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Needs assessments (20%) What is a needs assessment (gov.uk)…
Needs assessments (20%)
What is a needs assessment (gov.uk) or any credible source? How is it carried out (gov.uk)? or from health promotion text textbook
Step one:
of the needs assessment: how does your intervention idea (goal) fit within the National goals set by PHE? (All our health link). How does you intervention fits into policy/public health England
EXAMPLE: A health intervention in a nursery setting with children aged 3-4 years meets the public health England goal to give all children the best start in life (PHE, 2015). Public health England identify the importance of emotional wellbeing in the early years (PHE, 2015).
Step two:
Which impact area does your intervention focus upon – explain why (High Impact areas link) or any previous intervention that has been shown to work
Step three:
Identify readily available data that details social, economic, cultural and behavior factors that affect audience/cohort health (child (use your cohort here) health profile link)
EAMPLE: Total population in local area, number in target age group, gender difference, disability levels, deprivation rates, English as second language, number of children in care, maternal mental health, dental extractions, family homelessness, childhood obesity, admission episodes for alcohol-specific conditions (under 18s), hospital admissions for asthma (under 19 years)
Order of priority and relevance to your intervention
Comparison between local and national data, you can use the PHE or any credible or reliable source??
Identify how your intervention is going to meet the needs of the cohort/audience identified in the data.
Step four:
Identify LOCAL resources – for example total number of schools, services relevant to your intervention already available in schools, local services that can support, professional skills needed, facilities required (school and local community) – detail how each resource will support the intervention/limitations compare to other areas to identify deficiencies
Step five:
Involving stakeholders – identify who your stakeholders are and the methods you would use to hear their point of view (BEFORE THE INTERVENTION)
Detail the methods used with each stakeholder any why they would be a useful tool for a child, parent, staff (questionnaire, focus groups).
Give one or two example questions you would ask stakeholder and explain the information you are trying to extract (how the answers would be useful to designing the intervention).
Explain the approach that you are using and why, critique other approaches and why you approach is most suitable (quantitative or qualitative)?
Intervention Design (20%)
Aims
Identify aims and objectives of intervention and the setting where it will take place
Identify and explore the health promotion approach that is best appropriate for your intervention (Medical/preventative, behavioral, educational, empowerment/client centered, social change)
Identify and explore the health promotion theory that is best appropriate for your intervention and explain how it helps to explain behavior change
Include a table that reflects on the result of previous interventions
Evaluation (20%)
Discuss your evaluation approach (formative, process and outcome evaluation) linking strongly to your aims and objectives.
It should enable the reader to gain a clear picture of how the intervention will be evaluated, drawing on the evaluation theory you have learned during the module
Ethics (10%)
Discuss the ethical values and principles underpinning health promotion/intervention
Apply these to your intervention
Academic Writing (10%)
This structuring and presentation of the report, the fluency of your writing, and your use and citation/referencing of sources.
