Essay on Public Health (Doc)
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ADDRESSING HEALTHINEQUALITIES
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1Determinants of public health issues and their prevalence.........................................................1Different public health interventions and national strategies......................................................2Role and challenges of healthcare professional in preventing and controlling infection............4TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5Description..................................................................................................................................5Feelings.......................................................................................................................................6Evaluation...................................................................................................................................6Analysis.......................................................................................................................................6Conclusion...................................................................................................................................7Action Plan..................................................................................................................................7CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8REFERENCES................................................................................................................................91
INTRODUCTIONPublic health is the science of protecting and improving the health of people and theircommunities. There are various public health issues which are faced by the world today likeHIV/AIDS, diabetes and many more (Lewis, 2015). Following essay will highlight the currentpublic health issues like HIV/AIDS in United Kingdom. It focuses on different type ofinterventions used for resolving health issues. Essay will also explain the role of statutory bodiesin developing health protection strategies. TASK 1Determinants of public health issues and their prevalenceCurrent public health issues in United KingdomPublic health is basically the art of preventing disease in order to promote human healththrough organised efforts and informed choices of society, public- private organisations andvarious communities. United Kingdom is surrounded with various public health issues thatincludes HIV, AIDS. (Abuse and Administration, 2016.). This disorder have laid a huge impacton the health and working of an individual living in local areas. It has reduced the physicalefficiency of local public. There are many factors that leads to facing of such diseases in anindividual. HIV/AIDS is one of the major public health issue faced in the local region of UnitedKingdom. It has been analysed that 60% of death in local region of nation is because of -communicable diseases that includes HIV/AIDS. It can be transmitted because of sexualinteraction or eating food of any infected person. (Gostin and Wiley, 2016). These diseasesseverely affect patients body. It reduces their efficiency to work and perform making them ill andunhealthy. Substance abuse is also one of the reason for public health issues. Teenagers andyoung adults are heavily surrounded by it. This is because, they are engaged in sexual interactionwithout any protection. Analysis of population data used to highlight health determinants contributing to currentpublic health issues
There are various health determinants that contributes to public health issues in UnitedKingdom. It has been analysed that 60% of population living in local region are affected bysocial and behavioural factors. Main factors that contributes to public health issues are:Income and social status: Higher income of an individual in local area leads to betterhealth. People are suffering from various health issues such as HIV/AIDS because of lowerincome and deprive of basic amenities. Also, culture, beliefs and attitude all lay impact on thepublic health of people living in United Kingdom. People have no knowledge about spread ofthis disease.Education: Poor health and facing of various public health issues like HIV/AIDS arebecause of lower education and knowledge about the early signs and symptoms of diseases. Itcan worsen the condition of patient Physical environment: Local people of region if deprived of safe water and clean air cansuffer from various public health issues like HIV/AIDS. Individual in order to improve theirhealth outcome should be provided with safe and healthy working conditions (Stanhope andLancaster, 2015). Genetics: It is also one of the major health determinants causing various health issues.Like for example If an individual have family history of HIV/AIDS than he or she can also sufferfrom it. Different public health interventions and national strategiesDifferent types of intervention used to address public health issuesDifferent types of nursing interventions are been used in local region of United Kingdomin order address public health issues. They are basically utilised in order to improve healthoutcome of patients. Various types of interventions like evidence based and community basedare used by healthcare professionals in order to enhance the health outcome of people sufferingfrom public health issues (Brownson and et.al., 2017). To cure diseases such as HIV/AIDS andother evidence based practices are been used by nurses. It includes the use of multi-disciplinaryteam which includes dietician, psychologist, psychiatrist, healthcare professional and nurses whoare engaged in improving the health outcome of patients.In order to enhance the problem of public health issues like HIV healthcare professionalsare involved in determining the early signs and symptoms of diseases. They also provideknowledge and learning to patients about the disease and what medication service users need to2
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