Onehunga High School
L1 Health
Subject Description
Teacher in Charge: Alex Eastwood, Bryce Griffiths.
- Health Studies focuses on overall wellbeing (hauora) through Food and Nutrition, Mental Health, and Relationships and Sexuality.
- Students learn about Māori and Pacific health models like Te Whare Tapa Whā, Te Wheke and Fonofale, and values such as tiakitanga, manaakitanga, and whanaungatanga.
- The course covers the connections between physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual aspects of life.
- Students develop critical thinking and decision-making skills by looking at how personal, social, and societal factors affect hauora.
- An empowering approach helps students apply health models to real-life situations and find ways to improve wellbeing.
Pre requisites: No pre reqs
Approximate credits: 20 credits
Material fees: None
Subject Overview
Term 1
Demonstrate understanding of hauora in a health-related context through the application of a model of health
The Significant Learning that ākonga will engage with in relation to this Standard includes:
- apply a variety of holistic models of health to a range of situations to develop understanding of hauora
- investigate the importance of Māori values within hauora, such as tiakitanga, manaakitanga, and whanaungatanga, across individual, whānau, and community contexts
- inquire into Pacific values, knowledges, and practices, such as vā, in relation to individual, whānau, and community health contexts.
Term 2
Demonstrate understanding of decision-making in a health-related situation
The Significant Learning ākonga will engage with in relation to this Standard includes:
- understand how personal, interpersonal, and societal factors impact hauora and inform decision-making
- use critical thinking in relation to values, attitudes, and beliefs that inform approaches to hauora
- investigate ways in which hauora is more than a matter of personal decision-making and individual responsibility.
Demonstrate understanding of strategies that enhance hauora
The Significant Learning that ākonga will engage with in relation to this Standard includes:
- inquire into Māori knowledges and practices related to hauora, such as rongoā and maramataka
- inquire into Pacific values, knowledges, and practices, such as vā, in relation to individual, whānau, and community health contexts
- understand how personal, interpersonal, and societal factors impact hauora and inform decision-making
- investigate diverse strategies to help manage change situations that impact hauora
- use critical thinking in relation to social constructs, power imbalances, biases, and assumptions that impact hauora.
Term 3
Demonstrate understanding of factors that influence hauora
The Significant Learning that ākonga will engage with in relation to this Standard includes:
- understand how personal, interpersonal, and societal factors impact hauora and inform decision-making
- investigate ways in which hauora is more than a matter of personal decision-making and individual responsibility.
Recommended Prior Learning
Students will have developed basic prior knowledge for this subject by their participation in Junior Health and Physical Education.
Pathway
Nursing, Public health, Health promotion, Occupational therapy, Physiotherapy, Community health work, Health education, Nutritionist or dietitian, Mental health support worker, Youth work, Health policy and planning, Rehabilitation services, Elderly care services, Midwifery
Health research, Social work, Counselling, Medicine
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
This course is eligible for subject endorsement.
External
NZQA Info
Health Studies 1.1 - Demonstrate understanding of hauora in a health-related context through the application of a model of health
NZQA Info
Health Studies 1.2 - Demonstrate understanding of decision-making in a health-related situation
NZQA Info
Health Studies 1.3 - Demonstrate understanding of factors that influence hauora
NZQA Info
Health Studies 1.4 - Demonstrate understanding of strategies that enhance hauora
Pathway Tags
Midwife, Health Care Assistant, Environmental/Public Health Officer, Health and Safety Inspector, Health and Safety Adviser, Sterilising Technician, Epidemiologist, Registered Nurse, Health Promoter, Occupational Therapist, Massage Therapist, Physiotherapist, Diversional and Recreational Therapist, Acupuncturist, Pathologist, Audiologist/Audiometrist, Beauty Therapist, Phlebotomist, Physician, Surgeon, Dental Assistant, Chiropractor, Dental Technician, Psychologist, Community Karitāne, Community Development Worker, Oral Health Therapist, Dentist, Medical Imaging Technologist, Dietitian, Personal Trainer/Exercise Professional, Counsellor, Recreation Co-ordinator, Youth Worker, Secondary School Teacher,
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