Contemporary Issues in Public Health
Faculty of Social Sciences
School of Health and Society
Subject Outline
HAS
911
Contemporary
Issues in Public Health II
This subject examines
contemporary issues in Public Health, particularly the challenges to health
presented by globalisation, climate change, social inequality and other aspects
of contemporary society. Key concepts in public health such as the measurement
of health, the burden of disease, current approaches to public health practice
and core principles of equity, sustainability and social justice within public
health practice, will be examined and evaluated within the context of the
challenges of enhancing the health of populations in contemporary society.
Subject
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this
subject, students will be able to:
Subject Learning Outcomes
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1. Critically examine current public
health issues and challenges (infectious disease, globalisation;
environmental, social justice)
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2. Describe and evaluate common
measures of indicators for population health
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3. Effectively search relevant public
health literature and review and appraise information from a variety of
sources to investigate a public health issue
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4. Structure arguments and communicate
complex public health knowledge in a variety of formats
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5. Understand core principles of just,
ethical/legal public health practice and apply to real-life public health
scenarios
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6. Investigate, evaluate and justify
current approaches in public health
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Student Workload
Students should note
that UOW policy equates 1 credit point with 2 hours of study per week, including
lectures and tutorials/workshops/practicals, self-directed study and work on
assessment tasks. For example, in a 6 credit point subject, a total of 12 hours
of study per week is expected.
Extraordinary Changes to the Subject Outline
In extraordinary
circumstances the provisions stipulated in this Subject Outline may require
amendment after the Subject Outline has been distributed. All students enrolled
in the subject must be notified and have the opportunity to provide feedback in
relation to the proposed amendment, prior to the amendment being finalised.
Learning Analytics
“Where Learning Analytics data (such as student engagement
with Moodle, access to recorded lectures, University Library usage, task marks,
and use of SOLS) is available to the Subject Coordinator, this may beused to
assist in analysing student engagement, and to identify and recommend support
to students who may be at risk of failure. If you have questions about the
kinds of data the University uses, how we collect it, and how we protect your
privacy in the use of this data, please refer to https://www.uow.edu.au/about/privacy/index.html”.
Subject
Outline Version Control
Version history and
subject improvements
7th
edition
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Catherine
MacPhail, School of Health and Society, UOW
Revision
of assessment tasks
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2018
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6th
edition
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Katharina
Kariippanon, School of Health and Society, UOW
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2018
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5th
edition
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Catherine
MacPhail, School of Health and Society, UOW
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2017
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4th
edition
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Catherine
MacPhail, School of Health and Society, UOW
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2017
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3rd
edition
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Heike
SchĂĽtze, School of Health and Society, UOW
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2016
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2nd
edition
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Bushra
Kahn & Heike SchĂĽtze, School of Health and Society, UOW
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2016
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1st
edition
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Lesley
Hare, School of Health and Society, UOW
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2015
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Major Text
FlemingML&ParkerE,(Eds.)2015,IntroductiontoPublicHealth,ChurchillLivingstone,Sydney,3rdEd.
The majority of your required readings will come from this
textbook – there is an eBook available through the library.
Recommended Readings
This
is not an exhaustive list. Students are encouraged to use the UOW Library
catalogue and databases to locate additional resources including the e-readings
list: https://ereadingsprd.uow.edu.au/
References
This
is not an exhaustive list. Students are encouraged to use the UOW Library
catalogue and databases to locate additional resources.
Section B: Assessment
Minimum Performance Requirements
All assessment tasks
must be submitted. To achieve a passing grade in the subject students must
achieve a total mark of 50% or over and obtain a minimum of 45% in each task
weighted 40% or higher. Students who do not meet the minimum performance
requirements (i.e. complete all assessment tasks) will be given a TF (Technical Fail) grade on their Academic
Transcript.
Where Professional
Experience is attached to a subject students must pass/satisfactorily complete both the
coursework and the professional experience to pass this subject. Students will
be required to repeat both the coursework and the professional experience if
they fail the subject.
