Group Communication Contract for Task 2 - Health promotion expo plan Part A: Contact details

NUR 212 Context of practice: Child, youth and family health
Task 2 - Health promotion expo plan
Part A of this document is a contract between the members of the group.
It must be completed and submitted with your Task 2 Health Expo
presentation.
Part A
Group Name:
Contact details –
please nominate the preferred method of
communication with your group
Group Members
Name
Student email Mobile
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Following a group discussion, in the following section outline what each
member of the group has agreed to do as their contribution to the group
work (should be roughly equal amounts, agreed to by all parties).
Name Contribution
Name Signature
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3.
4.

By signing this you all agree that distribution of work is even and that you
will deliver your portion of the work in the agreed time and to
communicate with the group.
Part B - NUR 212 Context of practice: Child, youth and family
health
Use this template to document your health promotion expo plan. The idea
of the expo plan is to provide a brief overview of the health priority being
addressed, the target audience, why this is an important issue to the
target audience, the planned health promotion activity to be delivered at
the expo and the health promotion principles used and how advocacy has
been incorporated. Submit your plan as one document per group to the
tutor at the presentation of your expo in week 9.
(approximately 1000
words excluding references)
Health promotion expo title:
Design
1)What key health priority is being addressed by this expo?
(a
brief overview)
Health is something which should be taken care off, especially from a very early age. It is the
habits that are inculcated in the early years of life that increasing the consciousness of a
person, towards living a healthy and fit life. The majority of the parents tend to ignore the
importance of diet at an early age and just for pampering their child they do not stop them
from eating unhealthy junk food. It is due to this attitude that leads to excessive collection of
fat in the child’s body, ultimately leading to obesity or obese. In this expo, the main health
issues that are being addressed are obesity in children (Australian Department of Health,
2011). The expo will inform about the simple lifestyle mistakes that are conducted by parents
or a family as a whole, which leads to Obesity. In Australia, childhood obesity is emerging to
be a serious concern, as one in four children is suffering from the problem of obesity or
overweight. Through this expo, we want to educate the families about obesity and the
different ways it can be handled or tackled.
2)Who is the target audience and why is the health issue
significant to them?
(age group of target audience and some statistics
on the health issue in that age group e.g. tooth decay rates in under 5s,
amount of time spent playing “screen-based games” in teens, amount of
activity in 5-10 age group)
Childhood obesity can be explained as a health problem that is prominent in Australia. For
children, between the ages of four to seventeen years, this is a health issue that can further
lead to many other physical and mental issue. Therefore, due to the current obesity conditions
prevailing in Australia, the main targeted audience for this expo is children between the ages
of 5-10 years. The targeted audience has been decided this, as the parents need to understand
and inculcate healthy eating habits in their kids and this is the perfect age for it (Baum et al.,
2013).
For the targeted audience, this issue is extremely important, as lifestyle or habits attained in
early childhood development, become part of a person’s personality. Therefore, children who

acquire to unhealthy eating habits in the early years tend to retain such bad habits forever.
Therefore, fostering a healthy lifestyle from an early age is the key to decrease the growing
level of obesity in Australia. In addition to this, the children are the future of a nation,
therefore, it is paramount that they should be directed in the correct direction. Thus, with this
expo, the targeted audience and families will benefit, along with the future of a nation
(Nichols et al., 2013). For increasing the life expectancy of children, this expo is extremely
crucial for them.
3)What is the planned health promotion activity?
(Brief description)
As the targeted audience is between the ages of 5 to 10 years, it is crucial that they should be
informed and educated about health through a creative promotional plan. Some of the
promotional activities that will be utilized in this expo are –
 Fostering healthy eating habits.
Kids have an inquisitive mind and parents should use it for their benefits. Under this
expo, the parents will be informed about simple garnering tricks that they can perform
regularly at their nearest farm. With the increasing organic farms, the parents have
many options. Through this process, the parents will exhibit the difference between
healthy and non-healthy products. This will push the children to adapt to healthy
eating habits, along with improving their decision making power, to select the correct
food for them (Lindberg, Mc Namara and O'Reilly, 2016).
 Inactivity, technology, and activity.
Everyone is aware of the fact that with the increasing use of technology in our day to
day life, people are becoming less inactive. But like every coin has two sides, in the
same way, technology can also be used for increasing activity. Now, children should
be provided with the correct technology. For instance, the current trend of a fitness
band can help parents in increasing the activities of their kid in a creative manner.
These bands will be a fascinating gadget for children which will record all their
activities. Therefore, the parents should use them to monitor their child’s activity
progress and also, push the children to increase their targets at regular intervals. The
parents should also participate along with the children, so as to keep them motivated
and encouraged (Lobstein and Swinburn, 2017).
 Communicating with Parents and schools.
A special event for just parents, to inform them about the small mistakes they commit
on a daily basis that results in obesity. Children throughout their lives are pampered
by their parents, grandparents, and relatives. In the young years, it is done in a
massive manner like the overload of sugar which they are given every time they
success or did a good deed. Through this promotional activity, the parents will be
informed about other tricks that they can use for pampering their child, like taking
them to a new park or going on the beach. This approach will be extremely effective
(Hills, Street and Harris, 2014).
4) How have you applied the principles of health promotion and
primary health care in this expo?