a change management plan for a specific public health organization

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In this assignment, you will begin work on your course project: a change management plan for a specific public health organization.

Do the following:

Select a public health organization of your choice within your geographic region. The organization can be a federal, state, or city public health organization.

Prepare an outline for a change management plan for the selected public health organization. In the outline, do the following:

Include the name of the public health organization chosen.

Explain why you chose this organization and why you think this organization needs a change implementation and management plan.

Write a 2-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

You will receive feedback about your outline from your course facilitator. Make any corrections and resubmit the outline.

After receiving approval to proceed from the facilitator, continue to work on the change implementation and management plan throughout the course. You need to submit the complete change implementation and management plan in Module 5 .

Important note to students: In Week 3, you will be interviewing a key manager of the public health organization you have selected. In this week, identify such a person and obtain an appointment for the interview as soon as you can.

Grading Criteria

1. Select a public health organization of your choice within your geographic region.Organization selected is an appropriate federal, state, or city public health organization. Appropriate reasons for the choice are provided: 20

2. Prepare an outline for a change management plan for the selected public health organization.Outline clearly states the reasons why the selected organization requires a change implementation and management plan: 60

Academic Writing

3. Write in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources (i.e., APA); and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in appropriate and accurate representation and attribution of sources; and displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Use of scholarly sources aligns with specified assignment requirements: 20

Explain how you might integrate the asset into a potential community health assessment and public health promotion program that would address the problem you selected for your Scholar-Practitioner Project

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Create an asset map that includes the following:

Describe the primary community assets available in your Scholar-Practitioner Project community and explain why they are relevant.

Select three assets you identified. Explain how you might integrate the asset into a potential community health assessment and public health promotion program that would address the problem you selected for your Scholar-Practitioner Project.

Use Resources and current literature to support your response.

Support your Scholar-Practitioner Project Assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation. You are to provide a reference list for all resources, including those in the Learning Resources for this course.

Resources:

Minkler, M. (2012). Community organizing and community building for health and welfare (3rd ed.). New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. 
Chapter 10, “Mapping Community Capacity”

Bartholomew, L. K., Parcel, G. S., Kok, G., Gottleib, N. H., & Fernandez, M. E. (2011). Planning health promotion programs: An intervention planning approach (3rd ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 
Pages 221–225 on Community Capacity

Copyright 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Used with permission from Jossey-Bass via the Copyright Clearance Center.

Beyer, K. M. M., Comstock, S., & Seagren, R. (2010). Disease maps as context for community mapping: A methodological approach for linking confidential health information with local geographical knowledge for community health research. Journal of Community Health, 35 (6), 635–644. 
Note: Retrieved from Walden Library databases.

Kazda, M. J.,  Beel, E. R., Villegas, D., Martinez, J. G., Patel, N., & Migala, W. (2009). Methodological complexities and the use of GIS in conducting a community needs assessment of a large U.S. municipality. Journal of Community Health, 34 (3), 210–215. 
Note: Retrieved from Walden Library databases.

Santilli, A., Carroll-Scott, A., Wong, F., & Ickovics, J. (2011). Urban youths go 3000 miles: Engaging and supporting young residents to conduct neighborhood asset mapping. American Journal of Public Health, 101 (12), 2207–2210. 
Note: Retrieved from Walden Library databases.

Components of a medical practice marketing plan

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As you have seen this week, a marketing plan is a tool to help an organization achieve the goals and objectives identified in its strategic plan. In order to be effective, a marketing plan must accurately reflect what the health care organization is trying to accomplish. The marketing plan should also offer a realistic assessment of the market environment, the organization’s position in that market, and a clear and logical strategy consistent with actual conditions and desired outcomes.

In this Assignment, you will identify and evaluate an actual marketing plan for a health care organization.

To prepare for this Assignment:

Review this week’s Learning Resources.

Locate and select a health care marketing plan from the Internet, library, or the organization with which you are associated.

To complete this Assignment, write a 3-page paper analyzing your chosen health care marketing plan. Be sure to address the following:

Briefly describe the health care organization (type, location, size, etc).

Analyze how well the marketing plan defines what the health care organization is trying to accomplish. Provide details and justification.

Explain to what extent the health care organization understands its environment, the market, and competition. What key market data is presented?

Evaluate whether the strategy action match seems logical. Explain.

Evaluate whether the marketing objectives are specific. Explain. Provide suggestions if they are not.

