Assessment 2: Clinical Case Scenario
Task
- Brief description Written assessment on health promotion campaigns and how they address the Ottawa Charter for Health.
Clinical Case Scenario
You are working in your local Primary Health Care Clinic as a student nurse/midwife. Management have completed a clinical audit and have noticed an increase in the number of the following presentations: Skin cancer biopsy, mental health plans, respiratory presentations for heavy smokers and young mothers requiring additional parenting support. In the future you are required to present a national health promotion campaign to your colleagues. To do this you must first do some research.
Task instructions
- Choose one of the following areas
a. Mental health
b. Skin Cancer
c. Smoking
d. Young pregnant/new mothers - Identify the relevant Australian public health promotion that attempts to address it (e.g. Beyond Blue addresses mental health for men).
- Choose three Action Areas from the Ottawa Charter below and discuss how the Australian public health promotion addresses each one.
Action Areas
- Build Healthy Public Policy
- Create Supportive Environments
- Strengthen Community Actions
- Develop Personal Skills
- Reorient Health Services
Remember
This assignment requires you to present a written document that discusses how your chosen health promotion plan addresses the Ottawa charter for health. This assignment does not require you to write an essay. Do not include an introduction or conclusion. Write paragraphs only. Use the Action Area as a subheading.
Submission Point
There is only one submission point for this assessment. There will be a separate draft submission point to check for plagiarism. Please use the page titled Assessment 2 submission point to submit your final word document. Do not provide a link, do not cut and copy your assessment into the submission point and do not provide a PDF.
Some writing tips:
- Write in the third person; avoid personal pronouns such as ‘I’ and ‘you’.
- Avoid long, confusing sentences and check that your tenses (past, present and future) are consistent within the same sentence.
- Avoid posing questions; work the information into the paragraph.
- Use plain English. It is essential your meaning is clear and that you demonstrate your understanding of the nature of the topic.
- Avoid direct quotes, paraphrase instead.