LO1 Review the timeline of the development of public health from historical antecedents through to contemporary practice.

STUDENT NAME AND IDNUMBER

Qualification

Pearson BTEC Level 4 Higher National Certificate in Healthcare Practice for England ( Health Care Management)

ACADEMIC YEAR

2022 - 2023

Unit 11

Changing Perspectives in Public Health

Module Leader

UNIT TUTOR

Assignment Title

Strategic Public Health priorities and their role in health education towards improving the health of individuals

Type of Assignment

Group Brochure, Power Point Presentation with notes

Weighting

100%

Issue Date

Week commencing 27/06/2022

Class Formative Weekly Activities

Wc 27/06,2022, 04/07/2022,11/07/2022, 18/07/2022

Using the Formative activities link

Summative SubmissionDate

24/07/2022 @ 23:59 using the summative link on the Moodle.

Assessor

Internal Verifier

This is to confirm that this submission is my own work, produced without any external help except acceptable support from my lecturer. It has not been copied from any other person’s work (published or unpublished) and has not previously been submitted for assessment either at GBS or elsewhere. I confirm that I have read and understood the ‘GBS Academic Good Practice and Academic Misconduct: Policy and Procedure’ available on Moodle.

I confirm I have read and understood the above Student Declaration.

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INTRODUCTION

Public health focuses on promoting improvements in attitudes to health and lifestyle based upon individual responsibility. There has been a shift in the perspectives of public health linked changing understanding and beliefs of what health means. Health improvement measures are often guided by societal attitudes and changes to health are influenced by government policies that legislate for measures aimed at limiting risk behaviours such as the banning of smoking in public places and increased tax revenues on alcohol.

In this unit, students will consider the evolution of public health over time with particular focus on public health research and development in policies and strategic planning. Students will review the impact of recent public health measures and how changed understanding of health has influenced responses to those measures. It is important that healthcare support staff have a sound understanding of the significance of the role of public health regulatory bodies and skills and knowledge frameworks in promoting health improvements across communities.

Completion of this unit will support progression to more senior roles in public health and to continuing higher education study in subjects related to health research and improvement.

Learning Outcomes

LO1 Review the timeline of the development of public health from historical antecedents through to contemporary practice.

LO2 Examine the influence of public health research and policy on current practice in public health.

LO3 Contribute to the implementation of an aspect of current public health strategy within own local community.

LO4 Explore the roles of public health regulatory bodies in promoting practice and strategies aimed at health improvement.

Submission Format

This work consists of two activities. Activity 1- (LO1 & LO4)

Present a Group Brochure with notes based upon the following title: The influences of historical

antecedents on the development of contemporary research, policy and practice in public health. Within the brochure, you will need to evaluate the history which has shaped the development of current public health service provision and explore the roles of public health regulatory bodies in promoting practice and strategies aimed at health improvement.

The word count for Activity 1 is 1500 words. Activity 2 – (LO2 & LO3)

Design a Power Point with notes that will examine the influence of public health research and policy

on current practice in public health and contribute to the implementation of the current public health strategy within own local community. You will demonstrate how own role supports individuals to participate in local health initiatives. In this presentation, student will explain how research contributes to the development of national policy related to one area of public health concern and demonstrate own role in supporting individuals to be aware of and participate in local health initiatives 

The word count for Activity 2 is 1500 words.

Assignment Brief and Guidance

Scenario:

You are working as a health promotion community officer and having the responsibilities of educating the local community on health improvement against communicable and non-communicable diseases. As a member of this team, you have been assigned to develop a small-scale activity that supports a recent national strategic public health initiative. To do this, you will first need to produce a group brochure on the rationale behind the activity to your team, and then work with them to develop the activity and once completed, reflect on the success of the activity in improving the health education of local people who you engaged. You will contribute to the implementation of public health policies and strategies within own local community and explore the roles of public health regulatory bodies and agencies involved in public health improvement.

Activity 1: (LO1 & LO4) Group Brochure with Notes

Present a Group Brochure that that reviews the timeline of the development of public health from historical antecedents through to contemporary practice and explore the roles of public health regulatory bodies in promoting practice and strategies aimed at health improvement. This brochure will cover:

• Explain how the understanding of what public health is has changed over time.
• Analyse current public health issues that affect own home country today in relation to historical antecedents.
• Evaluate the historical antecedents that have shaped the development of current public health service provision.
• Explain the roles and responsibilities of different agencies involved in public health improvement.
• Analyse the role of the public health regulatory body in setting standards in public health.
• Critically review local public health strategies aimed at integrating approaches to health improvement in response to priorities identified by a regulatory body.

The word count for Activity 1 is 1500 words.

Activity 2: (LO2 & LO3) Power Point with notes

Design a Power Point with notes that will contribute to the implementation of an aspect of current public health policy on current practice in public health and strategy within own local community.

This presentation will cover:

• Explain how research contributes to the development of national policy giving examples related to one area of a public health concern.
• Assess the impact of public health research on the development of policy in relation to a specific national public health priority.
• Demonstrate how own role supports individuals to be aware of and participate in local health initiatives.
• Review different approaches to partnership working that support improvement in individuals’ health.
• Analyse the evidence regarding improvements in the health of the population as a result of recent health policies developed from previous research and strategy.

