Australia: Health System Reform, Causes, Prevention, and Result

This report provides a comprehensive overview of health system reform in Australia, motivated by the need to address various health issues. It examines the causes of health problems, including energy intake, genetic factors, environmental changes, and lifestyle choices. The report highlights the Australian health department's initiatives, such as programs aimed at preventing health issues and promoting lifestyle changes. It also discusses the implementation of primary health care services and prevention strategies, including physical activities, counseling, and drug therapy. The reform has led to a decrease in health problems and overweight individuals, with ongoing efforts to address health concerns in children. The report concludes by emphasizing the importance of health system reform in providing primary health care services and improving the health of the Australian population, with a focus on national health priorities like obesity.

HEALTH SYSTEM
REFORM IN
AUSTRALIA

ABSTRACT
Motivation- Health system reform is a process which consists the discussion about the health system
which is already exist in a country. The primary health care is the need in case of any kind of health
issues as there are two possibilities under the health system reform process, either the existing system will
have some changes in it or the whole system will be replaced by the new one. In Australia the motivation
to reform the health system came after the evaluation of a particular area, the people are suffering from
the various dangerous health disease. For providing the health care services to those people the health
system reform has to be done with the support of government and some health experts. In this context the
Australian health department have taken the initiative as they are providing so much health care services
in which the obesity is also included which is a major problem with the people of Australia(Zhou and
McDonough, (2014).). The health issues can impact on a human body as the metabolism of the body
works so slowly and it does not support, in so many cases it leads to some other hazardous disease like
cancer, heart problems, diabetes etc. The heath issues may come from the unsophisticated food and no
physical workout. This health issues should be degraded from the people so Australia health department
have decided to implement some programs which can be favorable for the patients who are suffering from
some unconditional disease. To came over from these things the health care system should get reform
with the new possibilities.
Causes of health issues- There are so many factors observed by the medical experts which can
make impact on a human body as a health issue. These factors can be seen as causes of this
disease in which the energy intake is the main cause, it implies that the amount of food depends
on the age on a person. Also, the size of body and the physical activities done by that person
does matter in consuming the food also the type of food is also so important. If there is a lady
and she is pregnant so her body will convert the all the protein, carbohydrate and fact into the
energy which she wants to bear that pain. The energy intake is decided already by the experts as
children intake is about 6000 kilojoules, 9000 kilojoules for the adolescents and 10000 kilojoules
for the adults aged 19 and above. The reason behind the such health issues also can be seen as if
someone’s body consumes more calories and ultimately it burns. Some people believes that
health issue is a result of eating more unhygienic food and less exercising. There are some

factors which are also responsible for the various health issues in the human body, such as it can
be genetic, the environmental change can make a person unhealthy, the behavioral factors are
considerable and so many social factors like at some places the person cannot for any physical
exercise due to its busy schedule (Shen and Snowden, (2014)). The genetic impact on a person
which forces him to be with an unhealthy schedule which increases the risk of health issues. The
person who is totally inactive and his lifestyle and schedule have not physical activity resulting
he is so unhealthy, in such situation the risk % may increases. There are some conditions like
inappropriate daily life, junk food, lazy working environment and also the unawareness of a
person regarding his health issues. Some of the health issues are quite complicated to be
analyzed. The symptoms can be seen as problems in breathing, the various disorders associated
with the breathing like sleep apnea, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease etc. In some other
cases health issues can be the seen in form of cancers like in men, prostate and bowel cancer and
in women breast and uterine cancer. Depression, diabetes, gallbladder and liver problems and the
GERD (gastro esophageal reflux disease) are also some major health issue which may be seen
with the people of Australia. After evaluating these causes of health issues the primary health
care should be upgraded with the new facilities and latest technology. The various changes
should be done in the primary health care system.
Preventions- Australia health department have started so many programs and events under the
primary health care system in which people have known about the various prevention strategies
which can be used for decreasing the chances of health issues. If the lifestyle of a person will
have changes then it can be prevented. The person should do start some physical activities in its
daily routine like yoga, meditation and so on. People may go for the physical counseling for
getting out of any physical disorder. The primary health care have the catalog for the patients by
which they can see the instructions to be healthy. The drug therapy is also an option to come
over those health issues provided in the primary health care system. For example people with 27
of BMI are suffering with the disease like obesity. .
Result- The health system reform in Australia is done under the supervision of Australia health
department. In this process the discussion is done on the various modification and replacement of
the existing health system. From last few years the risk % and the number of people have so
many health problems are decreased with a big difference. Due to the health system reform the

overweight people are decreased as there are very few number of people who are suffering from
any kind of health issues. But in the children of age of 2-4, many of them are having major
health issues so primary health care should reform their function for avoiding the health issues in
children of Australia(Davis and Rayburn, (2016).). This health system reform have gave a big
relief to the people of Australia from being a patient. For example obesity have added in the list
of national health priorities by the Australian federal government and they have generated so
many health care programs for those people.
Conclusion- In this summary the discussion is all about health system reform. To provide
primary health care services this process has been initiated by the Australia health department.
They have done survey of people who are so unhealthy and generally suffering with any kind of
health issue. Then for the regular patients in hospital the organization have conducted so many
operations and primary health care services as if people will go through all those programs then
they will have the prevention strategies and also the treatment has been provided to them.

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