Smoking as a Public Health Problem in the UK

This document discusses the concepts and principles of modern public health that underpin the intervention to reduce smoking in the UK. It explores the key elements of this intervention and how they would be evaluated. The document also reviews the evidence supporting this intervention and determines its effectiveness.

Smoking is a major public
health problem in the United
Kingdom (UK)

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................2
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................2
Discuss the concepts and principles of modern public health that underpin the intervention2
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
Explain the key elements of this public health intervention and how they would be evaluated
................................................................................................................................................5
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................6
Review the evidence that supports this intervention and determine if the intervention is
considered effective or not.....................................................................................................6
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................8
Describe ways this public health intervention evaluated and discuss the outcome of evaluation
of intervention........................................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11
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INTRODUCTION
The smoking is common health issue that occurring within the country. As it cause virus
impact on the health of people by developing various diseases in their body. Due to the
developing problems and issues within the health condition of people, the country develops
interventions to influence the public health. With this intervention, they can promote health of
individuals by influencing this intervention in all over the country. The smoking highly consume
by individuals which leads to affecting their health. It is highly one of the concerns that are
related to health with in the country (Dockrell, 2019). As there are various illnesses are cause due
to which it becomes a public health issue by developing various risk within the health of people.
In this report, there are various principles and concepts of modern public health are occur that
help in underpin the intervention of mass media that help in reducing the use of smoking in
population. As there are different types of key elements of these interventions occur and with the
help of different methods and strategies it can be value it properly among population. In addition
to this, the effectiveness of the intervention also describe among population of country and
support that help in developing the effectiveness within the country. Moreover, there are
different types of evidence from which the interventions can be evaluated and the outcome of
evaluation of intervention also covered with in this.
TASK 1
Discuss the concepts and principles of modern public health that underpin the intervention
There are different types of concepts and principles are occur within public health which
refers to the relation with improving the health and wellbeing of people. This includes providing
support and choices by organization including both private and public that help in in promoting
the health of population of the country. In addition to this, it also involves the different
communities and authorities that provide various beneficial within the health of public as their
health is related to the interdisciplinary. There are different type of concepts are also related with
the health which are related to the life of individuals (FOGGO, 2016). This includes proper
occurrence of social physical and mental well-being which is related to the modern public health.
The public health is refers to the influencing the health of people of communities. This is occur
by applying the various principles of public health that cause positive impact on the health of
population. This includes providing education, sanitization and monitoring and controlling
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sudden changes that are present in environment that can cause impact on public health. These
concepts and principles help in underpin the intervention of mass media. This intervention plays
an important role in the health and wellbeing of an individual as the majority of people spend
their time on mass media from which they can get education and information any changes that
occur within environment (Lewis-Burke and et. al., 2016). As there are number of information
can be provided with the help of mass media. The importance of mass media within the public
health is importantly occur as it helps in shaping the structure of public health within the
community.
The use of this intervention helps in changing the behavior from which the concept and
principles of modern public health can be influenced appropriately. As the concept and principles
of modern public health is depend on their surroundings and the impact of mode from which the
communities can improve their public health by applying various principles within it (Stimson,
2016). The concept of public health is depending on the services and environment that are
provided to them. According to this, their belief regarding health occur which develop various
principles of modern public health. The concept of public health is to remain healthy from all
state of factors that are associated with health and wellbeing of an individual. These factors
include mental, physical and social in which the absence of any illness occur. Due to this, the
mass media is an appropriate intervention that helps in reducing the impact and usage of
smoking by the population of country (Warner and Mendez, 2019). As people are highly
associated with their social factor which cause impact on their both mental and physical health.
