CQUniversity Unit Profile.

Present a detailed community profile of your chosen community in the form of an oral presentation. A suggested format is outlined below and an example presented in the tutorial. This presentation will include:

• The definition and elements of community, as outlined by Issel & Wells (2018)
• Information about people, place, and interaction relevant to your chosen community
• Commentary about the assets available in the community
• Commentary about the strengths and limitations of the information/data presented
• Commentary related to what additional data could contribute to a comprehensive community needs assessment of your chosen community.
• Briefly outline how you would involve community members, key stakeholders, and/or local organisations in developing a community needs assessment.

You should gather the information related to your chosen community from multiple primary sources, such as census data, local media, published reports, etc

Format

Undertake a presentation using the format below. The format can be adapted as needed as long as it contains the essential components:

1. Title page: title, your name, unit name, date
2. Introduction to your presentation, yourself and what you will present. Aims and scope of your presentation
3. Background: Define community drawing on Issel and Wells (2018).
4. Community Description.
5. Discussion including strengths and limitations of data/information; plan for involving community members, stakeholders and organisations in a community needs assessment
6. Conclusion and Recommendations provide a closing statement/summary/take home message
7. References

Students must present live to the Unit Coordinator by the due date in either weeks 5 or 6. Presentation times will be arranged by the end of week 3. There will be an additional 5 minutes for questions from the unit coordinator.

In addition, a PDF version of their Presentation and a Word version of speaking notes should be uploaded to Moodle by 5:00pm Thursday 24 April. 

Use of Generative AI

Permission to use Generative AI for the Following Purposes in HLTH12032: Assessment 1:

• Understanding/exploring course concepts, topics, and terms
•  Unpacking/understanding the assessment task
• Understanding the marking rubric
• Deriving relevant research search terms
• Deriving relevant databases
• Guidance on how to paraphrase
• Checking of grammar, punctuation, and syntax 
• Checking formatting of in-text citations and reference list 

For further details see the GenAI Permissions Document on the Moodle under Assessment 1. 

This presentation will be marked using criterion-referenced assessment. See assessment rubric for more details. Criterion includes the following:

• Demonstrated knowledge and considerable understanding of people, place, interaction and infrastructure within a community (25%)
• Ability to locate, analyse and evaluate basic data (25%)
• Ability to identify and discuss limitations of information/data presented within the community profile and propose appropriate recommendations (15%)
• Ability to identity how to involve appropriate community members, key stakeholders, and/or local organisations in a community needs assessment (10%)
• Ability to respond to questions succinctly and clearly (10%)
• Ability to organise and deliver a logical presentation with a clear introduction and conclusion (10%)
• Ability to use clear visual aids and reference using Harvard or APA (see referencing guides) (5%)

• Teams of students will undertake data collection and analysis for a comprehensive community health assessment of a chosen community.
• This community should be the same community profiled by one of the team members in Assessment One.
• As a team you will use a prioritisation technique to identify a health issue from the needs assessment data.
• Each team will consist of 4 or 5 members.
• Teams will be assigned by week 5.

The ability to work in project teams is an important attribute for any health professional particularly those involved in the development, implementation and evaluation of health promotion programs. Team work promotes the development of many of CQUniversity’s Graduate Attributes including teamwork, critical evaluation, feedback and communication skills as well as academic honesty. Furthermore, community needs assessments are usually conducted in multidisciplinary teams and in partnerships with communities.

Part A: Ethics Module

Weighting: 5%

Due Date: Week 7 Monday 28 April 2025, 5 pm.

Individual students are required to undertake the CQU Micro-credential HUMAN RESEARCH ETHICS TRAINING - PDC87074 on ethics before data collection commences.  Instructions are available on the Moodle site.  Students can commence the module at any time during the term however will need to have completed the module and upload the PDF completion certificate by the due date. Data collection cannot commence until all team members have completed the module.

Use of Generative AI

Permission to use Generative AI for the Following Purposes in HLTH12032: Assessment 2A:

• Understanding/exploring course concepts, topics, and terms
• Unpacking/understanding the assessment task

For further details see the GenAI Permissions Document on the Moodle under Assessment 2 A. 

