HIV/AIDS Health Equity
🌍 Part 1: Understanding Health Equity
1. Define health equity in your own words:
2. How does health equity differ from health equality? Provide an example:
3. Circle the statement that best describes health equity:
Everyone receives exactly the same healthcare services
Everyone has a fair opportunity to achieve optimal health
Healthcare is provided only to those who can afford it
Health outcomes are determined by individual choices alone
🏥 Part 2: HIV/AIDS in Africa - Health Determinants
4. Tick all the social determinants that contribute to HIV/AIDS disparities in Sub-Saharan Africa:
Poverty and economic inequality
Limited access to education
Gender inequality and discrimination
Inadequate healthcare infrastructure
Cultural stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS
Political instability
5. Explain how poverty acts as a barrier to HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment:
6. Fill in the blanks about HIV/AIDS statistics:
Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for approximately ______% of global HIV infections, despite having only ______% of the world's population. Women and girls are disproportionately affected, representing about ______% of new infections in the region.
📋 Part 3: Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion
7. Match each Ottawa Charter action area with its application to HIV/AIDS prevention:
1. Building Healthy Public Policy
2. Creating Supportive Environments
3. Strengthening Community Action
4. Developing Personal Skills
5. Reorienting Health Services
A. Community-led education programmes
B. Laws ensuring equal access to treatment
C. Safe spaces free from discrimination
D. Training in safe practices and prevention
E. Focus on prevention rather than just treatment
8. Choose the most effective Ottawa Charter strategy for addressing gender inequality in HIV/AIDS prevention:
Building Healthy Public Policy
Creating Supportive Environments
Developing Personal Skills
All of the above working together
🇳🇿 Part 4: New Zealand Context and Te Tiriti o Waitangi
9. How does Te Tiriti o Waitangi support health equity for Māori in New Zealand?
10. Identify three principles from the New Zealand Curriculum that support equitable health outcomes:
11. Compare health equity challenges between HIV/AIDS in Africa and Māori health outcomes in New Zealand:
Similarities:
Differences:
💭 Part 5: Critical Thinking and Application
12. Design a health promotion strategy using the Ottawa Charter to address HIV/AIDS inequity. Draw or describe your strategy:
13. Which key competency from the NZ Curriculum is most important when advocating for health equity?
Thinking
Using language, symbols and texts
Relating to others
Participating and contributing
Managing self
14. Reflection: How can health promotion contribute to equitable health outcomes both in New Zealand and internationally? (100 words)
🎯 Part 6: Action Planning
15. As a Year 13 student, what actions could you take to promote health equity in your community?
16. Set one personal goal related to advocating for health equity:
