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Eras in Australia
5. The Lifestyle Era
Huge change during the 70s in Australia centred on ensuring that everyone had access to health care.
While medicine and treatment were important aspects, it was encouraged that people modify their lifestyles so as to enhance their health.
- Federal Health Insurance Commission was established in 1974 to Medibank.
- Medibank started in 1975 and is now ‘Medicare’.
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Based on the premise that changing personal behaviours was the key to advancing health and preventing disease.
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The recognition that while an individual’s lifestyle choices are important determinants of health, there are a range of other factors that influence an individual’s health status:
Strategies Implemented
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- proving more social space and trees;
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- increasing energy efficiency;
- becoming more self-sufficient in food production.
- decreasing pollution in cities;