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Teaching Period 3, 2020
401001 Primary Health Care in Ac�on
Assignment 2: Guided wri�en response to case study
Word limit: 1500 words
Weighting: 40%
Due date: 5pm AEDT Monday 9 November 2020 (Week 7)
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Assignment overview
This assignment is a mandatory submission, which means that in order to pass this unit of
study, you must submit this assignment.
The aim of this assignment is to provide you with the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of
the application of primary health care (PHC) concepts and health promotion practice with particular
reference to the health of Indigenous Australians.
This assignment supports unit learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6.
Assignment details
A video concerning an Australian Indigenous community’s health project will be used as a trigger
for you to respond to four written questions about the social determinants of health, the principles
of primary health care, health promotion and cultural competence.
Step 1: Watch the video
Watch the video, It takes a village (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcXGuq_k2K8)
(Rural Health Channel, 2014), commencing at 15 minutes to view the 'Healing Circle at
Gnibi', a primary healthcare program carried out in a community in Western Australia.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcXGuq_k2K8
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Step 2: Write answers to four ques�ons
Answer the following questions in relation to the primary health care program:
1. Identify and discuss two social determinants of health that helped to determine the
need for the project. Provide examples from the video and include at least one scholarly
reference for each social determinant.
2. Identify and explain how two primary health care principles guided the project in the
video. Provide examples from the video and include at least one scholarly reference for
each principle.
3. Identify and discuss one strategy from the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion that
relates to the project in the video. Provide at least one example from the video and
include at least one scholarly reference.
4. Define cultural competence and discuss why it is important in determining the success
of the project. Provide at least one example from the video where this concept is
demonstrated and at least one scholarly reference.
Note:
Make sure you include examples from the video where prompted, and draw on relevant
material from your eText. Include at least one relevant reference for each response.
Responses must be in full, complete sentences. Your responses must not be in point
form.
You do not need to rewrite the question, but make sure you clearly identify which
response is associated with which question.
As this is not an essay, you don't need to have an introduction or conclusion.
You must have a reference list that includes the video and any other sources you have
cited using APA 7th referencing style. Whenever you are using in-text references, you
must include a separate page at the end of your assignment with a least of references
that you have used in-text. You must use APA. You will have a minimum of 7 references in
your list.
The reference list is not included in the word count.
Suppor�ng resources
Assignment 2 PCAL resource (PDF 277 KB) . This resource, created by the WSU School
of Nursing and Midwifery Professional Communication Academic Literacy (PCAL) team, steps
you through the requirements of the assignment, and provides support for how to structure your
responses.
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Indigenous health
Overview of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health status 2018 (PDF 1.6 MB)
(https://healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/healthinfonet/getContent.php?
linkid=617557&title=Overview+of+Aboriginal+and+Torres+Strait+Islander+health+status+2018)
(Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet, 2019).
Australia's health XXXXXXXXXXhttps://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/australias-health/australias-
health-2018/contents/table-of-contents) (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2018).
Closing the Gap (https://closingthegap.niaa.gov.au/) (Australian Government Department
of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, n.d.).
Indigenous health
(https://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/Aboriginal+and+Torres+Strait+I
1lp) (Australian Government Department of Health, 2017).
National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
(https://www.naccho.org.au/) (NACCHO, 2018) website.
Australian burden of disease study: Impact and causes of illness and death in
Australia XXXXXXXXXXhttps://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/burden-of-disease/abds-impact-and-
causes-of-illness-death-2011/contents/table-of-contents) (Australian Institute of Health and
Welfare, 2016).
What works in Indigenous primary health care health reform? A review of the
evidence (PDF 854 KB)
(http://www.unisa.edu.au/global/health/sansom/documents/hespg/what%20works%20in%20indig
(Halliday & Segal, 2012).
A comparison of barriers to accessing services for mental and physical health
conditions in a sample of rural Australian adults
(https://www.rrh.org.au/journal/article/4155) (Fennell, Hull, Jones & Dollman, 2018).
Social determinants of health
The social determinants of health
(http://www.health.gov.au/internet/publications/publishing.nsf/Content/oatsih-healthplan-
toc~determinants) (Australian Government Department of Health, 2013).
Primary healthcare principles
Principles for success for primary health care services
(http://www.health.gov.au/internet/publications/publishing.nsf/Content/health-oatsih-pubs-
linkphc~health-oatsih-pubs-linkphc-local~principles) (Australian Government Department of
Health, 2008).
Chapter 7: Health systems: principles integrated care
(https://www.who.int/whr/2003/chapter7/en/index1.html) (World Health Organization, 2019).
