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Health
External-exam readiness through interpreting evidence, applying the Health inquiry model, evaluating innovations and justifying action. Supporting and independent-inquiry performances are distinguished.
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Understand relationships and health resources
- Explain how relationship characteristics affect health resourcesExternal exam
- Apply a salutogenic perspective to resource pathwaysExternal exam
- Explain transitions and trajectories using life course conceptsExternal exam
Interpret and analyse supplied evidence
- Interpret health data accurately in its stated contextExternal exam
- Analyse patterns and relationships to reach qualified conclusionsExternal exam
- Analyse how stressors, barriers and enablers affect access to resourcesExternal exam
- Critique determinants through a life course perspectiveExternal exam
Apply the Health inquiry model
- Explain how health literacy affects access and innovation uptakeExternal exam
- Apply mediation, advocacy and enablement to a contextual actionExternal exam
Explain innovation diffusion
- Distinguish innovation development, dissemination and institutionalisationExternal exam
- Analyse how innovation characteristics influence uptakeExternal exam
- Analyse how people, setting and adoption patterns influence diffusionExternal exam
Evaluate and improve health action
- Evaluate an implemented innovation using RE-AIM evidenceExternal exam
- Reflect on impact and uptake using diffusion evidenceExternal exam
- Synthesise evidence to prioritise a contextual needExternal exam
- Develop a feasible diffusion action strategyExternal exam
- Justify a recommendation from evaluation and contextual evidenceExternal exam
Construct the analytical response
- Organise an integrated extended response to the unseen taskExternal exam
- Communicate evidence and reasoning with precise Health languageExternal exam
Supporting community-health learning
- Reframe a broad elective topic into a contextual community issueSupporting learning
Internal-assessment inquiry and reporting
- Plan and collect primary evidence for a local needs assessmentInternal assessment only
- Implement and monitor a local community action strategyInternal assessment only
- Independently investigate and compare two implemented innovationsInternal assessment only
- Construct the required research report or analytical expositionInternal assessment only