GEE5328/SNH 5312 Primary Health Care and Health

Promotion Individual Assignment

Guidelines and Assessment

A. Topic

Assessing the health needs related to a non-communicable disease in Hong Kong

B. Objectives

This assignment is designed to assess students’ learning achievements related to the following:
1. Communicate their comprehension of the principles, strategies, and approaches of Health
Promotion Programs.
2. Analyze and examine scope of activities and strategies taken in these Programs in communities of
HK.
3. Apply different methods for the determination of health needs.

C. Requirements

Within the Hong Kong context, select a common non-communicable disease (NCD) and conduct a
partial health needs assessment (see the lecture notes on John Wright’s (2001) “Health Needs
Assessment Framework”). The assessment scope should include:
1. Describe the selected NCD – definition, risk factors, and treatments;
2. Estimate the size and describe the characteristics of (a) the Hong Kong population with these
risk factors, and (b) those with the NCD;
3. Identify and examine one of the relevant health promotion programs in Hong Kong;
4. Analyze the stratified activities, degree of cross-sectoral collaboration and health
empowerment features designed/incorporated in the program; and
5. Where applicable, demonstrate the use of health statistics from trustworthy sources to support
the discussion.

D. Writing Guidelines

- Written in English. Submit the WORD version of the assignment to Moodle.

- Format: Times New Romans, size 12, double line spacing
- Include a Cover Page as the assignment’s first page. The cover page should include (1) Title of
the Assignment, (2) Module, (3) Student’s Name and Student Number, and (4) Date.
- Word limit: 1,000 to 1,500 words excluding references and tables/charts. Include a word count
at the end.
- Referencing: Vancouver style (see Appendices 1 & 2)
- Use the anti-plagiarism software Turnitin to screen the assignment is required. Revise the
assignment and repeat screening with Turnitin are recommended. The latest Turnitin report

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 after assignment submission will be used.

E. Submission Deadline: 7 N o v 2023 (Tuesday) by 6 pm (Late assignments will be

downgraded.)

F. Contribution to Overall Module Assessment: 25%

G. Submission Method: Upload Assignment (WORD version) to Moodle.

H. Assessment Strategies

Assessment will be criteria-based. This Individual Assignment assesses a student’s evidence-based

response and research skills to critically review existing primary health care.

Assessment Components and Weightings

- Knowledge of health needs assessment 15%
- Knowledge of the selected health problem and local situation 15%
- Knowledge of local health promotion program by entailing the scope of 25%
activities

- Knowledge of cross sectoral collaboration and health empowerment 20%

- Use of literature and proper referencing 15%
- Style and presentation 10%

Grade Criteria
A Shows excellent understanding of the subject matter. Addresses all the
requirements. Demonstrates evidence of good critical analysis. Offers good
insights and suggestions/solutions. Well supported with relevant references and
ample illustrative data. Presentation is clear with good writing style.
B Shows good understanding of the subject matter. Addresses all the requirements.
Clear evidence of having consulted relevant literature with proper referencing.
Demonstrates evidence of some critical analysis. Presentation is clear.
C Shows sufficient understanding of the subject matter. Addresses most or all the
requirements. Clear evidence of having consulted relevant literature with proper
referencing. Descriptive with some analysis. Presentation is clear.
D Shows basic understanding of the subject matter. Addresses only one or two
requirements. Consults a few references with proper referencing. Largely
descriptive with little or no analysis. Most of the presentation is clear.
E Shows a lack of basic understanding of the subject matter or has not addressed any
of the requirements. Minimal or no use of relevant literature. Poor or unclear
presentation. Improper referencing or no referencing.

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 Appendix 1 – Referencing

Referencing means you are acknowledging the use of other people’s ideas or writings or works in your
own writing. This allows your readers to verify the facts or ideas in your work. In addition,
referencing is an ethical and honest way to present your work since you are giving other people credits
for their contribution to your work.

