This assignment is worth 100% of the total marks for this course unit.
This assignment aims to develop a plan of intervention to address a public health issue of importance to a community of your choice. You have been required to apply what you have learned during the course unit to develop a strategic plan that integrates community development concepts and present your thoughts using a Theory of Change Framework. Please refer to the Assignment Brief for any further information regarding this assignment.
You must include as much critical appraisal as you can throughout the assignment to critically appraise the evidence (within the word limit). You must apply your critical thinking skills by going beyond just describing what the authors did and focusing on the interpretation and evaluation of what they did within the context of the study, as shown in the ”CRITICAL APPRAISAL FILE”.
Consider the word count and the marks in the brackets when you respond to each question (See Assignment Brief file).
3,000 maximum word limit. It is preferable to include the 30 references at the end of the paper.
References should be consistently laid out in Harvard format.
Submit word-processed work as 1.5 or double spacing and number the pages
Please carefully review all of the assessment task questions in the assignment brief file. In addition, refer to the assignment brief for information on the learning outcomes that will be reviewed in this assessment.
Additional documents with critical information regarding this work are also supplied. Please review all of the documents, since some provide examples of Topic 6 & Topic 9 in this module, (Critical Appraisal), (Working With Communities (Q&A), (Draft Feedback Provided for Another Writer’s Paper), (HOW TO BUILD A THEORY OF CHANGE) as well as ASSIGNMENT BRIEF regarding this assessment (use the Topic 6 & 9 examples as a guide to help you structure the assignment answer). Also, apply the CASP checklist to critically assess the study.
A marking rubric file is provided as well to consider while composing the assignment to check if the requirements for this task are met.