Part B: Team Workplan and Charter 

Weighting: 20%

Due Date: Week 8 Friday 9 May 2025, 5pm.

The purpose of Assessment 2 Part B is to allocate tasks and team member roles. The Workplan and Team Charter will be a useful tool for teamwork and project management throughout data collection and analysis. Teams will develop a team workplan, which outlines a) the tasks related to the process of the community assets and needs assessment b) the schedule of tasks related to the final report and c) the roles and responsibilities in relation to these. A team charter will be developed that outlines team goals, strengths and challenges and ground rules. A template and guide will be provided on the Moodle site. Students are encouraged to meet with the unit coordinator prior to finalising the team workplan and charter. 

Part C: Evaluation of Teamwork and Needs Assessment Process

Weighting: 15%

Due Date: Week 12 Friday 6 June 2025, 5 PM 

The purpose of Assessment 2 Part C is to evaluate the teamwork and project management process. Teams undertake evaluation of the process, which assesses a) the tasks related to the process of the community assets and needs assessment b) the schedule of tasks related to the final report and c) the roles and responsibilities in relation to these. A template and guide will be provided on the Moodle site.

Use of Generative AI

Permission to use Generative AI for the Following Purposes in HLTH12032: Assessment 2B & 2C

• Understanding/exploring course concepts, topics, and terms
• Unpacking/understanding the assessment task
• Understanding the marking rubric
• Deriving relevant research search terms
• Deriving relevant databases
• Guidance on how to paraphrase
• Checking of grammar, punctuation, and syntax
• Guidance on enhancing vocabulary
• Guidance on condensing or extending word count
• Checking formatting of in-text citations and reference list 

For further details see the GenAI Permissions Document on the Moodle under Assessment 2B & 2C. 

Part A: Ethics Module (5%)

5 marks will be awarded for completion of the module. 

Part B: Team Workplan and Charter (20%)

This assessment will be marked using criterion-referenced assessment. See assessment rubric for more details. Criterion includes the following:

Relevance (40%)
Validity (40%)
Organisation (10%)
Presentation (10%)

Part C: Evaluation of Teamwork and Needs Assessment Process (15%)

Relevance (40%)
Validity (40%)
Organisation (10%)
Presentation (10%)

Using the data collection, data analysis and health issue prioritisation process from Assessment 2, present an individual community assets and needs assessment report (Assessment 3).

The report will include:

• An executive summary
• An introduction
• An outline of data collection and analysis methods, including ethical and community engagement considerations
• A critical discussion of the findings of the assets and needs assessment including community description and demographics, health and community services, etc.
• A description of the group process of identifying a health priority and an outline of relevant recommendations
• An outline of an effective and culturally sensitive health promotion intervention that addresses this health issue in the community
• A discussion of strengths and limitations of the report (e.g. the data collection and analysis)
• A conclusion
• Evidence based recommendations for practice, policy and further research

An example report will be discussed in the week 6 tutorial.

Use of Generative AI

Permission to use Generative AI for the Following Purposes in HLTH12032: Assessment 3:

• Understanding/exploring course concepts, topics, and terms
• Unpacking/understanding the assessment task
• Understanding the marking rubric
• Deriving relevant research search terms
• Deriving relevant databases
• Guidance on how to paraphrase
• Checking of grammar, punctuation, and syntax 
• Guidance on enhancing vocabulary 
• Guidance on condensing or extending word count 
• Checking formatting of in-text citations and reference list 

For further details see the GenAI Permissions Document on the Moodle under Assessment 3. 

This assessment will be marked using criterion-referenced assessment. See assessment rubric for more details. Criterion includes the following:

Executive summary (5%)
Report Writing Format (10%)
Knowledge of a strengths based approach and knowledge and understanding of ethical and community engagement requirements of a needs assessment (15%)
Knowledge and understanding of types of data that can be utilised for a community health assessment, including primary and secondary date and quantitative and qualitative data (15%)
Data analysis and presentation skills (15%)
Identification of strengths and limitations of the needs assessment (10%)
Use of data to prioritise a health need and design an appropriate health promotion intervention using an appropriate prioritisation tool/technique (15%)
Clear recommendations which are consistent with the health assessment (10%)
Referencing skills (5%)