Health Promotional Program for the Tuberculosis Affected Communities in United Kingdom

Running head: HEALTH EDUCATION AND PROMOTION
HEALTH PROMOTIONAL PROGRAM FOR THE TUBERCULOSIS AFFECTED
COMMUNITIES IN UNITED KINGDOM
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Executive summary
Tuberculosis has emerged as one of the primary concern of the UK government as in the past
few years, the rate of prevalence of tuberculosis has increased up to 40%. Further, it was seen
that majority of the people that are affected with tuberculosis belongs to non UK born
communities and hence, it becomes crucial to determine the public health program that should be
conducted for the wellbeing of these communities. Finally, few health promotional strategies and
recommendations were also mentioned in the paper.

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Introduction
In the recent times, Britain has emerged as the only nation in the Western Europe that has
identified more than 9000 cases of tuberculosis and as per the latest report of Public Health
England (2019), the prevalence of tuberculosis in Britain has increased by 40%. While
determining the community that is majorly affected with tuberculosis in the United Kingdom, it
was seen that 71% of the tuberculosis cases were associated with people that born outside UK,
whereas, 13% of people that lacked social determinants of health such as homelessness, has
spent time in prison, or is associated with substance abuse (Public Health England 2019). Hence,
tuberculosis has been chosen as the disease condition for the public health concern.
Methodology
The methodology that has been used to collect data to determine the prevalence of
tuberculosis in UK would be secondary search. As the UK government has conducted authentic
and accurate research articles for the assessment of tuberculosis rate and prevalence, this method
would be used for the process.
Results/findings
As per the Public Health England (2019) it was seen that people who are born abroad, are
15 times more prone to be infected with tuberculosis than the UK born populations and the rate
of prevalence in the year 2015 was recorded as 40% in which 73% increase was noticed
compared to 2011. In England, however, the rate of tuberculosis has decreased than 2011 and
this indicated towards the healthcare inequalities that are present in the communities in UK. As
the Public Health England (2019) includes the PHE and NHS England Collaborative TB Strategy
for England 2015 to 2020 and mentioned that the rate of social risk factor has increased from