Measuring Health: Personal Health Profile - Public Health Essay

This essay, focusing on measuring health, begins with an introduction to the topic and its significance from public health and health promotion perspectives, highlighting the importance of assessing an individual's health status. The background section defines health using the World Health Organization's 1948 definition and frames the discussion around physical, mental, and social health, as well as the use of demographic and epidemiological data to understand health risks. The main body then explores a personal health profile, analyzing demographic data such as age, sex, ethnicity, employment, and education. It further examines physical health, including the role of nutrition, exercise, and clinical methods of measurement. Mental health is discussed, addressing mental illnesses, measuring options, and symptoms, along with strategies for promoting mental well-being. Social health is explored, emphasizing the importance of interpersonal relationships and social support. The essay also covers population health screening, including its advantages and disadvantages, and provides a conclusion summarizing the key points and references used throughout the essay.

Measuring Health

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Background......................................................................................................................................1
Personal Health Profile....................................................................................................................2
Physical health........................................................................................................................2
Mental Health.........................................................................................................................3
Social Health..........................................................................................................................4
Population Health Screening..................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Measuring Health by using clinical and pathological measures and mostly observed by
the clinicians and measured with support of instruments. In health there are different disease
measurement consider; Signs temperature, blood pressure, tumour size, X-ray and many other.
Symptoms of disease particular checklists. To use of international measures of health has been
advocated as possible concept for data providing on perceived requirement of community. The
benefits of global health measures, is that standard of population can be traced to give a baseline
data (Aldridge and McChesney, 2018). Those particular measures are essential for decision
making of clinical. Below essay based on specific topic which is Bowel Cancer and Breast
Cancer Screening, Screening can assist doctors to find or treat various kind of cancer, before
cause symptoms. Firstly detection is necessary because when abnormal cancer and tissue is
found early. Once cancer goes on last stage it become harder to treat. Below Essay includes
Background, personal health profile which consider physical, mental, social heath and
populations screening.
MAIN BODY
Background
In 1948, world health organisation introduce a definition on health that is 'Health defines
to state of complete mental, social and physical well being. Merely not the absence of infirmity
and disease'. Measuring health is refers to the check status health and disease by using some
instruments and clinical tools. There are some categories includes in physical and mental health.
In physical health there are some types involve such as muscles, bones, body parts and their
functions and etc. Mental health includes, it is majorly based on brain and its functions. The
major elements are psychological, emotional and social well being, mental health based on these
elements. There are different illness faced by people in mental health such as Anxiety, mental
Disorder, brain cancer and many more (Alpizar, Plunkett and Whaling, 2018). In social health
there are some determinants are consider which are Health and its care, education, community
context, Economic stability and environment in surrounding.
The disease of Bowel and Breast Cancer is part of physical health but it impact on
mental and social health in negative manner. Due to this disease people are stressed and
frustrated it impact on brain's functions, they can not focus on other work and they keep one
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thing in mind and slowly slowly they face other mental illness also. In society and community
lost of people are not aware about this issue and they were not give extra attention on this disease
and people also. It is important and duty of England's government and clinics to spread
awareness about this and remaining people can avoid breast cancer by taking some health
measures.
Demographic data is a data based on statistical gathered about characteristics of
population such as gender, age, income and etc. it is mostly used for research of health status,
disease and many more. Epidemiological is a study based on determinants and distribution of
health events and states in potential populations (Berryman, Ferguson and Negy, 2018). As per
Demographic data social, mental and physical health of people collected on the basis of age, sex,
gender, martial status and many more so they get appropriate ideas about people's health status
and their illness. About Breast cancer disease, hospital and employees of WHO get data through
Demographic and they can figure out how much people in community are facing. Because
through epidemiological data world health organisation can not get actual results of health status.
In this they can't cover entire community, they only find out health status of few people.
Physical, mental and social health status and disease can cover in both data but in demographic,
they cover more society rather than epidemiological data.
Personal Health Profile
Demographic analysis is study of potential populations based on some factors that are
race, age and sex. It basically refers to socio economic information or data expresses statistically
considering education, marriage rates, employment rate, death and birth rates. Corporations, non-
government and government based organisation adopt demographic to gain knowledge about
characteristics of population for various purpose, considering economic market investigation and
policy development.
Physical health
It defines to a people who have good health in physical such as have procedures working
