ASSESSMENT 2 BRIEF

Context

The social determinants of health play a major role toward disease, health, and wellbeing of the community. This assessment is aimed at consolidating students understanding of how the social determinants of health affect the health outcomes of a population. The assessment gives you an opportunity to demonstrate your understanding of the fundamentals of public health practice and apply theoretical and conceptual health intervention frameworks to analyse the health of a population. This assessment task is also designed to further develop your ability to reflect on your practice. As a public health practitioner, it is important to develop your ability to reflect on personal experiences, feedback and assess your own capabilities. This practice of reflexivity supports personal and professional growth.

Task Summary

In this assessment you are required to read a case scenario provided by your Learning Facilitator, using critical thinking skills develop a report demonstrating your ability to apply theory into practice. Your report should be 1500 words (+/- 10%) in length. In addition to submitting assessment 2, you are required to provide another 200 words of learning journal demonstrating your experience in learning further information and references for Assessment 2. Please use the given assessment template to develop this assessment.

The scenario will be provided separately.

Instructions

1.       Read carefully over the given scenario provided by your Learning Facilitator.

2.       Research health issues and relevant social determinants of health that would influence health outcomes of the population in the given scenario

3.       Use the given assessment 2 template to develop your case study report.

4.       Use the Ecological Model to analyse factors relevant to the scenario that influence health behaviour and health outcomes of the population in the following perspectives.

·         Intrapersonal  level

·         Interpersonal  level

·         Community level

5.       Reflect on your experience in learning further information and references to complete the assessment.

6.       Provide at least 10 credible references to support your assignment and using APA 7th edition referencing style

NOTE: It is compulsory to use the assessment 2 template to develop your assessment

Format parameters

·         Use the given template for assessment 2

·         Include a title page that states:

·         The assessment title;

·         Your first and last name;

·         Your student identification number;

·         Word count (excluding the reference list);

·         The subject name;

·         Your lecturer/learning facilitator; and

·         An academic integrity declaration

·         In relation to formatting, ensure that your paper uses:

·         APA 7th version referencing style; Page numbers;

·         1.5 spacing;

·         Font style: Arial, Tahoma

·         A font size of 11-points minimum