Public Health Initiative in New Zealand: Role and Responsibilities of Public Healthcare

Professional Practice and
Legislation

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Identify, compare and contrast any NZ public health initiative in relation to the three core
areas of public health..............................................................................................................3
Health promotion and Subsidised general practice visit for Public health services in New
Zealand enrolled patients........................................................................................................4
Health protection and subsidised general practice visit.........................................................5
Health prevention and subsidised general practice visit.........................................................5
Identify, explain and critique the role of public health services in NZ..................................5
Differentiate the role and responsibilities of public healthcare in NZ...................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Public health intervention refers to an organized effort for promoting specific habit and
behaviour to improve mental, physical or emotional health. These intervention includes
vaccination, screening, health promotion, water supplementation and food. There is discussion
about three core principle of public health which includes promotion, protection and prevention
are the health concern (AlAbbasi, 2021). There is also discussion about critique about the role of
health services in New Zealand. This includes legislation to influence and regulate the provision
of public health by government. There is also discussion about two ethical principles which is
influenced or regulated by the government along with decision making within public health
services in New Zealand. There is also discussion about roles and responsibilities of public
healthcare within New Zealand. There is also significance of Treaty of Waitangi within New
Zealand (White, (2019)).
Identify, compare and contrast any NZ public health initiative in relation to the three core areas
of public health
There are various public health initiative which that can help to provide a detailed
analysis. The chosen public health initiative is access to health care. This is the government
initiative which has been taken to improve the participation to get better healthcare access for
better and improved health within New Zealand. There are various discussion about this
initiative which includes the what are done to improve the access to public health care (Elwell-
Sutton, 2017).
In this, government provides subsidised for having improved public health care in New
Zealand that comprises of the Vote Health that totals just over $16.142 billion in 2016/17
(Alston, 2021). Along with this other significant funding is also made by the government sources
that include the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC), other government agencies, local
government, and private sources such as insurance and out-of-pocket payments for the general
practice visits for enrolled patient (Heenan, 2021). This one is implemented to increase the
participation within access to healthcare by influencing every individual to access to general
practitioner and primary care services. Government funds for this to ensure that everyone get
better access to general practitioner to receive primary healthcare services (Morton, (2020)).
There are many population who don't have the access to healthcare due either have charges to