The second assessment task for this unit is a poster presentation. This is a group assignment. You will be assigned to a group by your lecturer.

The aim of your poster is to address the statement, “This is Public Health.” To do this, you and your group members will identify some object, scene, practice, etc that you feel reflects some principle or practice of Public Health. This example must exist in your own environment and must be documented in photographs which will appear as part of your poster. For example, waste management is an important aspect of Public Health management, so you might choose to discuss this and represent it with a picture of a garbage can located on street corner outside the University. It is important to think broadly about all the aspects of daily life with a Public Health element and use your ingenuity to choose a topic that may not be recognized generally as part of Public Health.

Your poster will be similar to the type of posters often presented at academic conferences. There is a great deal of information available online about designing these presentations. Please refer to them for examples. You will need at least one photo that you take yourself as well as text describing the phenomenon chosen and how it exemplifies Public Health. You may NOT use images or text taken from the internet.

Your group will submit your poster online, accompanied by a written text that supplements the content of the poster and explains the representation of Public Health your have chosen and discusses the elements of your poster. You may use MS Word, MS Powerpoint or another common presentation format to present your poster. As you prepare this assessment, keep in mind that your poster should be able to stand alone however.

This assignment is worth 40% of the mark for the unit, and you must achieve a mark of 50% on this assignment to pass the unit.