See the General
Course Rules at http://www.uow.edu.au/handbook/generalcourserules/index.html
See also the Code of Practice – Student
Professional Experience at http://www.uow.edu.au/about/policy/UOW058662.html
Requirements Related to Student Contributions
Group assignments
are typically assessed as a group product, usually with the same mark allocated
to each group member. However, the subject co-ordinator reserves the right to
allocate individual marks for students for an assessment task when necessary
(for example, in cases where contributions of group members have been unequal).
Referencing
The Harvard
referencing system is used in the School of Geography & Sustainable
Communities and the School of Health & Society. The APA referencing system
is used in the School of Education and the School of Psychology. These are also
known as author-date systems due to the order of the information presented.
Failure to document adequately and fully is to ignore scholarly rules – and
run the risk of plagiarism. Please consult the UOW library website for further
information:
Academic Integrity
The University’s policy on acknowledgement practice and
plagiarism provides detailed information about how to acknowledge the work of
others: http://www.uow.edu.au/about/policy/UOW058648.html
The University’s Academic Integrity Policy, Faculty
Handbooks and subject guides clearly set out the University’s expectation that
students submit only their own original work for assessment and avoid plagiarising
the work of others or cheating. Re-using any of your own work (either in part
or in full), which you have submitted previously for assessment, is not
permitted without appropriate acknowledgement or without the explicit
permission of the Subject Coordinator. Plagiarism can be detected and has led
to students being expelled from the University.
The use by students of any website that provides access to
essays or other assessment items (sometimes marketed as ‘resources’), is
extremely unwise. Students who provide an assessment item (or provide access to
an assessment item) to others, either directly or indirectly (for example by
uploading an assessment item to a website) are considered by the University to
be intentionally or recklessly helping other students to cheat. Uploading an
assessment task, subject outline or other course materials without express
permission of the university is considered academic misconduct and students
place themselves at risk of being expelled from the University.
Assessment 1a
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Reflective journal
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Due Date
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Week 3: Friday 10
August @ 5.00pm
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Description
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Based on your
reading of Chapter 1 of Fleming and Parker (2015), reflect on the key principles
of public health:
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How are they different to perspectives you have studied in
your undergraduate degree?
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What particular skills do you think that you already have
and what will you specifically need to develop to work in Public Health?
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Weighting
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15% of total mark
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Format / Length /
Duration
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500 word
submission. No particular format is required but assessment must be clearly
written and well presented in terms of grammar and punctuation. You are
expected to cite the Fleming and Parker chapter at a minimum.
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Assessment Criteria
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6 marks based on
evidence of understanding public health perspectives;
5 marks for integrating
learning into assessment of own prior experience;
4 marks for style
and referencing.
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Subject Learning
Outcomes Assessed
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1.
Critically examine current public health issues and
challenges (infectious disease, globalisation, environmental, social
justice).
2.
Effectively search relevant public health literature and
review and appraise information from a variety of sources to investigate a
public health issue.
3.
Structure arguments and communicate complex public health
knowledge in a variety of formats.
4.
Understand core principles of just, ethical/legal public
health practice and apply to real-life public health scenarios.
5.
Investigate, evaluate and justify current approaches in
public health.
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Method of
Submission
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Submit as a single document through Turnitin on
the subject Moodle site.
This
assessment task has been set up to be checked by Turnitin, a tool for
checking if it has unreferenced content. You can submit your assessment task
to Turnitin prior to the due date and Turnitin will give you an originality
report. You can then make any changes that may be required and re-submit you
final version by the due date.
Once
the due date has passed, you are not able to resubmit.
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Assessment 1b
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Annotated
Bibliography
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Due Date
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Week 7: Friday 7 September @ 5.00pm
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Description
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Develop a specific
research question and then document a search strategy focused on Australian
public health responses to one of the National Health Priority Areas. Choose
from either dementia OR accidental
injury OR obesity.
Using the results
of your search, produce an annotated bibliography that includes four
different types of high-quality references (e.g. journal article, book, book
chapter, report, online resource from reliable and credible source etc.)
