A definition and examples of global health and wellbeing.

ASSIGNMENT BRIEF AND GUIDANCE

Activity

Part A: Produce a plan to implement a current national or local public health intervention programme in your own setting, relevant to your own role.

Your plan should identify and describe one communicable and one non-communicable disease to focus on, and include the following information:

A definition and examples of global health and wellbeing.

Personal and societal factors impacting on global health issues.

The types of programme/initiatives used to address global and local health and wellbeing priorities.

Summarise the key priorities for health and wellbeing for England.

Discuss the challenges and issues associated with Global health across different countries by comparing it with England.

Ways that epidemiological data and evidence is gathered.

Ways that epidemiological evidence is assessed and applied to issues of global health and wellbeing.

Analyse with examples of how they are adapted to suit local policy needs.

An introduction to the chosen diseases and rationale for your choice as it relates to the services provided by your setting, and an analysis of epidemiological data regarding the incidence and prevalence of the diseases globally, and in your local area. All of this should be in the context of an assessment of the issues and challenges in determining public health and wellbeing priorities globally and locally.

An analysis of one global and one local public health intervention strategy, and the personal.

factors that can impact the implementation and success of these.

Details of your planned intervention including anticipated outcomes, objectives, targets for implementation, resources required, how participants will be engaged and involved, and how you will measure success. You should provide evidence of consultation with service users and/or the wider community to devise your intervention. Assess the measures to control the disease to your own work setting.

Part B: Submit a proposal towards implementation of your intervention and a reflection on the.

effectiveness of your intervention based on your experience and observation. Ensure that the proposal is in conjunction to the plan as specified above.

Learning Outcome 1: Discuss global priorities for health and wellbeing in relation to healthcare priorities of own country.

Learning Outcome 2: Analyse epidemiological data in relation to health and wellbeing.