2018/19 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

DONE5006M Health Needs Assessment

15 creditsClass Size: 20

If you are applying for a stand-alone Masters level module please note you must meet either the general University entry criteria or the specific module pre-requisite for this level of study.

Module manager: Jo Lay
Email: j.lay@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2018/19

Pre-requisite qualifications

Students will normally have an understanding of the concepts of health needs assessment.

Co-requisites

DONE5005M

Epidemiology

This module is not approved as an Elective

This module is approved as a Skills Elective

Objectives

On completion of this module, students will be able to:
- critically analyse the impact of current government policy on needs assessment and prioritisation of service provision;
- critically analyse the concept of need and its relationship to health and health assessment;
- examine and evaluate a range of models and theories of health assessment;
- identify and utilise current sources of health related data and contribute to the development of such data;
- appraise a variety of tools for the profiling of client populations;
- debate the involvement and influence of consumers and consumerism in health needs assessment;
- critically evaluate the role of technology in health needs assessment.

Learning outcomes
To develop knowledge and understanding in
- The Nurses contribution and role in Health Needs Assessment (HNA)
- Pertinent issues in HNA and Risk Assessment of client groups and populations
- Developing skills to identify, critically analyse and implement current tools and frameworks of HNA and to contribute to the development of new tools
- Political, socio-economic and environmental issues
- Models and theories of HNA
- Sources of epidemiological and demographic data
- Interpretation of 'hard' and 'soft' data
- Concepts of need and equity
- Policy and planning in relation to HNA
- Consumer involvement and consumerism
- Technology as an aid to HNA

Skills outcomes
Critical analysis, evaluation, appraisal skills, application of theory to practice, assessment of individual health needs, implementation of public health policy in practice.

Syllabus

This module will allow students to explore issues surrounding health needs assessment and risk assessment of client groups and populations, to develop the skills to allow them to identify, critically analyse and implement current tools and frameworks and to contribute to the development of new tools. Political, socio-economic and environmental issues will be explored. This will be achieved by addressing the following: models and theories of health needs assessment; sources of epidemiological and demographic data; interpretation of 'hard' and soft 'data'; risk assessment; concept of need and equity; nurses' contribution and role in health needs assessment; policy and planning in relation to health needs assessment; consumer involvement and consumerism; technology as an aid to health needs assessment.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	22	1.00	22.00
Seminar	8	1.00	8.00
Private study hours			120.00
Total Contact hours			30.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			150.00

Private study

Private study will take the form of Independent reading and research. There is guided study time and personal study time to enable students to appreciate the importance of M Level study and how contemporary research will inform your assessment. Literature searches will demonstrate the depth and breadth of learning.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Students will be allocated an academic supervisor at the start of the module. Peer group supervision on the module assessment will also be provided within the timetable. Students will be encouraged to identify and discuss their assessment at an early point in the module, sharing evidence of their literature search with their academic supervisor.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Essay	3,000 words	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 12/12/2018 16:33:09

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