Assignment Brief

Submission Deadline Marks and Feedback

Before 10am on: 20 working days after deadline (L4, 5 and 7)
15 working days after deadline (L6)
25/11/2022 10 working days after deadline (block delivery)

30/12/2022

Key assignment details

Unit title & code
Assignment number and title
Assignment type
Weighting of assignment
Size or length of assessment
Unit learning outcomes
Health and Social Care Inequalities PIB013-6
Critically examine how health and social care inequalities are experienced, explained and the
government policies and interventions aimed at reducing inequalities in a specific area of
public health.
Essay
100%
3000 words
1.Demonstrate the following knowledge and understanding:
• A critical understanding of the evidence base about health and social care inequalities and
the government policies and interventions aimed at improving outcomes.
2. Demonstrate the following skills and abilities:
• Critically reflect on the complex and interrelated way in which health and social care
inequalities are experienced and the impact on outcomes.

What am I required to do in this assignment?

Write a 3000-word essay critically examining how health and social care inequalities are experienced, explained and the
government policy and interventions aimed at reducing inequalities in a specific area of public health .

What do I need to do to pass? (Threshold Expectations from UIF)

 Identify and describe a public health issue where there are clear inequalities in health and/or social care between
different groups in society e.g. gender, ethnicity, age.
 Explain why these inequalities exist and how they affect the health and social care experience of the group/s you have
chosen.
 Explain what government policies and interventions have been introduced to reduce the inequality and improve health
and social care outcomes.
 The focus of the essay does not have to be the UK.

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How do I produce high quality work that merits a good grade?

We will be completing this section together in week 1-2 and then during other weeks’/assignment support sessions.

How does this assignment relate to what we are doing in scheduled sessions?
Each week the health and social care inequalities lectures will use the Determinants of Health approach to identify, describe
and explain health and social care inequalities related to a range of public health issues and identify government policies and
interventions that have been introduced to reduce inequalities and improve health and social care outcomes. You are expected
to use your knowledge and understanding to select one issue to discuss in your essay.

How will my assignment be marked?

Your assignment will be marked according to the threshold expectations and the criteria on the following page.

You can use them to evaluate your own work and consider your grade before you submit.

70%+ (1st Class) 60-69% (2:1) 50-59% (2:2) 40-49% (3rd Class) 35-39% (Fail) 0-34% (Fail)
Threshold Standard
1 Excellent or Presentation of Good, well Overall Overall The presentation of
outstanding essay including the presented report presentation of the presentation of the the essay is very
presentation of rationale for the but it lacks a clear essay is essay is poor but poor and the
publication issue selected is rationale for the satisfactory, but it there the rationale rationale for the
standard. very good. issue selected. lacks a clear for the selected selected issue is
rationale for the issue is weak. very weak.
issue selected.
The essay has a The essay has a
Written expression clear structure and good, well
is concise, accurate information is well organized structure Most points are Many points are
and articulate. organized. and points are explained not explained The majority of the
explained coherently, but coherently, and points are not
coherently. structure and organization of the
Excellent, coherent Very good, detailed explained
organization of the essay is weak.
in-depth discussion. and coherent coherently, and
essay is very weak.
discussion. organization of the
Essay tightly
Demonstrates very Good, correct use essay is weak
focuses on and
 successfully good of key terminology, Satisfactory use of Poor use of key
addresses the understanding and but explanations key terminology, terminology. Very poor use of
assessment use key are relatively basic. but explanations Explanations are key terminology.
question. terminology and Attempts to are vague and over vague and over Explanations are
Minor spelling and definitions. address the simplistic. simplistic. very vague and
grammatical errors Focuses on assessment over simplistic.
addressing question well, but The assessment The assessment
assessment essay includes question is question is not The assessment
question and avoids some irrelevant addressed adequately question is not
inclusion of information. superficially; essay addressed and the adequately
irrelevant Some spelling and includes interesting essay includes addressed and the
information. grammatical errors but irrelevant interesting but essay includes
Minimal spelling details throughout. irrelevant details irrelevant details
and grammatical Many spelling and throughout. throughout
errors grammatical errors
throughout the
Many spelling and
essay.
grammatical errors
Many spelling and
throughout the
grammatical errors
essay.
throughout the
essay.

