Assignment 1
Title: An Action Plan
Select a public health issue and using some key characteristics from the
Faculty of Public Health (FPH) list of competencies that relates to your topic to
present an OUTLINE for a BRIEFING PAPER that will
1.CRITICALLY EVALUATE the PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY and PROGRAMMES designed to improve the health outcomes.
2. OFFER SOLUTIONS (NEW INITIATIVES) and STRATEGIES and
3.OFFER RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS.
A REPORT
100%
1200 words
1. Demonstrate the following knowledge and understanding:
• A critical understanding of the role of contemporary public health policies and
programmes for improving health outcomes.
2. Demonstrate the following skills and abilities:
• A critical evaluation of the gaps in contemporary public health policies
and programmes for improving health outcomes and propose solutions (new
initiatives and strategies) and recommendations for improvement.
Write a 1200-word ACTION PLAN (which is an outline for the assignment 2 briefing paper) by selecting a
public health issue and using some key characteristics from the Faculty of Public Health (FPH) list of competencies
that relates to your topic to present an OUTLINE for a BRIEFING PAPER that will CRITICALLY EVALUATE a
PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY and PROGRAMMES designed to:
IMPROVE THE HEALTH OUTCOMES,
OFFER SOLUTIONS (NEW INITIATIVES) and STRATEGIES and
OFFER RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS.
1.IDENTIFY and DESCRIBE a current public health issue.
2.Be written in an ACADEMIC REPORT FORMAT.
3.Use existing evidence to critically evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of current policies and
programmes that have been designed to improve the health outcomes related to your chosen public
health issue.
4.Link this to some key characteristics from the Faculty of Public Health list of competencies.
5.Propose new initiatives needed to improve the health outcomes in this area.
6.Propose strategies associated with the new initiatives showing how these changes will improve the health
outcomes.
7. Present an outline for the forthcoming briefing paper (assignment 2)
8.Show Excellent and outstanding presentation of publication standard.
9.Your Written expression must be concise, accurate and articulate.
10.Excellent, coherent in-depth discussion.
11.Action plan tightly focuses on and successfully addresses the assignment question.
12.No spelling and grammatical errors
13.An excellent, comprehensive range of current primary literature is used effectively to support discussion.
14.References and citations are consistently formatted in the University of Bedfordshire Harvard style.
15.Excellent competent use of public health outcome data to describe the impact of your selected issue.
16.The discussion of your selected public health issue is linked and discussed in relation to two of the key characteristics from the
Faculty of Public Health list of competences
17.Insightful discussion of impact on public health highlighting broad range ways in which the issue effects the population.
18. An In-depth insightful discussion demonstrating an excellent understanding of specific strengths and weakness of the current
public health policies and programmes in the selected area.
19. Present an excellent and in-depth evidence-based critical evaluation of the impact on public health.
20. An Excellent evidence-based analysis for proposed new initiatives and associated strategies.
21. The action plan should end with insightful recommendations for improvement.
The assignment should be written in an academic report format and fully referenced using the University
of Bedfordshire Harvard system.
Start the reference list on a new page.
Minimum of 16 references
Provide a contents page and use section headings if and where appropriate.
The recommended font style is Arial 11 or 12.
The title page should contain your name and ID, the name of the University, the name of your course, the unit code / title and the title of the assessment.
Number appendices for ease of cross referencing and ensure that they are also referred to in the text by the relevant number.
Use TABLES and FIGURES.
Have a short background section which starts by summarising the selected public health issue and describes the problem clearly.
Link this to two key characteristics from the Faculty of Public Health list of competences.
Critically evaluate the impact of these policies and programmes on the health outcomes.
Propose and present an outline for new initiatives needed to improve the health outcomes in this area.
Propose and present an outline for strategies associated with the new initiatives showing how these
changes will improve the health outcomes.
Present an outline for the forthcoming briefing paper (assignment 2) which includes information on the
main themes for your briefing paper and your intended audience.