Critically discuss the needs assessment of your choice for your target group and setting.

Define the health topic, using a reference. Describe the epidemiology and current prevalence in your target group and target setting (place, area, country) using reliable surveillance and / or peer-reviewed data. Explain its evidence-based determinants for your target group (consider doing this within the Rainbow mode or other social determinants of health model).

A figure might be useful here, mapping the determinants of your health topic for your group in their setting, mapped to a recognised model.

Explain the evidence-based harms of the problem on your target group, to justify why an intervention is needed.

Explain what health promotion is (aims, perspectives, strategies), and why it is a good fit to your topic. Identify the most relevant WHO Charter for your topic.

A figure might be useful here, showing the action areas of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion

Critically discuss the needs assessment of your choice for your target group and setting. Ensure you use peer-reviewed evidence and / or surveillance data to support this.

 

Planning model (700 words)

Explain what planning models are and why they are suitable to your topic.

Identify, justify, and explain the planning model you will use

A figure may be useful here, to illustrate the phase-by-phase / step-by-step process from the target problem to the expected outcomes. e.g. The Precede-Proceed model applied to your intervention, to show the process, the impact, and outcome evaluations

Explain what would happen within each phase of the planning model. How will the needs assessment be done (what type of data will you collect, and how e.g which valid and reliable measures or psychometrics are suitable), what you expect to find based on the relevant peer-reviewed literature and surveillance data,  and how the identified factors in the health problem would be prioritised.  Include health behaviour / promotion models, as appropriate, to explain the target problem and mechanisms of change in theory. Specify the required resources, and any disparity-based barriers to implementation.