. Finally, laws also influence the health of individuals.
They are generally put in place to encourage healthy behaviours which therefore
improve the health of individuals. For example, in NSW, the law states that
PD/H/PE is mandatory for students in years 7 – 10. This enables young people to
gain an education about health, which provides them with information to make
decisions that can improve their health. All of the individual factors; knowledge and
skills, attitudes and behaviours and genetics, along with the socio-cultural factors
such as family, peers, media, religion and culture and laws, all play an important
role in determining the health of an individual. They all have negative and positive
influences which shape an individual’s health.
Extensive knowledge and
understanding demonstrated
using a wide range of relevant
health determinants in a
variety of contexts
Grade Commentary
Nicky has demonstrated extensive knowledge of content and understanding of course concepts. She
applies highly developed skills in critical thinking and perceptive analysis of the relationship between
determinants and health. Nicky has communicated complex ideas and information effectively.
Nicky’s work sample demonstrates characteristics of work typically produced by a student performing at a
grade A standard.