EssayWeight: 25%
Essay
EssayWeight: 25%
Type of Collaboration: Individual
Due: Week 6 Sunday 14th April 2024 by 11:59pm
Submission: Submit essay through the link provided in Turnitin vUWS
Format: Essay format with introduction, body and conclusion. Reference list and in-text citationrequired. In-text citations are included in word limit.
Length: 600words
Curriculum Mode: Essay
Rationale
This assignment provides an opportunity for you to apply the skills and concepts of determinants of health that affect a population group in Australia. These are the underlying concepts needed to understand the population health issues that will be studied this semester. This is a preliminary essay - a small assignment that precedes the further work of your case study report. This short essay also provides an opportunity for you to receive feedback on the standard of your academic written skills early in your program to inform areas on which to focus. The concepts and skills of this assignment are required in your further studies and as a professional in your health-related field.
Task
This task requires you to critically evaluate the evidence to answer the essay question:
How do the social and environmental determinants lead to poorer health outcomes for Australians with type 2 diabetes living in rural and remote regions?
Preliminary knowledge formulation should be derived from the subject content by lectures, tutorials and online resources provided on vUWS.
Essay and task knowledge formulation is supported by resources under Assessment 1: Essay on vUWS.
You are required to answer the question in essay style and follow submission requirements.
You are required to demonstrate your ability to find original evidence resources
You may use textbooks but your literature sources should include at least five peer-reviewed resources (journal articles and government publications).
You are required to write your essay in formal academic language with APA 7th referencing
Your written work should use the language of the subject to demonstrate your understanding of the subject content.
The word limit (has an error margin of 10%) includes in-text citations. Writing beyond this point will not be marked..
Extra guidance
Your formulated argument to answer the question will be built from evidence in the field. However, the subject content provides theories, terms, concepts and facts that will assist in identifying search terms and selecting evidence.
You may use references provided in the subject, but we want to see your ability to find, appraise and summarise evidence you have sourced yourself. For this, a minimum of 5 peer-reviewed sources are required. There is no maximum number of sources recommended. Evidence should be cited whenever it is the basis of the information and argument. In addition to quantity of sources, we will be evaluating the quality and relevance of the sources and how they are integrated in your work.
As this is a short essay, we recommend providing brief introduction and conclusion paragraphs.
Breadth and depth is very dependent on your ability to a) address multiple aspects of the argument b) write concisely in a way that maximises information in sentences. Use support resources to improve your concise writing style.
Stay focused on the assessment task that is to answer the essay question. There is no one right way to answer this essay question and many different approaches are acceptable.
Quotations are not required. Only use quotations for a small number of words that cannot be paraphrased and are considered essential to the message.
Ensure that you have created a list of references and not a bibliography. Only material that is cited in your assignment should appear in the list of references. This subject uses the APA 7th Edition of referencinghttp://library.westernsydney.edu.au/main/guides/referencing-citation. Refer to the guide as needed while you complete the assignment.
Resources
These are "launch resources" that introduces background and concepts to the issues and might stimulate ideas for answering the essay question. The following articles may be cited in your work but does not count regarding original resources required.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2022, July).National study of mental health and wellbeing.https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/health/mental-health/national-study-mental-health-and-wellbeing/2020-21#key-statisticsConnell, J., Brazier, J., OCathain, A., O., Lloyd-Jones, M., & Paisley, S. (2012). Quality of life of people with mental health problems: A synthesis of qualitative research.Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 10, 1-16.https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-10-138Willis, O. (2019).People with mental illness experience poorer physical health, and the gap may be getting worse, experts say. ABC News.https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2019-07-17/physical-health-impacts-of-mental-illness-new-report/11315404Marking Criteria
The assignment is assessed using the below criteria. The rubric outlines how standards will be marked for each criterion. A marked rubric is the primary source of feedback for how you performed in the assessment by showing areas of strength, and where you could improve in future assessments.
Your assignment should demonstrate:
General criteria
Theory:How well have you applied the relevant theory and terminology of this subject (15%)
Breadth:How well have you concisely addressed breadth and depth of issues (15%)
Answers question:How well has your argument answered the essay question (15%)
Evidence:How well have you demonstrated that your argument is evidence-based, and effectively integrated references (15%)
Logic and expression:How well have you communicated clear, logical sequencing of ideas with readable informative sentences (15%)
Technical criteria
Format:How well have you followed essay technique and instructions for file name, font, spacing and essay format. (7.5%)
Spelling, Grammar, Punctuation:How well have you used accurate spelling, grammar and punctuation. (7.5%)
Referencing:How accurately have you used APA 7th edition in-text and list referencing (10%)
Formatting Requirements
Title contains student name, student number and assessment e.g. TinaSparkle987654Essay
One and a half line spacing
Size 12 Times New Roman, Calibri or Arial font
Normal (2.54cm, bottom, top, left and right) margins
Either a header or footer contains your name and student number
Submit your assignment to Turnitin. You may submit drafts - your previous version will be replaced with any new upload. The final upload at the due date and time will be marked. There are is no late penalty if the originality report is still being processed after submission.
