NURS5001 Assessment 1: Essay (Weighting 20%

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NURS5001 Assessment 1: Essay (Weighting 20%. Word limit 1500 words)

Unit Learning Outcomes (ULO)’s assessed:

ULO 1 Critique the philosophy and principles of primary health care and its application to practice settings

ULO 2 Interpret factors that influence the effectiveness of primary health care programs ULO 3 Incorporate evidence informed community assessment tools to assess a community ULO 5 Demonstrate an appropriate understanding of academic integrity principles and apply

academic writing, referencing and acknowledgement conventions required for discipline

For this assessment students are required to critique an existing primary health care program. Provide a critique focussing on the delivery of the program in a community of your choice.

You may choose a community/group or aggregate of people, or a narrower focus such as a government school.

The program must be relevant to community health. You may select one of the focus areas listed below, identifying a program which relates to the focus areas and is available to the community in which you live, work or have a general interest. Students may also select a program which does not fit with the identified focus areas for this essay in consultation with the Unit Coordinator (for example if you have a special interest which is not covered here). Ensure that you are considering a program (as defined in your text Taylor et.al, 2021) not an individual activity or session, which may be stand alone or part of a program.

Suggested focus areas

Prevention of communicable disease
Improving physical activity
Improving oral health
Reducing obesity
Improving social and emotional wellbeing
Providing parenting support
Preventing injury and poisoning

Essential items to be addressed are:

A brief description of the chosen community. It is recommended that this is the targeted population that you are focusing on in future assignments.
Use secondary data sources to demonstrate community needs related to the focus area/ program of choice
A summary of the primary health care program
Within the discussion, summarise how primary health care principles are evident in the program you have selected
Critique the extent to which the program addresses community need, and highlight primary health care factors that determine the effectiveness of the program.

Essential information required to complete this assessment can be found in the guidelines (below) and assessment rubric.

Assessment Guidelines

Academic writing is expected. Language should be appropriate, ensure your responses are clear and appropriate terminology should be used throughout.
Report should be written as per the Curtin University ‘Report Writing’ study guide (link below). No transmittal document, abstract or recommendations are required for this report. The report should be written in 3^rd person point of view.

Report Writing | The Learning Centre – Online Programs – Expires May 2021 (curtin.edu.au)

Please use headings to aid the flow of ideas, headings should be bold font.
Use 1.5 line spacing for entire report.
Times New Roman 12 (or equivalent)
Allow margins of 2.5cm at top, bottom and sides of page
APA style referencing must be used with a minimum of 8 references. You may wish to review the APA style guide, available via Curtin Library online.
The word limit for this report is 1500 words (+/-10%) (includes in-text references, does not include reference list). Words in excess of the limit will not be marked.
There a range of Study Skills Online programs available to students. You may wish to access these programs to build confidence in academic writing skills- http://studyskills.curtin.edu.au/