HHD UNIT 3 AOS 2 EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 100% PASS 2026/2027
Old public health - ANS Government actions that focused on changing the physical
environment to prevent the spread of disease, such as providing safe water, sanitation and
sewage disposal, improved nutrition, improved housing conditions and better work conditions
New public health - ANS An approach to health that expands the traditional focus on
individual behaviour change to one that considers the ways in which physical, sociocultural and
political environments impact on health.
The biomedical model of health - ANS Focuses on the physical or biological aspects of disease
and illness. It is a medical model of care practised by doctors and health professionals and is
associated with the diagnosis, cure and treatment of disease.
Social model of health - ANS An approach that recognises improvements in health and
wellbeing can only be achieved by directing effort towards addressing the physical, sociocultural
and political environments of health that have an impact on individuals and population groups
Principles of the social model of health - ANS - Addresses the broader determinants of health
- Involves intersectoral collaboration
- Acts to reduce social inequities
- Acts to enable access to health care
@2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED 1
AND ANSWERS 100% PASS 2026/2027
Old public health - ANS Government actions that focused on changing the physical
environment to prevent the spread of disease, such as providing safe water, sanitation and
sewage disposal, improved nutrition, improved housing conditions and better work conditions
New public health - ANS An approach to health that expands the traditional focus on
individual behaviour change to one that considers the ways in which physical, sociocultural and
political environments impact on health.
The biomedical model of health - ANS Focuses on the physical or biological aspects of disease
and illness. It is a medical model of care practised by doctors and health professionals and is
associated with the diagnosis, cure and treatment of disease.
Social model of health - ANS An approach that recognises improvements in health and
wellbeing can only be achieved by directing effort towards addressing the physical, sociocultural
and political environments of health that have an impact on individuals and population groups
Principles of the social model of health - ANS - Addresses the broader determinants of health
- Involves intersectoral collaboration
- Acts to reduce social inequities
- Acts to enable access to health care
@2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED 1