Referencing help
https://healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/healthinfonet/getContent.php?linkid=617557&title=Overview+of+Aboriginal+and+Torres+Strait+Islander+health+status+2018
https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/australias-health/australias-health-2018/contents/table-of-contents
https://closingthegap.niaa.gov.au/
https://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/Aboriginal+and+Torres+Strait+Islander+Health-1lp
https://www.naccho.org.au/
https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/burden-of-disease/abds-impact-and-causes-of-illness-death-2011/contents/table-of-contents
http://www.unisa.edu.au/global/health/sansom/documents/hespg/what%20works%20in%20indigenous%20phc%20reform.pdf
https://www.rrh.org.au/journal/article/4155
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/publications/publishing.nsf/Content/oatsih-healthplan-toc~determinants
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/publications/publishing.nsf/Content/health-oatsih-pubs-linkphc~health-oatsih-pubs-linkphc-local~principles
https://www.who.int/whr/2003/chapter7/en/index1.html
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For referencing help, please refer to the APA referencing style
(https://library.westernsydney.edu.au/main/guides/referencing-citation) . Full details and examples
are available on the Library website.
Library Tip sheet -Referencing online media (PDF 154 KB) (SoNM, 2019)
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Assignment criteria
1. Identify and discuss two social determinants of health that helped to determine the need for the
project. Provide examples from the video and include at least one scholarly reference for each
social determinant.
2. Identify and explain how two primary health care principles guided the project in the video.
Provide examples from the video and include at least one scholarly reference for each principle.
3. Identify and discuss one strategy from the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion that relates to
the project in the video. Provide at least one example from the video and include at least one
scholarly reference.
4. Define cultural competence and discuss why it is important in determining the success of the
program in the video. Provide at least one example from the video where this concept is
demonstrated and at least one scholarly reference.
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Assignment 2 marking guide
Criteria No Pass Pass
50-64%
Credit
65-74%
Distinction
75-84%
High
Distinc
85-100%
5. Language use. Sentences are well constructed, expression and meaning is clear, basic written
language rules are followed.
6. Referencing and in-text citation: Uses the APA referencing style correctly for both in-text
citations and reference list.
Your work will be assessed using the following marking guide:
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Criteria No Pass Pass
50-64%
Credit
65-74%
Distinction
75-84%
High
Distinc
85-100%
Identify and
discuss two
social
determinants
of health that
helped to
determine the
need for the
project.
Provide
examples
from the
video and
include at
least one
scholarly
reference for
each social
determinant
(25%)
Inadequate
identification of
two social
determinants of
health that
helped
determine the
need for the
project.
No examples
from the
literature are
given or
examples are
not relevant to
the discussion.
Less than two
references.
Sources are
not relevant, or
relevance has
not been
integrated.
Some
discussion of
two social
determinants
of health that
helped
determine the
need for the
project.
Examples are
used to
support the
discussion
from the
literature but
this could be
more
consistently
done.
Uses at least
two
references.
Sources have
peripheral
relevance to
the topic or
relevance has
not been well
integrated.
Discusses
most aspects
of two social
determinants
of health that
helped
determine the
need for the
project.
Examples are
relevant and
are mostly
well used from
the literature
to support the
discussion.
Uses at least
two
references.
Selected
sources have
some
relevance to
or mention of
the topic.
Comprehensive
and effective
discussion of
two social
determinants of
health that
helped to
determine the
need for the
project.
Examples are
effectively and
consistently
used from the
literature to
support the
discussion.
Uses at least
two references.
Selected
sources are
specifically
relevant to the
topic.
Compre
and clea
discuss
two soc
determi
health t
helped t
determi
need fo
project.
Exampl
expertly
from the
and use
support
discuss
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and spe
relevant
discuss
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Criteria No Pass Pass
50-64%
Credit
65-74%
Distinction
75-84%
High
Distinc
85-100%
Identify and
explain how
two primary
healthcare
principles
guided the
project in the
video.
Provide
examples
from the
video and
include at
least one
scholarly
reference for
each
principle
(25%)
Discussion on
how at least
two primary
healthcare
principles
guided the
project in the
video is
incorrect and
not relevant
and/or
inadequate.
Examples are
not given or are
not relevant to
the discussion.
Less than two
references.
Sources are
not relevant, or
relevance has
not been
integrated.
The
explanation of
how at least
two primary
healthcare
principles
guided the
project in the
video contains
minor errors
and could be
more
thorough.
Examples are
used to
support the
discussion but
this could be
more
effectively
done.
Uses at least
two
references.
Sources have
peripheral
relevance to
the topic or
relevance has
not been well
integrated.
Discusses
most aspects
of how at least
two primary
healthcare
principles
guided the
project in the
video, but
could be more
thorough.
Examples are
relevant and