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Health and Disease in Community: WHO, Department of Health and Public Health England

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Public Health TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION: 1 TASK 11 1.1 Roles of WHO, Department of Health or Public Health England in health and disease in community 1 1.2 Statistical Data describes the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS and breast cancer, OR dementia and Type II diabetes in UK 2 1.3 Effectiveness of different approaches and strategies tocontrol infectious and non-infectious diseases 4 TASK 25 2.1 Determine current priorities and approaches to the provision of services for people with HIV/AIDS OR Ebola OR breast cancer

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TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION:..........................................................................................................................1TASK 1............................................................................................................................................11.1 Roles of WHO, Department of Health or Public Health England in health and disease incommunity .................................................................................................................................11.2 Statistical Data describes the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS and breast cancer, OR dementiaand Type II diabetes in UK.........................................................................................................21.3 Effectiveness of different approaches and strategies to control infectious and non-infectious diseases.......................................................................................................................4TASK 2............................................................................................................................................52.1 Determine current priorities and approaches to the provision of services for people withHIV/AIDS OR Ebola OR breast cancer OR Type II diabetes....................................................52.2 Relationship between the prevalence of HIV/AIDS OR Ebola OR breast cancer OR TypeII diabetes in relation to the requirements of health services .....................................................62.3 Impact of current lifestyle choices on future needs for health and social care services.......7TASK 3............................................................................................................................................73.1 Health and well being priorities for people living in a London............................................73.2 Effectiveness of strategies, systems, and policies in health and social care setting..............83.3 Changes that could be made to improve the health and well-being of individuals in ahealth or social care setting.........................................................................................................93.4 Evaluate an activity that has been implemented to encourage behaviour change formaximizing health for individuals..............................................................................................9CONCLUSION:.............................................................................................................................10REFERENCES:.............................................................................................................................11
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INTRODUCTION:Government and local organisations play a crucial role in making people aware aboutdifferent types of disease in communities. They are responsible for providing effective health andcare services to people (Gostin and Wiley, 2016) Besides this, they promote health care byorganising seminars and campaigns in the society. Local bodies are responsible for settingstandards in health sector so that services can be delivered accordingly. Government developsrules and regulations. They are useful in providing equal services to everyone. However, bydoing this, it helps in increasing level of health care in society and overall country. This reportwill describe about different types of diseases and their effects. Moreover, it will evaluate therole of government agencies in UK. . Also, what changes must be made in health care.TASK 11.1 Roles of WHO, Department of Health or Public Health England in health and disease incommunity There are many international organisations whose main role is to enhance the level ofhealth in different countries. They ensure that people are getting equal health services. Inaddition, they make aware about various diseases and their effects. These organisations are described as below:World Health Organisation (WHO) – It mainly works at the international level. They workwith private organisations to promote health services (Brownson, Deshpande and Gillespie,2017) With this, they have eradicated many diseases. WHO is presently focusing on dealing withdiseases like HIV, malaria, etc. Their main role is to set norms, standards, and monitoring theirimplementation. Besides this, they provide technical and financial support to countries. Department of Health in UK- This organisation works at top level with private firms. It is alsoknown as National Health Services. They are responsible for developing policies related toHealth Care in UK. Along with this, they help in promoting level of health. They haveimplemented Health and Social Care Act 2012, in UK. Local Authorities – They work at primary level in health sector under the supervision of NHS.They are mainly responsible for implementation of health services. They monitor polices so that
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it can be improved. Local authorities ensure well being of people within the society. Theycollectively work with private organisations and set a systematic structure in health sector(Wolch, Byrne and Newell, 2014).1.2 Statistical Data describes the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS and breast cancer, OR dementiaand Type II diabetes in UKThe term epidemiology refers to the study of patterns of disease in community. It is abranch of medicine that deals with all the factors and measures to control disease. In this studycan is done on both infectious and non infectious disease. Epidemiology of HIV- It has been found that 98, 400 people suffers from HIV. Also, 22% ofpeople are not aware about infection. Moreover, one third of people in UK suffers from HIV.There has been constant rise in this since year 2000.
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