Critique Health Material

Assignment 1: Critique of Client Health Related Educational Material
Marking Scheme

Section Content Requirement Value Comments
1 • Brief description of the material to indicate the topic area of focus and the overall purpose of the educational material (1).
• Identify the intended audience and the factors that prompted this perception (1).
• Include the critiqued material or link as an appendix (1).
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2. Following identification of the intended audience.
• Identify the characteristics or norms (theory-based) of targeted age group (3).
• Discuss the relevance of these norms to the chosen educational material and to health teaching recommendations for the targeted audience (e.g., growth and development of the intended audience, biologic characteristics, psychosocial stages, developmental task, and culture) (4).
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3. • Discuss what principles of learning were considered in the development of the educational material (4). /4
4. Critical evaluation of the material: content and design.
• Discuss strengths and/or weaknesses (3).
• Defend whether the target audience would be receptive to the material as it is currently (3).
• Indicate what you would do to improve the material. How would you make it different (3)?
• Select and use a readability/assessment Tool (1).
• Determine a tool that is appropriate for the materials chosen (e.g., Gunning Fog, SAM, PEMAT, similar checklist).
• Include tool used as appendix and ensure referenced correctly.
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5. Reflection:
• How will this material benefit the targeted audience, consider the relevance of material to client (1).
• Relate how educational theories could influence the material. (e.g., social cognitive theory, health belief model, transtheoretical model) (3).
• Discuss health education and the professional role and responsibility of nurses related to providing health education with educational materials (2).
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Misc. Deductions up to 25% if the following is NOT adhered to:
Inclusion of the following appendices:
• Copy or link of the critiqued material
• Inclusion of readability/assessment tool
Scholarly format – 6 pages maximum
• Supporting scholarly literature for ALL areas (a minimum of 5 scholarly articles in addition to any textbook references to support your paper).
• Proper APA format (title page, intro, body, conclusion, and reference page).

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Overview
Health Education materials are one of the most widely used sources of providing health information; therefore, it is essential for nurses to ensure that materials provided to clients (e.g., brochures, pamphlets, booklets, websites, videos etc..) are appropriate for client learning. Materials required for client education may not always be readily available or current and can be costly. Nurses may be required to develop their own materials to support and enhance client teaching. Therefore, it is important for nurses to be able to evaluate materials clients may be accessing.

The goal of this critique assignment is to:
• Analyze a health-related educational material (see above) while applying relevant course concepts.
• Demonstrate the use of theory and evidence that support the process of education.
• Demonstrate assessment of the learner, who the material is intended for, including the readability of the material; and
• Assist in preparations for a health teaching experience.

The intended audiences would be young adults aged 18-35.