5HW003 Understanding Public Health Approach

Learning outcomes

1: To understand key areas of public health practice 
2: Apply research and evaluation skills to a public health problem

3: Develop knowledge of determinants of public health (psycho, social, economic)

4: Demonstrate knowledge of public health policy and strategy

Assessment -2,500 words plus your 500 word plan from the formative assessment

Part 1. Choose one public health issue from either Obesity, Smoking, HIV/Aids or Tuberculosis in either the UK or abroad (LO1, LO2). Around 500 words

• Choose a significant issue that affects population health 
• Provide statistics to show the extent of the issue and identify the populations that are most affected.
• Assess whether your chosen health issue has improved or worsened over the last decade

Part 2. Using a model of social health determinants explain how three social factors influence your chosen public health issue (LO3).  Around 500 words

• Describe the model you have chosen
• Discuss, using examples, how three of the social determinants impact on your public health issue

Part 3. Explain the structural, settings and behaviour change Public Health Approach and apply two approaches to your public health issue (LO2).  Around 500 words

• Explain the approaches 
• Apply two approaches to your public health issue. 

Part 4.  Identify a policy that addresses your public health issue (LO2). Around 500 words

• Briefly describe the key points of the policy 
• Identify, with examples, evidence of the approaches (structural, settings or behaviour change) being used in the policy