Outcome 2: Unit 2- Written Report

In what ways do factors affect a person’s

ability or desire to access health services
and use health information?
To Include:

Task: Your task is to develop a written report analysing how factors influence access to health care to
determine relevant contributions and influences to health access. You are required to draw on
information provided in class and your interpretations of factors provided. Your written report must be
in paragraphs and include an introduction, body and conclusion.

Use the prompts below:

 Introduction (out of 2.5 marks)

Your introduction must provide background information to the topic. You are to explain health care
access and identify the five key factors that will be explored in your report. The aim should be identified;
the aim of this task is to explain the contributing factors that affect people’s ability to access health
services and information, including digital media, in Australia.

 Discussion/Body (out of 20 marks)

In your main body you are to explain each of the five factors. Using the five factors you are to explain
how the factor influences access to health services and information. In your discussion you should use
statistics and evidence to support your explanations.

 Identify 5 factors
 Explain each of the five factors
 Link each factor to access to health services and information
 Link each factor to people’s ability to access digital media in Australia

 Conclusion (out of 2 marks)

This should be a short summary of your report. Reiterate key points and give an overall statement of
the contribution of the five factors on influencing access to health care systems and information.

 Presentation (out of 2.5 marks)

An outstanding report. Punctuation, spelling and sentence structure is near perfect. Report is presented
in an outstanding way and presented professionally with paragraphs and subheadings.
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OUTCOME: 2, Unit 2.
On completion of this unit the student should be able to describe how to access Australia’s health system,
explain how it promotes health and wellbeing in their local community, and analyse a range of issues
associated with the use of new and emerging health procedures and technologies.
Key knowledge: Factors affecting access to health Key skills: Identify and explain factors that affect
services and information people’s ability to access health services and
information, including digital media, in Australia
Descriptor: typical performance in each range
Low High
Very low Medium Very high

Introduction (total out of 2.5)

Introduction: Student
Identify Student provided provided an
factors an excellent outstanding
contributing Student provided
Student only introduction. Aim introduction.
to access to No introduction an average
given brief provided and Aim provided
health given. Only 1 introduction. Aim
introduction. 2+ influence to and influence to
services and factor identified. not provided. 3+
factors identified. access identified. access
information. factors identified.
4+ factors identified. 5+
identified. factors
/2.5 marks identified.

Body paragraph (total out of 20)

Explanation of all Explanation of
factors was all factors was
excellent. All outstanding. All
Explain Explanation of
factors were factors were
factors in Explanation of factors was good,
Factors were not adequately explained in
relation factors lacked identifying all
explained. explained in great depth in
access detail and/or did factors and linked
relation to access relation to
not link to access appropriately to
to health care. access to health
to health care. access to health
/10 marks The report was care. Students
care.
engaging and have clearly
clear links to done their
access was given. research.
Students Students
provided an provided an
Students gave an excellent link to outstanding link
Link to explanation of digital media to digital media
digital media Student did not Student briefly digital media that access and access and
link to digital listed digital linked to access provided a great provided and
media. media access. however did not explanation of excellent
/5 marks provide how digital explanation of
reasonings. media influences how digital
access to health media
care. influences
 access to health
care.
Students
provided an
outstanding link
Students
to access to
provided an
health care
Students gave an excellent link to
services and
average services and
information.
Link to explanation of information. A
Excellent
services and Student did not Student briefly links to services great explanation
explanations
information link to services linked to services and information was provided and
provided on
and information in and information however did not all five factors
how each factor
Australia. in Australia. provide were very well
/5 marks influences
reasonings on linked to how
health care
how this each affects
access. Student
influences access. access to health
had thorough
services and
responses and a
information.
well written and
thoughtful
report.
Conclusion (total out of 2)
Conclusion has not A brief summary Student has Student has Student has
been included. has been included provided an provided an provided an
however has not average summary excellent outstanding
summarised key of main factors summary of main summary of
ideas. and how they factors and how main factors and
Summary influence access they influence how they
to health access to health influence access
services. services. to health
/2 marks services.
Students have
made
recommendation
and used data to
conclude report.
Presentation (Out of 2.5)
A poor level of An adequate A competent An excellent An outstanding
Overall writing in terms of level of writing. level of writing. level of writing. level of writing.
quality of spelling, There is some There is the With minimal Almost no
writing punctuation, and issues with occasional spelling, spelling,
sentence structure. spelling, spelling, punctuation, and punctuation and
punctuation, and punctuation, and sentence sentence
/2.5 marks sentence sentence structure structure issues structure issues.
structure. issue.
TOTAL [/27 Very low 0–4 Low 5-10 Medium 11-16 High 17-22 Very high 23-27
marks]