Disease Prevention & Health Promotion- Public Health Issue- Literature Review Assignment

Internal Code: MAS7750

Literature Review Assignment:

Task: This assessment requires you to conduct a problem analysis to inform a solution to a public health issue. The purpose of this assessment is to demonstrate that you have a good understanding of the magnitude of the health issue, the factors that contribute to the development or prevention of the health issue, and the implications they have for the direction a solution might take. Choose one of the public health issues from the list below. 1. Alcohol consumption in young adults 2. Alzheimer’s disease 3. Bowel cancer 4. Depression 5. HIV/AIDS 6. Immunisation of the elderly 7. Melanoma 8. Salt consumption 9. Physical inactivity 10. Smoking prevention and control in Aboriginal populations 11. Soft drink consumption in adolescents Literature search You will need to produce a 1-page (maximum) summary as an appendix (not included in the word count), documenting your literature search strategy conducted for this problem analysis (10%). The literature search strategy template provides general guidelines on the information that should be included when documenting your literature strategy. Keep in mind that you are not conducting a full literature review or a systematic review – you do not have sufficient time allocated to this task in this unit to do that. However, you do need to describe the search strategy that you  have carried out with sufficient details, in a way that is easily understood and could be replicated. This would also allow the reader to assess the appropriateness of your literature search. Note that you do not need to describe the results of your search in your assignment. You should delete all instructions included in this template before submission.