Politics and Policy in Public Health

Politics and policy in Public
Health

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION .........................................................................................................................3
BACKGROUND.............................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................4
Policy related with health visiting...............................................................................................4
Statement for public health and factors that support the policy..................................................5
1Issue in the policy and its impact on public health and staff....................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Public health can be defined as the science to prevent disease and to increase life-cycle of
an individual by overcoming from various health issue. For this manager organised efforts to
improve health communities by educating society about health benefits. The main motive to
make health policy is to improve the work health of individual. Moreover, it helps individual to
complete effective research related with disease. Due to which injuries and diseases will be
reduced in the individual. The present assignment will focuses on health visiting policy that is
managed by local government of organisation. As it is an important issue which is related with
public health and needs of individuals, families and the communities. In this report, issues
related with health policy and individuals health is focused (Gilson, 2016). In the last, issue
related with public health is raised as it is related implement of policies and rules for providing
health benefits to society.
BACKGROUND
Health Visiting Policy is a universal service which render a platform in order to reach
out to the group of people taking into consideration various preferences and eliminating
inequalities in health. The main objectives of the Health Visiting Policy is to enhance standard in
health visiting practices for children, women, families communities, men etc. There are certain
principles related to this policy which are, facilitation of health enhancing activities, identifying
health needs , influence on policies affecting health and stimulation of health needs.
The main purpose of this particular policy is to improve public health for men, women, families,
communities, children is the heart of health visiting practices. In the open market place Health
Visiting Policy is trying to attain centre of excellence in providing high quality health visiting
practices so as to effectively respond to the health of the children, women, families,men etc. and
enabling them to accomplish optimum level of health leading to reduces in health inequalities.
Commissioning of the Healthy Child Programmes transferred from NHS to local authorities
supported that Health Visiting Policy is the best place for check up and it continued to till March
2017. This policy is funded by Public Health Fund stated under Affordable Care Act. In UK the
healthcare funded mainly from general taxation and national insurance contribution.
Health visiting policy relates with the public health that is engages in providing effective
health services in the organisation. This works as a process which is used to recognise the