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Use the format of the UOW library Search Strategy Worksheet to document the
search strategy that you used
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The annotation for each source should be approximately 150
words (4-6 sentences). The annotation should include: citation in UOW-Harvard
reference style; description of main focus of the paper; discussion of
methods used (if appropriate); comment on usefulness for your understanding
of the topic; limitations of the paper.
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Weighting
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15% of total mark
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Format / Length / Duration
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The annotation for each source should be
approximately 150 words (4-6 sentences). The annotation should include:
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citation in UOW-Harvard reference style;
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description of main focus of the paper;
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discussion of methods used (if appropriate);
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comment on usefulness of the source for answering your
research question;
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limitations of the papers.
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Assessment Criteria
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3 marks for
documenting appropriate search strategy (Search Strategy Worksheet).
3 marks for correct
UOW-Harvard reference style in citations
9 marks for summary
(contains information on aims and methods; limitations; reflection)
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Subject Learning
Outcomes Assessed
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1.
Critically examine current public health issues and
challenges (infectious disease, globalisation, environmental, social
justice).
2.
Effectively search relevant public health literature and
review and appraise information from a variety of sources to investigate a
public health issue.
3.
Structure arguments and communicate complex public health
knowledge in a variety of formats.
4.
Understand core principles of just, ethical/legal public
health practice and apply to real-life public health scenarios.
5.
Investigate, evaluate and justify current approaches in
public health.
|
Method of
Submission
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Submit as a single document through Turnitin on
the subject Moodle site.
This
assessment task has been set up to be checked by Turnitin, a tool for
checking if it has unreferenced content. You can submit your assessment task
to Turnitin prior to the due date and Turnitin will give you an originality
report. You can then make any changes that may be required and re-submit you
final version by the due date.
Once
the due date has passed, you are not able to resubmit.
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Assessment 2
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Multiple Choice Quiz
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Due Date
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Week 5: Friday 24
August @ 5.00pm
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Description
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20 multiple choice
questions completed through Moodle
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Weighting
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10% of total mark
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Format / Length /
Duration
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20 multiple choice
questions based on the lecture and tutorial material covered in weeks 1-4.
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Assessment Criteria
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Number of correct
responses.
The quiz will open on Tuesday21 August and close on Friday24
August. Each student may have only one attempt at the quiz. The quiz must be
completed in 40 minutes once the attempt has commenced.
This is an
individual assessment task.
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Subject Learning
Outcomes Assessed
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2. Describe and
evaluate common measures or indicators for population health.
5. Understand core
principles of just, ethical/legal public health practice and apply to
real-life public health scenarios.
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Method of
Submission
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Submission
through Moodle quiz located in the subject Moodle site.
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Assessment 3
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Essay
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Due Date
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Week 9: Friday 21
September @5.00pm
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Description
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Using the
literature that you sourced for Assessment 1b as a starting point, discuss
the National Health Priority Area that you selected in terms of current
prevalence in Australia, current public health approaches and ongoing
concerns
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Weighting
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20% of total mark
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Format / Length /
Duration
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1500 word essay
(excluding referencing)
Use an essay format
with a 12-point font, and double line spacing, and show your actual word
count on the front page of your assignment. A minimum of 10 references
published in 2007 or later is required for this essay.
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Assessment Criteria
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Introduction–format
as per
Self-assessment Checklist Item 1 (3 marks)
Body–format as per
Self-assessment Checklist Item 2(2 marks)
Discussion of prevalence
in Australia and the key population groups affected. Clearly discusses why
some populations may be more at risk of this particular condition.
Identification of public health (not just individual-focused) approaches to
problem and identified public health concerns relevant to the condition(8 marks).
Conclusion –format as per Self-assessment Checklist Item 3(3 marks)
Referencing –format as per Self-assessment Checklist Item 4 (4 marks)
You must complete and attachthe Essay Self-assessment Checklist to
your assignment - one mark will be deducted if not included or
is obviously not matched to the content of your essay
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Subject Learning Outcomes
Assessed
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1. Critically examine
current public health issues and challenges (infectious disease,
globalisation, environmental, social justice).
