As part of your essay,you should choose a global public health issue (COVID-19) You will then explore the global public health
Issue in relation to a national context
(NIGERIA) you identify with and another
country (USA) of your choosing or two different countries ensuring that you:
1. Critically examine and discuss the public health issue(COVID-19) in relation to global trends and global health influences.This should include explorations of comparative or contrasting patterns of incidence and the management of the public health issues (COVID-19)between the two countries .
2. Critically analyse and evaluate the national and global public health measures relating to the public health issues (COVID-19) which are intended to improve health in the population of the two countries.(Within this you should consider principles of primary, secondary,and tertiary prevention programmes and their implications for health security.)
3. Critically appraise work on 2 out of the 3 areas,: assessment of risk, incident management, emergency planning and discuss the legal and regulatory governance which may impact on the chosen public health issue(COVID-19) in the two countries
4. Discuss and critically evaluate the healthcare systems and health promoting capacity of both countries.this can include roles of transnational bodies such as WHO,UNICEF,CDC and others
5. Base on the discussion and critical evaluation presented in the preceding sections of your essay,you need to produce a justified case for system changes.the justification for system change should show impact on addressing the public health issues and population health in your conclusion section.
LEARNING OUTCOME
1. Critically examine global public health issues (COVID-19), patterns and transitions.
2. Analyse primary, secondary and tertiary prevention programmes and their implications for health security.
3. Critically appraise the assessment and communication of risk; incident management, emergency planning and discuss the legal responsibilities towards the global public health issue(COVID-19)
4. Discuss health care systems and their capacity to promote health
Use lots of peer review articles,
Lo1: evidence of robust and balanced critical discussion of a relevant public health issue.Consistently compares and contrasts the patterns of incidence and management of public health issue across the two countries.
Lo2: Evidence of robust and insightful critical analysis and evaluation of the national and global public health measures relating to the public health issue. Comprehensively address principles of primary ,secondary or tertiary prevention programs and their implications for health security.
Lo3. Evidence of insightful critical appraisal of a wide range of work contributing to the assessment of risk and /or incident management and /or emergency preparedness and governance in relation to the two countries with robust impact on the public health issue
Lo4: Evidence of robust and critical evaluation of the roles of the healthcare and related systems of both countries and their capacity for positively promoting health.
Clear,very well structured and professionally presented.
