OVERVIEW
This assessment requires you to plan and design a health promotion project plan.
Purpose of the assessment
As you progress through your nursing career you will identify areas where health promotion (including health education) is required to change behaviours. This assignment provides you with knowledge of the skills and processes used in preparing health promotion resources.
Importantly it encourages you to identify that any form of health promotion (or even health education) should be designed to meet the needs of the target group and involve some form of community consultation to ascertain the need and acceptance of the health promotion. This assessment provides opportunity to develop your own health promotion project.
Learning outcomes that align to this task
LO1 Analyse the scope of community nursing (acute, non-acute, chronic and palliative care) and interprofessional practice in Australia.
LO2 Appraise advances in and limitations of Primary Health Care (PHC) in Australia and globally.
LO4 Demonstrate knowledge and skills in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care of patients, families or communities within community settings.
LO5 Analyse issues related to health outcomes, compliance and chronic disease management.
LO7 Integrate the principles of occupational health and safety, risk assessment and nursing practice within community settings.
LENGTH
2000 words including in-text and excluding end-text referencing (10% leniency either way)
1. Choose one of the below vSIM Focus areas (or choose another chronic health condition of your particular interest, aligned with the National Health Priority Areas )
Type 2 Diabetes
COPD
2. Prepare a detailed and innovative health promotion project plan for your chosen vSIM focus area/National Health Priority and Health issue in an Australian community (Indigenous or non-Indigenous).
3. Make sure you follow the outlined 8 assessment criteria below.
4. The health promotion project plan should be in the form of one of the following:
Education on risk factors awareness and illness prevention
Education on illness management (such as how to manage hypertension to prevent stroke)
INSTRUCTIONS
Preparation:
Ensure timely completion of study materials that you should have covered in sessions 1-6 before commencing this assessment as information pertaining to the above criteria can be found in the learning materials
Visit the AIHW web site and explore the available resources
Conduct further research using library resources and review other websites and journal articles.
Adhere to standard academic writing and paragraphs, if you are not sure what is meant by this please refer to https://www.vu.edu.au/current-students/campus-life/advice-support/learning-advice
Headings are necessary but, avoid use avoid the use of bullet points.
Use 11 or 12pt font either calibri or arial ONLY. Use 1.5 or 2.0 line spacing. Ensure you have page numbers.
Include a title page pro your assignment and include the following: unit code, title of your assignment, your name, student ID, and your workshop facilitator’s name.
Reference list at end of document using APA style 7th ed, with at least 9-10 references used including research articles no older than 10 years (reference does not contribute to word count).
Use third person (no I or me) in academic writing and write as if this is something you intend to do.
Plagiarism at this stage of your study is unacceptable and will be taking seriously.
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
Your health promotion plan should address the following criteria:
A description of your specific target group and community (for example: adult males indigenous [or specify other ethnicity or particular community]; aged 40-60 years (or chose another age bracket), with a diagnosis of COPD, have a family history of diabetes, or are overweight or obese). This contributes to making your health promotion specific and focussed. Justify why you have chosen this particular target group.
A detailed outline of why this health promotion will benefit your target group. For example, how you anticipate it will improve health outcomes for the chosen target group/community. Include health data/statistics to back up this as a health concern, such as burden of disease.
A description of what your goals/ aims for your health promotion are and what the health promotion project is aiming to achieve (review the SMART mnemonic on page 215 of the set text Fleming & Parker, 2015 Introduction to Public Health, 3E – in the Readings section).
Identify which of the Health Promotion Management Perspectives (primary, secondary or tertiary) this falls into and explain why (Health Promotion Management Perspectives are classified as primary, secondary or tertiary- to find out more about this refer to the attached (page 316 of the set text Fleming & Parker, 2015 Introduction to Public Health, 3E)
Identify who the stakeholders will be for the project, and what community consultation will take place. Explain the roles of the identified stakeholders in your project.
Present a specific and original health message/ logo that you have developed for your health promotion project (examples: Your smoking harms others; Slip, Slop, Slap!). Make sure this would be appropriate for your target group.
Provide a detailed outline of what the health promotion activity will entail and how you will promote this to the target group. Look at other health promotion activities for ideas such as the Breast Cancer Mother’s Day Classic Fun Run or the posters you see around the community. Consider what sort of resources will work to get the message out to your target group such as newspapers, sports event, school visit, radio- what will work for your target audience)
An outline of how you plan to evaluate the success of your health promotion. Evaluation is an important step, research to find the best way to assess if your health promotion worked. Explain how will you know if you have achieved your goals.
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