Report: Assessing and Addressing Health Needs of Homeless Young People

This report assesses the health needs of homeless young people, identifying and prioritizing their most significant unmet needs through the application of health needs theories like Maslow, Seedhouse, and Doyal and Gough, along with Bradshaw's types of need. The report utilizes research studies to evaluate the health needs of this population, providing a detailed table with the title, year, methodology, approach to needs assessment and findings of each study. Subsequently, a strategic health promotion proposal is developed to address the prioritized health need. This proposal includes a clear aim, SMART objectives, and activities based on Beattie’s model of health promotion approaches. Justifications for each activity are provided, referencing health promotion theories, models, principles, and relevant research, policy, and examples of practice. The report also outlines resource allocation, evaluation methods, and an action plan in the form of a Gantt chart. The report emphasizes the importance of understanding psychosocial aspects of health promotion and utilizes relevant psychological theories and models to justify the activities within the chosen approaches. The report aims to provide a coherent and creative strategy to improve the health of the target population.

assignment. REPORT 3,200 WORDS (+ / - 10%) in 2 parts
Learning Outcome 1: Demonstrate ability to gather and critically evaluate appropriate
health information from a variety of sources, and apply relevant theoretical perspectives
in order to interpret this to identify a health need for a specific population (part one)
Learning Outcome 2: Demonstrate insight into the contested nature of health and health
promotion, and how these debates impact on working to promote health (prioritising health
need , selecting relevant aims and objectives, relative effectiveness of approaches)
Learning Outcome 3: Demonstrate problem-solving abilities and critical awareness of
health promotion theories by designing a strategy to tackle a health promotion need (the
strategy)
Part one: Assessing health needs.
Identify and prioritise the health needs of a specific population group, by applying
theories of health needs (approximately 40% of the wordage)
Part two: Addressing health needs.
Design a strategic proposal for health promotion to address the prioritized health
need, utilizing health promotion theories and principles.
How to write the assignment: REPORT
Give your work a title:
Our title is “ Homeless young people”.
Use the headings below to structure your work:
Part one:
Background (150 words)
A concise background that justifies why this group needs attention, with epidemiological
data showing they experience poorer health / health inequalities/ are more at risk of
unhealthy behaviour). Use Office of National Statistics, Department of Health, WHO data,
or other official body.
No need for an overview: “this report will …etc”
Identifying Health Needs
Find 3 research studies into the health needs of your group. (At least one study needs to cover
the group's views on their own health needs). PLEASE SEE ATTACHED ARTICLES I HAVE

HIGHLIGHTED WITH ORAGNE MARKER WHICH unmet NEED I FOUND THEN YOU CAN USE WHICH
ONES IS MOST SIGNIFICANT
Use the studies to complete the table below.
Title, year
(give a hyperlink to the study)
Methodology
(primary/secondary,
qualitative / quantitative)
Approach to needs
assessment
Findings
(=the health needs)
1. Re-building Bridges:
Homeless People’s
Views on the
Role of Vocational and
Educational Activities
in
Their Everyday Lives
Please read articles Access to housing
Income
Education
2.homeless healthcare:raising the
standards
Please read articles Access to housing
Mental health problem
Health needs of realte to
drug dependence,alochol
3. Wellbeing for
homeless people: a
Salutogenic
approach
Please read articles Poverty
Access to housing
Employment
Financial support
Mental and physical needs
Then analyse these needs by applying the health needs theories of
Maslow, Seedhouse, Doyal and Gough 1991.
e.g. “X need can be linked to the ….. aspect of A's theory, which shows that …. also the b aspect of B's
theory and the C level of D's theory. Etc.

