Personal Development, Health and Physical Education - HSC:Texts and resources

This textbook is written for the existing Stage 6 PDHPE Syllabus and addresses PDHPE in Australia today. Special attention is paid to exam-style questions, with modelling of answers provided. Options covered include - health priorities in Australia, the health of young people, sports medicine, and equity and health.

A guide covering the preliminary and HSC PDHPE course and providing key point summaries of the cores and options. It includes tips for the exam and a sample exam paper with sample answers.

This journal contains a collection of articles on participation in physical activity, inactivity and sedentary behavior, and exercise and fitness.

Australians love playing and watching their sport. In our society, elite sportspeople are viewed as role models, however, an increasing incidence of sporting scandals is compromising sporting values and the spirit of competition, spurred on by commercial pressures to win at all costs.

Although death rates for cardiovascular disease in Australia have declined considerably in recent decades, it continues to be the leading cause of premature death. This issue contains articles on cardiovascular disease: prevalence and causes, and disease risk reduction.

This issue contains articles on the use of performance-enhancing drugs, anti-doping measures, and the ethics of drugs in sports.