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Health Information and Data

Assessment Task -

Is an individual written assignment that enables you to demonstrate your ability to explore data.

Why are you doing this assessment task?

Purpose
? Engaging in data exploration activities will equip you with valuable discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities while also strengthening your transferable skills like critical thinking, problem solving, analytical reasoning etc.

? These skills are not only essential for conducting successful research projects or studies but will also be crucial in your future line of work as a health practitioner. Imagine using these skills to interpret patient data, analyse study/ treatment outcomes or even evaluate the effectiveness of public health initiatives.
Strengthening your skills at exploring data will also be helpful in making informed decisions based on credible sources of evidence - a skill that is critical in the new digital (information) age where individuals are constantly bombarded with health-related claims.
What unit and graduate outcomes does it relate to? Assessment Task 2 assesses your learning in relation to:
ULO1 Identify and critique the role of health research, the formal research process, the nature of health ethics, and have an introductory knowledge of qualitative, quantitative and mixed methodologies. Recognise interpret and apply calculations associated with epidemiology and understand how health and disease are measured at the population level.

ULO2 Identify, access, and evaluate online resources from high quality health information and data sources.

ULO3 Synthesise and critically evaluate online health information to demonstrate an understanding of peer-reviewed health literature.

ULO4 Interpret findings of a study using appropriate discipline-specific academic language, structure, references and presentation style. Identify strengths and weaknesses associated with research methodologies and draw conclusions and make recommendations relevant to health practice.
Graduate Learning Outcomes assessed by AT1:
GLO1: Discipline specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving

I. Develop a specific quantitative hypothesis relating to the topic of substance use
and mental health and wellbeing in men aged 18 years and over.
Instructions
Step 1: Respond to questions
Task 1: Exploring study designs [15 marks - around 550 words] Question 1
Using the skills you developed in Week 2: Searching for online health information to locate the journal article cited below through the Deakin Library and read the article carefully before answering Questions (I) - (V).
Prior K, Mills K, Ross J, & Teesson M. (2017). Substance use disorders comorbid with
mood and anxiety disorders in the Australian general population. Drug and Alcohol Review, 36(3), 317-324.

State if the article cited above is a quantitative study or a qualitative study.
Justify your answer for ‘Question I' above i.e., how do you know this particular study is qualitative OR quantitative? Please refer to aspects of the study design/methodology to justify your selection.
Describe in your own words the specific purpose/aim of the above study.
Ethics approval was required for this research as it involved human participants. Identify three principles of research ethics and explain how they would have been important to consider for this specific study.
Discuss three strengths and three weaknesses of this study. Task 2: Research question versus hypothesis [6 marks - around 100 words]

Question 2
You are a public health researcher working for a community health centre and you are interested in carrying out some research focusing on factors that explain substance abuse in adults with respect to mental health and wellbeing.
You can read more about substance abuse at Health Direct - Substance Abuse. You are required to:

II. Develop a specific qualitative research question relating to the topic of
substance use and mental health and wellbeing in women aged 18 years and over.
Tip
You might find it useful to review the readings from Week 1 for more information on hypotheses and research questions to inform your answers. Please also note that feasibility was a topic that was covered in the Week 1 seminar, and you will need to consider feasibility when designing your hypothesis.
Remember: This is a broad topic so you will need to focus on a specific aspect of this topic e.g., cultural and social perceptions to substance use, barriers to reducing substance use, identity and self-perception, interpersonal relationships, motivations and contextual triggers etc.
Task 3: Systematic reviews for evidence-based practice [ - around 350 words Book your online assignment help today!]

Question 3
As a health promotion officer employed by a reputable health organisation in Australia, you have been tasked with developing a campaign for Mental Health Awareness Week by your manager. Being a health practitioner you are aware that mental health conditions, including depression, anxiety, eating disorders, schizophrenia and delusions, can significantly influence an individual's use and possible dependency on substances. Therefore, you decide to develop a campaign that aims to educate the local adult population about the link between substance use and mental health. Having conducted a thorough search of relevant databases, you also recognise the potential value of drawing on a systematic review to establish a robust evidence base for the health promotion campaign but will need to communicate the same to your manager for approval.
Based on the scenario provided above, describe in your own words how a systematic review differs from a primary source of evidence and why this may be helpful in informing your specific campaign.
Keeping in mind how a systematic review differs from other types of studies, state how you will undertake the systematic review to establish a robust evidence base for the health promotion campaign focusing on substance use and mental health for the Australian adult population. Remember to incorporate supporting evidence from credible and current academic sources of literature.

? indicate the issue or problem that is being discussed (i.e., alcohol consumption and mental health and wellbeing in adults).
III. The manager agrees with your arguments about the systematic review but also
encourages you to be critical of the evidence. Explain why a systematic review may not always be the strongest form of evidence. (3 marks)
Tip for Question 3 - II.
You do not need to explain the process of finding a systematic review but the process of undertaking one.

Task 4: Locating and evaluating research for evidence-based practice [around 400 words]

Question 4
While working on your health promotion campaign you decide you need to include some further data and statistics in relation to substance use in Australian adults (18 years or older). To do this you will be drawing on some Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data. (Total = 4 marks - around 100 words)
The ABS has published data from the National Health Survey. The survey provides data on substance use in Australians.
Using ‘TABLE 7 Alcohol consumption - Australian Adult Alcohol Guideline 2020, by age and sex, please answer the following questions:
What percentage (or proportion) of adults (18 years or older) exceeded the total recommended guideline for alcohol consumption? Please round off to 1 decimal place.
What percentage (or proportion) of adults (18 years or older) did not exceed the total recommended guideline for alcohol consumption? Please round off to 1 decimal place.
Please go back to the National Health Survey. Open the Methodology page and look for the section on ‘Alcohol consumption'. What are the guidelines for low-risk alcohol consumption in adults?

Question 5
As a health promotion officer, you are required to write a brief report (around 300 words for 6 marks) for your health organisation. Based on the evidence you have located (e.g., peer-reviewed journal articles) and the ABS data provided to you (remember, you would have ideally located this data in Question 4).