Public Health and Social Care | Assignment

The role of public health in
health and social care

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Various agencies in identifying level of health and disease in communities........................1
1.2 Epidemiology of one infectious and one non-infectious disease...........................................2
1.3 Effectiveness of different approaches and strategies to control the incidence of disease.....3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4
2.1 Current Priorities and approaches to provision of services to ill people...............................4
2.2 Explanation of relationship between prevalence of disease and service requirements.........5
2.3 Effect of present choices of lifestyle on future needs for health and social care services.....5
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................6
3.1 Health and well-being priorities for individuals....................................................................6
3.2 Effectiveness of strategies, systems and policies in a health or social care setting...............7
3.3 Changes that could be made to improve the health and well-being of individuals...............7
3.4 Implemented activity to encourage behaviour change for maximizing health for individuals
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CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Society need to create and maintain specific situation and condition under the community
member that can remain healthier. Along with this, public health practices has been enhancing in
London so people of nation are facing main health issues and problems such as HIV, STI etc.
With the assistance of achieving the desired outcome and results, there are various important
places where authorities required making development and improvement in reducing different
diseased people and along with this building high level of awareness regarding health (Twiss and
et. al., 2011). In this report this will be described that there are different strategies and
approaches for controlling, measuring and evaluating the diseases incidence in the societies
which directly impact on major diseases which occurs within the community for health and
social services of care provisions. Also this can be evaluated that person priorities of well being
and health in various social and health care setting.
TASK 1
1.1 Various agencies in identifying level of health and disease in communities
There is various numbers of enterprises which has been doing effective working in the
health and services issues in the different countries in all over the globe. In this, there are certain
points regarding largest organisation and their major roles in the public health and social care
that are described as follows:
WHO define that the world health organisation which is situated in United States and it is
specialised agency that are mainly determined within the international health issues and
problems. As per to them, public health can be referred as that coordinating evaluation should be
conducted whether it is private or public in health problems, continuous life and also promoting
health among all the entire population in the large market place. They are mainly concentrating
on effective condition and situation where whole people should be healthier in better manner.
Along with this, it is mainly consist with assessment and monitoring communities and population
at major risk factor (Ross and et. al., 2011). It can help in capable for designing and developing
term for identifying the national and local issues that are associated with London health.
NHS is another non divisional public structure that is mainly concerned with effective health
issues and problems of specific nation. This will also play an essential role in maintaining and
controlling all work and also assist in achieving standard level of health properly. In addition to
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this, this will help in services and facilities of NHS in national level which make sure that money
can be spend and services are providing more accurate services to the patients in effective
manner. With the help of this, they are required to setting and organising standard doctors so that
this will assist their patients and also keep their maintaining level of diseases and health care in
the country.
The local state help in improving and developing their public services and local
population that involves the sexual health service which mainly concentrates over the alcohol
misuse and eliminating drugs substance (Rosen, 2015). For this services or facilities, they can
provides welfare services such as accommodation housing for their patients who required proper
care of disability, sickness and drugs.
1.2 Epidemiology of one infectious and one non-infectious disease
Epidemiology can be refer as that study for determining and distributing the health which
are associated with events and states and various impacts which are described specific reports for
control disease and there are various other issues and problems that are linked with health. Along
with this, it will help in collecting and gathering information, analysing leading outbreak for
epidemics to protect, manage diseases and different issues related to society or community. This
is also identifying various issues and barriers which are associated with health evaluation and
understanding different programs in better manner. On the other hand, there are various numbers
which can epidemiology that should be conveyed or transferred such as communication and
observation of evaluation. This will also incur that there are different incidences that includes
disruptions, defenceless community or society, iconological system disruption and various
current trends, etc.
Along with this, diseases spread are totally based on two different components where they
are reducing into two forms such as infectious: based on fungi, bacteria, viruses, etc. and another
is non infectious disease which can cause of environmental toxins, etc. there are certain
mentioned tow major infectious and non infectious diseases of London that are described as
follows:
Infectious diseases: HIV
HIV is one of the main infectious diseases which are associated with London that has been
suffering from various persons. In the country, there are around half of the population who are
suffering from this specific HIV positive. An individual out of 8 MSM is diagnosed with 20%
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from HIV. There are more than 37% young people who has been suffering the major issues and
problems of HIV. London authorities are doing effective working over the major issues and
barriers which help in overcoming with this problem effectively. Along with this, this is that data
has been enlisted in epidemic statistical and data of nation which are associated with main issues
or barriers.
Non infectious disease: Diabetes
Diabetes can be considered as non infectious diseases. In this, there are two types of
diabetes that can be referred as one of the effective and good diseases in London. Due to this,
resistance and secretion of insulting in the person body, categorisation that can be done in this
form. From the above data and analysis, there are around more than 4 million people who are
over 10% of whole population that are majorly suffered from the specific issues and illness.
