HPHE1SDH - Social Determinants of Health Inquiry, 2020 - Nursing Assignment Help

This enquiry guide provides some essential information required to complete Enquiry 2. In this enquiry, you will study the impact of a range of social determinants of health on population and an individual level of health and well-being and the importance of taking necessary measures for tackling those determinants. In this enquiry you are going to produce an individual essay on a topic related to Human Immunodeficiency Virus/ Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS). Keeping that requirement in mind, HIV/AIDS will be used as an example in most of the topics of this enquiry, so that you can see the connection of social determinants of health with this specific disease. This enquiry will allow you to see how a wide range of factors affect the way in which society views a particular disease/condition and, conversely, how the nature of a particular disease may affect societal attitudes, practice and expectations. Further, this enquiry will provide specific insight into experiences of large population subgroups in the context of HIV/AIDS and the ways in which these experiences have impacted on policy, the law, the nature of healthcare, social norms, and many other aspects of society.

In this guide a brief background summary for each week’s work is provided along with the activities to be completed both individually and as a team. Additionally, the enquiry guide outlines the list of prescribed and recommended reading materials.

Preparation

A high-level preparation is required for the successful completion of this enquiry. It is essential that each student be responsible for attending the weekly lecture, looking over the topic module and reading the background literature provided in this enquiry guide BEFORE coming to the workshop so that they are familiar with the associated questions. It is important to complete the tasks each week, as each section of the enquiry builds on the week before. Additionally, while we encourage you to work collaboratively with other students, it is important that each individual has a solid understanding of all aspects covered in each topic and produces their own independent work.

This guide complements the learning material found in the online subject Moodle. Each week there are prescribed readings to complete.  In the case that these are not available via moodle in the weekly modules, they are listed in this Enquiry guide and are available through the Latrobe University library.  They serve as examples of the kind of literature that is appropriate for use as a source in academic work and can be used as resources for the assessment tasks.