Importance of Public Health and Well-being

The provided report focuses on the physical, mental, and social health and well-being of society, highlighting the need for a comprehensive approach to meet these requirements. It also discusses activities that can be used to promote healthy living and encourage behavioral change in individuals and communities.

The Role of Public Health in
Health and Social Care

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Task 1 covered in Brochure.............................................................................................................1
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................1
LO2.........................................................................................................................................1
P2.1 Current priorities and approaches to provision of services of infected and ill people.. .1
P2.2 Relationship between prevalence of disease and requirements of services required by
individual................................................................................................................................2
P2.3 Impact of current lifestyle on future of healthcare and social services..........................3
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................3
LO3.........................................................................................................................................3
P3.1 Health and well being priorities of an individual in a healthcare and social setting......3
P3.2 Effectiveness of strategies, system and policies in a health care setting .......................5
P3.3 Changes taken to improve the health care and well being.............................................5
P3.4 Evaluation of an activity implemented to encourage behavioural changes of individual as
well as the society...................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Public health is one of the most crucial and important factor of the society that effect the
betterment of the human environment. The health includes the wellness of the society which
leads to a better development and living conditions. The public health is a very important tool
that works for the advancement and betterment of the society. The organisation taken in the
context is NHS which work for the public health (Yang, 2017). This report will cover various
types of impacts that occurs due to a disease or infection. Besides this, we will also discuss about
various agencies that work for the public health. Also, various level of the preventive measures
are been taken into consideration that can have a positive impact on the well being along with the
factors that can affect the public health.
TASK 1
Covered in Brochure
TASK 2
LO2
P2.1 Current priorities and approaches to provision of services of infected and ill people.
The health organisations set various priorities and adopt various approaches to meet the
requirement and handling of the infected people. According to Director of NHS, the
cardiovascular diseases are the most dreaded reason of premature deaths in UK. Thus, it makes
their prevention as on of the major priorities. Some priorities and approaches that are been
implemented are:
 Improving health management at primary care units: The health agencies will look
after that the health conditions and the treatment facilities on the primary level are been
upgraded and as per the standards set by the government. Also, they will look after that
the primary care units are capable of handling small health issues like headaches,
common colds, gastric symptoms and even cardiovascular diseases etc. to avoid any sort
of burden on the bigger agencies.
 Improving the communication channel between various health agencies: The
healthcare agencies will ensure that various health care units and agencies are well
connected to their answerable bodies in order to operate in a better and efficient manner
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(Watson and Downe, 2017). This will provide them with the significant information
which they are required to take into consideration for betterment of the health services.
 Supporting the healthcare services in hospitals: The health care units and agencies
will look to it that they support and help the hospitals to conduct their services in a more
effective and better way. They may help them to handle the inpatients or emergency
cases or the people with acute physical illness (Yusuf, 2017). This will make the health
regulatory processes more efficient and effective.
 Setting up the priorities and working on them: The health units can set up a priority
and work on it in order to make the public health services and actions more effective and
appropriate. This will help the health agencies to set their goals and plan efficient
measures in order to meet them.
P2.2 Relationship between prevalence of disease and requirements of services required by
individual
As per the report of NHS, majority of the people in UK suffers from the cardiovascular
diseases like heart attacks, strokes, high blood pressure and atrial fibrillation. The government
along with NHS, is working on the controlling and prevention of the heart diseases in UK. The
NHS is working to make the system more independent, self monitoring and making better the
work conditions to reduce the risk of cardio vascular diseases.
In the recent time the ratio of health patients have been increased in UK. The
requirements and responsibilities of the healthcare service provider has increased drastically with
the increase in the severity of the cases. In such condition the requirements are to be met in
accordance of the cardiovascular diseases. Some requirements that are to be taken in the
consideration are:
 Better coordination and understanding is required between the service provider and the
individual to make the services more effective.
 Providing appropriate training to the medical personnels to handle the cases of
cardiovascular emergencies.
