Unit 8578 – Healthy and Sustainable Places Progressive Analytic Commentary (PAC) Guide PLEASE READ THIS INFORMATION CAREFULLY. Task Description: You are expected to engage in all commentary tasks...

Healthy and Sustainable Places Progressive Analytic Commentary
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Unit 8578 – Healthy and Sustainable Places Progressive Analytic Commentary (PAC) Guide PLEASE READ THIS INFORMATION CAREFULLY. Task Description: You are expected to engage in all commentary tasks associated with the unit. You will be assessed on the quality of your analysis and the way you support this with evidence and references. Your commentaries are to be posted to the relevant Wiki activity (called PAC) in Moodle. This assessment is worth 30% The questions and word limits are as follows: - dates to be notified in Moodle: 1. After reading the editorial article by Tait, McMichael and Hanna “Determinants of health: the contribution of the natural environment” in the ANZJPH journal, Vol. 38, No.2, 2014 (link to eReserve in Moodle) along with the chapters of “Making Healthy Places” listed as reading in Module 1 and 2, respond to the editorial, as follows  State in your own words two of the key points in this editorial article  Do you agree? To be absolutely certain about the claims made, what further evidence would it be helpful to have? Word limit 1: 100 words 2. How would you describe the concept of community design as discussed in “Making Healthy Places” and in the lectures for the unit up to and including Module 3? If we want to improve the UC campus based on community design principles and using the findings of your audit (along with those done by other students in the unit), what are three vital things that would need to be done? Word limit 2: 250 words 3. How does climate change affect coastal communities? Give some examples showing contrasting impacts in different parts of the world. Discuss the current and possible future public health impacts. Word limit 3: 350 words. 4. Choose two large cities - one Australian and one from another country. Compare and discuss these two cities covering the main factors of relevance to an assessment of whether they are healthy and sustainable places. You need to focus on the public health issues as well as on sustainability. What policy response is called for in each of these cities? Word limit 4: 450 words. IMPORTANT Additional information Please note the late submission policy in the Unit Outline also applies to each of these tasks. Criterion HD DN CR PP NN Knowledge of:  theory and practice of making healthy places; public health and planning approaches to improved population health outcomes,  theory and practice of audits, health impact assessments, systems thinking and research to healthy and sustainable place improvement, and  comparisons of Australian and overseas success and failure in sustainability and health improvement through built environment policy and its application Weighting 70% Knowledge of influences and awareness of issues demonstrated by:  knowledge linked to real world issues in the discussion  discussion considered multiple perspectives of the discussion topic  provided relevant examples to support ideas  applied knowledge of relevant search and literature on the issues to the discussion  applied critical thinking 70 - 60  knowledge linked to real world issues in the discussion  discussion presented more than one viewpoint of the discussion topic  provided some examples to support ideas  showed understanding of research and literature 60 - 52  knowledge linked to real world issues in the discussion  discussion mentioned relevant issues  provided limited example to support ideas  referred to relevant research and literature 51 - 46  provided a generalised view of issues relevant to the discussion statement with tenuous links to real world issues  made limited reference to the research and literature 45 - 35  limited or no ability to link knowledge to real world issues  no evidence of having read and understood the research and literature 34 - 0 Communicate knowledge in an academic style Weighting 30% Academic writing skills demonstrated by:  adhered to English conventions using appropriate vocabulary, grammar, punctuation, paragraphs, syntax, spelling  discussion is clear and concise and written in a flowing manner  Does not exceed word count  citations/references are typically compliant with the Harvard style  Chose relevant references from a range of sources 30 - 23  adhered to most English conventions  discussion is written in a concise manner  exceeded word count by no more than 20%  citations/references are generally compliant with the Harvard style some references missing 22 - 15  did not follow English conventions  exceeded word count >20%  limited/no references or citations 14 - 0 s428609 Sticky Note or APA s428609 Sticky Note or APA