Along with this, it can be stated according to the presented epidemic that are considered to be
enhancing and this will directly impact on more than 6 million people of specific country. The
nation required to be executed various necessary activities and also process as per in achieving
desired function and activity result (Hatzenbuehler, Phelan and Link, 2013).
1.3 Effectiveness of different approaches and strategies to control the incidence of disease
There are different types of strategies and policies which can be used for managing and
maintaining the issues related to HIV and diabetes diseases. Along with this, there are different
stages which help in protecting that can expand for counting sickness on different levels. In
addition to this, the concept or approaches which can be used for proper resolution and
advancement of such illness and diseases which has their personal impact on society or
communities which reducing the patient level. There are certain mentioned which can be used
approaches and strategies in effective manner that are described as under:
Screening – it can be define as that approach which directly impact on diseases detection
with the help of different tests. Such type of efforts assist in reducing the progress and sickness
that expanding from London. Along with this, screening directs for assigning the proper
resources of health care to a person.
Surveillance – it is one of the major effective and appropriate technique or method which
assist in solving described diseases in effective manner. With the assistance of this, they required
to conduct accurate evaluation for operating and regulating environment, in this stage this can be
done undertaken. It can be organised or conducted an effective activities and practices of health
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care data and information. Along with this, there are various numbers of concepts and
approaches which assist in managing or controlling effective working environment from diseases
that includes infections, pollution, etc.
Immunisation – this can be defined as term and condition when a person is suffering from
communicable sickness or illness that need to be scheduled from common public in better
manner (Gostin, Wiley and Frieden, 2015). It is very effective procedures which are describing
that are related to provision of antigens and antibodies for developing the body which fight from
illness.
Treatment – it is the last stage where an individual will be offered and served more
effective services and facilities for managing the diseases of patients.
TASK 2
2.1 Current Priorities and approaches to provision of services to ill people
The presences of chronic diseases or sickness which are to be evaluating and corrected in
order to able for bring out the free lifestyle of diseases. Along with this, the diseases are
increasing emergence such as cancer, HIV, STI, obesity, etc. which has been threaten an
individual lifestyle in London in each drastic manner. Therefore this has became highly
paramount for priorities that includes illness as well as ensure that an organisation of health care
which are enable for managing and evaluating the diseases that are expanding at international
level.
Along with this, there are two main types of diseases that have been recognised which
directly impact on position and status of health care of country population (Dawson, 2011).
There are certain mentioned approaches or stages which can be practised in the protection of
diseases that are described as follows:
Primary prevention – this is one of the major intervention approach or concept that includes
educational initiating and programmes related to public welfare which incurred the high level of
income or profitability in effective manner. For instance, chronic illness is relived. The healthy
and good food consume and physical exercises which increasing the possibility of such diseases
which are reduced in proper manner.
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Secondary prevention – this type of stages which undertaken sickness or illness that should
be identified by major activities or functions for detecting in improving and developing a person
diseases that should be limited.
Tertiary prevention – this is the final approaches where this is implied activities or practices
which are mainly concentrates in illness development and growth blocking in the body of
individual (Non-communicable diseases, 2017). Along with this, a person is brought and offer
with effective care for protecting the major disorder from meeting at modern stage of diseases or
sickness.
2.2 Explanation of relationship between prevalence of disease and service requirements
Quality prevalence of entire previous condition and situation and on the other hand, illness
or incidences is some events on specific time. This can be determined that this can be eliminating
or reducing the whole occurring number of scale meter of health care of specific nation. In
addition to this, there are certain difference or gap which are indicated by individual dimensions
are happen which help in providing and helping the people services and it is one of the
paramount as this is assist in designing and developing the major required services or facilities
for a person.
Apart from this, event are impact on evaluation so this is necessary for analysing and
evaluating the suitable degree for evaluating or measuring the disease that will directly impact
among people which main motive is to understanding the needs of accomplishment. Along with
this, data and information are relived with accumulating the frequency of facts. For instance, if
they are developing and designing services such as to the health and public care according to
their requirements of people which help in identifying the different number of facilities that is
necessary for taking care of all the desired patients in better manner by the carers (Cromley and
McLafferty, 2011). In the case of occurring and incurring of any incidences so the major
strategies and policies required to be prevalence that is also useful for taking care the values and
measure it in effective manner. With the help of this, data and information measurement required
to be prevalence, there are various factors which can be detected for collecting or gathering
attention of large number of customers in proper way.