The word count for Activity 2 is 1500 words.

Note: You should attach a signed and dated GBS Student Declaration form. You should not insert your work within a boarder. The total word count for this assignment is 3000 words, you will not be penalised for going over. Each student will be part of a group for the Brochure

Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria

Pass

Merit

Distinction

LO1 Review the timeline of the development of public health from historical antecedents through to contemporary practice

D1 Evaluate the historical antecedents that have shaped the development of current public health service provision

P1 Explain how the understanding of what public health is has changed over time

M1 Analyse current public health issues that affect own home country today in relation to historical antecedents

LO2 Examine the influence of public health research and policy on current practice in public health

D2 Analyse the evidence regarding

P2 Explain how research

M2 Assess the impact of public health research on the development of policy in relation to a specific national public health priority

improvements in the health of the

contributes to the

population as a result of recent

development of national

health policies developed from

policy giving examples

previous research and strategy

related to one area of a

public health concern

LO3 Contribute to the implementation of an aspect of current public health strategy within own local community

LO3 and LO4

P3 Demonstrate how own role supports individuals to be aware of and participate in local health initiatives

M3 Review different approaches to partnership working that support improvement in individuals’ health

D3 Critically review local public health strategies aimed at integrating

approaches to health improvement in

response to priorities identified by a regulatory body

LO4 Explore the roles of public health regulatory bodies in promoting practice and strategies aimed at health improvement

P4 Explain the roles and responsibilities of different agencies involved in public health improvement

M4 Analyse the role of the public health regulatory body in setting standards in public health

Academic Integrity (Note to avoid Plagiarism)

Academic integrity is a fundamental expectation for all college/university students

and while it is acknowledged that mitigating circumstances might be raised as factors in student behaviour, cheating cannot be disregarded. GBS definition of plagiarism, as contained in GBS Academic Good Practice and Academic Misconduct Policy and Procedure has been expanded to make explicit that copying from texts or web sources and copying work from other students constitutes plagiarism.

“Plagiarism is the act of taking or copying someone else’s work, including another student, and presenting it as if it were your own. Plagiarism is said to occur when ideas, texts, theories, data, created artistic artefacts or other material are presented without acknowledgement so that the person considering this work is given the impression that what they have before them is the student’s own original work when it is not. Plagiarism also occurs where a student’s own work is re-presented without being properly referenced. Plagiarism is a form of cheating and is a disciplinary offence.”

Plagiarism is easy to avoid by making sure you reference all the sources of material that you use in the completion of your work. Pearson has developed Guidelines on Harvard Referencing which are available in Academic Support Area for Students on Moodle (VLE) as well as on respective unit pages.

If you are concerned about referencing techniques, please draw the matter to your Unit Lecturer or Academic Support Team on academicsupport@globalbanking.ac.uk so that you may receive extra advice.

Group coursework may be designed so that the contribution of each student is identifiable but inclusion of plagiarised material is still the responsibility of the whole group.

All members of the group should exercise vigilance to ensure that work is properly referenced; in group- work, students have a shared responsibility for the assignment.

Recommended Resources

EssentialReadingList

BENNETT, P., CALMAN, K., CURTIS, S. and FISCHBACHER-SMITH, D. (2010) Risk

Communication and Public Health. Second Edition. Oxford University Press.

BUSE, K., MAYS, N. and WALT, G. (2012) Making Health Policy (2nd Ed.) Berkshire: Open University Press.

CONNER, M.and NORMAN, P. (2005) Predicting Health Behaviour (2nd Ed.) Maidenhead: Open University Press.

CORCORAN, N. (2011) Working on Health Communication. Los Angeles: Sage.

COSTELLO, J. and HAGGART, M. (eds.) (2003) Public Health and Society. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

NAIDOO, J. (2005) Public Health and Health Promotion: Developing practice (2nd Ed.) New York: Bailliere Tindall.

ORME, J. (2007) Public Health for the 21st Century: New Perspectives on Policy, Participation and Practice. Open University Press.

Websites

www.fph.org.uk Faculty for Public Health 1. Good Public Health, Practice framework 2016 (Report) 2. Public Health Today (Online journal)

www.gov.uk Public Health England Strategic Plan 2016-20 (Report)

Public Health Skills and Knowledge Framework: August 2019 Update - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) 

Public Health Strategic Plan available at: PHE Strategy 2020-25 Executive Summary (publishing.service.gov.uk)

www.globalhealth.thelancet.com The Lancet Changing the perspective: from disease control to healthy people (News article)

nice.org.uk Public Health Guidance

Links:

This unit links to the following related units:

Unit 1: Law, Policy and Ethical Practice in Health and Social Care Unit 5: Health Education in Action

Unit 8: Addressing Health Inequalities

Unit 14: Sociological and Psychological Perspectives on Health Unit 24: Health Psychology

Unit 27: Social Policy in Public Health

Unit 28: Holistic Approaches to Health Promotion Unit 34: Global Health and Wellbeing

Assessment:

Students must be given time to develop their workplace experience, knowledge and understanding before assessment of this unit. They will be expected to present evidence based substantially on their work in health, care and/or support services. Evidence against practice-based criteria can be collated in the Practical Learning and Development Portfolio (PLAD).