Starter quiz
- Who is protected by the UNCRC?
- 'children' ✓
- If this is the definition, 'representing or supporting a person or an organisation publicly by writing, speaking or taking action on behalf of that person or organisation', what is the word?
- responsibility
- advocacy ✓
- democracy
- monarchy
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- For children to be able to influence decisions, adults need to ___________ to them.
- listen ✓
- dictate
- command
- lecture
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- Which is not an example of active citizenship?
- campaigning
- petitioning
- reading ✓
- protesting
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- MPs and local councillors who can adapt policies can be called...
- adaptmakers
- adaptionmakers
- changemakers ✓
- changingmakers
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- Match the advocacy campaign with its example.
- fundraising⇔raising money for charity by putting on an event ✓
- petitioning⇔signing an online agreement asking the Government for change ✓
- protesting⇔peacefully objecting to a policy, law or situation ✓
- campaigning⇔organising an event with a group of people to achieve an aim ✓
Exit quiz
- What does the right to health give everyone access to?
- healthcare ✓
- free healthcare
- insurance information
- health information ✓
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- According to the UNCRC, who should help low income countries to access the right to health?
- everyone
- high income countries ✓
- themselves
- other low income countries
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- The right to health reduces __________ because it gives everyone fair access to healthcare.
- 'inequality' ✓
- If more people are healthy, they are able to get more work done. This means health boosts what?
- unemployment
- the economy ✓
- the crime rate
- the weather
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- How much does it cost to go and see a doctor in the UK?
- 'Nothing' ✓
- Match the word with its definition.
- healthcare⇔the services provided to you to maintain and improve your health ✓
- international aid⇔money given by high income countries to low ones to improve health ✓
- NHS⇔funded by people's taxes, it supports people in staying healthy ✓
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Key learning points
- The right to health is protected by Article 24 of the UNCRC, ensuring access to healthcare and health information.
- The UNCRC emphasises the responsibility of high income countries to help low income nations access health services.
- It promotes healthcare access, reduces inequality, improves public health, boosts economies and upholds human dignity.
- The NHS, founded in 1948, transformed the UK’s healthcare system after World War Two.
- The NHS offers free healthcare, health information and support for mental and physical wellbeing.
Common misconception
You need to pay to see a doctor in the UK.
The NHS is free in the UK; therefore you can see a doctor for no charge - this protects our right to healthcare. Some people choose to have private healthcare in the UK, but this is a personal choice.
Keywords
Right - something guaranteed by law
Health - a state of overall wellbeing that includes physical, mental and social aspects, not just the absence of disease or injury
Healthcare - the services provided to you to maintain and improve your health
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