ECHE1300 Health and Wellbeing Lecture Notes
Lecture 1 – Definitions and Approaches
- Health: state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing – not merely absence of disease or infirmity
- Wellbeing: positive state of mind and body; feeling healthy and happy
- Dimensions of Health:
- Physical
- Mental
- Emotional
- Social & Spiritual
- Factors of Health:
- Social & Economic Environmental
- E.g. socioeconomic status, relationship quality – ‘Wealthier are healthier’
- Education, access to health resources, housing
Lecture 3 – Wellbeing
- Determinants of Wellbeing:
- Family functioning, social engagement, support networks
- Material resources, health status, secure housing
- Employment & skills
- Personal factors and behaviours
Lecture 4 – Body Image
- Refers to thoughts and beliefs of our own bodies & bodies of others
- Focus on wholes bodies or parts
- Western culture has focus on physical body
Lecture 5 – Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF)
- Wellbeing:
- Children have a strong sense of identity
- Children are connected with and contribute to their world
- Children have a strong sense of wellbeing
Lecture 6 – Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE)
- Terms to Know:
- KLA – Key learning Areas
- Stage – level of learning e.g. Stage 1 → Kindy & yr1
- ACARA – Australian Curriculum, Assessment & Reporting Authority
Lecture 7 – Breastfeeding
- Why is breastfeeding so important?
- Child
- Lower risk – sudden unexpected infant death
- Reduced GI, RTI, middle ear infections
- Obesity protection
- Reduced diabetes risk
- Improved cognitive development
- Supports speech, jaw, mouth develop
- Reduced necrotising enterocolitis
- Mother
- Improved childbirth recovery
- Lower postnatal depression
- Protective effects for breast/ovarian cancer
- Lower osteoporosis rates
- Increased birth spacing
- Child
Lecture 8 – Nutrition
Public health → focus us often on nutrients
Early Childhood → most holistic approach
Teachers attitudes for food can influence children’s attitudes
Nutrients are chemicals that:
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Australian Water Safety Strategy (AWSS)
- Introduced in 2008
- Reduce drowning death by 50% by 2020
- 3 Priority areas:
- Taking a life stages approach (e.g. 0-14yrs, 15-24yrs etc)
- Targeting high risk locations (e.g. waterways, coastal waters etc)
- Focusing on key drowning challenges (e.g. reduce alcohol, watercraft & recreation activities, high-risk populations
Lecture 10 – Road Safety
- Transport traffic injury statistics
- Education needs to be part of everyday life
- Under the age of 5 are most safe → restrained booster seats
Lecture 11 – Managing Risk in Outdoor Play
- Regulatory Context
- National Law Section 167 – requires approved providers to ensure ‘every reasonable precaution is taken to protect children from harm and any hazard likely to cause injury
- Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) & Risky Play Provision
- “plan learning environments with appropriate levels of challenge where children are encouraged to explore, experiment and take appropriate risks in their learning
- National Quality Standards (NQS) & Risky play
- Educators
- “…plan to ensure that all areas used by children are effectively supervised, including when children are participating in high-risk activities”
- “ensure children are alerted to safety issues and encouraged to develop the skills to assess and minimise risks to their own safet”
- Educators
Lecture 12 – Indigenous Australians
- Indigenous Worldview
- Set of belief about fundamental aspects of reality grounding & influencing the world
- Indigenous worldview does not exist
- Rooted in specific place but colonisation uprooted from traditional homeland
- Rooted in violence of colonialism & failed government policies
Lecture 13 – Personal Health Record (PHR)
- Evolution of PHR
- WHO 2018
- Recommended use of PHR for care of infants, children & mothers
- Used since 1948 in japan & 1921 in NZ
- Vaccination only record existing since 1800
- E.g.Smallpox vaccination card
- WHO 2018
Lecture 14 – Illness Immunisation
- Dangers of Floodwater
- Contact with flood water should be minimised
- Can be contaminated by debris, sewage & animals
- Drinking water supplies can be affected by floods
- Boil water first to prevent illness
Lecture 15 – Allergies
- Importance
- Food allergies increasing
- More children than adults suffering from allergies
- Allergies interfere with:
- Concentration
- Sleep
- Social functioning
- Recreational activities
Lecture 16 – Chronic Illness
- Definitions & Conditions
- Lack of consistency
- No consistent definition of chronic illness across health
Lecture 17 – Bullying
- Types of Bullying
- Four types:
- Physical (more common in boys)
- Verbal
- Relational (more common in girls)
- Cyber (less common for young children)
- Four types:
Lecture 18 – Social Emotional Learning
- Acronyms
- SEL: social and emotional learning
- CASEL: Collaborative for Academic, Social & Emotional Learning
- ACARA: Australian Curriculum, assessment & Reporting Authority
- PSC: Personal & Social Capability
Lecture 19 & 20 – Child Abuse & Maltreatment
- Abuse & Neglect Definitions
- Abuse – either sexual, eomtional or physical
- Neglect – deprivation of essential for child to lead a healthy and fulfilling life
Lecture 22 – Mental Health
- Mental Health
- Similar to Physical Health:
- Everyone has mental health status
- Social & physical environments should support mental health
- Prevention is better than cure
- Can be acute or chronic
- Social-emotional environments can exacerbate genetic tendencies
- Eating, sleeping and exercising well important for good mental health
- Similar to Physical Health:
Lecture 23 – 24hr, Movement, Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour
- Sleep
- Newborns need 14-17hrs of sleep
- Adults need 7-8hr of sleep
Lecture 25 – Sustainability
- Education is important to develop sustainable patterns of living
- Sustainability education is:
- Future oriented
- Environmental protection focused
- Creating a more ecological and just world