Health promotion has the capacity to make real differences to the lives of individuals, communities and the natural environment, as well as contribute to health equity.
There are many challenges for the 21st century which impact on health: climate change, increasing urbanisation, globalization, digital communication, technological innovations, increasing gradient between rich and poor and many more. In this second assessment task you will assess ONE health promotion intervention/program/action for its capacity to meet the challenges of the 21st century for people and planet.
The aim of the assessment task is to assess your health promotion intervention against the sections in the AT2 Outline which itemises the c
For this assessment task you will make reference to a range of specified readings as well as undertake your own research. The specified readings in the AT2 Outline are all available in the Unit Reading link, such as Kickbusch (2012) in week 2; Baum and Fisher (2010) in week 4; WHO (2008) and WHO (2012) in week 9 (relevant pages are specified) etc.
ADDITIONAL READING for social and behavioural determinants of health. If you would like more detail on the social and behavioural determinants of health (extending on Kickbusch (2012)) then the following report by NSW Department of Health (2010) might be useful, in particular Table 1 and Table 5 Determinants of health classification work in progress: overview NSW Department of Health (2010) Determinants
hallenges for the 21st century. It is NOT to assess how well the health promotion interventions have met their stated objectives.