The modern public health also related with the complete health status of these factors so that
individual can promote their health appropriately. With the help of mass media, various
principles can be provided to communities so that they can improve their health by regular
monitoring the changes that occur within the environment of country. As the communities are
rely on the principles and concepts for their better health. From this, they acquire proper
information and education about services that are provided by organization to enhance their
health (Wills and Hopfer, 2019). The smoking is highly occur within the behavior of population
as it is acquired by large number of population within their daily usage. This causes various
effects on the health of people by developing illnesses and diseases such as lungs and cancer
disease. Within the concept and principle of public health are related to the communities and
government who plays their specific role in promoting the health of public. So, the mass media
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provide a platform from which influence about health of population can be in hands by reducing
the usage of smoking.
This intervention can be undertaken by analyzing the concept and principles of modern
public health. From this, the mass media can appropriately influence the people through their
principles and concepts that help in influencing the better health of population. It also helps in
determining the influence of smoking within daily activity of individuals from which the
appropriate message can be provided to population (Ritchie, 2018). The modern public health is
highly considered their health which involves applying different interventions that helps them in
keeping their environment clean. This helps them in promoting their health. This also involves
the preventive services and medication that are provided to individuals with their care and
services by health and social Care organization. In addition to this, the proper education and
information about dangers are also occur that are present in environment which can impact
negatively on the health of population. With the proper message about negative impact of
smoking can be appropriately provided to people from whom there health can be enhanced in an
effective manner (Memon and et. al., 2016). This intervention also helps in decision making of
public from which they can develop positive behavior on issues that are occurring within their
communities. The population of the country is highly used smoking but with the help of the
center mention they can reduce the negative impact within the health of public.
This intervention helps people according to their issues that are affecting their health.
Including this various programs related to smoking can be provided to communities from which
there issues regarding this can be reduce properly. This intervention helps in influencing the all
factors of an individual by enhancing them with their mental physical and social well-being by
reducing the impact of smoking within their life (Razvi, Korevaar and Taylor, 2019). With the
help of this intervention the appropriate measures can be taken regarding smoking users. With
the use of this, behavior of these people can be changed in a positive manner from which health
can be promoted appropriately. As the public are highly related to mass media for their
information regarding services and preventions. The public health of population can
appropriately change behavior of individual so that they can acquire healthy life that can promote
their health. From this proper health intervention can be provided to public to which makes their
health healthier by reducing the usage of smoking.
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TASK 2
Explain the key elements of this public health intervention and how they would be evaluated
There are some interventions are used in public health but the mass media help in
influencing the behavior and habits of individual so that their health can be improved in all
manner. This includes improving the health with in emotional physical mental and social health
with the use of this intervention. This intervention also helps in reframing the perspective of
individual of inappropriate habits that developing various consequences within their health. The
use of mass media intervention helps in changing the behavior of individuals regarding use of
smoking within their daily activities (Russell, Dickson and McKeganey, 2018). There are
different key elements are used with in public health intervention which is necessary to focus on
the health of population by reducing the impact of smoking within the population. This helps in
promoting the lifestyle of people by use of various interventions from substance use of smoking
by public of country. There are different key elements are present which can be evaluate with
support of various organizations that help in improving the health of population. From this
intervention the proper information can be provided by developing various programs with the
help of mass media that can properly influence behavior of population of the country.
The key elements include innovation that is needed to be occur within the intervention from
which appropriate health of public can be promote. As the innovation can help in changing the
behavior of individuals from which they can learn about negative impact of smoking on their
health. In addition to this, the involvement of technical things also helps in making effectiveness
of intervention among the public. As there are some principles and concepts of public is occur
from which they rely on technical things more appropriately. With the use of technical things
within the mass media helps in providing appropriate information to public so that they can
enhance their health by raising healthy habits within their well-being (Alessi and Rashbrook,
2016). The involvement of different organization and authorities also helps in in making the
effectiveness of this intervention within the reduction of smoking by population. The public
health intervention is also including the communication from which the intervention is used to
make connection between public and strategies that are used to change their behavior. With the
help of proper communication their behavior can be changed from which their health can be
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promoted properly. The use of political commitment is also occur within the elements of public
health intervention. As it provides effectiveness in intervention form which people required to
change their behavior related to smoking.
