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Assignment - Contemporary topic

Instructions

You are required to describe a population or community and discuss the social determinants of health and health issues within your chosen population or community. This information forms the basis of assignment 2 so start thinking about the target population and health promotion activity that you will do while you are writing assignment 1 in order to make the time spent researching more efficient.

Title:State yourspecificpopulation/community and health issue.

Your target population should reflect a sub-group of the following populations:
• A West Australian rural or remote community
• Australian Teenagers
• International prac placement region/country (only if you are going to that placement)

Introduction: You need to briefly describe your population in your introduction and provide a brief overview of the health and social issues that you will focus on in your assignment. Guide the reader to the structure and purpose of your assignment. Do not put ‘data' in the introduction - save it for the body of the text.

Demographics
In this section you need to show that you can find and use epidemiological data (statistics) to describe your population group. Start broad by providing some data about your population in general (age, gender, location, etc) and then compare these data to the rest of Australia and/or changes over time in order to give some context and meaning to the data. This is the data that is easiest to find.

Then narrow your population to a ‘target' group and provide what information you can that is specific to your group then make comparisons to the broader Australia-wide data you found earlier. You must narrow your population(within one of the groups stated above) to a geographical area e.g. a town, city or region or state; or to a well-defined community such as an ethnic, religious or occupational group or online community and/or to an age group (as the health needs of children are very different to that of Elderly people). This makes assignment 2 easier because you will need to have some idea of how many people will be involved and the logistics of how you will conduct your health promotion activity.

Listen to the community development lectures to get ideas on how you could define your community. Make sure you compare groups using the same measurements (percentage, ratio etc) so that they can be appropriately compared.

Health Issues
Outline the health issues (e.g. Infectious diseases, injuries, dental, chronic diseases, environmental etc) relevant to your population. Give a broad overview and then narrow down your health issues and show the significance of a particular issue to your chosen population or sub-group of your population. You can assume that the reader has basic knowledge about your health issue so there is no need to describe the pathology/signs/symptoms etc.

You may not be able to find much data about your specific location or target group but you can make logical presumptions that the broad data will apply. For example; you might have data for a specific population in Melbourne (or even Australia-wide) but not Perth. You can presume that the data for the Perth population would be similar to that found in Melbourne if the populations are similar.

It's important to start broad because most of your data will be Australia wide or state based and you present this with the presumption that the data is relevant to your target population. E.g. (broad population group) experience (health issue) at a rate (XXtimes) of (comparable population group or "all australia"). Therefore in (location) where there is a high proportion of (target population), (health issue) is expected to be a priority.

Social determinants of health (SDoH)
Now that you have narrowed down both your population/community group and health issues to a manageable level; you need to outline the social determinants of health that relate to your target group and health issue. You should address at least three different SDoH but some of you will cover more - it depends on how well you keep to the word limit and the significance of your social determinants. In this section you are trying to explain "why" your target population experiences your focused health issue from a social perspective.

Conclusion
The health issue and population will be the central part of your next assignment so they must be clearly stated in your conclusion.Please remember to focus on a health issue for which you can develop a health promotion program.

Assignment - Grant application

Instructions
You are required to complete a grant application plan in order to meet the learning objective ‘plan a Health Promotion activity'. You MUST use the headings provided. This assessment aims to evaluate your application of health promotion principles. Please imagine you are a nurse wanting to implement a health promotion program to a specific group of your clients. The program requires some funding sothis assignment is based on Healthway WA guidelines for health promotion grants. You must use the headings below and stick closely to the suggested word limits.

Using the health issue you identified as significant in the first assignment; research programs that have been used to address these issues and explore how they may be adapted to your population. You need to consider the strengths and weaknesses of the programs and present a convincing argument as to why your program should be funded. Imagine that the Lecturer has a big bucket of money and wants to give it to the most deserving projects!

Be clear about which aspect of PHC (prevention, screening or rehab/support - see levels of PHC) your program is aimed at and link it to the Ottawa charter or Millennium goals or Australian Government priorities or some other significant organisations priority areas to show how important your project is (for ideas look under the ‘assignment resources' tab). This assessment is an opportunity for you to demonstrate that you have met the learning objectives so you should make reference to your text book and other materials when you discuss your project. For example, education programs should be based on health literacy and/or teaching theory.

Project title:use this title as your Turnitin submission - it must describe your project/health issue and population

Population and Health Issue (500 words): Define and explain the relative importance of the health issue to be addressed with your target population. Justify with supporting data where possible. This is essentially a summary of your first assignment but do not copy and paste it! Use your paraphrasing and summarising skills and make every word count. Remember to reference your sources. This section should be persuasive and show the reader that this is a problem that needs to be addressed. Highlight how the project fits with PHC priorities. Include some discussion about the SDoH that relate to your population. Your project can be aimed at a secondary target population e.g. parents or employers and if you do this you need to provide some brief information about this secondary population group.

Project description(500 words): Give a clear and concise description of the project you want to do. Outline the health promotion activity or program in detail. Be creative and innovative but leave the ‘how' you will do it for the objectives and strategies section below. Describe one or two existing projects and discuss their strengths/weaknesses and describe how they have inspired your program. For example: you could adapt a program for a different health issue or population and show how it could work with your target group. There are marks here for creativity and critical thinking!

Objectives (500 words for this section): Your objectives should describe the changes the project will bring about, these should be specific and measurable (SMART or RUMBA). You may have 1-3 objectives.

Strategies: List the strategies and activities that will be used to achieve your objectives.

Budget estimate: Give a breakdown of how the money will be spent. Use a table with a short explanation (100 words). A budget allows the marker to assess how realistic your objectives and strategies are and how well considered your project is. There is no maximum amount you can ask for as some people will choose small localised projects and others large national programs. Do not expect professionals to volunteer their time and resources.

Timeline estimate: use a table with a short explanation again to show how realistic and achievable your plan is.

Evaluation Finally, your evaluation should measure the achievement of your objectives. Ensure each strategy is addressed. Ask yourself: How will I know if this project was effective and met the objectives? (Remember this is a plan for evaluation do not write as though you have actually done the project).

Working in partnership with others (200 words):This section is your chance to demonstrate your understanding of Interprofessional collaboration in the community nursing context. List the details of key groups with whom you would have consulted and collaborated during the development of this project (for example - local business, Shire, Indigenous Organisations, community, corporate sector or service groups and provide their website details) and indicate if they are directly involved in the project/event (for example - regular ongoing advice, funding etc). How will you involve the community in the planning and implementation of this project? How will you disseminate the results of your project back to the community and others?

Sustainability (200 words): Outline how the project or aspects of the project will continue after the grant is spent and how the resources will be disposed of for example: if you bought a Bouncy Castle for a family fun day - what would happen to it after the project was finished? What are the expected long-term benefits of your project? Is this a pilot project that could be rolled out to a wider audience?

Attachment:- Community Health Care in Nursing and Midwifery Practice.rar