Study on Ensuring Food Security
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Running head: HEALTH ADVOCACYHealth AdvocacyAssessment Task 1Mohd Rizwan Masood QadriS00217155Australian Catholic University
HEALTH ADVOCACYTable of ContentsIntroduction2Assessment 12Addressing social determinants of health affecting the present situation2Analysis of the problem situation (WPR framework)4Outlining a theory of change in achievement of the objectives5Analysis of the power objectives of the issue6Conclusion8References10
HEALTH ADVOCACYIntroduction The current assignment focuses on the concept of health advocacy and its importance inmeeting with the health requirements of individual and community as a whole. The studyhighlights the topic of ensuring food security by promoting sustainable agricultural practicesalong with ending hunger crisis and improving nutrition. In this respect, the objectives of healthadvocacy serve an important role by addressing various social determinants, which has aprofound impact on the life processes of individuals. Therefore, establishment of global healthadvocacy policies are important in achieving equilibrium within the social processes. In this context, development of food availability can help in reducing hunger, achievingthe security for food and improvement in the nutrition. This sustainable development goal helpsin the achievement of the objectives without exploitation of the needful resources. Therefore, forestablishing food security there is a need to focus upon faster and sustainable practices. This isbecause food security is a global concern where fourth of the population are not able to havesufficient nutrition (Fao.org, 2017). Additionally, lacking sufficient amount of knowledgeregarding the food which is healthy or not with regards to the consumptionmay affect theimmunity and health of particular individual. This study of health advocacy had been done sothat it can help in the establishment of the actual problem situation and designing effectivestrategies which helps in the management of food crisis along with imparting sufficientknowledge to people regarding healthy eating habits.Food security can be defined as a condition in which each and every people have social,physical and the economic right to use of safe and healthy food which is able to meet the needsof the people.
HEALTH ADVOCACYAccording to foodbank.org.au, out of ten people of Australian aboriginals are unable in fulfillingtheir basic needs. 1 out of the 3 elderly people Australian aboriginals, in 2011 and more than23,000 of children are suffered from malnutritionAssessment 1Addressing social determinants of health affecting the present situation The current study analyses (Chalmers, 2013) the various social determinants such asopportunities for job, salary of the workers, the housing quality, the supply of food, full access tothe health careand their effect on the food and nourishment within the community. The socialdeterminants could be divided into a number of contributing factors such as education, economicstatus and adequate community support available to an individual. As commented by Sandoval-Almazan and Gil-Garcia (2014), the lifestyle and education status of an individual often affectstheir diets and health habits.In this context, some of the social determinants affecting the food security within apopulation are low economy. As asserted by Kim, Kim and Nam (2014), the rates of foodsecurity are highest among the Australian aboriginal and the Torres islander community. Thiscould be attributed to the lack of sufficient income which is governed by job security andcommunity participation and support. The social factors are also very important in determiningthe course of life within an individual and community. The Australian aboriginal and Torresislander are a distinct group of people with their unique cultural history and heritage (Daun, et al.2015). Therefore, imparting them with sufficient education can help in the prevention ofpropagation of wrong health beliefs within the community.
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