U1 AOS3

• binge drinking 


  consuming seven or more standard drinks for males or five or more standard drinks for females in one sitting
• body image

  • how you see your body
  • the way you feel about your body
  • the way you think about your body
  • behaviours in which you engage in as a result
• community expectation

  • behaviours or actions that can be anticipated
• community values

  • judgements about what is important or good for a community
• depression


  extreme feelings of sadness that last for a prolonged period and interfere with normal activities
• discrimination


  when a person or group of people is treated differently from other people, often as a result of factors such as race, religion, sex.
• health action


  behaviour change where health-compromising behaviours are replaced by health-enhancing behaviours
• health inequalities


  differences in health status or in the distribution of health risk and protective factors
• health literacy


  the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate decisions about their health and wellbeing
• health promotion


  the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their health
• health promotion program


  program aimed at engaging and empowering individuals and communities to choose health behaviours, and make changes that reduce the risk of developing chronic diseases
• illicit use of drugs

  use of an illegal drug which is prohibited from manufacture, sale or possession or the misuse of a legally available drug
• protective factor


  something that enhances the likelihood of a positive health and wellbeing outcome and lessons the likelihood of negative health and wellbeing outcomes from exposure to risk
• risk factor


  something the increases the likelihood of developing disease or injury
• sexual health


  a state of physical, mental and social wellbeing linked to sexuality
• social connections


  the relationships an individual has with the people around them
• social exclusion

  when an individual is unable to participate fully in social and economic life, such as not having a job, not receiving an adequate income, not getting a good education or not being connected to family, friends and the community
• STI


  sexually transmitted infection
• stress


  a response to pressure or threat
• values


  judgements about what is important in life
• risk an protective factors for youth

  • psychological factors - stress, trauma
  • food security
  • employment