Task Description:
Building upon your findings from Assessment 1, you will further examine your safety issue for your selected/targeted community in-depth using relevant, peer-reviewed evidence. Based on the in-depth analysis of the safety issue and its root causes, you will formulate an educational activity that is appropriate for addressing the issue for individuals and groups within your targeted community, while accounting for those with complex needs. You will also investigate the factors that shape an understanding of your safety issue as well as evaluate Preston et al. (2015) contemporary perspective and educational framework on community-based learning in community response during disasters. Using the Preston et al. (2015) framework, you will need to ascertain where you think your targeted community sits in terms of their community learning (navigation, organisation, reframing). Communicating your understanding of safety issue(s) to a broader audience helps to enhance learning in a range of settings.
##assessment 1 topic was regarding pedestrian safety in Melbourne.##
Assessment 2 requires you to write an 800–1000-word Op-ed (Op-Ed). The Op-ed was historically a column in the print newspaper opposite the opinion piece. An Op-ed is an informed written piece about a writer’s own thoughts about a specific issue for a particular audience. These short pieces position the voice of the writer to advocate a specific point of view.
The aim of this Op-ed is to provide the community with a critical, evidence-based assessment of your chosen safety issue and formulate an education activity that is appropriate for the issue and your chosen community. The Op-ed is a balance between description and analysis. Your submission must be high-level analysis, capable of being published in your local newspaper or in the Australian Journal of Emergency Management or the Public Health Association of Australia’s Intouch blog.
At minimum, your review should cover the following:
· A description and analysis of your safety issue supported by evidence
· Critical evidence-informed analysis and discussion of the root causes of the safety issue
· Formulate an educational activity for the targeted community and chosen safety issue that should be conducted as supported by relevant evidence
· Using the Preston et al. (2015) educational framework, ascertain where you think your targeted community sits in terms of their community learning (navigation, organisation, reframing)
Resources:
· Op-ed example (Australian Journal of emergency management) https://knowledge.aidr.org.au/resources/ajem-april-2023-opinion-who-or-what-is-the-fit-for-purpose-emergency-management-practitioner-of-the-21st-century/
· Op-ed example (c) https://intouchpublichealth.net.au/striking-before-its-el-nino-hot-raising-awareness-of-older-peoples-heat-health-risks/
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