Health Promotion Report: Bexley Suicide Rates and Healthcare

This report is an assessment of healthcare needs locally, nationally, and globally, with a specific focus on Bexley's suicide rates. It evaluates the links between health and well-being, analyzing patterns, causes, and risk factors using statistical data. The report examines how behavioral, physical, and mental health factors contribute to unequal health outcomes, understanding pathology and bioscience. It discusses screening programs and analyzes local and national data to identify healthcare requirements. The primary concern identified in Bexley is the high suicide rate, prompting an evaluation of healthcare services needed for mental health diagnosis and discussing factors contributing to health inequalities. The report assesses current healthcare services and explores the roles mental health nurses can undertake to promote well-being outcomes, suggesting a community-based approach involving awareness campaigns and training for mental health professionals to recognize and treat suicidal depression.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................3
Bexley........................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCE.............................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
This report is an assessment of the health care needs locally, nationally and globally
by evaluating the links in health as well as the possible links these may have to overall well-
being. This report aims at effectively investigating the global links of health and the
outcomes it may have on health. This will be done through analysing the patterns, causes and
risk factors of health-related occurrences locally, nationally and globally, using statistics and
genomics. I will also discuss how factors from common conditions in form of behavioural,
physical and mental and other health-related factors can lead to unequal health outcomes
through understanding of pathology and bioscience. In addition to this, how screening
programs can improve health related issues will also be discussed in this report. Later
understanding of local and national data for health care requirements will also be discussed
for the population of selected location.
In this report I will discuss about locality that is Bexley and important concern
identified in locality is suicide rates. The reason for selecting this locality is high suicidal
rates along with this area selected is also familiar to me. In this report evaluation of
healthcare services required for mental health diagnosis will be included. In order to do this
data in statistical and informative form will be collected on public health needs of locality.
Along with this factors that contribute to health inequalities and determinants within the
locality for my chosen public health concern for making suggestions on public healthcare will
also be discussed. Moreover, I will also discuss the current health care services available for
my chosen public health concern on suicide rates at my locality. Lastly possible roles that
mental health nurse can undertake for promoting wellbeing outcomes on the identified public
health issues will also be assessed.
Bexley
The locality I have chosen is the London borough of Bexley, residing in the county of
Kent. Bexley is an area on the south-east side of London, with an estimated population of
almost 300,000 (Rossen and et.al., 2018). This is local area where I live and public
information of this area will be used to discuss healthcare needs in this area.
The prevalent public health assessment I will be discussing is Bexley’s suicide rates.
Figures from Bexley’s joint strategic needs assessment on suicide rates showed that in 2015

when rated from least to highest suicide rates (1= least / 32=most) across all London
boroughs, Bexley was ranked number 22nd.
https://bexleyjsna.co.uk/core-dataset/public-health/
This data on Bexley’s Public health outcomes framework shows Bexley’s suicide rates in
comparison to other London boroughs and England overall. This data shows Bexley having a
higher suicide rate than any other London borough following 2007 to 2015 years (Martin and
Rawala, 2017). Bexley has a 12.1 value in contrast to London regions 8.7 and England’s 10.2
on suicide rates. This data overall shows how Bexley ranks one of the most in suicide rates
when compared to neighbouring regions and the country.
This data suggests that there is a need for a suicide prevention strategy in this locality over a
three year period. This would be done through clear objectives and goals to reduce suicide
rates in high-risk groups, partnering with other strategies linked to mental well being and
monitoring the outcomes so an evaluation can be made on the progress made for Bexley’s
suicide rates.

This locality may also need a community-based approach to tackle its suicide rates, this
would involve campaigns in order to bring awareness to improving mental health in regards
to suicide in the said locality, this would work to reduce the stigma and discrimination that
prevents troubled individuals from seeking mental aid to combat suicide (World Health
Organization, 2018). This approach would also train mental health professionals such as
mental health nurses on how to recognise and treat signs of suicidal depression in this
locality.

REFERENCE
Books and Journals
Martin, S. and Rawala, M., 2017. Suicide patterns on the London Underground railway
system, 2000–2010. BJPsych bulletin. 41(5). pp.275-280.
Rossen, L.M and et.al., 2018. County-level trends in suicide rates in the US, 2005–
2015. American journal of preventive medicine. 55(1). pp.72-79.
World Health Organization, 2018. National suicide prevention strategies: Progress, examples
and indicators.
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