Assignment title: Information
ASSESSMENT 2
Due Date 11:55pm Sunday May 15, 2016
Weighting 40%
Length 2000 words excluding Abstract, reference list and search strategy
Task
Submission
1. Choose a health promotion issue that is of interest to you
2. Compare and contrast interventions that have been
implemented to produce individual behaviour change with
interventions focussed on population level change for your
chosen issue. You will need to research four interventions, to
adequately answer this question.
3. Conclude which interventions were most effective and why.
4. You are expected to read widely in the scholarly literature (i.e.
peer-reviewed journals) for this assignment.
5. Fifteen to 20 references would be considered adequate for this
topic.
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Assignment should be submitted with an ONLINE Assignment
Coversheet
Assessment Criteria Content: 25%
All relevant areas are discussed
National and international literature is used to investigate the identified
areas
Relevant, comprehensive and integrated arguments are clearly stated
Arguments are substantiated by reference to a wide range of
research/theory literature
Strengths and weaknesses of current knowledge are evaluated
Structure: (items 1, 2, 3 and 6 on self-assessment checklist) * 4%
Referencing: (item 5 on self-assessment checklist) * 4%
Presentation: (items 4 and 7 on self-assessment checklist) * 4%
* Please complete and attach to your assignment the self-assessment
checklist (structure, format and presentation of reports), included with
this subject outline.
Description of your search strategy (appendix at the end, one
page) 3%,
which must include:
i A list of the electronic databases and internet sites you chose
(NOT search engines). Briefly justify your choice in terms of how you
thought they would contribute to the quality, relevance, and
comprehensiveness of your search results.
ii Show the key words and other terms you used when analysing
the question and explain how and why you combined your search
terms to widen or limit your search with connectors AND, OR and NOT.
iii Describe the criteria you used to select the final articles for your
assignment from the list of articles that resulted from your searches.