I. Referencing consists of two parts:

1. In-text citation – citing the source of other people’s works in your text. For example, “Wong
(1) identified three main reasons for delayed discharge.”
2. A reference list – listing the full details of all your sources at the end of the paper. For example,
“Wong BC. The burden of stroke in the Hong Kong elderly population. J Med Best Pract.
2020; 3(1):26-30.
II. Direct Quotation
A direct quotation is when you are using another author’s exact words as appeared in that author’s
original writing (ie. copying others’ sentences to your writing). A short quotation contains fewer than
40 words, and a long quotation has more than 40 words. To cite, the quotation should be placed in
“…” , followed by the reference number, and the page number in the original source. For example:
Griffiths and Lee stated that “Developing population-wide reference frameworks for prevention
and management for these diseases that are appropriate for different population groups was the
starting point.” (2, p. 431)
or
Griffiths and Lee stated that
Developing population-wide reference frameworks for prevention and management for
these diseases that are appropriate for different population groups was the starting point.
Evidence (epidemiological and psychosocial), ethics, social acceptability, equity,
feasibility, and resource availability were all taken into consideration in order to develop
realistic frameworks suitable for Hong Kong’s culture (2, p. 431).
III. Paraphrasing
You are summarizing and rewriting the ideas or works of other people in your own words.
Paraphrasing demonstrates your understanding of these ideas and is usually preferred over direct
quotation. For example: “Lacking administrative coordination was one of the reasons for delayed
discharge (1).”

IV. Caution
If an academic paper is composed mostly of quotations and/or paraphrasing, it may demonstrate a lack
of your ideas or voice, ie. a lack of originality. The added value of your work is questionable.
A lack of referencing constitutes plagiarism and academic dishonesty. Grossly improper referencing
points to negligence. Both will be taken seriously with potential serious academic consequences.

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 Appendix 2 - Vancouver Referencing Style

The Vancouver style is often used in medicine, biomedical, health and natural sciences, and sometimes
in technology.

Making in-text citation in Vancouver style

- Write the reference with an Arabic number in brackets or as superscript.
- Whatever format is chosen, it is important to be consistent throughout the whole document.
- If a source is referred to for more than once, the same number is used for that particular source.
- A reference is needed, even when the author's name is stated in the sentence.
- Examples:
• It was evident that women were at higher risk of this problem (1).
• Moffatt et al. (6) stated that …
• Several studies (1, 5-8) have investigated …

Creating a reference list in Vancouver style

- Arrange the reference list in the order in which they appear in the text, ie. the numbering should
follow those as appeared in the text.
- If there are more than 6 authors, list the first 6 authors followed by “et al.”
- Use official abbreviations for titles of journals (if available)
- Examples:
1. Avery M, Williams F. The importance of pharmacist providing patient education in
oncology. J Pharm Pract. 2015; 28(1):26-30.
2. de Lima M, McNiece I, Robinson SN, Munsell M, Eapen M, Horowitz M, et al. Cord-
blood engraftment with ex vivo mesenchymal-cell coculture. N Engl J Med.
2012;367(24):2305-15.
3. Rojko JL, Hardy WD. Feline leukemia virus and other retroviruses. In: Sherding RG,
editor. The cat: diseases and clinical management. New York: Churchill Livingstone;
1989. p. 229-332.
4. Stockhausen L, Turale S. An explorative study of Australian nursing scholars and
contemporary scholarship. J Nurs Scholarsh [Internet]. 2011 Mar [cited 2013 Feb
19];43(1):89-96. Available from: http://search.proquest.com/docview/ 858241255
5. MedlinePlus [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): U.S. National Library of Medicine; 2020. Heart
attack. [updated 2020 Feb 10; cited 2020 Jan 20]. Available from:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/heartattack.html
6. Diabetes Australia. Diabetes globally [Internet]. Canberra ACT: Diabetes Australia;
2012 [updated 2012 June 15; cited 2012 Nov 5]. Available from:
http://www.diabetesaustralia.com.au/en/ Understanding-Diabetes/DiabetesGlobally/

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