You are employed as a Public Health Consultant and have been
asked to prepare a report on detailing geriatric mental health (depression, anxiety) in long
term care institutions (nursing homes) in Canada and propose a range of health promotion
interventions aimed at alleviating the problem.
The report should include the following components:
• Title Page to include your name and title for your report.
• Executive Summary of your chosen public health issue to include
identification of a public health issue, brief contextual background, brief
reference to existing data and potential additional data needed, and
summary of suggested health promotion activities to address issue.
(250 +/-10% words)
• Section One: An identification and description of the public health
issue to be targeted, including the context and setting. (1,000 +/-10%
words)
o As part of this section, present and discuss publicly available data
describing the key health impacts and health inequalities related to
your chosen public health issue and comment on the strengths and
limitations of the data in understanding the targeted issue and
context. See Unit 3 – section 1 required below
o Use tables or graphs to enhance representation of relevant data.
o Discuss additional data you might seek as part of a health needs
assessment, including a rationale for your choice(s). See Unit 6 – section 1
required below
o Discuss the historical, political and cultural context factors in your
description of the issue and context.
• Section Two: A set of health promotion activities you would
recommend to address both the health impacts and the health
inequalities identified in Section One. These should address different
levels of health determinants. See Unit 4 – section 2 required below. (1,000 +/-10%
words)
o Begin with a bulleted summary of activities after an introductory
paragraph.
o Justify selected health promotion activities in relation to the theory of health
promotion they are based on. See Unit 5 – section 2 required below
o Explain how and why health promotion interventions you are recommending are
relevant to the public health issue/s in relation to specific social determinants.
See Unit 4 – section 2 required below ** Unit 4 + 5 are combined below **