HLSC120: Society, Culture & Health- Australian Cultural Diversity- Medicalization of Health- Reflective Writing Assignment

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Reflective Writing Assignment:

Task: Step 1 Carefully choose one topic from the Reflective Writing Topic 1 or 2 below to guide your reflection. Write the topic chosen here: Step 2 Use the sociological imagination (SI) template to reflect on your feelings, thoughts and behaviours in response to knowledge, experiences and observations in relation to your chosen question from Step 1. Step 3 Continue reflective writing using the SI template to answer the original question you identified in Step 1, using Germov (2104) and a minimum of at least six other academic sources (e.g. journal articles, research reports from the HLSC120 Modules) to support your answer. Locate these academic sources through your own information search. Analyse how these resources helped you to expand and deepen your original reflections on this topic. Step 4 Finally, explain how answering this question has helped you to achieve one of the four ACU Graduate attributes aligned with HLSC120 by reflecting and critically analysing your thoughts and feelings about the original question based on your research. Topic 1 Australia is recognised as one of the most culturally diverse nations. Discuss the origins of Australian cultural diversity and how the Australian health care system meets the needs of such a diverse population base. Reflect on a significant health issue that is specific to a cultural group of your choosing, address the discussion using the SI template as the guide. Topic 2 Medicalization of health has been linked to the misuse and abuse of prescription drugs, the intensification of this medical dependence can results in addiction and self-medication. Reflect on the social model of health in being able to address these health issues. Use SI template as the guide for your discussion.