in their peak and have bodily functions. This is not only based on absence of disease. Balanced
nutrition, regular exercise and activities and also adequate rest, all these contribute to best health
status (Brumley, Brumley and Jaffee, 2019). Physical exercise and some activities helps in
improve health in right manner and avoid or reduce risk of developing various diseases such as
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cancer, diabetes and other diseases related to cardiovascular. Activities and exercise have
immediate and health benefits for long term. There are various tools are used in measuring
activity based on physical health and ability to measure intensity, frequency, time and kinds of
activities are performed. Common base clinical method of measuring considers monitoring heart
rate, pedometers, accelerometer and questionnaires (Charles and Bentley, 2018). Drinking and
smoking both can harm the lungs and increase throat risk and Esophageal cancer. Because
alcohol dissolves the chemicals in cigarette and while chemicals are still in throats. Height and
weight is important when monitoring and health status and other diseases. Weight and height
measurements are utilized to calculate some factors that are BMI (, Body mass index),
measurement of unhealthy versus healthy weight. Eating in proper manner assist in reducing
physical health risk and issues such as diabetes and heart disease. It assist in energy level,
sleeping patterns and general health.
Mental Health
It includes psychological, emotional and social well being. It impact upon thinking ability
that how people think, feel and react on particular topic and situation. It assist in identify how
people manage stress and other mental illness. There are some major mental illness that are
disorders of mood like depression, personality, anxiety, eating disorders and many more. There
are some measuring options are available that are Biological measurement, collecting existing
data, screening assessment tools, diagnostic interview and other. These are very helpful in
measuring mental health and status. In England anxiety and depression are common health
issues. There are some mental illness symptoms which includes, feeling down or sad, extreme
mood swings, excessive fears, withdrawal from activities and friends and many more. As per
data some people are happy with their life and some are not. In current scenario lots of people
are suffering from mental disorders mostly found in youth.
There are different measures which are helpful for people's mental illness such as
physical activities, yoga and mediation is popular at international level (Iroz-Elardo, Adkins and
Ingram, 2021). Because both assist in enhancing focus ability and reduce and mental issues.
Spreading awareness of mental illness is most important because it brining down walls of symbol
by sharing stories, truth and experience. There are various ways of promoting mental health
such as, talk to known people, encourage kind language, open up about experience, Coordinate
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screening events of mental health, volunteer, leverage social media, encourage health related to
physical that helps in mental health.
Social Health
It is quality of the individuals to form rewarding and healthy interpersonal relations with
another. Effective social health is looks like social situations adapting. It is important to balance
personal and social time. In research shows that person who have best social network incline to
live for longer terms (Nutbeam and Lloyd, 2021). Blood pressure and and heart of person with
good and healthy relations respond in better way to stress and anxiety. Good social network are
connected with healthier cardiovascular functioning and endocrine system. In social work
includes hobbies and interesting outside work or job. In hobbies, travelling, reading, writing,
singing, dancing, cooking, gaming and many more are included which are shows good social
health. Outside interest are involve in travelling, tracking, sports, gardening and many more.
There are lots of companies which provide interesting outside job and work including their
allowances. Having support from family and friends is important because both are provide
emotional and social support to person and if person facing some mental issues then both are
help in reduce their risk and stress. Breast cancer is serious issues in women, but most of people
are not aware about this, people should talk on these type of topics so that enhance social health.
Population Health Screening
It defines to adopt simple and easy tests across an seemingly healthy potential
populations in terms to identify individual persons who have some risk factors and early disease
stages, but they have not symptoms (Panella and Serafeim, 2021). There are lots of tests are
available as a screening such as Blood pressure screening, breast cancer screening, Cholesterol
screening, dental check-up, cervical cancer, depression screening and many other. Advantages
are find out disease easily if people have, treat in easy manner, overcome from disease by taking
precautions at time so they can avoid any huge problems. Screening is very costing for those
who can not afford price, an emotional energy that spent on wrong positive results, some people
are scared in screening. For Breast and Bowel cancer, people need to go for breast cancer
screening so they doctor can provide treatment in better manner. People should go to clinics as
per their disease. Screening once a year is most important to get status of health and people get to
know they have any diseases or not. Government also provide many schemes and plans for
health check-up, people should take advantages of it.
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CONCLUSION
It is concluded the above Essay, measuring health is most important to find out
precautions and control various kind of diseases. Physical, mental and social health are major
elements of human being. While raising generation, mental illness issues are increases mostly in
youth. To overcome from this they need some precautions and physical activities. Activities and
exercises are best for all mental and some other diseases. There are two ways to collect data of
health issues and check health status one is collect via surveys, feedbacks and conduct research
and another is gather information through social and health events. Government also focus on
spreading awareness about every disease so people take precautions at first stage.
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