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SHI104 Sociology of Health and Illness

Assessment: Report

Context
Health and healthcare can be understood through biomedical, behavioural, and socio- economical approaches, and it is important for health professional to understand the strengths and limitations of these approaches.

In addition, the concepts of public health, the "new public health", social model of health, sociology, population health and health promotion are used as framework s for designing and implementing health services, and within which nurses work and contribute to the health of individuals and communities.

Instructions:
For this assessment use the same case study video as you used in Assessment 1, that is Video 1: David (hypertension), Video 2: Rhonda (diabetes), or Video 3: Theo (depression).

Your task is to compile a report applying the knowledge that you have gained within this subject to describe models of health as relate to your chosen video case study. The report is to include demographic information related to the health concern and a description of a public health initiative for this health issue.

Your report is to cover the following:
• A definition of the biomedical, behavioural, and socio-economic approaches to understanding health and healthcare.
• Explain your chosen health issue presented in the video in biomedical, behavioural, and socio-economic terms, highlighting at least 2 factors that may contribute to the health issue.
• Research and outline the demographic data for Australia for the health issue that you have chosen, including mention of:
• prevalence
• gender
• age
• and where available, race, location and other descriptors
• Identify a public health strategy or health promotion activity that aims to address the causes and prevalence of the health issue and:
• Briefly outline the initiative
• Indicate what you think the strengths and weakness are of the initiative
• Explain whether you think this strategy would be effective or not for the case study you have chosen (David, Rhonda or Theo)

Please note: this report should contain an introduction, body and conclusion (see below for further information on writing reports).

Referencing:
It is essential that you use appropriate APA style for citing and referencing research.

The purpose of writing a report is to present information which can be described or analysed. The key differences between writing a report and an essay; are that an essay provides opportunity for exploration of ideas which can be expanded on in a lot more detail. A report on the other hand is more prescriptive in its structure and the language that is used. This means that your writing style needs to be concise and clear. Reports are broken up into headings and subheadings, can include tables, graphs and diagrams; and information can be presented in dot point form where appropriate.

The following is a basic report structure which can be used to successfully complete this assessment task.

Introduction

This section requires you to provide background information on the topic you have chosen to investigate (including historical context, surrounding changes in our understanding), the purpose of your report, and what information your report will contain. This section is to be written in complete sentences and paragraphs. It does not to contain any dot point information or tables, graphs and diagrams.

Body of Report

This section will be broken up into a series of subheadings which will address each of the key areas you are required to research for your topic. The majority of these sections should be written in complete sentences and paragraphs however, you can include graphs, diagrams and tables that may be appropriate. Ensure that you title these clearly, in the correct way, and reference using the APA system where necessary. Tables, graphs and diagrams can also be added in an appendix at the end of your report, and when doing this, you need to clearly state where the item can be located. Generally, information presented in this format does not count towards your overall word count. Some information may be presented in dot point, however if the majority of your information is set out in this way it makes it difficult to evaluate your level of understanding for each area being researched.

Conclusion

This section brings together all of the information that you have presented in your report, and links back to your introduction any information that adds value to our overall understanding of the topic. You can also discuss any areas which have been identified as requiring further research or investigation and how this will work to improve or change our understanding of the topic. This section does not introduce or discuss any new information specifically, and like the introduction, will be written in complete sentences and paragraphs. No tables, graphs, diagrams or dot points.
Appendix

Here you can include information which you may have referred to specifically throughout your report, but were unable to include directly into the report (usually due to limited word count). You need to ensure that anything you include here is clearly titled and easily identifiable as to where it relates within your report.

Attachment:- Sociology of Health and Illness.rar