Topic : Public Health Policy

The brief:

This assignment is a 3500-word essay focusing on a public health policy.

You should focus your essay on one of the topics covered in the reading and discussion groups.

Your essay should:

1. Identify and analyse a public health issue in a defined population
2. Identify and discuss policy documents from international, national and local sources that tackle this issue
3. Provide a clear analysis of policy initiatives that are geared towards tackling this issue
4. Discuss and critiquing how relevant approaches to health promotion are interpreted within the identified policy initiatives

One of the Topics that was covered:

1. Childhood obesity
2. A plan for action (HM Government, 2016)