In your professional life, you will apply your knowledge of epidemiology to describe the impact of health outcomes, the patterns of disease, or the risks of a particular outcome in your work with clients, collaborators, or the general public. This assessment is a practical application of that.

In this assessment, you are asked to research, create, and develop a poster, suitable for presentation at an academic conference, that describes the population health impact of a health outcome that is of importance to the Australian population. Using appropriate measures, you must source, interpret and communicate the current epidemiological evidence. The audience for your poster will be health policymakers, health planners from the Department of Health, academics and researchers, and other health professionals.

Your poster needs to include:

• A clear introduction to the health issue that provides a clear definition and justification of why it is important.
• The use of a range of appropriate epidemiological measures to critically demonstrate the impact this health issue has on:
  • The Australian population as a whole and
  • Within or between different population groups of relevance (differential impact). For example, age, gender, geographic location, occupation
• The use of data visualization that contributes to the effective communication of the issue.
• A clear and concise conclusion that links to the introduction and the contents of the poster.

The topic you choose is up to you, but it must be a health issue that is important to public health in the Australian context. You are encouraged to discuss your choice of topic with your lecturer. This is a poster submission assessment only. There is no presentation.

Relevance (30%)

• Alignment of selected topic to assignment question
• Use of epidemiological measures to critically demonstrate the impact the health issue has on the Australian population and identified at-risk groups
• Use of original data visualisations that are relevant to the epidemiological measure, the health issue, the audience and the poster format
• Factual accuracy
• Connections between content and evidence

Validity (40%)

• Depth and extent of research and analysis
• Strength and cohesion of justification of importance of the issue to public health
• Quality of communication
• Quality of visualisations
• Originality of the poster content
• Depth and extent of evidence used

Organisation (20%)

• Consideration of required components of the assigned task
• Structure and flow of information
• Coherence and clarity of expression (including spelling, grammar, syntax)
• Suitability of design for intended audience and setting

Presentation (10%)

• Quality of design
• Style and formatting in accordance with required academic standards
• Typographical matters
• Referencing protocols
• Length

Assessment 2 is a series of quizzes that you will complete individually. Each quiz consists of multiple-choice questions. There are five quizzes in total, each worth 5%. You will complete one quiz every week from Week 2 to Week 6. Each quiz covers the materials that you learned in the previous week. For example, the quiz due in Week 2 assesses the materials that you learned in Week 1, the quiz due in Week 3 assesses the materials that you covered in Week 2, and so on.

Each quiz will have five multiple-choice questions from a question. You must choose the correct answer. You will have 15 minutes to complete each quiz and you cannot pause it. You will only have one attempt to complete each quiz, so it's important to have a reliable internet connection when taking the quiz.

You may use a cheat sheet with formulas and a simple calculator to assist you. The quiz will be available from 00:00 hours on Monday of each week until 23:59 hours on Monday of the following week. For example, the quiz for week 2 will be available from Monday of week 1 and will remain open until Monday of week 2 at 23:59. You will receive your score after the quiz has closed and all deferred quizzes have been completed. You will be shown which questions you answered correctly or incorrectly, with feedback to help you identify the areas that you need to revise.

STUDENTS MUST NOT USE GENERATIVE AI TO COMPLETE THESE QUIZZES

No Assessment Criteria

In your professional life, you may use your knowledge of epidemiology to support applications for funding by your employer, either through grants or budget requests, to address health outcomes within your area. This assessment is a practical application of that scenario.

In this assessment task, you are required to research and write an application for funding. The funding will support an evidence-based intervention that will improve the health of a population concerning the health outcome you critically outlined in Assessment 1. Your task is to complete an application for funding to conduct an evidence-based population-level intervention to improve population health.

The application requires you to use an evaluation of relevant literature to propose an appropriate evidence-based, contextually relevant approach that addresses the health issue. You must research and design an evidence-based project to address the health outcome of interest that is suitable for the context in which you are implementing it. This is consistent with the goal of public health, which is to ask not just "what works" but to address "what works for whom, under what circumstances, and how".

The funding body has provided a template for the application with prescribed sections and strict word limits to explain your proposed project. You should source, interpret, critically evaluate and communicate the current epidemiological evidence, demonstrating your understanding of the available sources evidence and how they support your proposed project. You will submit your completed template, along with your references, via Moodle.

Relevance (30%)

• Use of epidemiological measures to justify the selection of the health outcome
• Evidence of need established in the Australian context
• Suitability of proposed methodology
• Alignment of critical literature review with topic, need, methodology and anticipated impacts 
• Relevance of proposed project impacts to identified health outcome
• Factual accuracy of statements
• Connections between content and evidence

Validity (40%)

• Strength of justification for the project
• Quality of critical literature review
• Effectiveness of proposed methodology to achieve identified outcomes
• Feasibility of project and anticipated impacts
• Extent and magnitude of anticipated impacts
• Originality of proposed project
• Depth, extent and quality of evidence used
• Strength of overall application
• Compliance of proposed project with ethical considerations 

Organisation (20%)

• Consideration of required components of the assigned task
• Structure and flow of information
• Coherence and clarity of expression (including spelling, grammar, syntax)

Presentation (10%)

• Style and formatting in accordance with required academic standards
• Compliance with word limits
• Typographical matters
• Referencing protocols