Promoting Health and Well-being through Public Health Campaigns

This assignment discusses the importance of promoting health and well-being through public health campaigns. It explores the concept of effective intervention mapping, including the use of brisk walking as an exercise to improve overall health condition. The assignment also highlights the importance of adopting a holistic approach and considers the impact of social determinants on intervention effectiveness.

Promoting
Health & Well-being

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Intervention and its aim...............................................................................................................3
A critical examination of concepts of health & well-being used in the intervention..................4
The impact of the social determinants of health on the effectiveness of the intervention..........4
The importance of adopting a holistic approach.........................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Promoting health refers to make people capable to have heir control over and improve
their respective health condition. It includes the criterion of carry out effective health promotion
events for providing appropriate information to citizens for remaining disease free. However, it
requires efficient performance of care practitioners to use effective tools and techniques to
encourage healthy habits in order to maintain their wellness (Eldredge and et. al., 2016). In
context of this report, it is based on Public Health Campaign to encourage briskly walk among
citizens. It will focus on fat and briskly walk which performs as an effective work out for
improving health. The impact of social determinants of health on effectiveness of the
intervention.
MAIN BODY
Intervention and its aim
The Public Health campaign that was organised has introduce an effective intervention
with an aim to enhance health condition. It has an objective i.e. “To encourage residents to walk
briskly for at least 10 minutes a day, every day”. It includes the criterion of motivating people to

manage 10 minutes every day for a briskly walk because it can be considered as a effective work
out if carry out in correct manner. However, briskly walking can be described as fast walking
than normal at a pace that can boost up the heart rate of an individual for at least 10 minutes per
day (Baum, 2016). This activity is much effective and count as an exercise which is easiest
method in regards to improve overall health condition respectively. In addition to this, it has
been analysed that this type of daily walk provide support with sleep, improve mood and
decrease the risk of creating severe health problems of long term such as diabetes. Meanwhile, it
is observed that people having sitting jobs do not walk in a day which is responsible for
developing number of health problems in country. This campaign is helpful to make people
understand the importance of walking for maintain their well-being through putting a little
efforts on daily basis.
In others words, people can mange their walking time by avoiding personal vehicles for
short distance because it is beneficial for them as well as natural environment. It is a quick
method as compared to driving and waiting for public transport along with providing better
health of citizens. At the same time, it is helpful for reducing pollution in atmosphere by
reducing habit of using vehicles for short distance that improve purity of natural environment.
Meanwhile improved purity of atmosphere is also helpful for people in terms of avoiding
breathing problems or lung diseases like asthma, emphysema etc. However, it can be considered
as an enjoyable way to get around without any expense and it is known to be a great way to
unwind (Park, Reber and Chon, 2016). Moreover, briskly walk is easy method for improving
health status of individuals and 10 minutes can be managed from busy schedule to remain fit.
A critical examination of concepts of health & well-being used in the intervention
Health refers to a condition in which a person remain, physically, mentally, emotionally
and socially well-being.
The impact of the social determinants of health on the effectiveness of the intervention
The importance of adopting a holistic approach
CONCLUSION

REFERENCES
Books and journals
Eldredge, L.K.B. and et. al., 2016. Planning health promotion programs: an intervention
mapping approach. John Wiley & Sons.
Baum, F., 2016. The new public health (No. Ed. 4). Oxford University Press.
Park, H., Reber, B.H. and Chon, M.G., 2016. Tweeting as health communication: health
organizations’ use of Twitter for health promotion and public engagement. Journal of
health communication, 21(2), pp.188-198.