An excellent, Very good range of Good range of Has identified Has not identified Has not identified
comprehensive evidence cited evidence cited essential literature essential literature essential literature
range of current including current including current but minimal range but minimal range but a very low
primary literature is peer-reviewed peer-reviewed of literature is of literature is range and/or
used effectively to primary literature. primary literature. cited. cited. irrelevant literature
support discussion. is cited.
References and Most references
References and citations are and citations are
References and References and References and
citations are consistently formatted in the
citations are citations are citations are not
2 consistently formatted, with UoB Harvard style
included but UoB included but UoB clearly included and
formatted in the most in the UoB but some
Harvard style is not Harvard style is not UoB Harvard style
UoB Harvard style. Harvard style. inaccuracies
used consistently. used consistently. has not been used
remain.
consistently.

3 Essay highlights a Essay highlights a Essay identifies a Essay describes Essay describes Essay describes a
broad range of broad range of broad range of some of the minimal outcomes very minimal
outcomes outcomes outcomes outcomes illustrating outcomes
illustrating illustrating illustrating illustrating inequalities related illustrating
inequalities related inequalities related inequalities related inequalities related to the issue inequalities related
to the selected to the selected to the selected to the issue selected. to the issue
issue and presents issue and presents issue and includes selected. selected.
excellent detailed a very good, good detailed
description of the detailed description description the
Discussion of the Discussion of the Discussion of the
Determinants of of the Determinants of
Determinants of Determinants of Determinants of
Health approach to Determinants of Health approach to
Health approach to Health approach to Health approach to
explaining Health approach to explaining
 inequalities explaining inequalities explaining explaining explaining
inequalities. inequalities is inequalities is very inequalities is very
simplistic and lacks simplistic and lacks simplistic not
Discussion of the
specific detail. specific detail presented.
Government policy Discussion of the
and interventions Government policy
to reduce and interventions
inequalities in the to reduce
selected area is inequalities in the
excellent. selected area is
very good.

Presents excellent, Very good, detailed Attempts to analyze A limited attempt An unsatisfactory Almost no attempt
in-depth and critical analysis of the explanations for to analyze the attempt to analyze to analyze the
insightful evidence- the explanations for inequalities for the explanations for the explanations for explanations for
based critical inequalities for the selected issue using inequalities for the inequalities for the inequalities for the
evaluation of the selected issue supporting selected issue. selected issue. selected issue.
explanations for based on evidence evidence from good Analysis lacks a Analysis lacks a Analysis lacks a
inequalities for the synthesized from quality sources of strong evidence strong evidence basic evidence
selected issue. multiple sources of information. base. base. base.
good quality
information. Demonstrates a
Demonstrates Demonstrates good Demonstrates an
satisfactory Demonstrates a
excellent understanding of unsatisfactory
understanding of very limited
understanding of Demonstrates very explanations for understanding of
4 explanations for understanding of
explanations for good inequalities for the explanations for
inequalities for the explanations for
inequalities for the understanding of selected issue. inequalities for the
selected issue. inequalities for the
selected issue explanations for selected issue.
selected issue.
inequalities for the
selected issue.

5 Suggestions for Discussion of the Discussion of the Discussion of the Discussion of the Discussion of the
alternative Government policy Government policy Government policy Government policy Government policy
strategies are and interventions and interventions and interventions and interventions and interventions
insightful and to reduce to reduce to reduce to reduce to reduce
supported by a inequalities for the inequalities in the inequalities in the inequalities in the inequalities in the
sound evidence- selected issue is selected area good. selected area is selected area is selected area are
base. well thought-out simplistic and lacks very simplistic and very minimal or not
and identifies and specific detail. lacks specific detail. presented.
Discussion is
suggests alternative
described clearly
strategies
and supported by a
supported by a
sound evidence-
strong evidence-
base.
base.