Describe and critique a current Victorian health self-management program or
community-based health intervention for the particular condition.
• Discuss the strengths and limitations of the program. Points to consider (but are not
limited to), can include:
- Whom does the program target?
- How is the program funded?
- Is the service able to meet the demand (and who defines this demand)?
- What services do they offer and to whom?
- Medium for the service (e.g., is it solely web-based?)
- Environment (e.g., location, physical resources, buildings, etc.)
- How could you improve recognition of the program?
- How long has it been operating?
- How can it be improved?
- What (if any) data has been collected about the “success” of the program?
How have the program’s operators chosen to define this “success”?
• Note: One of the major aims is to critique an intervention. If you merely describe the
program/intervention, you have not successfully met the requirements of the task.
Therefore, it is