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HWEL2002 Understanding Health - Torrens University Australia
Assessment - Information Resource: Disease Burden and Healthcare Options Fact Sheet
Learning Outcome 1: Define the concepts and models of health, and discuss their application to the maintenance of health and wellbeing as applied to individuals and populations.
Learning Outcome 2: Identify the features of Australia's healthcare system and compare the role of private and public systems, and consider intersectoral approaches to health solutions.
Context
This assessment will evaluate your skills in sourcing Australian specific demographic and disease burden data and presenting it in a way that is appropriate for consumption by the general public. It will further develop your understanding of the Australian Health Care system by allowing you to interpret and apply this knowledge to a real-life case scenario, directing patients to the appropriate source of care for their needs. The translation of data and research into a public facing information handout is a key career skill essential within the healthcare environment.
Instructions:
You need to create a Patient Information Handout by choosing one of the following 3 case studies:
Case Study 1 - Rezza with Type 2 Diabetes:
Case Study 2 - Ling with Endometriosis:
Case Study 3 - Eric with Alcohol Misuse
Based on your selected case study please create a Patient Information Handout. In this patient facing handout you must answer the following questions, make sure that your answers are specific to the details outlined in the selected case study.
Please present your answers on the ‘Information Handout Template' provided for your chosen case study:
1. What is the disease burden in Australia of this health challenge? Please include incidence, prevalence, mortality & morbidity (DALY's), common risk factors and populations at highest risk.
2. What are the symptoms and potential complications of the health challenge?
3. What is the standard treatment protocol for the heath challenge?
4. Which Australian healthcare services are best suited to provide the standard treatment protocols to this patient (treatment might include General Practitioner, Primary Health Networks, Specialists, Community Health Organisations Complementary and Alternative Medicine)?
5. What information resources are available to patients? Provide 3 resources that are specific to this health challenge and to the patient in the case study.
You will need to use at least five resources (minimum three from primary and secondary resources) for this assignment.
Referencing:
Your information handout needs to be fully referenced. You need to include in-text citation and provide a reference list using APA style of referencing.
Attachment:- Understanding Health.rar