NZQA registered unit standard
27886 version 1
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Title
Describe the sociological concepts of wellness in a New Zealand
context
Level
4
Credits
5
Purpose
People credited with this unit are able to describe:
characteristics of a healthy environment in relation to laws of a
specific New Zealand community; the impact of environmental
factors upon wellness; and key components of wellness in
relation to the Māori Health Model, Te Whare Tapa Wha.
Classification
Health, Disability, and Aged Support > Whānau Ora and
Community Support
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
Definition
Wellness is assumed to include all objective and subjective factors leading to states of
physical, mental, social, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing and exclude all objective and
subjective factors leading to an individual's disease and infirmity.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe characteristics of a healthy environment in relation to laws of a specific New
Zealand community.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Relevant characteristics of a healthy environment are described.
Range
1.2
cultural, Te Whare Tapa Wha, family/whānau, spiritual, emotional,
behavioural, environmental conditions.
Four examples of local authority bylaws in New Zealand that support the
characteristics of a healthy environment in a specific community are identified
and described in relation to their intended impact on environmental health.
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NZQA registered unit standard
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Outcome 2
Describe the impact of environmental factors upon wellness.
Evidence requirements
2.1
The way in which environmental factors impact on personal wellness is
described.
factors may include but are not limited to – housing, water quality,
transport, socio-economic status.
Range
Outcome 3
Describe key components of wellness in relation to the Māori Health Model, Te Whare
Tapa Wha.
3.1
Key components that lead to wellness are described in relation to the Māori
Health Model, Te Whare Tapa Wha.
Planned review date
31 December 2017
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
20 September 2012
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0024
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Community Support Services ITO Limited
SSB Code 101814
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
27886 version 1
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Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Community Support Services ITO Limited info@careerforce.org.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
Community Support Services ITO Limited
SSB Code 101814
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016