Evaluate whether tactics are specific, appropriate, and backed with enough power to meet the marketing objectives. Explain.

Evaluate whether the health care organization’s marketing plan is logical and realistic. Explain.

Evaluate whether the health care organization’s marketing plan is cohesive. Explain.

Identify and analyze some barriers to the health care organization’s marketing plan’s success.

Your written assignments must follow APA guidelines. Be sure to support your work with specific citations from this week’s Learning Resources and additional scholarly sources, as appropriate. Refer to the Essential Guide to APA Style for Walden Students to ensure your in-text citations and reference list are correct.

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RESOURCES

Kotler, N. G., Kotler, P., & Kotler, W. I. (2008). Museum marketing and strategy: Designing missions, building audiences, generating revenue and resources (pp. 31–32). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. 
Copyright 2008 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Reprinted by permission of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., via the Copyright Clearance Center.

Aluise, T. (1987). Components of a medical practice marketing plan. Journal of Health Care Marketing, 7 (3), 54–57. Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Business Source Complete database. 
Copyright 1987 by American Marketing Association. Reprinted by permission of American Marketing Association via the Copyright Clearance Center.

Eliscu, A. (2000). A breast care center marketing plan. Marketing Health Services, 20 (3), 38–41. Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Business Source Complete database. 
Copyright 2000 by American Marketing Association. Reprinted by permission of American Marketing Association via the Copyright Clearance Center.

Ford, R. C., Bach, S. A., & Fottler, M. D. (1997). Methods of measuring patient satisfaction in health care organizations. Health Care Management Review, 22 (2), 74–89. Retrieved from the Walden Library using the CINAHL Plus with Full Text database. 
Copyright 1997 by LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS / NURSING – JOURNALS. Reprinted by permission of LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS / NURSING – JOURNALS via the Copyright Clearance Center.

Jensen, J. (2004). Steering clear of bandwagons. Marketing Health Services, 24 (3), 38–42. Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Business Source Complete database. 
Copyright 2004 by American Marketing Association. Reprinted by permission of American Marketing Association via the Copyright Clearance Center.

Otani, K., Waterman, B., Faulkner, K. M., Boslaugh, S., Burroughs, T. E., & Dunagan, W. (2009). Patient satisfaction: Focusing on “excellent.” Journal of Healthcare Management, 54 (2), 93–103. Retrieved from the Walden Library using the CINAHL Plus with Full Text database. 
Copyright 2009 by HEALTH ADMINISTRATION PRESS. Reprinted by permission of HEALTH ADMINISTRATION PRESS via the Copyright Clearance Cen

the ability to extrapolate, extend and apply principles and theory based on the evidence

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Length:1000 wordsSubmission Details:Through Turnitin in word format.Feedback Details:Via GrademarkRationaleThis assessment allows you to apply analytical economics skills to problems of resource allocation in a health care system. You will gain an understanding of real-world identification of short comings, limitations and what works well, and questioning of how things are done from an economic perspective. Deeper learning also includes the ability to extrapolate, extend and apply principles and theory based on the evidence. This is shown in the ability to make recommendations for the future. Students have to examine recent national and international literature. Quality of writing skills is also being assessed to help improve competency in this area.TaskNSW Ministry of Health state plan released in 2014, lists “enabling eHealth” as one of the key strategies to address health care delivery. Your assignment is to write a report that reviews and critically evaluates the consequences of digitalising healthcare NSW Health and that reflects the health care decision-making process based on economic evaluation, including alternative decision modelling techniques and methods of analysis, and valuation tools for eliciting utility values.You will write a report to be structured in the following way:Cover PageTable of ContentsExecutive Summary (250 words maximum): This section provides a short summary of the main points being presented in the report. This section does not add to the total word count of the assignment.Introduction (approximately 200 words): This section (one paragraph) provides a context for the report by introducing the topic and purpose of the report (i.e. reviewing and analysing NSW Ministry of Health state plan as it relates to digitalising health care), briefly introducing your argument (e.g. the pressures on NSW Health’s public sector, health care reforms and how information and communications technology will address those pressures or enable person-centred health and wellbeing)eHealth priorities/strategic themes (approximately 300 words): In this section you are required to provide a critical analysis of the NSW Health plan in relation enabling eHealth as one of the key strategies to address for health care delivery in NSW. and provide a summary of findings. Make sure to include the important economic concepts learnt in the course so far. It is important to write in a paragraph format, avoiding the use of bullet points to provide data. Feel free to include graphs or tables if you feel this will help convey your message within the word limit. Do not forget to include the sources you used to gather the information.Discussion of Findings (approximately 300 words): In this section you will analyse your findings based on the following questions: Recommendations (approximately 200 words). Based on the above, if you were a consultant working on the digitalisation of healthcare economy for eHealth NSW what general recommendations would you make for the organisation to implement digital strategies , whether mobile applications, cloud, electronic health records (EHRs) or wearables in order to achieve the NSW Health Plan? You must address the costs, benefits, and efficiencies of enabling and delivering eHealth solutions and how digital health can contribute to the long-term sustainability of the health care system. Use the academic literature to support your recommendations.Determining the composition of output. Should NSW government be devoting more resources on expansion of a comprehensive digital infrastructure to support healthcare and less to other industries?Allocating and organising the limited productive resources available. How to produce digital infrastructure to support healthcare and should NSW government produce it by providing more digital hospitals or more digital community-based health services?Supply needs in the future. How much should be consumed now and how much should be put aside to supply needs in the future?Determining Allocation. For which health services to produce these digital technologies and who gets these goods and services and who misses out?References: List of references used in the report, including at least 10 academic references .