Submission to Turnitin does not require a coversheet.
You are required to keep a copy of your assignment and the receipt of submission.
NOTE:
Please make sure to check the Turnitin similarity index after submission. It is important to ensure you are correctly paraphrasing into your own words.
The assessment is due by 11:59pm. Please ensure you submit before this time, as anything after this time will incur a late penalty. The late penalty is a 10% deduction per day late.
Please make sure to keep a copy of your assessment after submission.
Please make sure you have correctly submitted your assessment and that you have a submission receipt.
PUBH1006 Essay Assignment Rubric
High Distinction Distinction Credit Pass Unsatisfactory 1 Unsatisfactory 2
Theory (15 marks) Relevant subject materials (theory and terminology) are applied successfully demonstrating deep understanding. Most relevant subject materials (theory and terminology) are applied demonstrating good understanding. Some subject materials (theory and terminology) are applied demonstrating reasonable understanding. Some subject materials (theory and terminology) are applied demonstrating partial but adequate understanding. Limited subject materials (theory and terminology) are applied demonstrating poor understanding. No subject materials (theory and terminology) are applied demonstrating very poor understanding.
Breadth (15 marks) The writing style and evidence incorporates insightful depth and breadth of the argument. The writing style and evidence incorporated depth and breadth of the argument. The writing style and evidence incorporates some broader considerations of the argument. The writing style and evidence attempts broader considerations of the argument but may be descriptive, inconsistent or incomplete. The writing style and evidence does not allow for broader argument, or is mostly inconsistent, incomplete or inaccurate. There is no attempt to address broader considerations of the argument.
Answers Question (15 marks) The essay question is directly answered by a strongly relevant and meaningful argument. The essay question is answered by a relevant and meaningful argument. The essay question is answered by a clear and relevant argument. There is a reasonable attempt to answer the essay question but there may be inconsistencies.
Information may
be partially descriptive. There may be an attempt at argument but the essay question is not answered.
Information may be mostly descriptive. The essay question is not answered.
Evidence (15 The argument is The argument is The argument is There are at least There may be less There may be few
marks) derived from an appropriate derived from an appropriate derived from at least 5 5 peer-reviewed sources that are than 5
peer-reviewed or no
peer-reviewed
quantity, strong quantity and peer-reviewed relevant to the sources, or they sources, or they
quality, and highly quality of relevant sources that are argument and may be less may be of poor
relevant selection evidence that is appropriately mostly integrated relevant and relevance or
of evidence that is effectively integrated in the writing. appropriately integrated in the writing. integrated in the writing. in the writing. meaningful to the argument, or inaccurately integrated in the writing. meaning to the argument, or inaccurately used.
Logic & The essay is The essay is The essay is The essay is The essay The essay does
Expression (15 written with clear, written with clear, written with written with sequencing of not have
marks) logical sequencing of ideas, with logical sequencing of ideas, with mostly clear, logical sequencing adequately clear sequencing of ideas may not be clear or not reasonable sequencing of
highly readable, readable and of ideas, with ideas. There may logical. The ideas. Information
informative and informative readable be a some unclear sentences may be and meaning
fluid sentences. sentences. sentences. or inconsistent sentences but the diicult to read with unclear cant be determined due to
essay is adequately information or it is diicult to poor readability
readable. determine meaning. Format Essay and Effective essay Essay and Essay and Essay structure Essay structure
(7.5 marks) paragraph structure and paragraph structure has paragraph structure is paragraph structure not applied and/or two not applied and/or three or
strengthen been applied and applied. and all attempted and/or formatting more formatting
meaning and all formatting formatting one formatting requirements not requirements not
argument and all formatting requirements are requirements are met. requirements met. requirement not met. met. met.
met. Spelling Grammar Excellent spelling, Accurate spelling, Mostly accurate There are a few Spelling, grammar Spelling, grammar
& Punctuation grammar and grammar and spelling, grammar spelling, grammar and/or and/or
(7.5 marks) punctuation that contribute to quality of expression. punctuation with one minor error. and punctuation with more than one minor error. and/or punctuation errors that do not interfere with reading or meaning. punctuation errors interfere with reading or meaning. punctuation errors significantly interfere with reading or meaning.
References (10 APA 7th edition APA 7th edition APA 7th edition APA 7th edition There are a few APA 7th edition
marks) referencing is used appropriately referencing is used appropriately referencing is mostly referencing is mostly major APA 7th edition has not been used or has multiple
throughout the throughout the appropriate appropriate referencing errors major errors that
essay and essay and throughout the throughout the in the essay and affect readability
reference list. reference list with one minor type of essay and reference list with essay and reference list with reference list that affect readability and reading.
error. two minor types of errors. a few errors. or meaning.
