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• Sustainability - Medicare

  > Provides subsidised treatment encourages people to seek healthcare earlier to prevent the development of more serious illnesses, and save money on more expensive treatment.

  > Medicare only covers services that are deemed medically necessary. This limits the costs associated with funding Medicare.
• Access - Medicare

  > Removes financial barriers that come with accessing healthcare.

  > All permanent residents access healthcare, regardless of income, culture, or location.

  > People can choose with GP they want to see, e.g. a woman may want to see a woman who's a doctor.
• Equity - Medicare


  > Medicare Safety Net: People who require frequent services covered by Medicare such as doctor's visits and tests, receive additional financial support.

  > Medicare allows low income earners to be exempt from the extra tax
• Build healthy public policy examples

  > Removing the goods and services tax (GST) on unprocessed foods (which are healthier options than processed foods), which makes them cheaper to purchase

  > Increasing the tax on tobacco and alcoholic drinks, which aims to discourage unhealthy behaviour by making them more expensive.

  > Banning smoking in public places, which makes the environment healthy for everyone

  > Compulsory of wearing of seatbelts, which aims to directly influence behaviour
• Reorient Health Services Examples


  > Doctors focusing a discussion around healthy eating rather than just medication and surgery to reduce the impact of cardiovascular disease

  > Medical professionals recommending physical activity to prevent the development of damaging conditions such as type 2 diabetes

  > Providing funding for a community group to introduce a walking group

  > Providing funding to implement a health promotion campaign
• Strengthen community action Examples

  > The Central Australian Aboriginal Congress (CAAC) in Alice Springs is a health service provider run by Aboriginal people for Aboriginal people. The rates of participation in the program are high because people feel a connection. A range of Aboriginal people in central Australia work together to promote the health and wellbeing of their community. The service provides healthcare, education and advocacy > Immunisation strategy — this involves media, doctors, schools and parents working together to achieve higher immunisation rates for children
• Develop Personal Skills Examples


  > A community health centre running cooking classes for the community

  > Quit campaign educating people about the harmful effects of smoking

  > Educating parents about the importance of putting sunscreen on their children when they are out in the sun
• Addresses the broader determinants of health


  This social model principle addresses that when developing health initiatives to promote health gains, the focus should be on targeting the broader influences on health (income, access to healthcare, ethnicity, SES, physical environment).
• Empower individuals and communities

  A social model principle that aims to give people the knowledge and skills needed to allow them to participate in the decisions that positively impact on their health.
• Acts to enable access to healthcare


  A social model principle that addresses the social and environmental barriers that may restrict someone’s ability to access healthcare such as location or income.
• Acts to reduce social inequities

  A social model principle that acts to reduce the barriers that may prevent people from experiencing good health such as income, race or gender
• Involves intersectorial collaboration 


  A social model of health principle where government and non-government groups working together to address the barriers and improve health outcomes for all.