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PUBH100: Foundations of Public Health, 2022
Assessment Task 1: Short essay: Public health concept
Background
This unit introduces students to the fundamental elements of public health: concepts,
theories and practice. For this assessment task, students will be required to write a
short essay to define, interpret and explain the concept of public health. Students must
support their arguments by citing peer-reviewed academic literature and/or official
statistical resources (e.g. ABS, WHO etc.) as appropriate.
Assessment specifications
Due date: Tuesday 22 March XXXXXXXXXX:00pm)
Weighting: 20%
Length and/or format: 1000 words +/- 10% (includes citations but
excludes appendices and references)
Purpose: To enable students to define and describe a
public health concept and or framework
How to submit: Turnitin (via LEO)
Return of assignment: Marks and feedback will be returned to students
via LEO
Assessment criteria: See marking ru
ic below
Instructions
In this short essay, students will be required to define, interpret and explain the
concept of public health. Students need to address the following specific
points/questions, to demonstrate their understanding of the concept of public health:
• How is public health defined in the literature?
• What are the underlying principles?
• What are the main characteristics and functions?
• Who are some of the key international and Australian actors?
• What are the main challenges to public health in Australia?
Specifically, your essay should include:
• A
ief introduction (1 paragraph):
o Introduce the chosen topic, and outline what you will cover in your essay
• Body (all points should be supported by citing relevant literature):
o Define and interpret the meaning of the concept of public health, citing two
or three academic texts;
o Identify and describe a few main underlying principles;
o Identify and describe the main characteristics and functions of public health;
o Describe the key actors involved in addressing public health internationally
and in Australia; and
o Describe a few major public health challenges in Australia.
• Conclusion (1 paragraph):
o Summarise the key points/arguments
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• Reference list (APA7 referencing style)
You must search the literature, and explicitly refer to peer-reviewed academic
literature and/or official statistical resources (e.g. ABS, WHO etc.) to support your
description and discussion of the public health issue. A minimum of five to six
eferences is expected, at least 4 of which should be peer-reviewed references (e.g.
journal articles or book chapters).
Formatting requirements
• Word document
• Arial, Cali
i or Times New Roman font
• Size 12 font (headings can be large
ond font if required)
• 1.5 line spacing
• Margins of at least 2cm left and right
Referencing
APA7 is the required referencing style for this assessment task. Please ensure that
you are familiar with the formatting and usage requirements for this style. The
Academic Skills Unit and Li
ary have resources to help with referencing.
Turnitin: Turnitin is a tool used to assist in the detection of referencing problems
and/or plagiarism. Turnitin generates a similarity index for a document: that is, what
percentage of the document contains material that is matched to accessible sources.
Presence of similarity does not necessarily indicate plagiarism: there are many
easons why similar text is discovered in student documents. For example, Turnitin
often classifies reference lists themselves as “similar”—this is similarity, but not
plagiarism.
Assessment Policies and Procedures
Students should make themselves familiar with the University’s Assessment
Procedures https:
www.acu.edu.au/handbook/handbook-2021/policies-and-general-
information/assessment---policy-and-procedure/assessment-procedures
This link outlines how to apply for an extension or special consideration (under
‘Student responsibilities’ and ‘Processes when personal circumstances affect
performance’). Extension requests (if you have a valid reason), should be emailed to
the Lecturer-in-Charge, prior to the due date. Special consideration applications
should be emailed to XXXXXXXXXX AND the Lecturer-in-Charge.
Please note that marks will be deducted for late submission of assignments (without
an approved extension or special consideration), as per University policy. The policy
states: “Assessment tasks submitted after the due or extended date will incur, for
each whole or part of a calendar day that the work is overdue, a 5% penalty of the
maximum marks available for that assessment task up to a maximum of 15%.
Assessment tasks received more than three calendar days after the due or extended
date will not be allocated a mark.”
