2.1 (EXT) Adolescent health issue

analyse an Adolescent Health issue

Analyse an adolescent health issue involves providing an explanation of:

influences on the issue consequences for well-being health-enhancing strategies that promote well-being in relation to the issue.
Analyse in depth, an adolescent health issue involves providing a detailed explanation of how the influences have contributed to consequences for well-being in relation to the issue
how the strategies for promoting well-being are related to the influences.
Analyse comprehensively, an adolescent health issue involves making connections within and/or between influences, consequences and strategies to show a critical understanding of the underlying concepts.
An analysis of an adolescent heath issue typically includes an explanation of personal, interpersonal, and societal perspectives.
An adolescent health issue is one affecting the well-being of adolescents and which is a matter of public concern.

Examples of adolescent health issues include:

Stress management
Adolescent alcohol use and misuse
Enhancement of relationships
Influences of body image
Cannabis or other drug use
Food related issues
Maintenance of sexual/reproductive health.

2022 Past Paper

Alternative past papers and documents

Health 2 Exam walk through.mov

Use the past papers on the page on the left and practice your writing for the exam.

Below you will find a walk-through of the 2022 paper from last year. Mr. Guptill discusses how to break down the question along with what to look for in each area of the exam!

PIPS risk factors

Some examples of Risk and Protective Factors to consider in your discussions can be seen in the example on the left. PIPS is relevant in the context of discussing influences and strategies!

HEA2 study Guide.pdf

On the left are the documents that you created in class to help as a little study guide! Remember, there's more than the ones that we have here. This was created by Mr Guptill's HEA2 class. Use these as ideas but remember, not everything is applicable to every context. Use your critical thinking skills when applying these to the contexts in the exam!

Topic resource: alcohol misuse

Alcohol Misuse.pptx

This resource provides an overview of Alcohol Misuse as a adolescent health issue, including: definitions; influences; impacts on hauora (well-being); strategies; and exemplar answers.
Pay special attention to the influences, impacts on hauora, and strategies, as you will be required to address each of these three aspects.
Also read the sentence structure exemplars and practise writing your own paragraphs, so that you can see how many words that you need to answer the questions.

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