Health Promotion Report: Government Strategies and Professional Roles

This report delves into the realm of health promotion, focusing on the strategies employed by the UK government to improve public health. It examines key legislation such as the Health and Social Care Act 2012 and the National Health Service Act 2006, highlighting their roles in providing healthcare services and financial support. The report also explores the Beattie model for health promotion, detailing its four quadrants: health persuasion, personal counseling, community development, and legislative action. Furthermore, it outlines the crucial roles of various health professionals, including doctors, nurses, nutritionists, and psychologists, in meeting government targets and promoting health awareness within local communities. The report underscores the importance of these professionals in delivering healthcare services, providing guidance, and implementing health promotion programs, ultimately contributing to improved public health outcomes.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................3
2.1 Links between government strategies and models of health promotion ...............................3
2.2 Role of professionals in meeting government targets for health promotion..........................6
Conclusion......................................................................................................................................7
References........................................................................................................................................8
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INTRODUCTION
Health promotion is necessary to make people aware about health related problems and
to cure them. Present report describes about the role of government strategies in promoting
health. Model which is use to promote health has also been discussed. Various acts and
regulations made by government to improve health of individual are explained in the report.
Roles and responsibilities of various health professionals like doctors, nurses, nutritional
practitioners, specialist and psychologist in promoting health is illustrated in report
TASK 2
2.1 Links between government strategies and models of health promotion
Government of UK has made many strategies to promote health through which people
get best facilities. Government is making various acts to promote health of public in the country.
Health and social care act 2012: This act includes rule and legislation that should be followed b
by local authorities to. This ensures the people who are living in the locality that they get best
services which will prevent their health issues from becoming more critical. Authorities should
not delay in provide health care needs to local people (Bauman and Nutbeam, 2013). Public
should get all the information and guidance they require fro their betterment of their health.
Proper services high quality care is provided by government for better health of public. This
care act for promotion of health improves people independence and works for their well being. It
gives guidance to social care organization to monitor and regulate health of individual person.
National health service act 2006: This act made by government provides proper fund and
monetary support to social care homes (Clift and Page, 2015). This act gives guideline to provide
all the required facilities to health care home to give proper treatment to people suffering from
health issues.
There are several strategies too which are made by government to promote health of
individual which are as follows:
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 local authorities have to check that facilities provided to local public of are are working
properly or not (Naidoo and Wills, 2016).
 Authorities should ensure that locality is having appropriate care needs and support or
not.
 Government also ensures that support need and demand of public is meeting or not.
 Local authorities helps people to make access to the facilities provided by them.
 Government makes clear that these authorities in local area is performing what they are
expected to do . The act creates and establish clear rule for all the adults and children must getting all the
care and support the need.
Beatties model for health promotion: Beattie model fro health promotion is model have four
paradigms which includes health persuasion, personal counselling, community development, and
legislative action by government (Mendes, Plaza and Wallerstein, 2016). This model has 4
quadrants in which horizontal part I describes individual to collective approach and vertical part
describes authoritative to negative approach. This model is applied to from health policy for
public.
Authoritative to collective approach : This approach have two sections first is health persuasion
and second is community development which are as follows:
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Health Persuasion: In this approach local policies are made by government to reduce the use of
packed food on order to safe them from health problems. legislation is forced by government to
eat food which is healthy for the public (Hitchings and Latham, 2016). Government design
program which aware people and children about health issue. Partnership is formed with social
care homes to provide best advice to people about the care of health.
Community development : This phase is increases awareness among locality to choose best
product and services which do not harm the health of people. it motivates people to take healthy
meals and to choose fresh products. It encourages people to design better health diets and charts
that can help them to get disease free life. Community is developed by government to give best
advice to people who are suffering from any disease or illness.
Individual to negative: This includes two sections which are health counselling and legislative
actions
Health counselling: In health counselling session counsellor ask people about their specific
needs relate to health care issue they faces. Session is done with each family to know about their
health and what they need to get better health . Various type of training sessions are conducted
by government appointed counsellors. These training provides people information and advice to
lead healthy life. Individual is asked by counsellor that of the facilities given them for health
care are proper or then need enhancement in that.
Legislative actions: Legislative actions includes policies made by government for insuring that
better medical care is provide to people who are suffering from any health issues. Acts and
policies are made by government which provides help to individual in getting better facilities
sand medical assistance to improve their health.
2.2 Role of professionals in meeting government targets for health promotion
Health professionals plays very important role in meeting targets made by government
fro health promotion. Local health care authorities have responsibility to delivery basic public
health care services which are required by each individual. Agencies of health care gives
guidance and advice to people to lead healthy life (Sharma, 2016). Doctors of social care homes
gives guideline to people to get better food product which do not harm to their health. Health
care professionals appoint counsellor in each locality which ask people about their health issue .
Professionals visits local area to promote health programs which are conducted by government.
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They encourage people to take part in these kind of programs so that they can get advice and
suggestions for their health problem. Local health care authorities promote various act and
legislation made by government to make people aware about their rights.
Nurses have significant rile in promoting health among public. They are experience
health professionals who can give best advice to people . They interact with people and educate
them about the health issues. Nurse provides medical assistance and guidance to local area public
. Fro example nurses if patient come to her for diabetes test she can give advice about regular
and proper check-up of blood sugar. Nurses provides guidance to newborns family for proper
care and timely check-up of new born (Izaki and Swaine, 2017). Nurse gives crucial assistance to
people and provide physical care if they need. They gives medication advice and support to
people of locality. Local authorities aware people about the the rule and regulation made by
government fro safety of their health. Social workers also help in promoting health. They find
out the problems in the facilities. provide to them by government. They also gives assistance to
particulate family to tackle their illness. Paramedic also promotes health by assessing symptoms
and signs of individuals health and provides treatment. Public health nutritionist promote health
by giving advice regarding which type of food and nutrition one should have for good health.
They carry out researches and surveys to provide advice and direction regrading positive and
negative impacts of food. They determines opportunities to encourage health by nutrition
awareness programs. They also conducts training sessions for local public to train them about
food and nutrition. Health improvement practitioners promotes local programs which gives
advice to people about smoking effects . They work with local social care agencies to influence
people about how they can improve their by stopping smoking and drinking. They create reports
and databases about health improvement programs to show people how thee programs have
changed individuals life. Specialist contribute in health promotion by monitoring and evaluating
health development programs (Sharma, 2016). They give presentations to people of locality
about healthy eating ,child nutrition etc. the health protection specialist provides advice about
caring of patient and gives guidelines to health care professional of the locality. They spread
health messages to local people to aware them about health issues which re currently effecting
people. Smoking stopping adviser gives adviser give advice to people who re addicted to
smoking and drinking habits (Health care promotions, 2017). They gives ministration about all
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the treatments available to get rid from smoking and drinking habits of individual. Psychologist
promotes health by giving suggestion and guidance to people suffering from some physiological
problem. Advance health care practitioner helps in promoting awareness regarding major
diseases like heart attacks, diabetes etc. which causes major health issue in older people. They
communicates information which is sensitive and provide special advices to communities in
regard oh these.
CONCLUSION
Aforementioned report concludes that there are various rules and acts made by
government for promotion of health in individual. Government strategies to promote health helps
a lot to people to get aware about health issue. Effective health care services should be provided
by local health care authorities to improve the health of local public. Professionals should
provide guidance and support to people in order to encourage health in people. it is conclude
that professional pays an important role in health promotion programs.
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