Design and manage a detailed
investigation of a public health issue in a substantial project, with a high
level of personal autonomy and accountability
Purpose
The
purpose of this assignment is to set out your plan and overall design of
a literature review or other document that incorporates a review that is to be completed
and presented in Assignment 3.
The
literature review is to be scoped and designed by you. It is to investigate a
public health issue of importance and relevance to a particular audience.
The feedback that you receive on this assignment will help you to revise and
further scope your literature review for completion in Assignment 3.
Instructions
Your
task
You
are required to complete both Part A (1200 words) and Part B (300 words)
Part
A (Plan of Assignment 3)
1.
Background
In
this section you are to include
a)
the aim of your literature review for Assignment 3
b)
background to the issue that is to be explored in Assignment 3
·
o Note that you are
not to include any part of the literature review that is to be included in
Assignment 3. For example, if your literature review is to explore the
different climate change policies in the healthcare system across countries,
you wouldnt include these policies in the background of this assignment.
Instead, you might include (with references) the impact of climate change and
importance of mitigation strategies worldwide, the role of the healthcare
system in producing global greenhouse emissions, and the need for coordinated
action by the sector to reduce its impact. Then you could state that the review
in Assignment 3) will explore policies in Australia and internationally that
aim to reduce emissions within the healthcare sector.
c)
evidence of a gap e.g., that there is no other recent quality literature review
answering the same research question within a similar context
·
o Recent is
approximately 3 or more years, though it is important that there is a
substantial body of work that can be included since the last review (more than
5 papers), or if there is a recent review, your work will add value to or
provide a different perspective/angle to the existing body of work.
2.
Method
In
this section you are to outline and justify the databases (e.g., MEDLINE,
CINAHL, EMBASE), and search terms to be used (e.g., Boolean operators) and
other planned sources of evidence (e.g., government reports) and your
justification for your choices where relevant.
Part
B
Separately,
in a different section (~300 words)
Explain the importance of this issue under investigation and why you
chose it. In your response, discuss how it might be relevant to your ideal
post MPH journey, your interests, and/or how it relates to your MPH studies so
far.
It is really important the use of the databases outlined in the Assingment for the literature review.
