4NH026
Assignment Brief (3,500 words Written Assignment)
In this
module, you are required to undertake a health needs assessment (HNA) for a
local geographical area of your choice. Through this HNA you will develop a geographical
profile, exploring factors that impact the health of the people within this
area. Whilst exploring the public health data you will identify and justify a
target population from within the geographical area, along with THREE areas of
need. After prioritizing and justifying ONE area of need, you will then
identify and justify a community health initiative to address this need. The
following four steps provide guidance on what you need to do to complete this
assignment. Read this alongside the ‘Assignment Writing Guidelines Framework’
for this module (found on Canvas), which will support you with the content and
layout of your work.
STEP 1-
Summarise the profile for a local geographical area; exploring factors
impacting upon the health of the people living within this area (LO2; LO3)
(What factors are impacting most upon the people living in your chosen area)
During
sessions 5-11 in your timetable, you will be asked to identify a local
geographical area you wish to explore and complete a geographical profile (the
Profile Proforma can be found on Canvas). As part of your assignment, you need
to summarise the information you have found in your geographical profile in
1000 words.
STEP 2-
Identify and justify your choice of the target population (LO1; LO2) (Which
group of people is of most interest to you?
Identify a target population of people based on a human life stage (e.g. parents; fetus; infancy; toddlerhood; childhood; adolescence; adulthood; older adulthood). You need to be able to justify your choice of the target population in relation to evidence, including national and local drivers; and life-course approach, and early intervention theory.
STEP 3 –
Identify and justify THREE areas of need and prioritize ONE (LO2; LO3) (What is important?)
Identify and
justify THREE areas of need within your chosen target population. Then
prioritize ONE of the three areas of need, and justify this selection
STEP 4
Identify and justify a health promotion initiative using a community-centered
approach to improve the health of your target population and address your
prioritized health need (LO4) (How can you help your chosen group? =
Identify and justify a health promotion initiative using a community-centered approach to improve the health of your chosen target population and address your prioritized health need. Justify the health promotion approach and underpinning
theory. Identify and justify the use of stakeholders involved in implementing this initiative. Identify and justify one challenge to delivering this initiative, and justify how this will be overcome Consider how this initiative will improve the health of your target population.
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