Assignment: HIA report: Marking Guide. Total score = 40 points
Assignment: HIA report: Marking Guide. Total score = 40 points
Criterion
(score component of Assignment) Description Unacceptable
(<50%) Needs Improvement
(50-59%) Good
(60-69%) Very Good
(70-79%) Excellent
(80+ %)
Scoping = 8 points: Provide a brief explanation of the key features of the proposal. Consider the determinants of health in the context of the proposal and develop a health impact pathway diagram that highlights the main causal pathways linking the proposal to human health outcomes. Provide a brief overview of the diagram. Fails to provide an adequate description of the scoping phase and/or fails to develop a pathway diagram that shows the causal pathway. Accurately and thoroughly identifies significant negative and positive health impacts on the defined population(s) from the specific activity via all relevant determinants of health.
Demonstrates an excellent pathway diagram that shows the causal pathway.
Stakeholder and community Consultation = 4 points: Outline how you would undertake effective stakeholder consultation and justify your selection of key stakeholders Fails to identify and provide an adequate explanation of stakeholder and community engagement Identifies and provides thorough explanation of most important stakeholders as well as the strategies and timeframes used to consult. Excellent level of detail, evidence and relevant examples.
Profiling = 8 points: Collect relevant data (from existing sources) for the profiling step. Ensure that you consider vulnerable groups. Outline any gaps in your data and indicate how these could be addressed in the case of a comprehensive HIA.
Fails to use relevant data specific community or population Excellent relevant data specific community or population
Assessment = 6 points:
Select two impacts you identified in the scoping phase that you consider will have the most significant impact on human health. You must select one impact associated with an environmental determinant of health and the other with a social or economic determinant of health. Fails to provide a rationale for your selection of the level of risk or benefit for the health of the community. Comprehensive rationale for your selection of the level of risk or benefit for the health of the community.
Recommendations = 6 points:
Develop recommendations tomaximisethe health outcomes associated with the two impacts you have selected. State the key stakeholders responsible Fails to provide references to support the efficacy of the recommendations. High quality references to support the efficacy of the recommendations.
Monitoring and Evaluation = 4 points: Use a table that outlines a monitoring and evaluation plan to implement the recommendations and to ascertain whether they are effective.
Fails to use a table, or the information in the table is not relevant. Uses a table, or the information in the table is not relevant.
Overallorganisation, grammar, referencing and standard of writing = 4 points
Structure of report is difficult to follow and does not provide the reader with a coherent understanding of the topic. Paragraphs dont have a logical flow Quality and range of sources is poor. Frequent grammatical and spelling errors. Citation style is incorrect.
Word count omitted. Structure provides a clear, logical and comprehensive coverage. Presentation including grammar, spelling and layout is of a very high standard.
