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4500 word written report which identifies a community or population experiencing (or suspected of experiencing) a health inequality, sets out a plan for a health needs assessment for this community, and then proposes a new public health intervention (supported by evidence from previous literature) to address an identified need for this community.
Part 1
Identify a population experiencing health inequality and prepare a plan for a health needs assessment, identifying how this will help to address health inequalities.
Structure the plan as a proposal, including relevant section headings, graphs / charts / maps, and reference fully.
Propose a specific intervention to tackle the key priority you expect to have identified during your HNA. This must be focused and not a generalised strategy with many different components. Provide detail on exactly what you are proposing to do and with whom. Justify why you think your intervention will be successful (refer to relevant literature and theory), and how you will measure success through evaluation.
Part 2
Summarise the challenges that are likely to be faced when: i) carrying out data collection and assessment of needs of your chosen community, and ii) implementing an intervention to address the chosen priority for action. Propose solutions or ways to manage these challenges with reference to literature.
Guidelines
Part 1
You will need to define the population experiencing health inequality. Ensure that this is a
population, population subgroup or community that can be identified as such (not a study sample). Critique the relevant literature to provide an understanding of what we currently know about this population. Provide a rationale for the needs assessment, considering the anticipated benefits, and select the appropriate approach and methodology. Select data sources and tools for data gathering. Include a plan of practical issues such as time, who might conduct the assessment, an outline of possible cost implications, steps and stages and their order (e.g. Gantt Chart), interpreting data and dissemination of findings, following appropriate processes relevant to the context.
Choose the most important priority you expect to have been identified by your HNA and then think about what sort of intervention you might be able to put into place to tackle this issue. Detail a proposal for a new intervention for your specific chosen community and refer to previous interventions, research and theory to support your proposal. Then think about how you might be able to demonstrate the success of your intervention. What will you measure, what data will be needed, and where or from whom will you collect this?
Make sure to use an appropriate title, subheadings, tables and charts.
A good proposal:
Is clear, direct and straight forward — it tells the reader what you are proposing to do and why, and does not overcomplicate issues;
Is well organised — structured so your reader can understand the “story” being told;
Provides a clear rationale — your reader goes away convinced of the need and of the proposed methodology;
Provides a design and method that makes it clear exactly what is to happen and how;
Is realistic and practical in terms of population size, cost benefit, team skills, time;
Is ethical.
Part 2
Reflect upon your proposal and identify any challenges and areas that would be faced when collecting data and assessing needs and then also when implementing the planned intervention to tackle your chosen priority. Choose key areas and explore these in some depth with reference to a strong academic evidence base. Offer some solutions to mitigate these challenges.
part 3
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