The evaluation of these interventions with the help of various evidences that occur within
the population provides support to this. With the help of evidence it can properly analyzed that
how many people are influenced by the smoking. It also involves the effectiveness of
intervention that is used to reduce the impact of smoking on the well-being and health of public.
The public have intimation or also evaluated according to their usefulness from which behavior
of public health can be changed appropriately (Tojal and Costa, 2019). In addition to this, it can
also create various changes within the habits of public from which there have regarding mental
physical and social well-being is improved. With this, proper education can be provided to all
communities including those people who are addicted to smoking. The intervention of mass
media help in providing screening programs that help in promoting the health among individuals
towards issues that is developing within the country regarding smoking. The population of
country highly attains smoking with their habit which causes various negative impacts on health
and develops various diseases. With help of this intervention the country uses interventions from
which they can appropriate provide harm from smoking. The use of this intervention helps in
evaluating the effectiveness of public health intervention by targeting the proper population by
providing information about exposure of smoking.
TASK 3
Review the evidence that supports this intervention and determine if the intervention is
considered effective or not
The public health intervention of mass media provides various methods from which they can
communicate their message to National and local level. This includes radio television and
newspaper from which appropriate information regarding smoke can they can properly provide
to them. The country uses different methods within this intervention that help in highlight among
families and communities about smoke so that they can take preventive step in order to minimize
the use of smoking by their children and adults. The different communities which are present at
local and national level provide support to the intervention as this helps in targeting the specific
population who are highly consume smoke. There are various evidence are present regarding the
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effectiveness of this public health intervention. It also provides support to this intervention in
developing among individuals so that they can improve their health by their own (Balinskaite
and et. al., 2019). There are different types of methods are used within mass media intervention
that provides impact on public. There are different types of message are used within mass media
intervention that cause negative or positive impact on the behavior of an individual. From this
the individual can change their behavior by applying that message within their habits. This has
been evidence that the intervention help in decision making of individual by developing the
impact on the behavior of individuals. The use of mass media intervention at local, national and
regional level cause different impact on the behavior of people from which they take their
decisions regarding their health. This place an attribute role in providing awareness about
smoking from which the health of people can better by changing their behavior and attitude. The
evidence of this intervention is that it helps in reducing the use of smoking by people in an
appropriate manner.
The mass media intervention in use various strategies from which health promotion among
individuals can be promoted. This includes use of various new technologies that provide proper
information and develop communication with people that helps in promoting health properly
among them. This provides appropriate support to this public health intervention as the majority
of populations of country are associated with this. It is an effective way of providing information
to populations so that their behavior and attitudes can change towards smoking. This is also
evidence that the mass media intervention helps in influencing the behavior intention and
knowledge of adults in an effective manner. The use of message within this intervention provides
effectiveness on the perception and belief of adult and young people from which they reduce the
usage of smoking within their habits. This also causes a long term impact on the behavior of
individual it targets the specific issue that is causing negative impact on the health of population
(Osborn, 2017). With the use of this intervention within the public health intervention the various
anti-smoking campaigns can be produced that help in controlling of smoking among individuals.
This provides supports to organization and different bodies from which they can increase number
of people in reducing the use of smoke by making them awareness about the effectiveness of
acquiring this within their habits. This has been evidence that this intervention also helps in
influencing the mental health of people from which the various mental disabilities can be
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reduced. It also provides various psychological benefits among individuals from which the better
outcomes of intervention can be developed.
This intervention provides various evidences from which behavior of people can improve
appropriately that help in developing better outcome of their health. It is considered as effective
as behavior and attitude of most of the population can be changed appropriately. With this the
maximum number of information regarding negative impact of smoking can be provided to more
people that help them to influence their health by their own. It also includes the various
prevention methods that are used by individuals in order to reduce the impact of smoking within
their health. This intervention also helps in developing communication people from which it
helps them in developing relationship with others by reducing the negative impact of their health.
