Introduction

In this unit you will look at how the government through organisations such as Public Health England try to improve the health of the population, you will look at policies and activities they undertake to improve the health of the nation. You will also look at your role in monitoring the populations’ health.

Scenario

Learners may use their own employment context to write an assignment based on assessment tasks. Assessment tasks are learning outcomes of the unit associated with Assessment Criteria. Assessment criteria are descriptions of requirements a learner is expected to meet to demonstrate that a learning outcome has been achieved. Therefore, you are required to generate sufficient evidence on assessment criteria to meet learning outcomes of the unit within the rules, regulations and standards to achieve credits of the unit. If you are not in employment, please use the following scenario.

Consider you are working a Health and Social Care Manager for a public company in the health or social care sector. Your role includes handling complex projects, developing rules, policies and processes with your team to manage the organisation activities in the health / social care sector e.g. you examine the public health policy and its impact on the population, examine factors that affect health in the population, and organise public health promotion events. Health promotion is an important government agenda and your company is active to promote it with government agencies. Therefore, you are writing a report along with your team based on the following tasks with an objective to identify issues, examine models and approaches used by your organisation to promote and protect the health of the community under the guidelines of the assignment.

Task 1

Examine how public health policy is developed to improve the health of the population by meeting following A.C. (Assessment Criteria)

Guideline word count: 500-900 words

A.C. 1.1. Discuss the process for developing a public health policy

A.C. 1.2. Identify the potential groups who can influence public health policy

A.C. 1.3. Explain how the government monitors the health of the nation.

Task 2

Examine factors that can affect health in the population by meeting following A.C. (Assessment Criteria)

Guideline word count: 500-600 words

A.C. 2.1. Discuss the factors affecting health across the nation

A.C. 2.2. Discuss the potential benefits of improving health across the nation

Task 3

Discuss how Health promotion can influence individuals to adopt healthy lifestyles by meeting following A.C. (Assessment Criteria)

Guideline word count: 600-1000 words

A.C.3.1. Evaluate two models commonly used in health promotion

A.C.3.2. Discuss approaches commonly used to increase public awareness.

Task 4

Develop a health promotion event and analyse its effectiveness by meeting following A.C. (Assessment Criteria)

Guideline word count: 900-1000 words

A.C. 4.1. Produce health promotion material for a target audience

A.C. 4.2. Deliver a small health promotion campaign

A.C. 4.3. Analyse any effects of the campaign

Learners are required to complete all tasks. Assignment Guidelines

All work must be submitted in a single electronic document (.doc/.docx file). The assignment must be the Learner’s own work and not copies of theories or models. Direct quotes should be kept to a minimum, and shown in inverted commas. Models described and other quotes used must be properly attributed and referenced as appropriate. Learners must acknowledge or reference any sources that have been used to complete the assignment, listing reference material and web sites used.

Overall word count guide: 2500 – 3000

Plagiarism and Collusion In submitting the assignment Learner’s must complete a statement of authenticity confirming that the work submitted for all tasks is their own. The statement should also include the word count. Plagiarism and collusion are treated very seriously. Plagiarism involves presenting work, excerpts, ideas or passages of another author without appropriate referencing and attribution. Collusion occurs when two or more learners submit work which is so alike in ideas, content, wording and/or structure that the similarity goes beyond what might have been mere coincidence.

Appendices

Separate Appendices should not be used. Any use of tables, graphs, diagrams, Gantt chart and flowcharts etc. that support the main report should be incorporated into the back of the assignment 

report that is submitted. Any published secondary information such as annual reports and company literature, should be referenced in the main text of the assignment but not included.

Confidentiality

Where a Learner is using organisational information that deals with sensitive material or issues, they must seek the advice and permission from that organisation about its inclusion. Where confidentiality is an issue, Learners are advised to anonymise their assignment report so that it cannot be attributed to that particular organisation.

Word Count Policy

In total, the assignment report should be between 2500 – 3000 words. Learners must comply with the required word count, within a margin of +10%.These rules exclude the index (if used), headings and information contained within references and bibliographies. When an assessment task requires learners to produce presentation slides with supporting notes, the word count applies to the supporting notes only.

Referencing and Professionalism

A professional approach to work is expected from all learners. Learners must therefore identify and acknowledge ALL sources/methodologies/applications used. The learner must use an appropriate referencing system to achieve this. Marks are not awarded for the use of English; however the learner must express ideas clearly and ensure that appropriate terminology is used to convey accuracy in meaning.

Submission of Assignments

All work must be submitted in a single electronic document (.doc/.docx file) in your learning Portal or to submit to the Assessor/Administrator.