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Performance Evidence
identified at least 3 organisations that support population health work and their contributions identified and researched context and key principles of population health approach relevant to work with at least 1 community or project and identified how work will incorporate context and key principles.
Knowledge Evidence
recent public health strategies and relevant local codes of practice, legislation and regulatory frameworkshealth determinants, including:politicalbiological and genetic factorsphysical environmentsocio-economic factors, including:social gradientstresssocial exclusionworkunemploymentsocial supportaddictionfoodtransporthousingbehaviouralculturalquality of health serviceshistoric concepts of health concepts and models of health, including:medical modelsalutogenic modelsocial view of healthacademic and professional historical, social, political and economic context of population health work and how it relates to and affects environmental health and the subsequent impact on individual and community needsprinciples of health promotionprinciples of population health, including those focused on working with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communitiesequity issues in population healthnational, State/Territory and local health initiatives and prioritiesthe major organisations involved in population health in Australia and their contributionsdifferent models of work in the population health sector, including:early intervention and/or disease preventioncommunity development and educationhealth promotionworking with individualsworking with families and the communityoriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander environmental health worker (community funded and/or government funded)multi-sectoral and multi-strategic approach to population health.