Meaningful Use,’ Stimulus Money, and the Serenity Prayer

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The term “triple constraints” refers to three universal restrictions that affect project management across virtually all fields, disciplines, and business sectors. These constraints are scope, time, and cost (or resources). In health care organizations, these constraints are especially relevant given the complex, interconnected nature of workflows; the urgent matter of improving care and outcomes; and the unfortunate realities of tight budgets and limited staffing. In addition, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act and its meaningful use objectives have added even more requirements to projects undertaken in the health care field.

This Discussion focuses on project management in health care organizations. You explore how the requirements for meaningful use have complicated the implementation and conversion to a new informatics project. You also consider strategies for addressing and overcoming these challenges.

To prepare

  • Review this week’s Learning Resources on triple constraints and project management. Consider how each of the three constraints relate to the implementation of workflow changes, technology innovations, and system upgrades in health care settings.
  • Reflect on the article, “EHR/EMR: ‘Meaningful Use,’ Stimulus Money, and the Serenity Prayer” in the Learning Resources, and consider its relevance to meaningful use objectives and the challenges they pose for the health care field. Also consider your experiences with meaningful use compliance in your health care setting. How does meaningful use contribute to additional stress for organizations?
  • Consider strategies and recommendations for organizations and nurse informaticists in accommodating meaningful use and triple constraints.

With these thoughts in mind:

Post by tomorrow 11/08/16 a minimum of 550 words essay in APA format with 3 references from the list below, addressing the level one headings as numbered below:

1)      An explanation of how each of the triple constraints (scope, time, and cost) relate to project management in health care settings.

2)      Describe how meaningful use adds additional complexity to project management planning.

3)      Propose at least one specific strategy that could be used to address meaningful use and triple constraints.

options to cover the costs of care and explain the limitations of health care insurance coverage for the delivery mode

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I NEED IN 4 HOURS – 200 TO 250 WORDS (CHOOSE COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE FROM CHART)
 
Prior to beginning work on this discussion, review your textbook Chapters 5, 6, and 7, especially A Timeline of Mental Health Care in Section 6.5, and other the required readingsfor this week: Mental health parity: Where it has been and where it’s going, The business case for implementing electronic health records in primary care settings in the United States, The low risk and high return of integrative health services, and Forging a frailty-ready healthcare system to meet population ageing.
This week, you analyze the levels of care in the U.S. health care system. There are four delivery mode options. The delivery mode you will be analyzing is determined by the first initial of your last name as shown in the table below.
Delivery ModeLast Name
1
Long-Term Care
Student last name begins with A, E, J, M, R, V, Y
2
Mental Health
Student last name begins with B, F, I, N, Q, T, Z
3
Integrative Care
Student last name begins with C, G, K, O, S, X
4
Community Health Care
Student last name begins with D, H, L, P, U, W
In your initial response, begin by briefly analyzing your assigned delivery mode of care and address the following:

Describe the type of care this option Consider the following:

Explain the history of this mode and how it has evolved over time.
Discuss the care given via the delivery mode.
List two options to cover the costs of care and explain the limitations of health care insurance coverage for the delivery mode.

Discuss, in addition, the following components that affect the delivery of care for your assigned mode:

Include one ethical or legal concern.
Include one regulatory or accreditation requirement.
Include one psychosocial factor to consider (e.g., food scarcity or food desert, access to exercise, or cultural and religious concerns).