(use your own wording).
Prioritising the health needs
Identify the most significant unmet need, with a rationale to justify why this is the most
important. Apply Bradshaw among other theories. (Type of need Normative need,Felt need,Expressed
need (Demanded need) Comparative need)
Think about: the stages of Maslow's hierarchy, the social determinants of health, all of Bradshaw's types,
which need appears in all the studies.
End above section approximately 40% of the wordage) with a clear prioritised health need.
“The priority health need is...” mental health problems or income or housing or sheleter or
education or need to use only one
Now start part two:
Part two: A Strategy to Address the Health Needs
Aim and objectives. Give one clear AIM, and three or four different types of SMART objectives, to
address the prioritised health need.
e.g. AIM: to …
Objective 1. (type) Cognitive:
Objective 2 Interpersonal/Social
Objective 3. (Affective
(What am I trying to achieve? (my Aim)
What am I going to do?
( Activities for achieving the Aim, e.g. the Health Promotion approaches, methods,
interventions used)
How will I know whether I have been successful? (Evaluation methods)

Health Promotion Activities. PLEASE TRY TO USE ONLY ONE ACITIVITY AND COVER ALL
Beattie’s model of health promotion approaches
Use Beattie’s model of health promotion approaches to structure your strategy, justifying each
activity by reference to the underpinning health promotion theories, models, principles,
paradigms, research, policy, examples of practice.
Comment on the relative value of each approach: which are most likely to improve health, and why.
e.g. :
Health Persuasion
Activity a.
Description: This will be based in the (setting), facilitated initially by (personnel), then ...( a few words on how
the activity is delivered).
Justification: This is included because ….. (e.g.) x model/theory/ suggests that.... ; the activity is guided by y
principle which emphases .. A's research shows this activity is valuable for …., using the specific
techniques used in B's practice/ C policy.
Do the same for Legislative Action, Community Development, Personal Counselling
NB:This is the most important part, where you show you understand health promotion theory and can
use it to plan a coherent, creative strategy that will improve health.
Resources (I HAVE ATTACHED LECTURS FOR THIS )
Briefly outline the types of resources you will use, including the communication skills, with
rationale. Keep any detail and lists for the appendices.
Evaluation.
Describe and justify the types and methods of evaluation you plan to use. State also when,
where and how the evaluation will take place, who will conduct it.
Action plan
Complete a Gantt chart for planning the activities of the whole strategy, identifying who
does what and when.
No need for a conclusion, as it is a report.
Things to consider:
You need to make decisions at each stage, all of which need to be consistent, e.g. the activities need
to fit with the aim, the evaluation with the objectives, etc.
Psychological processes are complex, covering cognitive, affective and behavioural
aspects, and linked to social contexts and pressures.
Health psychology helps us understand behaviour, and so how to help people change
Use these theories and models to justify your activities within the relevant approaches,
showing you understand the psychosocial aspects of promoting healt

Marking Grid
Please read below information as we are getting marks acc to this criteria
Criteria Comments and marks
A concise introduction to justify the choice of population (150 words max) with
relevant statistics from authoritative public health sources (6% possible
marks)
Depth of understanding is shown of the theoretical base of health needs
assessment by applying the health needs theories covered in the module to
3 relevant and authoritative pieces of research which cover a range of
perspectives, including those of the group. (15%)
The most significant unmet need is prioritised, by applying relevant theory.
(12%)
One clear relevant aim is given, with 3-4 different types of SMART
objectives, with the type named (12% number)
CreHealth promotion activities are clearly described, covering each of Beattie’s
approaches.
Rationale is given for each activity, based on the health promotion
theories /models/ principles/ paradigms covered in the module, plus
research/ policy/ examples of practice.
There is comment on the effectiveness of each approach (35%)
Each activity should have
several justifications: it's the
most important section of the
assignment, where you show
you understand promoting
health.
Resources are briefly outlined, including the communication skills, with any
lists placed in an appendix. (6%)
Evaluation methods and types are described and justified, including when
and where the evaluation takes place, and by whom. (11%)
A comprehensive Gantt chart appears (3%)
All sections need to show these features:
Good evidence of reading, including and beyond the reading list, plus
research.
Harvard referencing is used correctly, making clear what material is from the
source, what is student comment
Writing is academic, (clear, concise, coherent, precise) and follows the learning
centre guidance; wordage is stated, and is within the set limits.
This is level 6. You are
expected to include the
recommended reading, from
the module guide, and also
wider reading: research,
statistics, policy and key
texts. 12-15 good quality
sources would be expected
(so no websites other than
those in the module guide).