Promoting Health & Well-being: A Critical Examination of Concepts and Interventions

This report explores the effectiveness of a public health campaign promoting brisk walking for at least 10 minutes a day. It examines the impact of social determinants of health and the importance of adopting a holistic approach.

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
Aim: The Public Health campaign that was organised has introduce an effective
intervention with an aim to enhance health condition.
Objective: It has an objective i.e. “To encourage residents to walk briskly for at least 10
minutes a day, every day”.
Effectiveness of intervention

 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.
Hackney use of intervention of briskly walking is effective to maintain their health in
busy schedule of life. It is necessary to encourage people towards this interventions in terms of
improving their condition. However, Hackney residents can be motivated by using several
factors like, income, education, culture and environment.
 The income can become a motivation for people to use selected intervention for saving
their pocket in terms of purchasing other useful things along with making their health as
well.
 Education is important to make people aware and understand about necessity and need
of briskly walking to avoid several problems for remaining fit.
 However, culture of walking in the morning or evening is helpful to easily and more
effectively influencing people towards briskly walking to avoid health problems like
obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes etc.
 Moreover, environment of society for using briskly walk is an efficient technique to
encourage entire population towards briskly walking for boosting up overall health
condition.
The target group is Middle aged adults of the country who have not walked for at least
10 minutes in the last month. This situation is responsible for creating serious health risks for

citizens belongs to middle aged group. The method of promotion the selected intervention of
Briskly walking for at least 10 minutes in a day is Public Health campaign. Information about
this briskly walking should be provided to people for promoting the habit among people of the
nation which helps to reduce risk of complicated diseases along with enhancing entire health
condition.
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. Its not just the missing element of being sick with some diseases. Its
directly connected to a model of psychosocial in health (Wood, Pretty and Griffin, 2016). This
consists elements related to social factors related to health, it emphasis on clinical role of
intervention and diagnosis. World health organisation. Public mental health policy aims directly
upon making better improvement in population mental health plus well being of every
individual. Also, it prevents onset of emotional distress plus mental distress and increases the
scope of resilience. Their is a common theme which has arisen in this concept which is feeling
great and function well. Its basic definition is regarding an individuals self experience of their
personal lifestyle and comparing their life situations with other norms in society and values
followed by them. Brisk walking is one of the most effective solutions where, one has to walk
100 steps in 1 minute of time (Pizzi and Richards, 2017). This defines the term of brisk walking,
active 10 concept has many issues and irrelevant equitations where they have to provide
alternative interventions. The extent till which one's health and care intervention can cause or
provide several facilities related to health is the main point in this research. People will be

getting a lot of help with using such application which is easily available as well on play store.
Such remedial solutions will give solutions to people suffering from several diseases and being
healthy does not state that one has to have some sort of diseases. One can do such activities even
to be healthy. Their are several benefits which are related to brisk waking and its benefits in well
being some of them are, it helps in reducing risk levels of blood pressure, high cholesterol and
diabetes, it also relieve stress and issues related to anxiety, its also grows stamina and fitness
level of an individual and the best part is that it burns all the extra fat or calories in body which
helps in managing weight. This brisk walking is considered to be done within the time period of
20 minutes plus it would be great if a person does it 5 times a week.
Benefits of Limitations
 The basic benefits of this health and care well being intervention is to stipulate all kings
of restrictions in the environment.
 The benefits of such intervention model is to create various kinds of issues and solve
disputes.
Limitations of intervention
 There are many limitation outputs which have to be resulted as per the guidelines and
stipulations and accordingly the methods shall be done included in the basic purposes.
 The model used is prevention efforts in the public health system include programs and
interventions.
 Its limited by the nature in which there are kinds of included effects can be inducted for
the purpose.
 The world health organisation is helping several people in the environment and making
them a better life and health to live in.
The impact of the social determinants of health on the effectiveness of the intervention
Their are basically three concepts of well being in nature some of key elements are
mentioned below:
Well being: Its important for all individuals to take care of them selves and help all other
aspects in the environment. Their is always an act where well being in the environment for the
con current working activities. Well being and health is very much important in every medical
intervention.

