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Public Health in Health Social Care Assignment

   

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ROLE OF PUBLIC HEALTH INHEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE1

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INTRODUCTION In the present era, individuals have become very health conscious due to increasing rate ofdiseases and illness in the society. In order to provide protection and improvement regarding publichealth, government of UK has made various kinds of associations and institutions. In simple words,it can be said that public health is a procedure for rendering protection and improvement of thehealth of communities. In other words, it can be said that public heath refers to art of protectingdiseases, prolonging life and promoting well-being of people with the help of organised efforts andinformed choice of society, public and private communities and individuals (Seager, 2012). Thefollowing project will provide in-depth knowledge about various approaches and strategies whichare used to measure, monitor and control the incidence of diseases in communities. In addition tothis, the roles of WHO, department of health or public health England and local authorities will alsobe studied in this report. TASK 11.1 Explanation of the roles by WHO, department of health and local authorities in identifying levels of health and diseases in communitiesIn order to estimate and identify the health and diseases in population, there are various governmentbodies such as World health organisation (WHO), European Union, department of health, publichealth England, etc. All these agencies have major role to control health and social work in thesociety. In addition to this, they are determining the health and diseases in communities. Followingare some roles and responsibilities of these agencies:World health organisation- It is an organisation working at international level which isdealing with the rules of trade among nations. In context of health care, this organisationplays a crucial role by providing guidelines and suggestions regarding various health issues,developing different health agendas, developing norms and policies and through effectivemonitoring on health care services at local communities (Hillier and et.al., 2009). Worldhealth organisation is a specialised agency of United Nations that is concerned withinternational public health. This agency is obligated for world health report and a leadinginternational publication on health. This association has been established in 1948 and it aimsto assess the people diseases and in this regard, WHO develops effective policies andguidelines so that rate of diseases can be decreased from public health.Department of health- It is a national level agency in health and social care secror. In otherwords, it is a Ministerial department of the United Kingdom government that is liable for3

government policy on health agency. This agency is also responsible to identifying the needsand requirement of people regarding their health diseases and issue in the England. They arealso responsible to identify the policy, guidelines and procedure depending on the type ofdiseases to improve the quality of care and satisfy the requirement of service users(Kovandzic, 2010). This department is managed by 23 agencies which are related to publicfirm.Local authorities- Local authorities are responsible to carry out investigation to detect thecauses of diseases, to identify the health measures and overcome illness. In addition to this,following organisation is also responsible for proving communities health facilities andencourages the health by use of poster, brochures, pictures and screenings etc. For example:CCG's stands for clinical commissioning group were created the health and social acre act2012 and it is a NHS body which is responsible for planning and commissioning of healthcare services for their local area.1.2 Explanation about the Epidemiology of infections and non-infectious diseasesIn context of health and social care services, Epidemiology is the concept under whichanalysis of patterns, causes and effects of health and diseases conditions in defined populations.This concept assists with study design, collections and statistical analysis of data, interpretation anddissemination of results. It also aids in developing various kinds of methods for clinical researchsupport studied in public health and biological health area (Law and Elliott, 2009). Epidemiology ofnon-infectious and infectious disease in the United Kingdom are as follows-The human immunodeficiency virus is a sexual transmitted infection which arises due tothe increase immunodeficiency syndrome. This kind of infectious disease can be transmitted byblood transfusion from mother to child at the time of pregnancy or breast feeding. It is a chronicpotentially life treating condition that in return damages the immune system by CD4 cells that playsa great role in assisting the body to fight diseases. In the United Kingdom, facts and figures of HIVare as follows-In the United Kingdom, about 103700 people facing HIV disease.In the entire population, about 0.19% adults HIV prevalence.From the whole population in UK, 6,151 new HIV infections in the 2014.In the year 2014, there is 613 AIDS related deaths occur in the UK.There is 91% adults on antiretroviral treatments4

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