The following aims are linked to health literacy:212 Students access, synthesise and evaluate information to take positive action to protect, enhance and advocate for their own and health, wellbeing, safety and physical activity across the others’ lifespan. Students develop and use personal, interpersonal, behavioural, social and cognitive skills and strategies to promote a sense of personal identity and wellbeing, and to build and maintain positive relationships. Students engage in and enjoy regular physical movement-based learning experiences, and understand and appreciate their significance to personal, social, cultural, environmental and health practices and outcomes. Students analyse how varied and changing personal and contextual factors shape understanding of, and opportunities for, health and physical activity locally, regionally and globally. To achieve these aims, the Australian Curriculum Health and Physical Education: Foundation to Year 10 has two interrelated content social and community and and physical streams: ‘personal, health’ ‘movement the content, there are clear links to the development of health literacy in students; for activity’. Within example, the personal, social and community health stream aims to enable and empower students to and understand health information, and to make health-enhancing ‘access decisions’.212 Web page: http:// 10.7 Private organisations that provide health-based goods and services Role Examples of types of organisations and individuals Private organisations Accreditation agencies, exercise and fitness organisations, food and alcohol which provide manufacturers and distributers, media outlets, pharmaceutical and medicines goods organisations, private health insurers, private information development and services companies, professional indemnity and medical protection insurers, web and online information development providers Private organisations and industry have a significant role in influencing the health literacy of individuals. Much of the information about health that people receive in the community is through the marketing claims and promotional materials of the health, medicine, food and alcohol industries. In addition, information about health research and treatment advances is often communicated through media outlets or web sites. In recent years, much work has been done by private health insurers to support consumers to understand and act on health information that can keep them well. Insurers have developed a range of different tools and resources to support health literacy, shared decision-making and patient choice.213-215 Private organisations and industry can: support the dissemination of good-quality, easy-to-understand health information raise awareness of health information and services in the community develop packaging and product design that simplifies information and makes clear the action to be taken
The following aims are linked to health literacy:212 Students access, synthesise and evaluate information to take positive action to protect, enhance and advocate for their own and others’ health, wellbeing, safety and physical activity across the lifespan. Students develop and use personal, interpersonal, behavioural, social and cognitive skills and strategies to promote a sense of personal identity and wellbeing, and to build and maintain positive relationships. Students engage in and enjoy regular physical movement-based learning experiences, and understand and appreciate their significance to personal, social, cultural, environmental and health practices and outcomes. Students analyse how varied and changing personal and contextual factors shape understanding of, and opportunities for, health and physical activity locally, regionally and globally. To achieve these aims, the Australian Curriculum Health and Physical Education: Foundation to Year 10 has two interrelated content streams: ‘personal, social and community health’ and ‘movement and physical activity’. Within the content, there are clear links to the development of health literacy in students; for example, the personal, social and community health stream aims to enable and empower students to ‘access and understand health information, and to make health-enhancing decisions’.212 Web page: http:// 10.7 Private organisations that provide health-based goods and services Role Examples of types of organisations and individuals Private organisations which provide goods and services Accreditation agencies, exercise and fitness organisations, food and alcohol manufacturers and distributers, media outlets, pharmaceutical and medicines organisations, private health insurers, private information development companies, professional indemnity and medical protection insurers, web and online information development providers Private organisations and industry have a significant role in influencing the health literacy of individuals. Much of the information about health that people receive in the community is through the marketing claims and promotional materials of the health, medicine, food and alcohol industries. In addition, information about health research and treatment advances is often communicated through media outlets or web sites. In recent years, much work has been done by private health insurers to support consumers to understand and act on health information that can keep them well. Insurers have developed a range of different tools and resources to support health literacy, shared decision-making and patient choice.213-215 Private organisations and industry can: support the dissemination of good-quality, easy-to-understand health information raise awareness of health information and services in the community develop packaging and product design that simplifies information and makes clear the action to be taken