Implementing Change in Public Health and Health Promotion

IMPLEMENTING CHANGE IN
PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH
PROMOTION
(PART -2)

Table of Contents
PART-B...........................................................................................................................................3
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Background..................................................................................................................................3
Plan for implementing change in Public Health and health promotion.......................................5
Intervention..................................................................................................................................6
Evaluation Plan............................................................................................................................8
Discussion and Implications........................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

PART-B
INTRODUCTION
Alcohol can be described as a substance which is toxic in nature which helps individuals
in lowering their stress but leads to a number of negative effects on the health of an individual.
Alcohol addiction can be understood as excessive use and dependence of people on this
substance. The present study is based on determining the negative effects of alcohol addiction
and its use on the minds, health and behaviour of the service users. The report aims to identify
interventions which can be used for controlling the alcohol addiction within the united Kingdom
by implementing them with Public Health System of United Kingdom. Moreover, the present
study involves a set of strategies in order to implement the intervention, evaluate its success and
finally discuss its impact.
MAIN BODY
Background
There are a number of factors which contributes towards making the alcohol addiction a
public health issue within the boundaries of United Kingdom. Based on the research, it has been
identified that:
 In United Kingdom, around 602,391 people consume alcohol on a daily basis and are
dependent on alcohol for their survival (Volkow, 2020). The study states that only 18%
of the dependent drinkers are opting for treatments in order to control their drinking
behaviour and make a change in their drinking pattern.
 About 27% of the dependent drinkers binge drink on a regular basis and it has been
determined that men consumers around 8 units regularly and women consumes about 6
units on a daily basis.
 Alcohol addiction is one of the major causes of death, bad health and development of
disabilities within individuals in the age group 15-49 years.
 Alcohol addiction is a leading factor which is contributing to the development of around
60 diseases in an individual. The leading medical conditions developing due to excessive
consumption of alcohol includes mouth cancer, liver cancer, throat cancer, breast cancer,
depression, anxiety and high blood pressure.

 As per the records of the year 2019-20, in United Kingdom, a number of 976,425 hospital
admissions were done specifically for the treatment of alcohol addiction (Ramalho,
2020.). The number rose by 12% as compared to the statistics of the year 2016-17.
 Alcohol addiction is one of major contributors of the increasing crime rate in United
Kingdom. According to a study, it has been determined that in the year 2015-16, that
among the total crimes that took place, an estimate of around 39% of the violent incidents
included the offender to be in the influence of alcohol while committing that crime.
Therefore, it can be stated that alcohol addiction is one of the leading public health issue
existing within the boundaries of United Kingdom which demands an intervention for solving
the issue. This makes it important for the community service providers to take certain steps in
order to control the drinking pattern of individuals which leads to alcohol addiction. The
intervention for eradicating the issue of alcohol addiction, the community service provider
should educate the public about the negative side effects of consuming alcohol and influence the
individuals to take action to end its use from their lives before they get addicted with its use.