 Usage of the latest and appropriate technologies and measures to tackle such conditions
in a very efficient way.
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 Regular check ups and trails can be held to identify and avoid any sort of occurrence of a
cardiovascular emergency (Yang, 2017.). This can be done by promoting the early
detection and adopting preventive measures to reduce the risk of heart diseases.
 Additional to this, the service providers can work with governmental organisations to
keep a check on the toll of heart and cardiovascular patients. It will help the government
to develop an effective plan to meet such conditions in UK.
P2.3 Impact of current lifestyle on future of healthcare and social services
With the advancement of technology and increase of the trend of fast food culture, the
chances of the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases has been increased to a higher rate in the
society which had become an issue of great worry and concern for the health care and social
services operational in UK (Wilson and et.al., 2017). The increase in sedentary lifestyle, lacking
of physical work over use of high cholesterol and sugar products and high pollution have
increased the number of people with cardiovascular diseases along with hypertension, loss of
appetite and obesity.
Unhealthy and improper diet, smoking, alcohol consumption, drugs and working in high
stress conditions have been a major reason of people suffering from heart diseases. Also, overuse
with misuse and high dependency on the modern technology has added a lot to it. Lack of sleep,
high depression or stress, unhealthy lifestyle and reduction in physical exercise or work is the
main reason of increase in rate of the heart patients in UK. The health care and social services in
UK are working on the these factors in order to make people more aware about the growth of
cardiac disease and risks of modern, sedentary lifestyle. Apart from this, the people has also
become aware about the loss of health conditions due to modern living. They are taking the
appropriate measures and adopting the practices to improve the quality of their healthcare and
social well being. The people are now taking measures to reduce their dependency of the junk
food and modern technologies to get their work done and opting for a better and clean lifestyle.
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TASK 3
LO3
P3.1 Health and well being priorities of an individual in a healthcare and social setting
The health and well being is the most crucial and important factor for an individual.
Every individual want to be healthy and socially well being. For that he has to prioritize certain
factors and measures to make the best out of the available resources and health care services that
are been provided by NHS to an individual (Watson and Downe, 2017). There are certain factors
that can be prioritize by an individual for health and well being such as sleep, diet, hygiene,
health care, positive thinking, sports, stress management, friends and family etc. Although
guided by an organisation like NHS, the health and well being priorities are been adopted and
practised by the individual on his own. The priorities should meet the individuals specific needs
and are in control of an individual. Some priorities can be classified as:
 Being physically, mentally and socially healthy (Vincent and et.al., 2017).
 Manage his work stress and social well being for betterment of society
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Illustration 1: Healthy lifestyle
Source: What Does Having a Healthy Lifestyle Mean to
You?, 2016

 Avoiding any sort of unhealthy life conditions and factors to maintain the health and well
being.
 Identifying the personal needs with the passage of time and working with the priorities on
meeting them.
 Keeping a control on the health hindering factors and involving in more and more
physical work to avoid any sort of cardiovascular diseases and other health issues.
 Focusing more on making the physical, mental, social and emotional conditions of
oneself more supportive and adaptable in order to avoid any sort of stress.
 Trying to lead a healthy and happy lifestyle in order to develop a better well being in the
society.
 Also, considering the needs and requirements of the family, friends and the surroundings
in order to coordinate with them and making a common goal of health and well being in
the society.
The determining of the health priorities is a work of extensive self assessment and
realisation. The needs of individuals along with the priorities of health and well being, vary from
person to person. Thus, the NHS has to come up with a common plan, taking into consideration
the basic requirements and needs of the individual in the society (Uguz, 2017). This will ensure
the better determination of the priorities and assessment of the factors that affect the health and
well being. The main objective is to ensure the good health and well being of an individual and
working accordingly to meet the targeted goal.
