1 Assessment 2 – Public Health Nutrition Campaign

1.1 Overview

Format 7-minute recorded presentation (no specified format)
Weighting 50 % of module mark
Submission Single file via Blackboard and Yuja

1.2 The task

Choose a nutrition-related public health concern and develop a campaign to address it. Your presentation should take the audience from the problem through to a campaign proposal and an outline of how you would know whether it worked.

You may choose any diet-related topic relevant to public health. Your campaign can target any population group and work in any setting.


1.3 What to cover

Your presentation should address:

  • The problem — what it is, who is affected, and why it matters
  • The campaign — what you propose to do, for whom, and how
  • Evaluation — how you would measure whether the campaign was successful

There is no prescribed format. Slides with narration, a talking-head video, or any other approach is acceptable, provided it communicates clearly within the time limit.


1.4 Marking scheme

Marks are awarded mainly for content and reasoning, not production quality or format choice.

Criterion Marks
Problem identification — clear public health concern, supported by evidence 25
Campaign proposal — appropriate, logical, and targeted 40
Evaluation — realistic plan linked to the campaign goals 20
Presentation — clear, well-structured, within time 15
Total 100

1.4.1 Problem identification (25 marks)

Band Marks Descriptor
Distinction 21–25 Problem clearly defined; affected population identified; magnitude or burden evidenced; strong justification for why this is a public health priority.
Merit 16–20 Problem identified with reasonable justification; some supporting evidence; population described.
Pass 10–15 Problem named but justification thin or vague; population not clearly defined.
Fail 0–9 No clear problem identified; no justification.

1.4.2 Campaign proposal (40 marks)

Band Marks Descriptor
Distinction 34–40 Target population, message, and approach are well matched; campaign is coherent and feasible; considers both what the campaign will do and why that approach is appropriate.
Merit 26–33 Coherent campaign with most elements present; some choices lack justification.
Pass 16–25 Campaign outlined but elements are vague, poorly matched to the problem, or not clearly justified.
Fail 0–15 Campaign absent, superficial, or unrelated to the identified problem.

1.4.3 Evaluation (20 marks)

Band Marks Descriptor
Distinction 17–20 Realistic evaluation plan; clear link between what is measured and the campaign goals; distinguishes what was delivered from what changed.
Merit 13–16 Evaluation described; mostly linked to goals; process and outcome implied if not explicit.
Pass 8–12 Evaluation mentioned but vague or weakly connected to the campaign.
Fail 0–7 No evaluation plan.

1.4.4 Presentation (15 marks)

Band Marks Descriptor
Distinction 13–15 Clear structure; easy to follow; within time; visual or audio elements support rather than duplicate the narration.
Merit 10–12 Mostly clear; minor issues with structure or timing.
Pass 6–9 Understandable but poorly organised or significantly over/under time.
Fail 0–5 Difficult to follow; major structural or technical problems.