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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Elements define the essential outcomes.
2. Plan for work in population health
   • Research current and historic concepts of health and its determinants
   • Identify key principles to a population health approach and use to assess current work approach
3. Gather information on the organisations that support population health work
   • Identify relevant local, State/Territory and national organisations supporting population health work
   • Clarify each organisation’s contribution to population health work
4. Work within the context of the population health approach
   • Incorporate consideration of the historical, social, political and economic context into own work
   • Apply key principles of population health approach to own work
   • Check all work to ensure it complies with relevant legislative and regulatory frameworks

Performance Evidence

The candidate must show evidence of the ability to complete tasks outlined in the elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage tasks and manage contingencies in the context of the job role. There must be evidence that the candidate has:

identified at least 3 organisations that support population health work and their contributions

identified and researched context and key principles of population health approach relevant to work with at least 1 community or project and identified how work will incorporate context and key principles.

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must be able to demonstrate essential knowledge required to effectively complete tasks outlined in the elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage tasks and manage contingencies in the context of the work role. This includes knowledge of:

recent public health strategies and relevant local codes of practice, legislation and regulatory frameworks

health determinants, including:

political

biological and genetic factors

physical environment

socio-economic factors, including:

social gradient

stress

social exclusion

work

unemployment

social support

addiction

food

transport

housing

behavioural

cultural

quality of health services

historic concepts of health

concepts and models of health, including:

medical model

salutogenic model

social view of health

academic and professional

historical, social, political and economic context of population health work and how it relates to and affects environmental health and the subsequent impact on individual and community needs

principles of health promotion

principles of population health, including those focused on working with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities

equity issues in population health

national, State/Territory and local health initiatives and priorities

the major organisations involved in population health in Australia and their contributions

different models of work in the population health sector, including:

early intervention and/or disease prevention

community development and education

health promotion

working with individuals

working with families and the community

original and/or Torres Strait Islander environmental health worker (community funded and/or government funded)

multi-sectoral and multi-strategic approach to population health.

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