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Critical Analysis Assignment -

The purpose of this assignment is for students to critically analyse a recent health promotion intervention with reference to the Ottawa Charter. The assignment ensures students understand World Health Organisation principles and are able to critically analyse the extent to which these principles are applied through interventions that are reported in the research literature.

Task - Students are required to select an article from the recent peer-reviewed research literature (past 5 years, i.e. 2014 onwards) that reports a health intervention. An intervention means a health program that was planned to address a health issue (e.g., reduction in smoking, increased road safety etc.). Choose an article on a health issue or topic that interests you.

In a 1000 word (±10%) essay you must answer each of the following questions:

Were all principles of the Ottawa Charter used in this intervention? Analyse the extent to which each princi¬ple was used (or not used).

How were equity principles addressed in the intervention?

How can the intervention be improved to better address all principles of the Charter? Make at least 3 recommendations.

Students are expected to think critically and evaluate the extent to which each principle in the Charter was applied (or not) in the article. Students should question the strategies used in the intervention and identify strengths and/or weaknesses of each strategy in relation to WHO documents.

Students need to make recommendations as to how the intervention reported in the article could be improved, i.e. what principles were not used or not applied well and how could they have been applied better? To do this, students will need to be familiar with the topic and current literature on the topic. Students will need to find evidence and arguments from relevant literature to back up recommendations.

It is important that:

• The article is recent, from a peer-reviewed source, and NOT a review article / protocol article / meta-analysis / letter to the editor.
• Your tutor approves your chosen article by Week 5 so that you have enough time to find an alternative article in case it is not approved.
• You use at least 6 academic references to support your arguments.