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Health and Wellbeing in the Cross-Cultural Community

Topic - Poor Nutrition and Its Implications for Public Health in a community of your choice

Assessment Overview: Assessment 1 - Case Study
The first assessment task is a case study of about 2000 words that you will complete on an individual basis. The case study will require you to address a topic which must be approved by your tutor.

If you are enrolled in PBHL20009 this term and plan to complete PBHL20010 next term, you will complete this assessment over the two units. In other words, you will continue your work on the case study next term to produce a major piece of research. Your mark this term will be based on the first half of the case study that you will complete this term.

If you are enrolled in PBHL20009 AND PBHL20010 this term, your mark will be based only on the first half of the case study that you will complete this term.

If you have already completed PBHL20010 in a past term, your mark will be based only on the first half of the case study that you will complete this term.

For this assessment, you will prepare an overview, or case, about the issue in your community, the population or group most affected, the characteristics of this group that are most relevant in planning public health initiatives to address the issue, the agencies or institutions involved in addressing the issue, and an evaluation of existing initiatives that can be found in the literature.
For your chosen topic, you will need to research the scholarly literature as well as information available from organizations like the AIHW (Australian Institute of health and Welfare). Please keep in mind that this case study must relate only and specifically to a community of your choice, so you will need to limit your literature to material that addresses the situation here. Your case study must have the following sections: 1) Introduction -- outlines the issue and its magnitude in the community of your choice; 2) Population at Risk - describes the specific segments of the population that are most affected (you will need to consider age, gender, linguistic/cultural background, place of residence, occupational category, and so forth, but keep in mind that not all of these categories will be relevant for every issue above and you may need to consider other categories. It is recommended that you begin with age and then determine what other characteristics contribute to risk.); 3) Planning Initiatives - describes the specific characteristics of the risk groups identified that would be useful in planning initiatives to address the issue and how health promotion activities could be tailored to the risk groups; 4) Review of Existing Initiatives - discusses and evaluates existing initiatives reported in the literature to address the issue, including your own view on why they were or were not successful. This section must also note the organizations or agencies involved in addressing the issue, including whether these are government bodies, NGOs, private organizations, and so forth.
This assignment must be written in a formal, academic style (not first person) and must be fully referenced. Harvard referencing is preferred for this unit. If you need help with referencing, please consult the ALC or Library as soon as possible.

Possible topics:
Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever in a community of your choice
Waste Management in a community of your choice
The Ageing Population and its Implications for Public Health in a community of your choice
Poor Nutrition and its Implications for Public Health in NSW community of your choice
Occupational Injuries in a community of your choice
Vaccine-Preventable Diseases of Childhood in a community of your choice
Maternal and Infant Morbidity and Mortality in a community of your choice
Earthquakes/Floods/Fire/ other natural disaster in a community of your choice (you will need to choose a specific type of natural disaster relevant to your community)
Cancer in a community of your choice (you may choose one type of cancer or approach this generally)
Access to Healthcare in a community of your choice
Water Quality and its implications for Public Health in a community of your choice
The Relationship between the Living Environment and Public Health in a community of your choice

Assessment 2 - Reflective Practice Assignment

The second assessment task for this unit is a reflective essay. This is an individual assignment of approximately 2000 words and is based on your experience and observations this term. Your essay must consist of your reflection on your evolving learning that has taken place during the course of the term. The focus of the essay is to show your deepening understanding of issues that may people and society, especially in the context of cross-cultural communities like the one we live in, and yourself as a developing practitioner. Your essay should address the following points: 1) a very brief summary of some of the major public health issues affecting your community; 2)the actual effects on groups and individuals; 3) the potential effects of this kind of situation on a cross-cultural community; and 4) what you, as a developing public health practitioner have learned that can apply to addressing this situation. You do not necessarily need academic references for this assignment but you will have to refer to outside sources for item 2 above. It is recommended that you use the news media for this, but please make sure that your sources relate specifically to the community you are discussing, which must be identified. For Item 3, you may refer to other locations in Australia and the world as a comparison (in this case, you will need references to media sources), but this section should reflect your considered opinion. In choosing sources for this assignment, make sure you refer only to reputable media (i.e. newspapers, television broadcasters, radio broadcasters, etc.; it is not acceptable to use social media sources, unless they come from reputable organizations. In other words, the personal opinion of individual members of society should not be used to address item 2 or support item 3.

This is a reflective assignment, so a more informal writing style is acceptable. However, the reflection must not be wholly descriptive. It must contain an assessment of the way in which your views or thinking have changed and what you have learned about yourself as a practitioner and the community in which you are working.

While this assessment is not due until week 12 of the term, it will be beneficial to make some notes for yourself over the course of the term that you can refer to when you write your reflective essay.