The public health impact of a specified health protection issue

 

 

 

 

 

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.

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.

	Pass – 40-49%	Pass – 50-59%	Commendation – 60-69%	Distinction– 70%+
1 Written expression and structure	Overall presentation of the report is satisfactory, but lacks informative figures and/or tables.   Most points are explained coherently, but structure and organization of the report is very weak.   Satisfactory use of key terminology, but explanations are vague and over simplistic.   The assessment question is addressed superficially; report includes interesting but irrelevant details throughout.  Many spelling and grammatical errors throughout the report.	Good, well presented report but figures and/or tables lack informative titles, or are poorly presented.  Report has a good, well organized structure and points are explained coherently  Good, correct use of key terminology, but explanations are relatively basic.   Attempts to address the assessment question well, but report includes some irrelevant information.  Some spelling and grammatical errors.	Presentation of report, including figures and tables is very good.  Report has a clear structure and information is well organized.  Very good, detailed and coherent discussion.   Demonstrates very good understanding and use key terminology.   Focuses on addressing assessment question and avoids inclusion of irrelevant information.  Minimal spelling and grammatical errors	Excellent or outstanding presentation of publication standard.  Written expression is concise, accurate and articulate.  Excellent, coherent in-depth discussion.  Report tightly focuses on and successfully addresses the assessment question.   Minor spelling and grammatical errors
2 Use of literature and referencing	Has identified essential literature.   Minimal range of literature is cited.  References and citations are included but UoB Harvard style is not used consistently.	Good range of evidence cited including current peer-reviewed primary literature.  Most references and citations are formatted in the UoB Harvard style but some inaccuracies remain.	Very good range of evidence cited including current peer-reviewed primary literature.  References and citations are consistently formatted, with most in the UoB Harvard style.	An excellent, comprehensive range of current primary literature is used effectively to support discussion.  References and citations are consistently formatted in the UoB Harvard style.
3 Application of knowledge	Satisfactory use of public health surveillance data to describe the impact on public health within a specified area.   Report focuses on simply describing rates of disease or case numbers.	Good use of use of public health surveillance data and other relevant sources of information to assess the impact on public health within a specified area.   In addition to simply describing rates of disease, the report identifies broader ways in which the issue effects the local population, but lacks a tight focus on health.	Very good, competent use of public health surveillance data and other relevant sources of data to assess the impact on public health within a specified area.  In addition to discussing rates of disease, the report highlights and discusses the broader impacts on health.	Excellent competent use of public health surveillance data and other relevant sources of data to assess the impact on public health within a specified area.   Insightful discussion of impact on public health highlighting broad range of impacts.
4 Reflection on quality of data sources	Limited description of strengths and weaknesses of public health surveillance and/or other sources of data.	Describes strengths and weaknesses of public health surveillance and/or other sources of data.	Discussion demonstrates very good understanding of specific strengths and weakness of relevant public health surveillance system and/or other sources of data.	In-depth insightful discussion demonstrates excellent understanding of specific strengths and weakness of relevant public health surveillance and/or other sources of data.
5   Critical analysis, synthesis and evaluation	Some attempt to analyse the impact on public health but report lacks critical depth.  Weak conclusion which lacks clear links to report findings and a limited summary of the impact the chosen issue has had on public health	Attempts to synthesize information from multiple sources.   Presents good evidence based analysis of impact chosen issue has had on public health.  Good conclusion attempts to summarize report findings and demonstrates good understanding of the impact the chosen issue has had on public health.	Very good critical analysis of impact on public health based on synthesis of information from multiple sources of good quality information.   Very good conclusion succinctly summarises report findings and demonstrates very good understanding of the impact the chosen issue has had on public health.	Presents excellent, in-depth evidence-based critical evaluation of the impact on public health.  Report ends with an insightful conclusion demonstrating excellent understanding of the impact the chosen issue has had on public health.