Background steps
Step 1.
Work collaboratively as a group of three people to research, develop and design a health promotion plan for a digital presentation. As a group, select one priority population who will be the target for the health promotion plan:
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- Culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) people
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, intersex and/or other sexuality and gender diverse people (LGBTQI+)
- people with mental illness
- people of low socioeconomic status
- people with disability
- people living in rural, regional or remote locations.
Step 2.
As a group, decide:
- how you will approach health promotion for this cohort
- which digital platform you will use
- what type of content needs to be included in the final health promotion plan ‘product’
- who will address which components/sections of the plan?
Step 3.
Once step 1 and step 2 have been decided upon, each member of the group will research a part of the content that will be used in the final health promotion plan. For example, you might research and contribute some of the following to the plan:
- infographics and/or statistics, data, education
- a call for action to encourage involvement
- key messages/ take-home messages for people to act on
- specific pictures, diagrams, images, or language that is appropriate for this cohort
- specific programs, apps, other support that would promote health or prevent disease in this cohort.
Steps for the Assignment
Step 4.
Each individual group member must then write 1000 words related to their contribution to the health promotion plan. The following questions need to be addressed in your essay:
- Analyse how your contribution to the health promotion plan targets the priority population and aims to prevent disease in the selected cohort, supported by evidence-based literature.For example, you contribute diagrams, culturally appropriate artwork and images of Indigenous people to the health promotion plan – you would need to analyse how these target Indigenous people specifically (according to the literature you have read about targeting this cohort).
- Examine/explain why your contribution is important for promoting health and preventing disease in the selected cohort, supported by evidence-based literature.You then need to examine/explain why this is important for promoting health and preventing disease in this cohort (for example the burden of disease is evident in the images/graphs, the statistics/facts might alert people to the problem…. whatever evidence you have found to support why the inclusion of xxxx is important for health promotion/disease prevention in this group.
- Analyse how your contribution to the health promotion plan demonstrates primary health care principles?
“The principles of primary health care guide our activities in illness prevention, health promotion, and structural and environmental modifications that support health and wellness. These are identified as:
- Accessible health care
- Appropriate technology
- Health Promotion
- Cultural sensitivity
- Intersectoral collaboration
- Community participation”
Each member must select two (2) different primary health care principles from this list
When answering this question, please include an explanation as to why the digital platform your group selected, was the best digital approach to target the selected cohort. Your response must be supported by evidence-based literature.
For example, discuss why the pictures, stats, information (whatever you contributed to the health promotion plan) increased access and health literacy, which was best delivered as a YouTube film or narrated PowerPoint (whichever digital platform was used) for this cohort because………
You must use an essay format, so headings are NOT acceptable. A new paragraph should be used to address each new topic and/or question. Using an essay style for this assessment means there should be:
- a clear introduction – tell the reader what your paper will cover
- the body – that addresses all questions with appropriate paragraphing, referencing, spelling and grammar
- a conclusion – that summarises your learnings from the literature you reviewed and from undertaking this activity of developing a health promotion plan to deliver digitally.
Remember the rubric contains further information about how you will be assessed. You must also include all details: full name, SID, and group; a coversheet and reference list