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The ROLE OF PUBLICHEALTH
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1Covered in poster........................................................................................................................1TASK 2............................................................................................................................................12.1. Determine the current priorities and approaches to provision of services for people withdisease or illness..........................................................................................................................12.2 Explain the relationship between the prevalence of disease and requirements of services tosupport individuals within the health and social care service provision,....................................32.3 Analyse the impact of current lifestyle choices on future needs for health and social careservices........................................................................................................................................3TASK 3............................................................................................................................................43.1 Assess the health and well being priorities for person in a particular health or social caresettings.........................................................................................................................................43.2 Evaluate the effectiveness of strategies, system and policies in a health and social care.....53.3 Discuss the changes which can be made to improve the well-being and health of people inhealth and social care setting.......................................................................................................63.4 Evaluate the activity which can be implemented to boost the change in behaviour formaximising the health for individual in health care setting........................................................6CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8
INTRODUCTIONPublic health is the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting human health through organized efforts and informed choices of society, organisation, public and private, communitiesand individuals (Jones, Greenberg and Crowley, 2015). This work is achieved by promoting healthy diseases, lifestyles, prevention of injury as well as detecting, preventing and responding to infectious diseases. Thispresent report will raise the awareness of factors which are influencing the health of public as well as several approaches in order to reduce the incidence of disease and illness in society. This report will makeunderstand the various approaches and strategies which are used to measure, monitor and control the incidence of diseases in the society. In addition to this, factors that are influencing health and well being ofindividual in health and social care settings. 1
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3ROLE OF PUBLIC HEALTH (TASK 1)1.1. The roles of different agencies in identifying levels of health and disease in communitiesThere are many healthcare organisations that provide services to people in United Kingdom as well as all over the world. There are three famous healthcare organisations in United Kingdom are World Health Organisation (WHO), National HealthService (NHS) and General Medical Council (GMS). The main propose of these healthcare organisations is to deliver services of health care to the people. The objectives, vision and mission of these organisations are different but they have similar goal.World Health Organisation is one of the biggest healthcare organisation in the world but it does not provide health services directly to the people. They used to tie up with other private organisations of healthcare which are operating for the samepurpose. WHO serve the organisation of healthcare on the basis of country? WHO provide services to the healthcare systems which are at the stage of development or the organisation which are performing well in healthcare sector. At the time ofnatural disaster and calamities WHO stay very active or attentive towards the people health. National Healthcare Service (NHS) is also one of the biggest organisation which are providing free of cost health services to people living in United Kingdom. They provide effective and quality of services to people who are suffering fromdisease or illness. REFERENCESHills, A.P., Dengel, D.R. and Lubans, D.R., 2015. Supporting public healthpriorities: recommendations for physical education and physical activitypromotion in schools.Progress in cardiovascular diseases,57(4), pp.368-374.Bekemeier, B and et.al., 2015. Updating the definition and role of public healthnursing to advance and guide the specialty.Public Health Nursing,32(1),pp.50-57.1.2. By using statically data, the epidemiology of one infectious and one non-infectious disease that is widespread in their own country.The pattern, distribution as well as incidence of disease in the society are known as epidemiology. All the disease that is existed in the environment is dealt byepidemiology. Infectious disease are the most dangerous disease as it is communicable or transfer from one person to another or any infectious against while non-infectious disease are non-communicable and it is caused by mutation which are inherited from ancestors or parents. For example EBOLA, SARS, H1N1,HIV, MALARIA and HBV.Infectious Disease Food borne diseases are caused by contaminated food products. So many microbes and bacteria are present in the food product and it isintake by the individual. Here is the tabular presentation of number of people suffered from FBD.SituationCountryEstimated people affected from the disease Primary deficiency of immune UK4000Rheumatoid arthritisUK20000 new cases every yearChronic diseaseUK60000-85000 Obesity is Non-Infectious disease and it’s caused by too much fat in the body. 65%adult in UK are suffering from Obesity. Diabetes and making the bonesweak are also caused by the Obesity. Obesity is causes by imbalanced diet, genetic effects, consumption of drugs etc. It can be prevented by eating healthydiet and do exercise daily. 1.3. Evaluate the effectiveness of different approaches and strategies tocontrol the incidence of disease in society.There are many approaches and strategies which are used to control the diseasein the society are as follows-Education and Social Welfare Campaigns- This is one the bestapproach which can be used for spreading of diseases in the community.Educated person knows the cause and symptoms of diseases very well. Socialwelfare campaigns are also organized in order to educate people in the societyand providing the free medicine and treatment.Surveillance- It means the observation of environment. Diseasesurveillance refers to keep observing the surroundings that give a prior noticeof effects of the upcoming diseases. It acts as an instrument to examine andinterpret different health programs for the population.
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