2. Describe and
evaluate common measures of indicators for population health.
3. Effectively search
relevant public health literature and review and appraise information from a
variety of sources to investigate a public health issue.
4. Structure arguments
and communicate complex public health knowledge in a variety of formats.
5. Understand core
principles of just, ethical/legal public health practice and apply to
real-life public health scenarios.
6. Investigate,
evaluate and justify current approaches in public health.
|
Method of
Submission
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Submit as a single document through Turnitin on
the subject Moodle site.
This
assessment task has been set up to be checked by Turnitin, a tool for
checking if it has unreferenced content. You can submit your assessment task
to Turnitin prior to the due date and Turnitin will give you an originality
report. You can then make any changes that may be required and re-submit you
final version by the due date.
Once
the due date has passed, you are not able to resubmit.
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Assessment 4
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Report
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Description
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Select one of the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs)and discuss current progress to achieving this goalin a country of your choice. Your
report should focus on prevalence by key indicators for your goal,
significant recent achievements and challenges to meeting the SDG.
Summarise
the findings in your report by creating your
own originalinformationleaflet/brochure/infographicthatcouldbeunderstoodbyalayperson.
Include this as anAppendix to your report.
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Weighting
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40% of total mark
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Format / Length /
Duration
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2000 words
(excluding executive summary, referencing and appendices)
Submission must useareportformatincludinganexecutivesummary (maximum200wordsonaseparatepage);a12-pointfont,anddoublelinespacing;andshowyouractualwordcountonthe front page of the assignment.
Include
a completed report checklist documenting how you have followed report writing
guidelines.
Youareexpectedtoreadwidelyinthescholarlyliterature(i.e.peer-reviewedjournals)forthisassignment.Fifteento20referenceswouldbeconsideredadequateforthistopic.
Relevant online reports are acceptable but should not be the only sources
used (no more than 25% of references).
This is an
individual assessment task.
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Assessment Criteria
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Executive summary - as per Self-assessment
Checklist Item 1 (4 marks)
Introduction - as per
Self-assessment Checklist Item 2 (3 marks)
Body - as per
Self-assessment Checklist Item 3 (8 marks), including
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Discussion of a relevant SDs
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Supported by up-to-date data on key
indicators
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National and international literature, as
appropriate, is used to discuss achievement work towards SDGs
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Relevant, and comprehensive arguments are
clearly stated
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Strengths of country response to issue
and potential barriers to success are discussed
Conclusion - as per Self-assessment Checklist Item 4 (4 marks)
Referencing - as per Self-assessment Checklist Item 5 (4 marks)
Information leaflet/brochure/infographic content -Clearly communicates up-to-date information
about your chosen issue, including effective and ethical practice, expressed
in easy to understand language and is visually engaging.(10 marks)
You must complete and attach (1) the
Report Self-assessment Checklist to your assignment - one
mark will be deducted if not included or is obviously not matched to the
content of your report
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Subject Learning
Outcomes Assessed
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1. Critically examine
current public health issues and challenges (infectious disease,
globalisation, environmental, social justice).
3. Effectively search
relevant public health literature and review and appraise information from a
variety of sources to investigate a public health issue.
4. Structure arguments
and communicate complex public health knowledge in a variety of formats.
5. Understand core
principles of just, ethical/legal public health practice and apply to
real-life public health scenarios.
6. Investigate,
evaluate and justify current approaches in public health.
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Method of
Submission
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Submit online
through Turnitin on the subject Moodle site.
This
assessment task has been set up to be checked by Turnitin, a tool for
checking if it has unreferenced content. You can submit your assessment task
to Turnitin before the due date and Turnitin will give you an originality
report. You can then check your paraphrasing and use of direct quotes, make
any changes that may be required and re-submit you final version by the due date.
Once
the due date has passed, you are not able to resubmit again.
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