HSN210 Overview Assignment 1- Deakin University Australia.

Brief description of assessment task: Group written assignment, based on planning for Assignment 2 and 3.
Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit): 15%
This task assesses your achievement of these Unit Learning Outcome(s): This assessment addresses three of the intended learning outcomes,including, explain how social, psychological and environmental factors can be used to influence food consumers in healthy ways, planning a nutrition promotion program and collaborating with others to complete tasks and solve problems.
HSN210 Overview Assignment 1- Deakin University Australia.

This task assesses your achievement of these Deakin Graduate Learning Outcome(s)(GLO):
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO7: Teamwork

Overview of task:
(hypothetical scenario)
You have been hired by a metropolitan local council in Victoria as a nutrition promotion officer. Recent statistics indicated that nearly 60% of the people who work in this area, live here as well. The workforce
survey done in 2019 revealed that the majority of workers do not meet the current recommendations for vegetable intake.

The council wants to improve the vegetable intake of workers in this council and as a start, they want to implement a program in one of the highly populated suburbs of this council and target office-based
workers in the first instance. The selected suburb has three office-based workplaces. Also, it has two supermarkets, one hospital, four GP clinics, several cafes, restaurants and bars, two primary schools and two secondary schools.

Your team (i.e. nutrition promotion team) has been tasked with developing a nutrition promotion program,aiming to increase vegetable consumption among workers in the three office-based workplaces.

Your team need to first write a brief, dot-point plan for the programme utilising the template provided (see below) for your supervisor to approve. Once approved, each team member will write an individual plan detailing the evidence behind the decisions and create a resource (AT2) before inviting other organisations to participate (AT3).

Utilise the time provided in seminars in your groups to complete the following form for your AT1 (a clean version of this form is available in the assignment 1 folder on the unit site):

Background:
Using dot points and references, provide some background information (e.g. reasons why vegetables are important for the age group/s of people employed in office-based workplaces, current recommendations on vegetable intake, key environmental and individual influences on food intake in this population, why the workplace is an important place to promote healthy eating, barriers and facilitators to providing nutrition promotion at workplaces)

Aim and objectives:
Propose program aim and objectives. Refer to week 3 on how to write aims and objectives. See FAQs for further information.

Theory:
For the education/demand-side approach, select one theory and list it here (either the social cognitive theory OR the stages of change theory (transtheoretical model). Briefly explain the reason why you have chosen this theory and how you plan to use it.

Strategies/interventions/program:
List four proposed strategies/interventions. Consider environmental/supply-side strategies, as well as educational/demand-side strategies.

List references supporting your choices (e.g. studies that have used your proposed strategy successfully in the past, or some evidence of success).

All strategies must be linked to your aim and relevant objectives. Explain which strategy(ies) are directly linked with your chosen theory (not every strategy needs to be linked with your theory).Dot points preferred.

Considerations:
List 2 potential barriers within the workplace setting that may limit your ability to implement the program/ strategies/ intervention.

List 2 existing processes or structures that may support the implementation of your program/strategies/ intervention and how they may be used.

Resources:
For AT2, each student will need to submit a digital resource that is linked with one or more of your proposed strategies. A digital resource could be a blog, video, podcast, web-page, online newsletter, Instagram account, info graphic, etc. See assignment 2 for further details.

Your resource needs to be linked with your aim and strategies, and theory where applicable.

List here the names of each group member, what resource they propose to create for AT2 and what strategy/ intervention, objective and/ or theory it is linked with. e.g. Student first name – video on dietary guidelines – this links with strategy 2 and helps to improve adults’ knowledge on …………….. (objective 2) Tip: you can have multiple resources for one strategy.

Please note that you should develop the resource you propose here for assignment 2.
Group input:
Explain how you worked together as a group on this assignment. Do you encounter any issues? If so, how did you resolve them? (This section is not included in your word count.)

What setting should I focus on for this assessment?
Please consider the office-based workplaces as the setting for assignment 1 and assignment 2. You can consider the other settings in this suburb for assignment 3.

What countries should I focus on for the background research?
Data on the effects of vegetable intake in adults/ workers could come from any Western country. However,data on recommendations and intake should come from Australian studies/national surveys. All other studies can come from any similar situation in Western countries but try to find Australian data in the first instance.

Do I need to include details of the studies I use as references in the strategies section?
No, you do not have to explain the studies here. Just support your strategies with the relevant references.

Can I include physical activity as well as nutrition?
No. All of your strategies should have a nutrition/food (or related behaviour) focus. Usually, you would incorporate both PA and nutrition but for the purpose of this assignment, we are focusing on nutrition/food only.

How do I write an aim and objectives?
Refer to the week 3 class and the seminars. Remember to be realistic. E.g it is not realistic to expect adult who eat an average of 2 serves of vegetable per day to increase this to 5 serves per day over a few months.It is more realistic to increase intake gradually. Use other studies to help find what may be feasible.Make sure you include 2-3 objectives that achieve the aim.

What referencing style do I use?
Vancouver (numbering) for AT1. Please refer to this guide for details on how to cite reference using this style:

Can I change the plan from AT1 to AT2?
No, you should not change the plan unless the marker suggested you do changes to your plan. You should provide a detailed description of the AT1 proposed plan in AT 2.

Is there a cover sheet?
No cover sheet is required.

HSN210 Overview Assignment 1- Deakin University Australia.

Is there a suggested font size/type?
No. As long as it is easily readable. I recommend minimum 11 or 12 depending on the font you choose.

What is included in the word count?
Headings, sub-headings, and references (reference list at the end of the assignment) are not included in the word limit. Also, the ‘resources’ and ‘group input’ sections are not included in the word count. The in-text
citations are included in the word count.

Can two members produce the same resource (e.g. an online newsletter)?
Yes, it is fine to propose the same type of resource by more than one member. However, in this instance, each resource should focus on a different strategy or objective.

Which section should be supported by references?
References must be provided in the background, theory, strategies, and considerations sections.

HSN210 Overview Assignment 1- Deakin University Australia.

Important information regarding group allocation
Students will be allocated to a group, based on their seminar class enrolment (e.g. students enrolled in seminar 2 on Tuesday will be randomly allocated to 1 of 8 groups in that class). This is to assist students with getting together to discuss the assignment.Time will be allocated in each seminar for you to work with your groups on the assignment. It is expected
that the majority of the assignment, if not all, will be completed in the seminars.

IF you are unable to attend the first 2 seminars, please get in touch with the unit chair ASAP as you will need to be allocated to a group.

HSN210 Overview Assignment 1- Deakin University Australia.