World health organisation: This organisation has always helped in correcting the
environment and its one of the biggest institutions which is working the better environment in
the country. They have to be implied as matter of fact that several institutions have to be credited
in nature. They have helped the society in curing any diseases and send health help in different
zones of country. The world health organisation has to justify and provide its separate concepts.
It has basic three aims to complete.
 First make guidelines for correct rules and regulation in health.
 Second they have to create a perfect monitoring strategies to check upon interventions.
 Third the rectifications which are needed and feedbacks of changes made in these
schemes and plans.
Medical model: This uses to analyse the need and purpose of which area does this help is
needed the most and guided as per guidelines of the environment. Medical model is created for
core purpose of making new inventions in this field plus gaining more solutions for resolving
issues in medical organisations. This model directly aims at providing best solutions and new
changes of medicine and science for helping society at different levels. Health is not just about
physical structure, its all connected to the
Social model: This model helps in accumulating different types of business environment
and have to be created as per the guidelines and working terms used in the medical provisions.
Social model in de-avers the concept of helping people in society and making it feasible to attain
them any kinds of health services at minimum cost.
Realistic: Here, all such make believes are to be implemented and the health and care
sector has to be done under the correct guide from such institutions. Things which are
implemented are said to be done in correct zone and provided the fact that certain types of
interventions have to be done in health and care facilities.
Social determinants of health are usually the non-medical factors which can either effect
directly and depend upon all social conditions they are grown under. In condition or situation
where a person is born and the environmental condition they are born in can effect their health
and cause them to risk for themselves. This decreases chance of life expectancy and improves the
probability of living healthy lifestyle (Lovell and et. al., 2014). Social determinants which are
usually defined as are responsible for the following things:

 Responsible for almost all health related inequalities, its majorly rooted in resource and
effect factors at all local, national and global levels.
 Their are many surveys collected from past 30 years support a substantial factors for all
non-medical factors. Their are many things which show a common result and reason for
adults to die in early stage of their life.
 The number of annual deaths to low social support which is due to low social support
which is equal to number of cancer deaths.
The crucial effectiveness which has to be determined shall be done for betterment of society and
create a better intervention theory of explaining all factors and legal issues which have to be
effervescently in such nature (Lengen, 2015). Such determinants of health of effectiveness have
to be as per intervention in company and should regulate due to several issues in all violations
and improvement skills of this active 10 program. Such sociology determinants influence the
body structure at several different ways and as per the accumulation one has to create and affect
it due to all such practice in the organisation. Their are people who needs direct and indirect help
to accumulate the correct example and pertain the best facilities which will work for the
betterment of all the environment. Their shall be less distraction in the working zones and the
better requirements are needed to coincide the fact that such determinants do not affect the world
g at all stages of life.
The importance of adopting a holistic approach
Holistic medicine means one has to consider all factors of an individual which has
physical and psychological, spiritual & social approach in management of protecting from
several diseases (Larsson and et. al., 2014). All practitioners of health have to be supportive
towards such approach, this might involve some medical tests which allows important and
valuable plus important guidance. Generally it is noted that when a professional doctor try to
take an holistic approach they treat themselves such people like that. One can understand such
important factors through doctors as they trust them a lot plus when they have to understand the
fact in correct ways. Also with a holistic approach of an doctor session also includes group
session which is very much beneficiary in nature. The holistic approach is seeking the inner soul
voice present in every human being and combination of body and their soul which has existed
since the time of immemorial but only it is in the last century that there has been systematic
discussion. The contemporary philosophical approach of this term is to having holistic health

incorporation as human is mixture of body, soul and mind which is interconnected to all body
parts, which are impossible to separate (Jetten and et. al., 2014). Holistic care is a comprehensive
model which will help in believing the heart of any science. This philosophy is based on fact that
idea of being holistic generally emphasis that the whole is grated than half. It includes wide
ranges of approach to perform several approaches, medication as well, communication,
education and complementary treatment. Having such healthy lifestyle one has to create it as per
the guidelines in the formative and executive relatively. One has to guide the persisting
consistency in ones life about being holy in nature and put forwards their best expectancy and
nature of outcome. The basic necessity for one to follow this kind of working and holistic
approach is to get all such benefits such as becoming the correct pertain accumulated action
scheme, for having a well maintained and toned body. To be free from all unnecessary diseases
and be free from all such outsets in the questions.
CONCLUSION
Health and care is one of the most important aspects of every individuals life. Their has
to be proper care and maintenance of it. One has to perform several activities to keep themselves
healthy and fit in scope of living a better lifestyle and nature. The file consists of different
approach through which one can connect to their inner should and promote the concept of brisk
walking which is effectively a healthy solution for being fit. Health and care is one of the most
important subjects to be concluded and should include one to be fit and active in their nature plus
if in case any such person is not pertain all such data they can accumulate and provide the correct
expectancy in their nature.

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