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Health and Society: Assignment

   

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Health and Society 1HEALTH AND SOCIETYCourse NameProfessorName of the SchoolCityDate

Health and Society 2Health and SocietyThis assignment gives a detailed information about the social health determinants and their effecton the health outcomes across the Western NSW. The government of Australia has establishedvarious Primary Health Networks in its attempt to help the frontline health services includingWestern NSW Primary Health Network. The Network aims to make the primary health caremore effective by working with various hospitals, Local Health District and the community ingeneral. Alcohol abuse is currently one of the major health issues in NSW. The significance of the Harmful use of alcohol as a health issue in Western NSW?Between the year 2015 and 2016, the percentage of adults reported to live with good health inNSW ranged between 80.5% in Gippsland to 89.9% in Eastern Melbourne. Alcohol abuse is acommon problem especially among the youths living in New South Wales (Bennett, P et al,2013, 168). Within the same period, the NSW overnight hospitals for drug and alcohol registeredabout 32 people suffering from the harmful use of alcohol in Western Queensland for every10,000 people and around 10 in the North Western Melbourne. The age in this research wasstandardized across the Western NSW Primary Health Network areas. The harmful use of alcohol in NSW has affected about 33% of the youths. As the youths pick ontheir life responsibilities, they indulge in several fun activities of alcohol abuse and some casesthis goes to a level of addiction. This turns against their health and the Australian health status ingeneral. With more youths getting affected by alcohol abuse, the future of the society isthreatened. The lifespan of the people living in the NSW Primary Health Network has dropped to77 years with most alcoholic addicts’ not even living half of it. The poverty level has alsoincreased due to the decreasing labor forces in NSW and desperation among the youths andpeople living in Australia.

Health and Society 3The relationship between harmful uses of alcohol and the Australian National HealthPriorities. The National Health Priority Areas (NHPA) is a list of the health conditions or diseases that havebeen selected by the Commonwealth Government as the main improvement areas to focus on.The initiative by the NHPA has involved various stakeholders including the private sector,government and non-government organizations to minimize this burden that comes up due tothese conditions (Whiteford, et al, 2013 p.1582). To achieve this, the Commonwealthgovernment identified nine key health areas to focus on. The harmful use of alcohol contributes a big part of poor mental health, Cancer, Injury, Diabetesand obesity to some extents (Judd, et al, 2013, p.257). In the brain, alcohol affects thecommunication pathways thus interfering with the brains normal look and working state. Thesemental disruptions have been seen to change the mood, deteriorate the thinking and coordinationability of the affected individuals (Hart, et al, 2017, p.234). Heavy drinking may lead to liverproblems and inflammations such as Fibrosis, Alcoholic hepatitis, fatty liver, and cancer. Thereare high-risk chances of developing cancers of the mouth, breast, esophagus, throat, and liver dueto excessive alcohol. On another perspective, the immune system of the body is weakened byexcessive consumption of alcohol which makes it an easier target for diseases. Chronic drinkersare prone to diseases and injuries. According to the Australian government, 33 % of theaccidents witnessed in Australia is due to drinking. The harmful use of alcohol has attractedheavy financial cost to the society. As seen above, the control and prevention of the harmfulalcohol use will lead a shorter way to NHPAs fulfillment. It will help to minimize the cost ofdiseases hence saving on the personal and country’s financial budget. In 2012 and 2013,Australia spent about 147 billion dollars in the health care alone. Thus by achieving the severity

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