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Concept of Cardiac Health Promotion in UK

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Concept of Cardiac Health Promotion in UK

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Running head: HEALTH PROMOTION Health Promotion Name of the studentUniversity nameAuthor’s note
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1HEALTH PROMOTION Abstract The current study focuses upon the concept of cardiac health promotion within theUK population. Over the past decade the heart health of the population have beendeteriorating owing to a number of conditions such as sedentary lifestyle, inclinationstowards oily and fried foods, as these have been seen to increase the cholesterol content ofthe blood resulting in enhanced risk for myocardial infarction (heart attack). Every one out ofseven people in UK have been seen to suffer from cardiac distress owing to some of the illhealth habits such as smoking and alcohol. Therefore, the following sections evaluate thehealth problem in detail along with designing of effective measures such as development of ahealth promotional campaign. Some of the educational means employees over here are audiovisual media a along with poster presentations.
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2HEALTH PROMOTION Table of ContentsIntroduction............................................................................................................................4Body:......................................................................................................................................4Rationale supporting the health issues.......................................................................................4Models for planning of the campaign (refer to poster in appendix 2 )....................................6Evaluation of the health promotion campaigns..........................................................................8Resources for planning of health promotion campaign.............................................................9Designing of the campaign.......................................................................................................10Conclusion............................................................................................................................10References............................................................................................................................12Appendix 1...........................................................................................................................14Appendix 2.............................................................................................................................0
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3HEALTH PROMOTION Introduction Health is defined as a state of overall wellness within an individual and communityand could be divided into a large number of parameters such as physical, emotional, spiritual,intellectual, environmental and occupational health. Health promotion is the process ofenabling people increase control over their health and its various determinants. It consists of awide range of social and environmental interventions designed to improve the quality of lifeof people. The promotion of the health within the community can be propagated with thehelp of several governmental policies and regulations. In the current study we have tried todesign a health promotion campaign for coping up with the prevalent heart disorders withinthe population of UK. The stats and figures are alarming which states that every sevenminutes someone in UK suffers from heart attack. There are a number of parallel reasons which contributes to the development of thedisease such as obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes and most importantly high rates ofstress. Additionally, personality types and life events also affects the quality of life of anindividual. Body:Rationale supporting the health issues A cardiovascular disease is one of the most serious health concerns of UK andpossesses a significant burden to the economy. Mortality from CVD varies widely throughoutthe UK with the highest number of deaths recorded in Scotland and north of England (Cross-Bardell et al. 2015). The cardiovascular diseases accounts to 26% of all deaths in UK, whichis almost 160,000 deaths a year. As per figures and estimates around 42,000 people under theage of 75 die from CVD in UK every year (bhf.org 2017). Additionally an ageing population
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