From this intervention, the influence of smoking can appropriately reduce by minimizing it in
effective manner. Moreover, it also has been influencing the factors such as culture,
environmental, social and individual factors that influence smoking and cause impact on the
health of population. The behavior support from communities and individuals also helps in in
reducing the smoking with the help of mass media intervention appropriately.
TASK 4
Describe ways this public health intervention evaluated and discuss the outcome of evaluation of
intervention
There are different types of ways are present from which this mass media information of
public health intervention can be evaluated properly among population of country. The ways
includes internet, magazines, television, radio and newspaper that help in influencing the
behavior of people. It also helps in providing information about smoking by influencing the
culture of public health. As media provides a proper education from which better outcomes of
health can be derived. It also helps in managing the changing by supporting public with their
behavior and attitudes. The mass media connect different ranges of people from which
appropriate messages can be provided or deliver to them (Weinberger and et. al., 2017). The
outcome of using television within the mass media intervention provides better outcomes of
health. It helps in connecting range of people with use of different programs so that awareness
about smoking can be provided more. The media of television place their contribution in
providing knowledge and education with the use of various sources that it provides information
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about environment and other information. It causes the impact on the behavior of individual as
they receive information from different sources. The help of interventions includes various
education content can be provided to individuals from which behavior of individuals can be
changed properly. It also helps people in inspiring them from which they can take preventive
steps towards their health by reducing the use of smoke. With the help of television various
events and programs can be visualized among population that helps in changing their behavior in
effective manner. This intimation cause potential impact on early child and young people. As
young generation or highly rely for their self-image on media. The media is an appropriate
intervention that can be used by organization and various local authorities in reducing the impact
of smoking within the health of population. This also provides interaction with various services
and interventions that help in promoting for providing support within the behavior of population.
The outcome of this is occur within the change behavior of individual. This also includes that the
population of country aware about the consequences of using smoke with their habits that cause
negative impact on their health.
The other outcomes of this intervention occur as it also helps in reducing the behavior that is
become harmful due to availability of high number of smoke users within the country. The
various other social cognitive outcomes are also developed from which the proper beliefs and
attitudes of individuals can be promoted. With the help of this intervention, beneficial habits are
promoted that helps in changing and promoting the health of population. This also helps in
providing the information about government services that are occurring for the beneficial for
population. It provides the effect on the development of young people and children by providing
the effectiveness of smoking two people of country. It also assists in influencing the information
about smoking in pregnancy women with their habits (Lopez and et. al., 2018). The information
of various services and care that are present within the organization and local authorities can also
provide to people from which they can maintain their health properly by attaining these services.
This intimation provides information to vulnerable people from which their attitude changes
towards their health. From this, the positive impact within behavior of individuals can be seen as
they use different strategies within their habits so that they can improve their outcomes of health.
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CONCLUSION
From the above report it has been concluded that smoking is the major health issue that is
occurring within the country. It causes various numbers of diseases and negative impact on the
health of population. There are different concepts and principles of modern public health are
occur that help in developing of mass media intervention properly. From this, the intervention
can appropriately use by identifying the principle and concept of public health. As there are
different types of elements are present from which the interventions of public health are
evaluated. These elements provide effectiveness to this intervention among population of
country. There are different types of evidence occur that provide support to mass media
intervention. This intervention development benefits and effectiveness of population as from this
their behavior towards smoke can be changed appropriately. This information is considered as
effective intervention as it helps in changing the attitude or behavior of people from which day
can enhance their health outcome properly. There are different types of ways can be used in
public health intervention of mass media. The outcome of this intervention provides awareness
and change behavior within the population from which there are better health outcome can be
evaluated properly. Moreover, it also helps in developing the range of effectiveness within the
health of people of the country.
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