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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................31.1 Effects of socio-economic influences on health...............................................................31.2 Relevance of government sources in reporting on inequalities in health.........................41.3 Reason for barriers to accessing healthcare......................................................................5TASK 2............................................................................................................................................62.1 Analyse the links between government strategies and smoking cessation programme...62.2 Explain your role as a professional in meeting government targets for health promotion inreducing the number of smokers in UK.................................................................................62.3 Discuss the routines need to be carried out by the smokers in order to quit smoking.....7TASK 3............................................................................................................................................83.1 Health beliefs relate to theories of health behavior..........................................................83.2 Possible effects of potential conflicts with local industry on health promotion...............93.3 Importance of providing relevant health related information to public.........................10TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................114.1 Plan a health promotion campaign to meet specific objectives......................................11Covered in PPT.....................................................................................................................114.2 Health promotion campaign supports health promotion strategies................................11Covered in PPT.....................................................................................................................11CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12.......................................................................................................................................................13
INTRODUCTIONHealth promotion activities are mainly organised to make people enable to concern ontheir own health. For this purpose, healthcare organisations and government associations work incollaboration to identify which actions have the greatest priority, for improvement of well-beingsof people (Horton and Farnham, 2015). The present assignment is based on some case studiessuch as chain-smokers, tobacco uses etc., where how socio-economic factors influence on healthof people is described. To improve life of people that are at high risk of health issues,government approaches, role of medical professional in reducing number of smokers andtobacco chewers etc. are also being briefly explained. Furthermore, a plan for a health promotioncampaign to reduce the discrimination on gays, lesbians and transgender in hospitals andsocieties is made in this assignment. 1.1 Effects of socio-economic influences on healthThere are many factors which contribute to incidence of high cholesterol, alcohol anddrugs, tobacco uses, smoking activities and more. It includes socio and economic conditions of aperson that causes a great influence on health of community and individual as well. For example-homeless, unemployed or less educated people, due to lack of income source, high stress, lowstatus and more, are influenced greatly by cigarettes. It serves as a tool for people living invulnerable conditions to cope with boredom and reduce stress level. As per National Network ofSmoking Prevention and Poverty, it has evaluated that cigarette is also considered as acompanion to caffeine and alcohol for these people (Henderson and et. al., 2017). Thus, due tolow status these people are highly exposure to health risk activities that impact on their well-being. In this regard, social and economic conditions of people are taken to determine the levelof benefit that they can utilise for improvement of health. Along with this, these conditions alsodefine how people understand the health promotion campaigns that are organised to their safetyand well-beingness. It includes factors like- Employment: This factor has contributed more onwell-being of people where having employment and proper source of income, make them able toafford medical facilities. They also participate in understanding health promotion activities andconcern on own health as well, to live disease free and healthy life.On the other hand, unemployed people seems unable to access healthcare facilities andusually not take interest with any health queries. But employed people who work in construction,manufacturing and transportation sector, are also considered as passive smokers because they are
at risk of exposure in smoking area zone. Education: Educated people can access knowledgeand healthcare facilities more easily as compared to uneducated one, who usually think the sameas wastage of money and time. Therefore, this factor also considered as main factor behindserious causes of ill-effect of cigarettes where, educated people have knowledge about the sameand make efforts to prevent themselves from such activities. Along with this, education materialsare also not being culturally or linguistically appropriate for highly populated area where peoplelive in poverty and vulnerable communities (Riley and et. al., 2017). In such area tobacco andcigarette advertising are more prominent. Housing: Population that come under category ofhomeless and having no choice of lifestyles, take cigarettes as a loyal 'friend'. In order to gainrelieve from stress and boredom of vulnerabilities, people easily get influenced by cigaretteadvertisement and becomes smokers.They also have less information about serious health causing effects of cigarette smoking andtherefore, do not pay attention for own well-being. Proper housing is considered as an importantfactor that covers hygienic societal area where, infection and risk of health issues are almost ill.People live in such area are concerned towards their health and prevent themselves fromcigarette smoking and other ill-effect activities. Income: Due to shortage of money and incomesources, poor people are considered as unable to access health facilities. Take part in healthpromotional activities and concern on own well-being, are considered as wastage of money andtime for those people that comes under category of poverty. 1.2 Relevance of government sources in reporting on inequalities in healthIn order to improve and enhance well-being of societies, especially areas where people geteasily influenced towards smoking and other bad activities, Government of UK play animportant role in running health promotion activities. They highly concerned on removeinequalities in health care sector, where medical services are provided as per socioeconomicstatus (Kim and et. al., 2016). Thus, to provide support to vulnerable communities and preventpeople from smoking activities, regulatory bodies of UK work in collaboration with healthcaresectors. For this purpose, to run any policy regards to promote health and increasing access ofmedical facilities, government conduct a number of survey for gathering information related toinequalities in health. On the basis of such relevant sources, health promoters of UK like NHSrun campaigns for promoting health and reducing inequalities from accessibility of medicalservices. There are various sources available from where NHS collect information on health
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