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Assignment Task:
This population health atlas is not a health inequalities audit; rather, it is a descriptive summary of available health data for the region. The profile does provide some comparison between health indicators, but not generally according to markers of inequality or inequity. Instead, the focus is generally on internal geographic comparisons (e.g. smaller areas within the overall catchment) or state averages (i.e. overall Victorian data). Although not necessarily according to inequality markers, the analysis and reporting it still a useful guide. For example, rather than reporting an indicator across contiguous geographical areas (“Frankston East”, “Frankston West” etc), it could instead be “Group A”, “Group B” or “Group C” where sub-zones are grouped based on socioeconomic status (i.e. lowest-ranked five sub-zones as “Group A”).
In relation to this task, you should take special note of the following sections of the population health atlas (and their structure):
- The reporting structure used in sections 4 (child health), 5 (adolescent health) or 6 (adult health) are reasonable models for your health inequalities report. Each of these sections considers separate elements relevant to each (e.g. section 5.3: health behaviours, as a part of overall adolescent health), with introduction/summary for each.
- As above, the profile is primarily focused on reporting differences by geographic region and (mostly) comparison with state averages, with all data presented in tabular form. Your health inequalities audit must provide greater consideration of inequalities, and display data in more interesting ways.
Health equity audit tool:
In relation to the HEA tool as part of the simulation, please remember the following:
- This assessment task concerns only “Step 2” of the process. Step 1, agree partners and issues, is implicit in the fact that the Department of Health is commissioning these audits for each zone.
- Within the HEA tool document (page 6; diagram) the broad description of Step 2 is to: (i) use data to compare service provision with need, access, use and outcome measures including proxies for disadvantage, social class, ward [sub-zone] in the bottom quintile, BME, gender or other population group; and (ii) focus on the third of the population with poorest health outcomes.
- Findings in relation to public health principles: discussion of this element is best placed in your summary section, rather than in relation to each separate element you have looked at.
- Professionalism and overall report quality: the last two criteria relate to the document and analysis as a whole. Your audit report should state, up front, that it will look at 3-4 aspects of health inequalities, and that these will be related somehow: either very closely (all about cancer) or loosely (all about chronic disease or risk factors) or all completely separate (cancer, injury, dietary…). Any approach is acceptable: the first is focused, the second is themed and the third is broad—just so long as it is justified. This justification should be stated up front, and revisited in the discussion. Your focus/theme or choices may be “higher than average” for Australia, or highly imbalanced across the zone (or higher than other zones). There are many different ways to do this, and doing so sets up your entire report.
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