Assignment On Health Policy And Planning Report

Running head: Health Policy & Planning 1
Health Policy & Planning
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Table of Contents
Introduction – Background of Study......................................................................................2
Planning tools and Assessment...............................................................................................3
The need for assessment.......................................................................................................3
SWOT Analysis.....................................................................................................................4
Stakeholders Analysis..........................................................................................................6
Priority Strategies....................................................................................................................7
Conclusion and Recommendation..........................................................................................9
References.................................................................................................................................9

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Develop health planning policy and strategies to minimize obesity level through
established of the sugar tax
Introduction – Background of the Study
Obesity is amongst the main challenge facing the public health of Australia. The government
is spending much of its revenue on health welfares. Since many obese individuals are like to
be jobless. Sugar drinks cause the main source of this health problem (obesity) (Moore,
Young, Hassan, & James, 2019). Most of the population in Australia consumes a lot of sugar,
especially young people. The health problem of obesity is due to the sugar associated drinks.
Therefore, the sugar tax will overcome the community cost used to deal with obesity
problems (Lee et al., 2019). To reduce the obesity rate, the government is imposing a tax on
sugar beverages. However, this discourages much consumption of sugar and also, raises
revenue which is used again in the obesity-prevention campaign. Most of the people will use
low sugar drinks or water as an alternative in their lifestyle (Basto-Abreu et al., 2018). To
face this health challenge, The World Health Organization, and Australians advocating health
policy and strategies to improve this situation. The problem is not only facing one country but
is a worldwide disaster (Breda, Jewell & Keller, 2019).
The health service plan is aiming to come up with strategies that will improve the current
situation of obesity level. One of the primary strategies is to impose a 40% rate of tax to 100
grams within a drinking beverage. The objective is achieved through adhering to health
principles and practice. Another aim of the plan is to develop an action strategy of the
government with the collaboration of health sector principles to identify and reduce obesity
amongst the population (Hagmann, Siegrist & Hartmann, 2018).
In developing this health policy plan, we should be aware that also the sugar production
industry is arguing to be included in finding the solution to obesity. The health sector is

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excluding the industry, thus affecting its sales by imposing a tax on sugar-related products
like beverages (Vecino-Ortiz & Arroyo-Ariza, 2018).
Planning tools and assessment
For a plan to be successfully developed and implemented according to its aim, one has to use
planning tools appropriately These tools are used to assess targeted strategies at different
levels of management. Different tools are going to be used to identify the main issues of the
health plan.
Need for Assessment
The report is identifying the cause and how to minimize the obesity level within the selected
population. Planning tools will help the government and health programs to identify the
required strategies. The assessment is aiming to drive out the supporting goals on the tax
levied on the sugar products. These are: to reduce excessive consumption of sugar related
beverages and encourage usage of health food substances with less sugar (Barnhill et al.,
2018). Another strategy is on how to reduce government expenditure which is used in
maintaining obesity individuals. Finally, the assessment will capture the impact of obesity,
thus encouraging the government to increase revenue due to effective control of health
challenges (obesity). The three stated objectives are going to be addressed adequately in this
health planning policy report.
The health challenge of obesity is a critical problem to the government, thus need a serious
assessment towards the solution point. Government is using a lot of resources to maintain
obesity people, since most of them are jobless (Barlow, Labonte, McKee, & Stuckler, 2018).
Within the Australian population is that one out of four adults are obese, and 7% are children
suffering from overweight. The number is increasing as the years go since they are more
consumption of sugar-related products. The estimated cost of maintaining obesity during