| NG4104 Introduction to public health and health promotion Formative Essay Plan | |
| Assignment: Identify a public health issue within a specific population group. Explore this issue in relation to the following holistic dimensions: cultural, physical, mental, and social. Explain the role of the nurse in contributing to public health in relation to raising awareness amongst the population and in facilitating people to make health enhancing choices. |
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| Assessment criteria | Your formative plan |
| Introduction (approximately 200 Words) | |
| Learning outcome 1: identify the global and national influences on determinants of health and consider how these affect health and well-being. | |
| Learning outcome 2: Review factors contributing to inequalities in health outcomes and consider strategies to address these. | |
| Learning Outcome 3: Describe the importance of effective therapeutic communication in stimulating an awareness of health needs and empowering groups and communities by facilitating health enhancing activities and influencing local and national policy. | |
| Learning outcome 4: Discuss the relationship between physical, mental, and social health and the rationale for adopting an integrated approach to health and well-being | |
| Learning outcome 5: Explain the importance of health promotion and the role of the nurse in supporting people, groups, and communities to lead healthier lives across the lifespan | |
| Conclusion (approximately 100 words) | |
| Literature should be within the last 10 years, academic e.g. research papers, policy documents and professional guidance e.g. Nursing and Midwifery Council, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. | Please indicate a few of the references that you are using |