P3.2 Effectiveness of strategies, system and policies in a health care setting
Various strategies, policies and systems are been adopted by the NHS in order to
maintain and establish a better health and well being in the society. These policies and strategies
will help the NHS to establish a better healthcare and well being facilities that can provide the
organisation with the positive outputs and a better social living conditions (Moss, 2017). The
effectiveness of the policy will be identified by the extent of the rise in better health conditions,
well being and social conditions.
 The effective adaption, implementation and practising of the healthcare and well being
policies by the organisations like NHS will ensure that the people are been meeting their
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individual health priority and well being goals. This will help the organisation to
determine the work ability and the scope of improvement that is been required by the
individual to sustain the well being in the society.
 The involvement of the government and jurisdiction to provide the significant idea about
the needs of the individual or the society. This will help the government to develop a
better health policy to meet the requirements of all the individuals of the society. Besides
this, the involvement of local governing body will ensure that the health and well being
related laws and actions are been followed effectively and efficiently.
 The policies or the strategies that are been adopted by the public health care organisation
like NHS will help the society by increasing the standard of living as well as the health
conditions, which will help the individual or a society to live better and healthy. Besides
this, it will also look after that new strategies are been developed and the appropriate
measures are been taken into consideration in order to implement them and better the
well being of the environment of the society.
P3.3 Changes taken to improve the health care and well being
Many changes and improvement measures can be taken into consideration in order to
maintain the standards of healthcare and well being in the society (McCann, E. and et.al., 2017).
These changes or the factors which will help the NHS to identify the requirements of the
individual as well as the society in UK. Some effective changes or measures that can be taken
into consideration are:
 Increasing the support to the mental health: In the present scenario, the patients of the
mental diseases have increased in a greater way. Besides this, the modern working
conditions and improper lifestyle has caused a major change in mental well being and has
give rise to depression, hypertension and high stress. Thus, the individual as well as the
organisation must take the appropriate steps like smoothing the work process, balancing
work and social life and try to reduce the work stress in order to ensure a better mental
well being and health condition.
 Cooperation between healthcare services, government and individual: The healthcare
organisation measures must look after that it has a better coordination and
communication with the government as well as an individual to ensure a better
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functioning of the health policies and the measures that are been taken into consideration
(Lagerin and et.al., 2017). The better communication will aid in the better development
of the health and well being policies so that all the individuals of the society are benefited
from it. And build a better relationship with each other. Also, this will help the healthcare
organisation's like NHS to work for the better implementation of the healthcare services.
 Economic well being: A healthy well being will work in an efficient and well
coordinated manner in a healthy society. He will be economically viable and work in
very precise manner to achieve its goals. Also, this will ensure the psychological well
being of the individual and society.
 Mandating the health services: The healthcare services, along with the government,
will look after that the health services are been efficiently implemented and are been
taken into the practice to promote the betterment of the healthcare standards and well
being of the people in the society. It involves the support of the individuals as well as the
health care services.
P3.4 Evaluation of an activity implemented to encourage behavioural changes of individual as
well as the society
The behaviour of an individual affects the well being of the society as the individual act
as a unit of the overall society (Glasby, 2017). There are many steps or measures that are been
taken into consideration to promote the behavioural changes of the individual as well as the
society. Some measures are:
 Promoting physical and mental involvement of the people towards the positive activities
of the society.
 Getting time to time motivational support from the peers and co workers as well as the
other people in the society to ensure the psychological well being of a person as well as
the society.
 Improve the physical activities and exercises to better the physical health and build a
better relation with each other in society.
 Adopting better behavioural measures like meditation, sports etc to promote healthy
living and well being in the society.
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CONCLUSION
Thus, from the report, it can be concluded that public health is a matter of great concern
not only for an individual but also for society and healthcare service providers like NHS. The
report focuses on the physical, mental and social health and well being of the society and how to
meet the requirements that are been considered while planning a better social well being. Besides
this, the report emphasis the activities that can be used to get behavioural change of a individual
or a society.
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