Public Health Report on a Mental Health Intervention for Young People in the UK

Assignment Brief As part of the formal assessment for the programme you are required to prepare a Public Health report. Please refer to your Student Handbook for full details of the programme assessment scheme and general information on preparing and submitting assignments.

After completing the module, you should be able to:

1. Demonstrate an understanding of the concepts and principles underpinning modern public health.

2. Examine key elements and evaluate the quality of public health Interventions.

3. Examine and apply tools and evidence to make judicial decisions to address a public health problem.

4. Demonstrate the ability to conduct an evaluation of the effectiveness of a public health intervention on a topic and make recommendations to address identified problems.

Graduate attributes: Responsible Global Citizenship

5. Understand global issues and their place in a globalised economy, ethical decision making and accountability. Adopt self-awareness, openness and sensitivity to diversity in culture.

Your assignment should include: a title page containing your student number, the module name, the submission deadline and a word count; the appendices if relevant; and a reference list in AU Harvard systems. You should address all the elements of the assignment task listed below. Please note that tutors will use the assessment criteria set out below in assessing your work.

Please note that exceeding the word count by over 10% will result in a reduction in grade by the same percentage that the word count is exceeded. You must not include your name in your submission because Arden University operates anonymous marking, which means that markers should not be aware of the identity of the student. However, please do not forget to include your STU number.

This assignment is worth 100% of the marks for the module.

Poor mental health among young people is a major public health concern in the United Kingdom (UK). Identify a public health intervention in the UK of your choice that addresses mental health issues in young people. Use this to answer the following questions.

1. Discuss the concepts and principles of modern public health that underpin the intervention you have chosen.

2. Identify and explain the key elements of this public health intervention and how they would be evaluated

3. Review the evidence that supports this intervention and determine if the intervention is considered effective or not.

4 Describe one evaluation that has been carried out on this intervention and discuss recommendations for the invention from this evaluation.

You have the opportunity to submit a draft to receive formative feedback. The feedback is designed to help you develop areas of your work and it helps you develop your skills as an independent learner.

If you are a distance learning student, you should submit your work, by email, to your tutor, no later than 2 weeks before the actual submission deadline. If you are a blended learning student, your tutor will give you a deadline for formative feedback and further details. Formative feedback will not be given to work submitted after the above date or the date specified by your tutor - if a blended learning student.

Your assessment should be submitted as a single Word (MS Word) or PDF file. For more information please see the “Guide to Submitting an Assignment” document available on the module page on iLearn.

You must ensure that the submitted assignment is all your own work and that all sources used are correctly attributed. Penalties apply to assignments which show evidence of academic unfair practice. (See the Student Handbook which is on the homepage of your module and also in the Induction Area).