Disease Prevention Strategies and Future Practice in Healthcare Report

This report focuses on the prevention of non-communicable diseases, emphasizing the importance of understanding these disorders and their impact on public health. It explores various strategies for disease prevention, including lifestyle modifications, environmental factors, and vaccination. The report highlights the significance of immunisation in preventing infectious diseases and discusses how knowledge of these diseases can improve future nursing practices. It also addresses the influence of socioeconomic and cultural factors on disease prevalence. The author aims to enhance patient outcomes through early disease detection, promoting healthy lifestyles, and providing comprehensive care plans. The report underscores the need for a holistic approach, incorporating person-centered care and addressing the multifaceted causes of non-communicable diseases such as cancer, hypertension, diabetes, and mental illness. The report concludes by summarizing key findings and referencing relevant literature on the subject.

DISEASE PREVENTION

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
a) Identification of what I have learnt from this unit..................................................................1
b) Improvisation of future practice.............................................................................................2
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................2
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................3

INTRODUCTION
Non communicable disease is that disorder which do not pass from one person to another.
It is one of the major cause for death across the region. These diseases include cardiovascular
disorder, diabetes, hypertension, cancer and mental illness (Ding and et.al., 2016). Disorders can
be prevented through maintaining social and environmental structure, vector, control and
immunisation. Assignment discusses about how to prevent Non communicable disease and non
infectious disease. It also highlights how knowledge related to disease can improve future
practice of nurses.
MAIN BODY
a) Identification of what I have learnt from this unit
From the overall unit I have gain keen knowledge about how to prevent non
communicable disease. Study has created an excellent base for me to understand about what
measures can be undertaken to overcome the problem faced by patients while going through non
communicable disease. Also, the introduction to non communicable disease and urban health
design have helped me in gaining the knowledge about the main causes behind these diseases. I
have come to know about how life style factors can lay impact on the health condition of
individuals. Diseases such as diabetes, cancer and hypertension makes a human body weak and
immune to more diseases.
I have also understood that immunisation is the most important intervention to prevent
infectious diseases. Vaccines can be provided to the patients who are suffering from the
disorders like AIDS, malaria and viral fever which can be passed from one person to another
(Sommer and et.al., 2015). Also from urban design and health module I have gained knowledge
about the major reasons behind the patient going through non communicable diseases. It includes
consumption of tobacco, physical inactivity, being overweight, consuming liquor or alcohol. All
these lives style factors puts a severe impact on the health and well-being of service users. Also,
it makes an individuals body weak. Module also highlights that the herd immunisation is
necessary for those patients whom vaccination can not be provided. This case appears to the
service users suffering from problems like skin allergy, disease state in which immune system of
body is being involved. It also had made me understand that socio economic and cultural factors
are also one of the major reasons for suffering from non communicable diseases.
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b) Improvisation of future practice
From the units I have studied on prevention of non communicable diseases and infectious
disorder it will help me in improving my future knowledge and skills. From the module I have
come to understand the major causes for going through the diseases like diabetes, cancer and
mental illness. So I will be involved in practices that can help me in early detection of the
diseases. This can support patients in improving there well-being and health outcome. Also, from
the module I have learnt how life style factors can impact the growth of an individual. Like for
example consumption of cigars and liquor can hamper the well-being of patient. So by the
learning from the module I will try to provide such interventions which will make service users
leave these unhealthy practices.
The learning from the module will assist me in solving the problems faced by patients
while going through non communicable and infectious diseases. Also, I have will be engaged in
making care plan that can help in enhancing the health outcome of patient. Study has made me
understand how important is to provide vaccination to the service users going though diseases
like Malaria, AIDS and many more. I will be indulged in giving vaccination like herd
immunisation to the patients going through chronic diseases. Also study has given me knowledge
about that environmental and social factors also plays a keen role in affecting patients' life.
Holistic approach will be implemented by me in order to solve every issue faced by service user.
Also, I will be engaged in giving person-centred care to the patients going through non
communicable diseases like cancer, hypertension, diabetes and mental illness.
CONCLUSION
From the above study,it has been summarised that non communicable diseases are caused
by several reasons like consumption of liquor, tobacco. Also, vaccination is the most important
intervention that has been provided to patient suffering from infectious diseases.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Ding, D. and et.al., 2016. The economic burden of physical inactivity: a global analysis of major
non-communicable diseases. The Lancet.388(10051).pp.1311-1324.
Sommer, I. and et.al., 2015. Socioeconomic inequalities in non-communicable diseases and their
risk factors: an overview of systematic reviews. BMC public health.15(1). p.914.
Online
Non communicable diseases. 2018. [Online]. Available through <http://www.who.int/news-
room/fact-sheets/detail/noncommunicable-diseases>
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