2.3 Effect of present choices of lifestyle on future needs for health and social care services
There are different current trends that are leading an individual or adults of community
towards difficult and darker living pattern. Along with this, such habits and behaviour is not only
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misleading them but that are directly affects on health of such persons. There are certain
described issues and problems that are recognised in current time period which are as follows:
It is one of the major issue which are faced by an organisation and new generation for
enhancing smoking activities or functions. There are number which has been increasing every
day that lead towards women, children and adults.
The increasing in alcohol consumption level which is one of the effective menace where
community has been struggling to leading number of people towards anxiety, migraine and other
physical harm.
Obesity people of UK cause of consumption for fast food and unhealthy diet which are
damaging their mental and physical level.
Such functions and activities are leading towards different issues and problems such as heart
attack, kidney failure and unprotected sex leading to STI, HIV and other major issues and
problems (Braveman and et al., 2011). The state can be carried out from different strategies and
online anti smoker campaigns which help in reducing the patients for related to associate
problems. Along with this, companies are also manufacturing the cigarette with around 0%
nicotine in this that does not bother the oxygen and blood functioning in normal way.
For eliminating or reducing the consumption of alcohol, NHS has been contributing one of
the main parts with the help of using programmes and anti drinking campaigns. The country
authorities have been taken corrective step by increasing the tax amount on alcohol. NHS is
regulating and operating various treatments and programs such as paramedics cure, health check,
self controlling, etc, which is reducing the risk of health.
TASK 3
3.1 Health and well-being priorities for individuals
Well being can be define as that situation where an individual feel more effective and
comfortable in their environment, when a person is easier, healthier and satiate in the living
surroundings. Along with this, well being can be refers as social, economical, physical and
environmental, etc. that are totally associated with their health in better manner. There are
different people which are faced various issues and diseases for impacting their preferences.
My patients are mainly suffered from acute diseases of stress which required being cured
environment and social welfare. This is necessary for dealing with his mental trauma that has
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major reason to cause bad earlier life experience (Wingender and Flemming, 2011). For
resolving such issues and problems, it is necessary for community or society is helping their
desired patients for take care through family, friends and other people who are mainly connected
with him.
3.2 Effectiveness of strategies, systems and policies in a health or social care setting
An individual has been using various structure strategies and functions for safe and
healthier environment and this will in creating their habits. They will help in achieving the
desired results which are described as under:
It can help in reaching with more patients as they are connected with NHS London Borough
have became health conscious.
If workplace appearances are more effective so this will help in developing more appropriate
position which assists them in developing their international identifications.
If increasing the NHS employees credibility and reliability to an organisation that can lead
towards skilled and talented workers (Bowleg, 2012).
Therefore the major activities maintaining and managing for creating more positive
company attitude, behaviour, strategies, policies and activities for required being motivated in
enhancing the success and growth.
3.3 Changes that could be made to improve the health and well-being of individuals
There are number of alterations and changes which are required for making healthier or
effective lifestyle. The one of the major change which is necessary in such modifications such as
person attitude or attributes. It is essential for executing and developing effective strategies
according target people. UK care homes have complaint policy which recipient services or
facilities for report a complaints in case of unsatisfied in the firm. Along with this, this will help
the services providers for evaluating and understanding about different components of practices
in better manner so this will assist in feeling impressive to the patients. In addition to this,
changes are important so the country government required to amend their strategies or policies
which help in making more awareness and disseminated the accurate data and information for
reducing the patient level. The entire approaches can help in developing and making a better or
healthier life level of every person of nation in effective way.
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3.4 Implemented activity to encourage behaviour change for maximizing health for individuals
In the community or society, this can be analysed that it will increasing the illness and
sickness such as HIV, STI, AIDS and many others. This will help in creating and making human
behaviour or attributes which can supply London people for effective success and growth in
health and safety development with the help of using appropriate strategies. Along with this, it
will assist in developing more effective and good working environment for required employees
and employer connection (Achan and et. al., 2011). Therefore, the whole described practices can
enable health care abilities and capabilities in wide context. For effective and efficient social or
health care so this will necessary for executing common activities and functions within the nation
for enhancing their health standards.
CONCLUSION
From the above mentioned report it can be analysed that Society need to create and
maintain specific situation and condition under the community member that can remain
healthier. The presences of chronic diseases or sickness which are to be evaluating and corrected
in order to able for bring out the free lifestyle of diseases. This can be determined that this can be
eliminating or reducing the whole occurring number of scale meter of health care of specific
nation. There is various numbers of enterprises which has been doing effective working in the
health and services issues in the different countries in all over the globe. Well being can be
define as that situation where an individual feel more effective and comfortable in their
environment, when a person is easier, healthier and satiate in the living surroundings. It is
essential for executing and developing effective strategies according target people.
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