Health information exchange (HIE) is the electronic exchange of medical information to healthcare providers and patients

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Health information exchange (HIE) is the electronic exchange of medical information to healthcare providers and patients (healthit.gov, 2014). The goal of the HIE is to become fully standardized across all health institutions and can further improve patient care. Avoiding readmissions and medication errors, improve diagnoses and decrease the amounts of duplicate testing are the main improvements of healthcare delivery that can be enhanced through HIE (healthit.gov, 2014). There are three key forms of HIE: directed exchange, query-based exchange, and consumer mediated exchange. Directed exchange is the ability to send and receive health information electronically between providers and coordinated care. The information is sent over the internet over securely, allowing for collaboration between patients and providers (Healthit.gov, 2014). This information can be lab results, medications, health summaries and other private data. Query-based exchange is used by providers to discover accessible clinical sources on a patient. When clinicians would like to learn about medical histories, they use query-based exchanges to find this information. This is evident when emergency room physicians can access past patient information to avoid allergic reactions or duplicative testing (healthit.gov, 2014). Consumer-mediated exchanges allows patients to access their own health information online. The responsibility of some parts of healthcare are given to the patient. These exchanges allow the individual to track follow-up appointments, schedule rehab services or treatments, identify and correct billing and health information and monitor their own health data (Healthit.gov, 2014).

Health information exchanges are very important for healthcare because it is the beginning of having an integrated system across all of healthcare. The benefits include: increasing efficiency by eliminating paperwork, eliminates redundant testing, improves quality of care by reducing medical errors, involves patients in their own care, facilitates emerging health care technologies and services, provides backbone for national and state level infrastructure, and provides interoperability among electronic health records (healthit.gov, 2014). This list correlates to improved healthcare delivery, improved communication across all medical industries, lowering of health related costs, and enables technologies to continue growing within the medical field. This is where healthcare is headed, a more connected, more efficient, and more user-friendly system. Adopting these exchanges is essential for success as technology continues to advance within healthcare.

HI i just need a individual opinion on the above solution.No need of reference and citations just an own opinion of 50 words.

thank you

What is the purpose of the Medicare Home Health Face-to-Face requirement

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Case #2: Home Health 
BACKGROUND 
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires that physicians (or certain practitioners working with them) who certify beneficiaries as eligible for Medicare home health services document—as a condition of payment for home health services—that face-to-face encounters with those beneficiaries occurred. This study (1) determined the extent to which physicians who certified home health care documented the face-to-face encounters, (2) described the nature of face-to-face documentation, and (3) assessed the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) oversight of the face-to-face requirement. 
HOW WE DID THIS STUDY 
We reviewed 644 face-to-face encounter documents to analyze the extent to which the documents confirmed encounters and contained the required elements. We interviewed the four Home Health and Hospice Medicare Administrative Contractors (HH MACs) to describe how they ensure that home health agencies met the face-to-face encounter requirements. We also reviewed guidance documents and policies from CMS or the HH MACs about monitoring the face-to-face requirement. 
WHAT WE FOUND 
For 32 percent of home health claims that required face-to-face encounters, the documentation did not meet Medicare requirements, resulting in $2 billion in payments that should not have been made. Furthermore, physicians inconsistently completed the narrative portion of the face-to-face documentation. Some face-to-face documents provide information that, although not required by Medicare, could be useful, such as a printed name for the physician and a list of the home health services needed. CMS oversight of the face-to-face requirement is minimal. 
QUESTIONS

What is home health care and the types of services they provide? 
Describe the reimbursement process for home health agencies by Medicare. 
What is the purpose of the Medicare Home Health Face-to-Face requirement? 
Provide 2-3 solutions CMS should implement to ensure that all patients that need a face-to-face encounter receive one? Be detailed and explain your solution.

**Please include the questions in your paper. 
If your Turnitin score is above a 35%, it will result in an automatic 25-point deduction to your final score. Additionally, the professor will review your Turnitin originality report and if warranted, may require student to re-do their entire paper or specific sections of it.

Assess the likelihood of Mental health first aid participants to assist a mental health patient.

