Health Promotion

HEALTH PROMOTION

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
LO 1.................................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Effects of socioeconomic influences on health.....................................................................1
1.2 Government sources in reporting on inequalities in health...................................................2
1.3 Reasons for barriers to accessing Healthcare........................................................................3
LO 2.................................................................................................................................................4
2.1 Links between government strategies and models of health promotion................................4
2.2 Role of professionals in meeting government targets for health promotion.........................4
2.3 Role of routines in promoting healthy living.........................................................................5
LO 3.................................................................................................................................................6
3.1 Ways in which health beliefs relate to theories of health behaviour.....................................6
3.2 Possible effects of potential conflicts with local industry on health promotion....................7
3.3 Importance of providing relevant health related information to the public...........................8
LO 4.................................................................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10
APPENDIX....................................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Health promotion can be defined as a process that helps individuals to enhance or increase
their usage of products that are injurious to health such as Tobacco etc. or to increase awareness
related to various kinds of health problems or improve their health is known as health promotion.
Health promotions plays a vital role in improving health of people of a particular location or a
country. Government plays a vital role in these health promotion campaigns as well so that
overall health of the state or country can be improved (Rai and et.al., 2019). This assignment will
focused on effects and factors of socioeconomic that can influence on health, government
sources in reporting on inequalities in health, reasons for barriers to accessing Healthcare models
of health promotion and role they play in promoting healthy living, factors which influence
health promotion, possible effects of potential conflicts with local industry on health promotion,
importance of providing relevant health related information to the public and lastly this
assignment will also help in describing a plan for health promotion campaign as well as ways in
which these campaigns supports health promotion strategies. This assignment will also focus on
a case study of a homeless man who dies of a certain disease because of his inability to access
healthcare facilities and services.
LO 1
1.1 Effects of socioeconomic influences on health
From various recent studies it has been observed that health of most of the people of UK is
degrading continuously. There are various socioeconomic factors that are constantly influencing
overall health of individuals (Bonetti and et.al., 2018). Whether overall income of an individual
is seen, education or even their job comes into picture, all of these factors are directly linked to
various kinds of health problems whether it is any kind of cardiovascular diseases, arthritis,
diabetes, low birth weight, cancer and many more. Socioeconomic factors directly affect health
of an individual.
 Income: It has been observed that health of an individual is affected by their income or
wealth in many ways i.e. if income pf people is sufficient enough then they focus on
improving their health i.e. they try to consult a doctor or take medicine but if income itself is
a problem and individuals are not able to save sufficiently then it can affect their health i.e.
they would try to avoid any kind of medical expenses which would further result in affecting
their overall health.
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 Education: Level of education of people also influences their health of an individual. As
educational level of an individual reflects their knowledge about health and problems related
to it. High educational level of an individual helps them to focus on factors that can enhance
their health as well as of others (Avgerinou and et.al., 2018). For example: If parents are well
educated then they can focus on enhancing their children’s health and can also identify
problems that are been faced by the children.
 Job: Job is one of the most important factors that can influence health of an induvial because
many times work related pressure or excessive work can enhance health related problems of
an individual. Job uncertainty or insecurity can create or disturb mental health of an
individual.
1.2 Government sources in reporting on inequalities in health
Health inequalities one of the main agenda that is been focused by UK government. They
are taking various steps to reduce these health inequalities. Government plays a vital role in
accessing health activities of their citizens (Claxton, Taylor and Kay, 2016). Government and
various government focus on understanding need of the community and correct health campaign
for them. There are various government sources that can be used for reporting any kind of
inequality in health. All the sources play a different role in collection of data related to health.
Any kind of problem faced by people or health inequalities faced by people.
 Community health research foundations and agencies: These kinds of foundations focus on
research work that are done for the government. These foundations or agencies conduct
research and analyse all kinds of health and safety aspects of the public. These researches
helps them to identify and report any kind of health inequality to the government.
 Public health and administration department under government: Such kind of department are
specifically formed by the government so that they can conduct survey, form questions for
the people so that any kind of issue, problem or inequality faced by the people can be
understood.
 Public hospitals and medical services: These are one of the best government sources from
where data related to health problems or inequality can be collected (Prasher and Janicki,
2018). These public hospitals provide wide range of in-depth information that can be used to
understand health inequalities.
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