Marking criteria
In line with ACU’s Assessment Policy, all assessment marking and grading must be
criterion-referenced and use standards-based grading. Assessment criteria and
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standards are related to unit learning outcomes. Student performance on a task is
evaluated against each criterion, and according to the set standards of achievement
for that criterion. Assessment criteria and standards for this task are provided in the
following ru
ic. Each criterion is marked according to a five-point standard, from
“poor” to “excellent”, with a descriptor for each standard. Within each standard a small
marking range of marks provides further differentiation. Your final mark for the task
eflects evaluation against all criteria.
See the ru
ic below for the marking criteria.
Learning outcomes assessed:
1. Define public health and outline its core functions and role in
improving the health of the community (GA: 5)
2. Describe the major public health challenges in Australia and internationally,
and what role public health can play in addressing these challenges (GA: 7,
8, 10)
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PUBH100 ASSESSMENT TASK 1 - MARKING RUBRIC
Marking criteria and relevant unit
learning outcome(s)
W
e
ig
h
t Standard achieved
Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor
1. Knowledge of the concept of
public health
Define and interpret the meaning of
the concept public health, drawing
from the academic literature
Essay provides an
excellent definition
and interpretation of
the concept of public
health, drawing on
the academic
literature
Essay provides a very
good definition and
interpretation of the
concept of public
health, drawing on the
academic literature
Essay provides a
suitable definition and
interpretation of the
concept of public
health, drawing on the
academic literature
Essay provides an
partial definition and
interpretation of the
concept of public
health, drawing on the
academic literature
Essay provides a
poor definition and
interpretation of the
concept of public
health, drawing on
the academic
literature
LO1 2 (4½–5 marks) (3½–4 marks) (2½–3 marks) (1½–2 marks) (0–1 marks)
2. Knowledge of principles,
characteristics and functions
Identify and describe the main
principles, characteristics and functions
of the concept public health
Essay provides an
excellent description of
the main principles,
characteristics and
functions of the concept
public health
Essay provides a very
good description of the
main principles,
characteristics and
functions of the concept
public health
Essay provides a suitable
description of the main
principles, characteristics
and functions of the
concept public health
Essay provides a partial
description of the main
principles, characteristics
and functions of the
concept public health
Essay provides a poor
description of the main
principles,
characteristics and
functions of the concept
public health
LO1 2 (4½–5 marks) (3½–4 marks) (2½–3 marks) (1½–2 marks) (0–1 marks)
3. Key actors in public health
Identify and describe the main actors
involved in managing, delivering and
funding public health internationally and
in Australia
Essay provides an
excellent description of
the main actors involved
in managing, delivering
and funding public
health internationally
and in Australia
Essay provides a very
good description of the
main actors involved in
managing, delivering and
funding public health
internationally and in
Australia
Essay provides a suitable
description of the main
actors involved in
managing, delivering and
funding public health
internationally and in
Australia
Essay provides a partial
description of the main
actors involved in
managing, delivering and
funding public health
internationally and in
Australia
Essay provides a poor
description of the main
actors involved in
managing, delivering
and funding public
health internationally
and in Australia
LO1, LO2
2
(4½–5 marks)
(3½–4 marks)
(2½–3 marks)
(1½–2 marks)
(0–1 marks)
4. Knowledge of main public
health challenges
Essay provides an
excellent description of
some of the main
challenges to public
Essay provides a very
good excellent
description of some of the
main challenges to public
Essay provides a suitable
description of some of the
main challenges to public
health in Australia
Essay provides a limited
description of some of
the main challenges to
public health in Australia
Essay provides a poor
description of some of
the main challenges to
public health in Australia
5
Marking criteria and relevant unit
learning outcome(s)
W
e
ig
h
t Standard achieved
Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor
Describe some of the main
challenges to public health in
Australia
health in Australia
health in Australia
L02
2
(4½–5 marks)
(3½–4 marks)
(2½–3 marks)
(1½–2 marks)
(0–1 marks)
5. Clarity, coherence and
professional presentation
Writing is clear, coherent, well-
articulated and professionally
presented and meets word limit
equirements
Essay is of an
excellent standard in
all respects: clearly
expressed, coherently
argued, and
professionally
presented, and within
word limit
equirements.
Essay is of a very
good standard in all
espects: clearly
expressed, coherently
argued, and
professionally
presented, and within
word limit
equirements.
Essay is