Write a 2,250 word report on an existing health promotion strategy, which aims to tackle a particular lifestyle factor or behaviour. You are writing this report from the perspective of a public health worker within a chosen community context. You can choose any lifestyle factor or behaviour, You will also need to select your community context, e.g., a geographical area, a specific group, a specific setting. As you develop your report, make sure to consider: ◼What impacts exist that influence health behaviours? ◼Why do people change their behaviours? Why do people engage in negative lifestyle behaviours? ◼What data is currently available to demonstrate the extent of the problem in your chosen group? ◼How can people adapt and change their behaviours into positive ones, which can positively impact health and wellbeing? ◼What rationale is there for people to change their behaviours? ◼What models, theories and approaches are the most suitable for your demographic and why? Which factors influence health behaviour, positively ◼and negatively? ◼You need to justify why this lifestyle behaviour/factor needs to be considered in your chosen community. ◼Analyse/evaluate wider social influences ◼Appraise cultural factors ◼Appraise historical influences ◼You need to consider current data and statistics relating to the particular lifestyle factor/behaviour, appraising the impact of wider influences (such as cultural, historical and social) on this behaviour, and how this can influence health behaviours. ◼You should explain the range of approaches and models in health promotion which relate to your topic, and assess internal and external factors which relate to why behaviour change may or may not occur.
