HWSC4004 Culture and Society in Health Individual Assignment Brief | Oxford

HWSC4004 Task: Oral assessment (individual)  

Create an informative and visually engaging academic poster that explores the relationship between the social determinants of health and public health outcomes in the UK. Your poster should include analysis of relevant data trends, discussion of social determinants on health, and an evaluation of culturally competent strategies used by the UK health and social care system to address health inequalities.  Evaluate the role of social prescribers in tackling the social determinants of health in a culturally competent manner, present an intervention for a health and social care topic in the UK. Compare this to an intervention that tackles the same topic in public health in another country and evaluate both approaches. 

Breakdown:  

• 1250 words in PowerPoint poster.
• 1250 words (Equivalent to) Oral presentation = 8 minutes.

Specific Guidance on the Outcomes of the Assignment:

To meet your learning outcomes, you will need to:

• Continue your understanding of Health inequalities and the social determinants of health.
• Use MS PowerPoint to create an academic poster.
• Poster size A2 (DIMENSIONS 42X59.4) Horizontal).
• Analyse data trends and understand how to present data from the UK and internationally.
• Look at international public health interventions and compare ways of working to meet the needs of society in different countries.
• Understand practical ways to ensure cultural competence in health and social care practice.

Learning Outcomes of HWSC4004: 

• LO1 Examine cultural competence methodology as a Health and Social Care practitioner
• LO2 Interpret data trends on social determinants of health
• LO3 Compare public health interventions in different countries

Suggested Framework to structure the task 

Suggested Framework to present the equivalent of 2,500 words:  

Poster:  

NOTE: Carefully decide the content you are going to display on the poster and which parts of the assignment you are going to present verbally. Remember the verbal presentation is not to repeat the content on the poster, rather it is to provide explanations and examples of the content on the postert. . For example, in the introduction, approach section, on the poster you could outline the role of a social prescribing link worker and in the oral presentation you could speak about the importance of asking about social challenges in a culturally challenging way. 

Title: Give your poster a title that indicates the focus and purpose of its content. 

Introduction 

CONTEXT:  Briefly introduce a chosen public health outcome. Use relevant data to introduce the social gradient (WHO, 2024) 

PURPOSE: Introduce social determinants of health and outline the purpose of interpreting data trends 

APPROACH: Outline the content of your poster and presentation. Introduce the role of a social prescribing link worker and discuss how the social prescribing worker needs to ask about social challenges in a culturally sensitive way. 

Section 1: 

Choose up to three social determinants of health 

https://www.who.int/health-topics/social-determinants-of-health#tab=tab_1 

For each social determinant of health: 

• Present and summarise the data trends
• Interpret these findings by suggesting potential solutions to improve the situation.
• Discuss how the social determinant links to health outcomes and what people need to improve this situation 

Section 2: 

• Choose a health behaviour and find examples of interventions in the UK and another country
• Evaluate the interventions in the United Kingdom and the chosen country explaining why one might be more effective or successful than the other.  

Section 3: 

• Evaluate how social prescribing can tackle social determinants of health in the UK.
• Define cultural competency
• Imagine you are leading a team of social prescribing link workers; how would you ensure cultural competency in the workplace? 

HWSC4004 Marking Criteria