Master of Public Health
HSYP8104 Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Session 1 2023
Task title Assessment Task 1: Health promotion program plan
Due date Week 4, Friday 17th March 5PM
Weighting 20%
Essay (1000 words, +/-10%)
Format/length
Infographic (1 page)
Reference style Vancouver https://libguides.mq.edu.au/referencing/Vancouver
1. Explain health promotion concepts and principles in planning and
practice;
2. Analyse the range of factors that influence the health of individuals
and populations, including social determinants of health and lifestyle
Unit learning outcomes
behaviours;
3. Identify and critically analyse the range of theoretical and practical
intervention frameworks available for disease prevention and health
promotion delivery within a specific population/community.
Submission iLearn Turnitin
Return of grade & iLearn Turnitin (individual)
feedback In class (group)
Background
This assessment task aims to help you in preparing for Assessment Task 2: Designing A Health
Promotion Program. You will need to critically review high level evidence for your chosen public health
issue in order to design an effective health promotion program. You will need to write a short essay
justifying the importance of addressing your chosen public health issue and based on this information
prepare an infographic for your target audience. An infographic is an innovative and engaging method
of visually communicating health information. It may help in increasing people’s knowledge, awareness
of the issue and make informed decisions.
Description
Essay
First, you will need to choose a current public health issue from the list provided below (if you have a
desire to explore other public health issue not listed here, please contact the unit convener for the
approval):
• Bullying in schools
• Low fruit and vegetable consumption
• Increase in food insecurity
• High consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs)
• High consumption of salt
• Low uptake of the influenza vaccine OR reduction in childhood vaccinations
• Low breastfeeding practices
• Irresponsible alcohol consumption
• Low physical activity
• Low hygiene practices
• Reduce the use/uptake of e-cigarettes
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Then, you will need to choose a specific target audience (e.g. adolescents, older adults, working age
adults, doctors, students, health professionals etc.) and a country/region (e.g. Australia, India, Lithuania
etc.). Your essay must provide the rationale and outline the evidence base for the chosen public health
issue that includes the following:
1. Outline of your chosen topic:
a. Introduce your chosen topic and justify why it is important to address it (suggest
using statistical data to emphasise the importance of this issue; start at the global
level then narrow it down to a specific country/region);
b. Identify factors impacting your chosen health issue.
2. Describe and justify your target audience (who is the most affected by this issue and why).
3. Identify any previous attempts to address your chosen health issue and discuss its
effectiveness (e.g. policy, advocacy, health promotion interventions etc).
4. Referencing: minimum requirement ≥10 recent academic resources.
Infographic
You will need to prepare an infographic based on your chosen topic. It should be evidence-based;
therefore, it is recommended you use the evidence you collected for your essay. Your infographic
should aim either to inform your target audience about your chosen issue, raise awareness or act on
the issue.
Resources and examples are provided under ‘Assessments’ on iLearn. Also, you can visit World Health
Organization (WHO) website for more examples (https://www.who.int/mediacentre/infographic/en/).
Note: Your infographic should fit on one page.
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Rubric/marking criteria
Assessment Task 1: Health promotion program plan
Outstanding Advanced Proficient Functional Developing
Assessment Component High Distinction Distinction Credit Pass Fail
(100%-85%) (84%-75%) (74%-65%) (64%-50%) (49%-0%)
Description & justification Submission demonstrates a Submission demonstrates Submission demonstrates Submission demonstrates Submission demonstrates
of your chosen public very high-level understanding very good understanding and good understanding and satisfactory understanding and very little (or no)
health issue and justification of the public justification of the public justification of the public justification of the public health understanding and
(20 marks) health issue with reference to health issue with reference to health issue with reference to issue with reference to some justification of the public
relevant literature. relevant literature. some relevant literature. relevant literature. health issue with reference to
some or no literature.
Description & justification Submission demonstrates a Submission demonstrates Submission demonstrates Submission demonstrates Submission demonstrates
of your chosen target very high-level justification of very good justification of the good justification of the satisfactory justification of the very little (or no) justification
audience the target audience with target audience with target audience with target audience with reference to of the target audience with
(10 marks) reference to relevant reference to relevant reference to some relevant some relevant literature. reference to some or no
literature. literature. literature. literature.
Identification & analysis Submission demonstrates a Submission demonstrates a Submission demonstrates Submission demonstrates Submission demonstrates
of previous programs/ very high-level analysis of very good analysis of previous good analysis of previous satisfactory analysis of previous very little (or no) analysis of
initiatives previous attempts to address attempts to address chosen attempts to address chosen attempts to address chosen previous attempts to address
(10 marks) chosen public health issue. public health issue. public health issue. public health issue. chosen public health issue.
Infographic Infographic is very creative Infographic is creative and Poster is creative. It indicates Poster is somewhat creative. It Poster is not creative or
(15 marks) and communicates clearly communicates clearly with a the public health issue and indicates the public health issue poorly communicates with an
with a powerful message. It powerful message. It how it may be addressed. It is and how it may be addressed. It is audience. It states the public
indicates clearly the public indicates the public health somewhat suitable for a somewhat suitable for a target health issue, but it is not clear
health issue and how it should issue and how it should be target audience. audience. on how to address it. It is not
be addressed. It is suitable for addressed. It is suitable for a suitable for a target audience.
the target audience. target audience.
Sources & references Credible and relevant Credible and relevant Credible and relevant Credible and relevant Not all references are credible
(5 marks) references are used. Accurate references are used. references are used. references are used. Accurate and/or relevant. Many
use of Vancouver referencing Accurate use of Accurate use of Vancouver use of Vancouver referencing inaccuracies with the
style in all instances. A Vancouver referencing referencing style on most style on some occasions. Vancouver referencing style
minimum requirement of style on most occasions. A occasions. There is some variation of or there are no references
peer- reviewed references minimum requirement of There is some variation of in- text citation format, used.
used. peer- reviewed in- text citation format, and/or a few errors in the
references used. and/or a few errors in the reference list.
reference list.
Total: 60 marks
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