4NH907 Assignment Brief (2000-word Written Assignment)  Learning Outcomes:

LO1: Identify potential stages of human growth and development.

LO2: Examine evidence that supports health promotion, protection, and improvement during the lifespan.

LO3: Identify a range of health care needs of an individual.

LO4: Explain how health might be promoted and protected within a life stage.

The Assessment brief:

Within this assessment you are required to explore the life span continuum as part of human development, referring to the life course approach.

Consider how wider determinants might impact upon health at the different life stages.

Next choose one case study and identify health needs which impact the individual at that stage of their life course (no more than 3).

Explore how these needs may influence/impact them (physical/psychological/social) in the present and in their future years of life.

Finally, discuss how early health promotion can be achieved through early intervention referring to health promotion theory to protect and improve health of the individual during their lifespan