Contemporary Healthcare: Air Pollution Effects in Barking and Dagenham

This presentation examines the critical issue of air pollution and its detrimental effects on healthcare in Barking and Dagenham, a borough in the United Kingdom. It highlights the increasing levels of air pollution, primarily from vehicle emissions, and the resulting health problems, including heart diseases, chronic pulmonary disease, and acute respiratory infections, particularly in children. The presentation outlines strategies and plans to mitigate the impact of air pollution, emphasizing adherence to green codes for improved healthcare. It also discusses the role of nurse practice consultants in health promotion and public awareness, focusing on enhancing healthcare practices through improved hospital environments and patient care. The analysis includes measures for improving nursing activities for chronic patients and children with respiratory infections, advocating for health literacy, seminars on pollution effects, and free health check-ups to promote public well-being. The presentation also provides reference materials from journals and books on related topics.

Contemporary Issues in Healthcare
Policy and Practice

INTRODUCTION
 Outdoor air pollution is an increasing cause of death and disease in Barking and Dagenham
which is a borough in United Kingdom where health concerns have been facing major issues. In this
presentation the air pollution levels due to which, heart diseases, chronic pulmonary disease and acute
respiratory infections in children are increasing have been discussed.
 Strategies and plans which will aid in controlling the high effects of air pollution levels and how it can meet
the strict green code for betterment in healthcare of people living there. This presentation also discusses the
nurse practise consultant focusing on the issues on health promotion and how public awareness can be
created about the proper healthcare facilities available.
 It explains how nurses can enhance healthcare practises with more hospitality and hygienic environment in
hospitals catering to comfort of patients. This presentation analyses various measures on which nursing
activities can be improved for chronic patients and small children with respiratory infections.

Air pollution in Braking and
Dagenham
 It has been considered as significant health issue as the outdoor pollution levels and carbon
emission emitted by vehicles have regularly found above legal and recommended levels. It
has given rise to several health issues in public which are lung diseases, strokes and heart
diseases which has effected the lifestyle and well-being of residents to a large extent.
 Air pollution standards has been found with illegal levels of pollution throughout Barking
and Dagenham due to which healthcare of residents has been seriously affected on long
term basis.
 The various strategies which can be taken by nursing practises for health care of people are
highlighting the importance of health literacy to public, creating a welcoming environment
for patients suffering with chronic diseases. Seminars regarding the harmful effects of air
pollution on health should be conducted to make people beware.
 Repository diseases in children has also been rising due to outdoor air pollution which has
becoming an important concern for people. There are large number of cases in children
with acute respiratory infections due to which healthcare and well-being in their
performance levels at schools is largely affected. Immediate steps should be taken by
taking them to nursing centres and recommendations of proper medications should be given
by doctors.

Nurse practises in Braking and
Dagenham
 Nurses should be given proper training in creating welcoming environment for patients with the
use of basic language and speaking at measured pace. They must enable patients to have
comfortable treatment by asking questions regarding their healthcare and encourage them to ask
any queries to nurses. Nurses should use the printed information regarding health history of
patients for proper treatment and provide the best medication care facilities.
 Nurses should promote social care practises by conducting seminars about healthcare and
encouraging people about the high importance of proper check ups. This will acknowledge people
with information regarding diseases and the cures available at nursing centres. There should be
free check up facilitates at public places on holidays which will encourage people to take tests.
Nurses should be given skilled knowledge and medical training regarding their duties to serve
patients effectively.
 Patients should be encouraged for proper follow-ups by nurses, recommended nutritional diets and
any issues related to them shall be properly addressed. Health watch and proper involvement by
nurses will improve the services catering to proper healthcare. There should be hygienic
environment with facilitates catering to comfort and proper hospitality of patients in hospitals and
nursing homes.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
 Al-Tawfiq, J. A. and Auwaerter, P. G., 2019. Healthcare-associated infections: the hallmark of
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus with review of the literature.Journal of Hospital
Infection.01(1). pp.20-29.
 Benner, P., 2019. Skill Acquisition and Clinical Judgement in Nursing Practice: Towards Expertise
and Practical Wisdom. In Practice Wisdom (pp. 225-240). Brill Sense.
 Lifshitz, E., 2019. Practical Healthcare Epidemiology.
 Zaccagnini, M. and Pechacek, J. M., 2019. The doctor of nursing practice essentials: A new model
for advanced practice nursing. Jones & Bartlett Learning.