PUBH6003 Assessment 1: Public Health Case Study Report

Assessment 1 Case Study Report Template

Please use this template to develop your assignment 1 Case Study Report

(Title of your assignment)

Assessment 1 Case Study Report: PUBH6003: Student name, Student ID

Introduction (15 marks, 200 words)

Provide an overview of key characteristics of your chosen country such as:

Overall burden of disease for the chosen country (e.g prevalence/incidence, morbidity, mortality and life expectancy at birth)

Some health system indicators for the chosen country (e.g service utilisation/health service access, hospital bed density, availability of essential medicines and commodities, health worker density and distribution) (use any three of the stated indicators)

Describe your selected public health issue/problem and why it is a challenge for your chosen country

Include an overview of the assessment for the reader

Main body

Critically explain:

The concept of systems thinking and its application to public health issues (20 marks, 300 words)

The health system building blocks as proposed by the World Health Organisation (20 marks, 300 words)

Why the current organisation and functioning of the building blocks pose a challenge to solving the selected public health problem for your chosen country (20 marks, 300 words)

How systems thinking can be used to strengthen the health systems building blocks to reduce the chosen health issue/problem (20 marks, 300 words)

Conclusion (100 words)

Provide a concise summary of all the ideas discussed in the assessment. New ideas should not be introduced at this stage

Note: All sections of the report must be backed by relevant literature from credible sources, such as text books, journal articles and reports. These should be cited using the APA 7^th style.

References (10-12 references, APA 7th)