PUB008-6 Public Health Protection
PUB008-6 Public Health Protection Assignment 1
Word count : 1000
Weight : 30%
Assignment type : Report
Assignment 1: The public health impact of a specified health protection issue.
Learning outcomes :
1) Demonstrate the following knowledge and understanding :- A critical understanding of the role of public health protection in protecting populations from infectious diseases and environmental hazards.
2) Demonstrate the following skills and abilities :- Critically evaluate health protection strategies used to manage issues which impact on public health and, based on your findings, propose recommendations to prevent or reduce their impact in the future.
PUB008-6 Public Health Protection
What am I required to do in this assignment?
You are required to identify a current health protection related issue and critically evaluate its impact on public health within a geographical area of your choice.
What do I need to do to pass? (Threshold Expectations from UIF)
- Identify a current health protection related issue
- Use public health surveillance data and relevant literature to evaluate its impact on public health within a specified geographical area.
PUB008-6 Public Health Protection
How do I produce high quality work that merits a good grade?
This section is completed by students during weeks 1 and 6
How does this assignment relate to what we are doing in scheduled sessions?
Each week the public health protection lectures will highlight and discuss key issues which fall within the scope of Public Health Protection. In week 1 we will discuss the role of public health protection in protecting populations from infectious diseases and non-infectious environmental hazards such as chemicals and radiation. Subsequently in week 2, Public Health Surveillance, the continuous, systematic collection, analysis and interpretation of health-related data, and the essential role it plays in quantifying risks to public health will be discussed.
In this assignment you will demonstrate that you understand the scope of public health protection by identifying a public health protection related issue (an infectious disease or environmental hazard) and the importance of public health
surveillance in identifying and assessing the impact that the chosen issue is having on public health.
How will my assignment be marked?
Your assignment will be marked according to the threshold expectations and the criteria on the following page.
You can use them to evaluate your own work and consider your grade before you submit.