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The Role of Public Health inHealth and Social Care

TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................2MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................2TASK 1............................................................................................................................................21.1 Role of agencies in analyzing health status and disease occurrence ....................................21.2 Epidemiology of infectious and non-infectious disease ......................................................31.3 Effectiveness of different approaches and strategies.............................................................52.1 Use relevant research to determine current priorities and approaches..................................5TASK 2............................................................................................................................................62.2 Explain the relationship between prevalence of diseases and requirements of services tosupport an individual....................................................................................................................62.3 Analyse the impact of current lifestyle choices on future needs for health and social careservices.........................................................................................................................................6TASK 3............................................................................................................................................63.1 Priorities of an individual in relation to health and well being..............................................63.2 Effectiveness of strategies, policies and systems at PHE.....................................................73.4 Evaluate an activity to encourage a behavioural change for improving individual health atPHE..............................................................................................................................................8CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................101

INTRODUCTION Public health is defined as the method to prevent and control diseases so that health andquality life can be promoted in society. Public health plays a significant role in improving thequality of health and social care (HSC) settings. The report will discuss the roles andresponsibilities of a public health officer. These officers regulate the health care settings so thatpublic health can be improved. The agencies like Public Health England (PHE) works for thewelfare of people and HSC infrastructures. The document will also analyse the various strategies which is used by public healthcareorganisations to control, regulate and measure the occurrence of diseases among people. It willalso analyse the factors which influences the effectiveness of healthcare settings and well-beingpriorities for the communities as well as for individuals. Further the study will also discuss therelation between disease prevalence and healthcare services so that public healthcare objectivescan be achieved. MAIN BODYTASK 11.1 Role of agencies in analyzing health status and disease occurrence For achieving the public health objectives in UK significant number of agencies monitorand regulate the quality of health services. The key agencies which plays active role inevaluating epidemiology of the diseases and to improve HSC infrastructure are Public HealthEngland (PHE), Care quality commission (CQC), National institute of health and care excellence(NICE) and National health service (NHS). Along with the study of disease epidemiology theseagencies also formulate the framework for improving the quality of health services (Stiglitz andRosengard, 2015). Agencies such as NICE ensure that all health care service providers has sufficientresources to improve the health outcomes of people. The agency also regulate that all legal andethical aspects are followed in health practices. PHE conducts the statistical analysis so theimpact and other epidemiological factors of the particular diseases can be determined. On thebasis of these studies CQC and NHS monitor that what improvement strategies can be adoptedand followed by health professionals. The regular interference of these agencies in public health2

services not only improve the quality of healthcare services but also guides individual andcommunities so that they can also understand the diseases. 1.2 Epidemiology of infectious and non-infectious disease Epidemiology is defined as the study which focuses on analyzing the incidence, controlmechanism, distribution pattern of diseases so that its impact can be eliminated or minimized.With rapidly degrading health status of individual it has become essential for the healthcareagencies to take necessary actions. Thus these agencies are aiming to identify the variety ofinfectious diseases which needs quick control action. As per the current analysis by healthagencies HIV-AIDS is one of the most hazardous infectious diseases which must be prevented.While in non-infectious obesity is the key issue which needs immediate attention and preventionstrategy. Infectious disease- HIV AIDSThough currently UK does not have much higher number of people with HIV but therehas been significant progress in number of such people. (Source: HIV IN THE UK STATISTICS, 2017)3Illustration 1: Condition of monitoring and measuring HIV in UK

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