HMG7200 Public Health in Practice

Topic: Media presentation

Develop A 3-Minute Scripted Health Promotion Video Related To Your Health Promotion Project

Tasks

1. Design and produce a 3-minute health promotion video (MP4 format if possible)
2. Produce a PowerPoint slide set showing your storyboard and type an academic style

Project Focus

This project will attempt to formulate and model a health promotion plan for the residents in the City of Brimbank. The major focus of this project would be health promotion for the residents by suggesting proper dietary behaviors as well as increased physical exercise sedentary. Risky feeding habits and sedentary behavior will be highlighted so that the residents can avoid them.

Health Issue

Compared with Melbourne and other Australian averages, the prevalence of psychological and other stress disorders for the residents of the City of Brimbank is significantly high (Vu.edu.au., 2019, pp. 4). According to Taylor (2017, pp. 86), stress and depression incidences among men and women in Brimbank are reported to be 37% and 16% above the national averages respectively. Although diabetes, cancer, obesity, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases are the other major health risks impacting the residents in the city of Brimbank, the scholar asserts that mental illnesses such as stress and psychological disorders pose major long-term threats to the residents' health. The statistics suggest that there are many mental health patients in the city of Brimbank. Combining proper dietary patterns and physical exercise may improve the mental state of the residents.