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Context
Healthcare has major resource implications in terms of human, time and financial resources, and is
increasingly influenced by environmental and overall sustainability concerns. Healthcare systems,
priorities and politics vary globally, impacting on the management of preventative and interventional
healthcare.
In this essay, you will examine local and global health issues and the healthcare systems and
esources in place to manage those issues. This includes consideration of the political, sustainability
and financial influences on the design, development and delivery of those health care systems and
programs. Finally, you will consider the potential impact of the chosen health issue on Australia’s
healthcare system, and identify an innovative initiative that contributes to reducing or avoiding this
issue.
Instructions
• Select one (1) topic from one (1) of the following five categories.
1. Communicable (infectious) diseases
 Lower respiratory tract infection (including SARS)
 HIV/AIDS
 Cholera
 reappearance or resurgence of ‘old’ diseases (e.g. HTLV-1 virus, TB, measles)
2. Non-communicable diseases
 diabetes
 cardiovascular disease and stroke
 perinatal mo
idity and mortality (mother and infant)
3. Resource/management issues
 inadequate supply of resources (vaccines, insulin)
 antibiotic resistance
ASSESSMENT 3 BRIEF
Subject Code and Title AHS205 The Australian Healthcare System within a Global
Context
Assessment Research Essay
Individual/Group Individual
Length 2,000 words (+/- 10%)
Learning Outcomes This assessment addresses the Subject Learning Outcomes
outlined at the bottom of this document.
Submission Due by 11:55pm AEST Sunday of module 6.1 (week 11).
Weighting 40%
Total Marks 100 marks
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4. Environmental issues
 natural disasters (flood, tsunami, fire, earthquake)
 poor sanitation and water supply
 famine and undernutrition
5. Trauma
 accidents as cause of death and injury (including car, occupational, at home)
 violence as cause of death and injury (including domestic, random and political/war)
• Research the topic you have chosen. Find studies
esearch/journal articles/government and
international health agency reports relating to the topic. These peer-reviewed articles will help
you support your line of reasoning.
• Address the following questions in your essay.
 Discuss the characteristics of the health issue selected.
 How is this issue managed within Australia? Compare Australia’s approach to how it is
managed globally, in particular, in countries where it is a major issue.
 What political, sustainability and financial influences affect how this issue is managed in
Australia and globally? What international agencies are involved? (Note: it is not
necessary to describe how it is managed in all countries, just one or a few key countries).
 What is the potential impact on the Australian healthcare system if this issue increases
in magnitude (from local or international sources, e.g. civil wars overseas, local out
eak
of SARS etc.)?
 Identify and describe an initiative that has been developed in response to this health
issue.
• Write your essay in 2,000 words (+/-10%), drawing from external resources and from the
subjects learning resources.

Guide to essay structure
This is an analytic essay in which you are asked to investigate, discuss, and analyse the topic. To do
this clearly, you are required to
eak the topic into its different elements and discuss these in
separate paragraphs or sections. Plan your essay so that is readable, clear and logically sequenced,
and with a distinct introduction, body and conclusion.

Introduction
- Introduce and provide background information on the topic (the health issue you have selected).
- Overall assessment of the topic (thesis).
- Overview of elements to be discussed (structure).
Body paragraphs: (a new paragraph for each element discussed).
- Begin with a sentence outlining the element (topic sentence); this is the main point of the
paragraph and the rest of the paragraph should relate back to it.
- Following sentences expand the discussion and provide evidence to support the topic sentence.
Do not simply present evidence, but analyse it at each stage, always relating it back to your
assessment question(s).
- Concluding sentence that also links to next paragraph.
Conclusion
- Summary of the main points of the body.
- Restatement of the main point of assessment or point of view (as stated in the introduction).
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Submission Guidelines
- Be formal and objective in your writing.
- Be analytical and demonstrate critical thinking.
- Keep to the set word limit.
- Answer all questions in your essay.
- Use in-text references to support your ideas.
- Use information from academic texts and credible sources only (e.g. WHO).
- Format in-text references and the reference list according to APA 6th ed. referencing style.
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- Proofread your work to check that each paragraph links to the previous or the thesis and that it
is easy to read.
- Check your spelling, grammar and punctuation.
- Use a size 12 font (Times New Roman, Cali
i or Arial).
- Include a footer with your name, student number and page numbers.
- Include a cover page with your name, student number, subject name, title of assessment,
learning facilitator’s name and the final word count (not including referencing).

Submission Instructions
Check your essay’s similarity report using Turnitin before final submission (exclude your cover page).
Submit your Research Essay (including cover page and Turnitin similarity report) via the Assessment
link in the main navigation menu in AHS205 The Australian Healthcare System within a Global Context.
The learning facilitator will provide feedback via the Grade Centre in the LMS portal. Feedback can be
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Assessment Ru
ic
Assessment
Attributes
Fail (Unacceptable)
0-49%
Pass
(Functional)
50-64%
Credit
(Proficient)
65-74%
Distinction
(Advanced)
75 -84%
High Distinction
(Exceptional)
85-100%

Analysis of essay
questions



40%

Attempts to respond to
questions/tasks arising
explicitly from the essay
questions, but does not
success in addressing key
elements of the questions.
Does nor identify clearly
the health issue, or there
is a radical mis-match
etween the declared
health issue and essay
content.

Health issue declared.
Responds with an
approximate degree of
elevance to the essay
questions, but may not
explicitly or accurately
identify key components of
the topic.
Line of reasoning/thesis is
not explicitly pursued in the
ody of the essay or is nor
consistently pursued.



Heath issue declared.
Responds appropriately to
the essay questions.
Identifies key components of
the topic.
Line of reasoning/thesis is
consistently pursued through
the body of the essay.
Line of reasoning/thesis may
need to be more explicitly
articulated, refined or
clarified.


Health issue declared and
iefly introduced.
Responds appropriately to
the essay questions.
Argumentative response
clearly articulated
throughout analysis.



Health issue declared and
succinctly introduced.
Responds appropriately and
insightfully to the essay
questions.
Redefines the essay
questions to construct an
appropriately focussed
thesis or line of reasoning.
Argumentative response
clearly and consistently
articulated.


Adequate research basis
and appropriate
esearch effort


30%
Inadequate research basis.
Materials inappropriate or
elevant to the discipline
and/or the health issue.
Does not exhibit
awareness of source
credibility.

Research basis just
adequate.
Relevance of some sources
to the discipline/health
issue debatable.
May not exhibit awareness
of indicators of source
credibility or reliability.



Solid research basis.
Resources generally relevant
to the topic and appropriate
to the discipline/ health issue.
Exhibits awareness of issues
of source credibility, but
uneven application.
Strong research basis.
Resources reflect
cu
ent
elevant critical
debates within the
discipline/health issue.
Exhibits clear awareness of
issues of source credibility
and reliability.
Extensive research basis.
Resources highly pertinent
to the topic.