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Assignment 3 Exploring and critiquing the relevance and applicability of health promotion strategies to health issue
Length: 1,500-2,000 words
Choose one of the following health issues:
1. Alcohol related street violence
2. Elder abuse
3. Trauma and refugees
4. Social isolation in a particular population group (elderly, migrants, young mothers, etc)
5. Living in the community with a disability (physical, intellectual, mental illness)
6. Climate change and community vulnerability
7. Poverty, in general, or an aspect of poverty
8. Lack of community facilities in a new suburb
9. Tobacco related social and health issues
Take one of the actions or strategies which have been covered in this Block. Examine the ways in which this strategy may contribute to addressing the health issue you have chosen to discuss.
This final assignment for the Topic requires you to draw on your theoretical knowledge of health promotion gained from your reading (including literature since 1986 pertaining to that strategy) and to critically evaluate its relevance and applicability to the health issue.
Specific Criteria
1. All general assessment criteria are complied with
2. Demonstrated knowledge of the health issue sufficient as a basis for applying health promotion theory
3. Demonstrated detailed and in depth understanding, based on relevant literature, of the chosen action(s) or strategy(ies).
TEXT AND REFERENCES
Text book
Talbot, L. and Verrinder, G. (2010) Promoting Health: The Primary Health Care Approach, 4th Edition. Elsevier: Australia
References
Baum, F. (2008) The New Public Health, 3rd Edition. Melbourne: Oxford University Press
Keleher, H, MacDougall, C. and Murphy, B. (eds) (2007) Understanding Health Promotion, Oxford University Press
Tones, K. and Green, J. 2004 Health Promotion Planning and Strategies, Sage, London
Readings
The readings are contained Topic eReadings. These are an essential component of your Topic and should be accessed as soon as possible after enrolment.
Accessing e-Readings
You can access your eReadings from the Library website –
http://www.flinders.edu.au/library/readings/readings_students.cfm
You may want to work through the Tutorial on ―How to access eReadings‖ –
http://www.flinders.edu.au/library/fms/tutorials/How%20to%20Access%20eReadings.swf
Remember, you will need to research beyond the Topic readings.
There are also other Interactive Tutorials on how to use library resources such as Databases and Readings –
http://www.flinders.edu.au/library/tutorial/ 6
Other resources (note that this is NOT an exhaustive list)
Alma Ata for Primary Health Care www.who.int/hpr/NPH/docs/declaration_almaata.pdf
Baum, F., Kalucy, E., Lawless, A., Barton, S. and Steven, I. (1998). ―Health promotion in different medical settings: women‘s health, community health and private practice‖, Australian and New Zealand of Public Health, Vol. 22 No. 2 pp. 200-205.
Gray, N. and Bailie, R. (2006). ―Can human rights discourse improve the health of Indigenous Australians? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, Vol 30, No 5, pp 448-452.
Jakarta Declaration www.who.int/hpr/NPH/docs/jakarta_declaration_en.pdf
Keleher, H. (2001). ―Why Primary Health Care Offers a more Comprehensive Approach to Tackling Health Inequities than Primary Care‖, Australian Journal of Primary Health, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp 57-61.
Lalonde, M. (1981) A New Perspective on the Health of Canadians: A working document, Ministry of Supply and Services, Canada
Laverick, G. &Labonte, R. 2000. ‗A planning framework for community empowerment goals within health promotion‘, Health Promotion and Planning, Vol. 15, No. 3, Pp 255-62.
Neuhauser, L., Schwab, M., Syme, L. and Bieber, M. (1998) ―Community participation in health promotion: evaluation of the California Wellness Guide‖, Health Promotion International, Vol. 13 No. 3 pp 211-222
NSW Health A Framework for Building Capacity to Improve Health
NSW Health http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/topics/promotion.asp
O‘Connor-Fleming, M. & Parker, E. 2001. Health Promotion: Principles and practice in the Australian Context, 2nd Ed. Crows Nest. Allen &Unwin.
SA Health. Health in all Policies.http://www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/public+content/sa+health+internet/health+reform/health+in+all+policies
Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion www.who.int/hpr/NPH/docs/ottawa_charter_hp.pdf
Raupach, J., Rogers, W., Magarey, A., Lyons, G. and Kalucy, L. (2001) ―Advancing Health Promotion in Australian General Practice‖ Health Education and Behaviour, Vol. 28 No. 3 pp 352-367.
Tesoriero, F. (2010) Participation, Chapter 6 in F. Tesoriero Community Development. Community Based Alternatives in an Age of Globalisation, Pearson, Frenchs Forest, 4th edition.
Tones, K. & Green, J. 2004.Health Promotion: Planning and Strategies. Sage Publications. London.
Tones, K. & Tilford, S. 2001. Health Promotion: Effectiveness, Efficiency and Equity 3rd Ed. Cheltenham. Nelson Thornes.
Vichealth http://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/
Whitelaw, S., Baxendale, A., Bryce, C., Machardy, L., Young, I. and Witney, E. (2001). ―Settings based health promotion: a review‖, Health Promotion International, Vol. 16 No. 4 pp 339-353.
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