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Length: Questionnaire – 5 pages;
This assessment requires you to develop a questionnaire to evaluate the implementation and impact of a Mental Health First Aid program conducted with nursing students at Curtin University aimed at increasing mental health literacy. Below is some background information to provide the context of the questionnaire. Please read it carefully!
BACKGROUND
Mental health issues contribute to a large portion of Australia’s health burden, especially in young adults. Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training courses reduce stigma and increase literacy regarding mental health. MHFA courses are needed in a university setting, where the burden and the stigma of mental illness are high, while health literacy and help-seeking is low. Specifically targeting nursing students provides a unique and sustainable opportunity to not only impact the immediate university setting but also the healthcare of the future.
Mental Health First Aid courses were developed by Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Australia in 2000. These courses primarily serve to train participants to recognise symptoms of mental health problems and assist someone who may be experiencing a mental health crisis. For example, situations such as panic attacks, suicidal behaviour, and other mental health illnesses, including depression and anxiety, are covered in the courses, as well as risk factors, symptoms, and co-morbidity. In 2011, just ten years after its initial start, 1% of Australian adults (170,000 adults) have received MHFA training and over 850 instructors had been trained. These courses have demonstrated increased mental health literacy and mental health of course takers and decreased stigma around mental health problems and disorders. The program has been selected as one of 10 global initiatives to demonstrate “radical efficiency,” the ability of an intervention to deliver greater public outcomes than previous interventions for a reduced cost. You can find out more about MHFA here
The MHFA program you are developing this questionnaire for will recruit undergraduate, internal, full-time enrolled nursing students at Curtin University into a randomised controlled trial and they will be randomly assigned to either receive the MHFA course (intervention group) or be waitlisted to receive the MHFA course (control group) after the first group has concluded their training. Participants will complete two questionnaires (immediately pre and post the intervention). The primary impact indicator is mental health literacy. The secondary impact indicators are attitudes towards mental health (i.e. stigma), confidence in applying mental health first aid and intention to apply mental health first aid.
PART A: DEVELOPING YOUR QUESTIONNAIRE
This assessment requires you to develop a questionnaire to assess the indicators detailed above as well as process indicators. The questionnaire will be used before and after the intervention has been implemented to see if any changes have been produced in the target group. We are also interested in seeing if sub-groups in the population experience changes differently to others and their perception of the quality of the MHFA course including satisfaction. Therefore your questionnaire should include:
1 Demographic questions so that if the data was analysed you could describe the population;
2 Questions measuring the primary and secondary indicators mentioned above (impact evaluation); and
3 Questions measuring the implementation of the intervention (process evaluation).
Given that participants will complete the questionnaire before and after the training there may be some minor differences in tense or wording for these two versions; therefore approach this assessment as if you are developing the questionnaire for completion after the training. Your questionnaire should be approximately five pages and should include a variety of question formats. The majority of your questionnaire should be closed questions to collect quantitative data however a small number of qualitative questions may be appropriate. You do not need to write all of the questions from scratch but you must reference and justify use of questions developed elsewhere i.e. validated scales.
Please include all kinds of questions starting with
DEMOGRAPHIC QUESTIONS
IMPACT QUESTIONS
FEW PROCESS QUESTIONS
THE THREE IMPACT OBJESTIVES ARE:
Objectives Questions
1. Assess the likelihood of Mental health first aid participants to assist a mental health patient. 
2. Measure the confidence of Mental health first aid participants in assisting a mental health patient 
3. Question the change of perception and increase in knowledge in nursing students after taking the Mental health first aid training. 
PASSIVE OBJECTIVE
To assess the attribution and participant satisfaction of Mental Health First Aid Course.
You have to make enough questions to cover 5 pages with font ARIAL 11.
You can refer to attached lecture slide to see the different kind of questionnaire examples and put a mix and match of all types of questions.
You can use questions from OTHER surveys/questionnaires, but please REFERENCE them.
Do not use questionnaires older than 10 years (unless the study is still continuing).
Ignore the discussion part, I will do it on my own. Please refer to the rubric for marking of questionnaire.

Extreme weather event health impacts (eg heat waves)

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HSH 703 Assessment task 1

Municipal Public Health and Well Being Plans: mapping the determinants of health

Commonly asked questions

1. Which priority health issue should I focus on in my MPHWP, there seem to be several health issues in each priority area?

It doesn’t matter which priority health issue you choose as long as you specify in your introduction what your focus will be. Each MPHWP has its own unique way of stating its priority health issues. Some specify a combination of related health issues (for example: reduction in alcohol, tobacco and other drugs use). Some priority health issues identify desired outcomes rather than specify health issues/behaviours of concern (for example: increase physical activity).

