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Assessment 3 | Plan

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 Population Health Plan for Diabetes in 2770

Intent:

Compile the concepts and elements practised so far into a population-level plan. The intended outcome is a comprehensive plan for addressing the issue of diabetes at the population level in the 2770 postcode of Western Sydney. This final activity should draw together the content of the session.

Objective:

This assessment task addresses the subject learning objectives:

A: Consider the key imperatives for meeting health service objectives related to safety, quality, cost-effectiveness and jurisdictional legislative requirements within a governance context;

B: Critically appraise contemporary strategies and frameworks designed to manage quality, risk and cost within the healthcare environment;

C: Propose improvements in safety, quality and cost-effectiveness at a local healthcare organisation level by identifying issues, considering ethical implications, offering policy direction and formulation and recommending priorities for action;

D: Create a variety of ways in which complex issues can be effectively communicated for a variety of target audiences.

Course intended learning outcome(s):

2.2 Develop and contribute to research and quality improvement activities in order to maintain currency, influence healthcare practice and policy and expand the discipline’s body of knowledge and skills.

3.2 Validate the importance of integrating stakeholder partnerships in all healthcare decision making activities.

4.1 Value and choose highly effective and sensitive communication with diverse populations to ensure positive and sustainable change in healthcare practice, policy, and research.

4.2 Determine and recommend modes of communication necessary to optimise outcomes across differing audiences, purposes and contexts within healthcare practice.

Weighting: 50%

Length: 2000 words (Reference list is not included in the word count).

References: APA 7th* (no minimum number or range of references).

*Please note that if you provide no referencing or incorrect/incomplete referencing you will lose marks on your assessment. 

Formatting requirements: 12pt, double-spaced – no other requirements.

Scenario: Diabetes in Postcode 2770

Background:

Chronic disease is a major concern in Australia and across the world.

Population ageing, rising disability and complex and co-morbid conditions have profound impacts on people’s lives including individuals, families and communities. They are also expensive to treat and can follow a progressive, episodic pathway to increased frequency and severity, up to and including acute interventions.

Diabetes in 2770:

One of these conditions is diabetes, especially Type 2 diabetes which is growing in prevalence in many communities across Australia. General Practice data indicates rates have been rising, not falling, in recent years.

2770 has a very diverse community with a substantial Indigenous population and an immigrant demography with many cultures, languages and cultural backgrounds. It is also, generally speaking, a lower socio-economic environment although urban development is pushing west into the 2770 area, and more medium to high rise apartments are being built.

As health managers involved in clinical services, programs and event-specific projects, this is the kind of scenario you will encounter as you progress in your career. If you work in aged care, disability and related fields, these health problems will often be major factors in your client’s lives.

Task:

• Use the Population Health Planning template provided to develop a draft diabetes management plan for 2770.
  • Remember this document is not intended as a clinical management plan but a broader plan for managing diabetes more effectively in the 2770 postcode.

• Transfer your assessment 2 data into the template.
• Click on the button below to download the Population Plan template.

Rubric

Assessment 3: Population Health Plan for Diabetes Management in 2770