In order to focus your report it is recommended you choose ONE health issue/behaviour of concern from your chosen MPHWP (ie a negative health outcome/issue rather than a desired outcome or range of negative behaviours). Specify in your introduction the negative health outcome/issue you have chosen and its context within the MPHWP. Some examples are:

o Geelong MPHWP:

o Overweight and obesity p. 40

o Diabetes p. 46

o Physical inactivity p.46

o Food insecurity (lack of access to affordable, accessible nutritious food) p.40

o Coronary heart diseases p.46, p.52

o Depression and mental health issues p.52

o Social inclusion/exclusion p.51

o Harm from alcohol use p.58

o Illicit drug use or abuse of prescription drugs p.58

o Tobacco use p.64

o Cardinia MPHWP p. 5 and p.11

o Tobacco use

o Harm from alcohol use

o Mental Health/psychological distress

o Immunisation

o Family violence

o Illicit drug use

o Overweight and obesity

o Social inclusion

o Physical inactivity

o Dandenong MPHWP

o Oral health p. 26

o Family violence p.24, p.32, p.34, p.36

o Mental health p.24

o Social inclusion/exclusion p.28, p.44

o Physical inactivity

o Female circumcision p.30

o Harm from alcohol use p.34

o Immunisation p.42

o Problem gambling p.46

o Extreme weather event health impacts (eg heat waves) p.48

o Food insecurity (lack of access to affordable, accessible nutritious food) p.40

2. Do I need an introduction and conclusion?

Yes you first need to set up your written assignment in terms of what you will discuss and then conclude your discussion.

3. Do I need to reference?

Yes, using appropriate academic sources (for eg: peer reviewed journals, academic texts and chapters, government reports, and reputable websites -NOT Better Health Channel) and referencing is part of the assignment and you will get marked on this. For this assignment you need to use Harvard referencing. Use page numbers for direct quotes (as well as source/author). You will be paraphrasing when presenting the statistical and demographic data, so page numbers are not required, just the source/author.

You need to include your MPHWP, Vic PHWP, Department of Health Having Regard to Climate Change and other specified references in your Reference List.

The correct citation for the Victorian MPHWP is:

Department of Health 2011, Victorian Public Health and Wellbeing Plan 2011–2015, State Government of Victoria, Melbourne.

4. What if I go over the word count of 2000 words?

Adhering to the word count is part of the assignment requirements, however there is the +/-10% rule which means you can be either 10% under or 10% over the word count to adequately address the criteria.

5. Do you count the headings/subheadings/references (in text and the reference list) and content in a Table in the word count?

No these words are not counted in the word count.

6. Can I use the MPHWP as a reference?

Yes you can use your chosen MPHWP as a reference source but you need to also reference other academic and government reports.

7. What is the maximum/minimum number of references expected for a 2000 word report?

You are expected to reference between 15-20 references (in addition to your MPHWP) for a 2000 word report.

6. Where do I submit?

All assignments are submitted electronically via Cloud Deakin

8. What are the presentation requirements?

All assignments should be 12 point font and 1.5 spaced with the default page margins. Assignments also need to include the word count and page numbers.

9. What will I be marked on?

There will be a marking guidelines on Cloud Deakin – please consult this to assist in the preparation of your assignment.

9. Do I need a cover sheet for my assignment?

No cover sheet needed. As you are all submitting online via CloudDeakin (both on and off campus students) your assignment will be attached to your name.

10. Can I use headings and subheadings for this assignment?

Yes headings and subheadings add clarity to the assignment structure and ensure you address the assessment criteria. There may be overlap between the sections (it is the nature of this unit as we explore determinants of health) so make sure you specify in your introduction what you will be addressing in the assessment task. How you structure your AT1 will depend on the health issue, population group etc., again make it clear to the reader/marker how and where you have addressed the criteria points.

11. Which population group does the assignment refer to?

In terms of population groups you may discuss this at a broad level in the statistics/outlining the issue section, but then have a more focused section specific to the region you are looking at.

12. How do I apply for extensions of time and/or special consideration?

Where possible you need to submit an email with an application for an extension PRIOR to the submission date. Illness and other extenuating circumstances will be considered for assignment extension of time.

Please refer to Unit Guide p. 10 for Faculty extension policy, penalties for late submission without approved extension and special consideration website links.

Useful sites/resources:

Victorian Population Health surveys:

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Victorian Health Promotion – VicHealth