Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care: Promoting Health Report

This report delves into the intricacies of health and social care, examining the process of developing public health policy, identifying influential groups, and evaluating government monitoring actions for national health. It explores various factors impacting health across a nation, assessing the benefits of health improvements. The report further investigates health care models utilized for health promotion and strategies to increase public awareness. Finally, it focuses on the creation of health promotion materials tailored for a specific target audience. The report underscores the importance of public health initiatives, highlighting the UK's approach to health care and the positive impact of a healthy population on national growth and development. The report provides a comprehensive overview of the subject, offering insights into policy development, health determinants, promotion strategies, and the importance of public health.

Health and social care

TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................3
QUESTION 1........................................................................................................................................4
Process for developing public health policy......................................................................................4
Government monitoring actions for health of nation.........................................................................5
QUESTION 2........................................................................................................................................6
Various Factors that Affect Health Across Nation and Evaluating the Benefits of Improving Health
Across Nation....................................................................................................................................6
QUESTION 3........................................................................................................................................8
Health care models used for health promotion...................................................................................8
Approaches used to increase public awareness................................................................................10
QUESTION 4......................................................................................................................................11
Producing health promotion material for the target audience...........................................................11
CONCLUSION...................................................................................................................................13
REFRENCES......................................................................................................................................15

INTRODUCTION
Health and social care is widely becoming one of the most important arenas where
UK focuses to improve onto wider functional efficiency among general public within world
metrics for influencing public health policy standards which monitors health standards.
Report explains various potential groups which influences public health policy which
government monitors health of nation for improving health across nation, along with models
commonly used in health promotion. The report explains wider functional efficiency onto
new parameters where target audience positively develops strong benchmarks within
promotion campaigns onto analysis for promotional procedures within various aspects for
developing new end goals. Report explains models commonly health promotion aspects
where public awareness is widely developed within various goals onto new position metrics
for wider functional health aspects which not only enhances strong functional paradigms, but
also determines new end goals. Report has brought forward models of health promotion to
increase public awareness, for constructing stronger healthcare standards among people
through which new end gaols among social healthcare standards which not only enhances
quest for high order living paradigms but also measures various pathways through which UK
health care policies are amongst the best within world.

QUESTION 1
Process for developing public health policy
Health care in UK is highly important aspect for focusing to bring on strong high
quality living standards and be accountable to provide people best living standards and social
healthcare policies within world overall and is ranked as the best in care process and equity
levels. The UK cancer survival rates area also lagging highly behind form rest of Europe
which shows how advanced and prominent are the NHS (National health services) within UK
for gaining strong developed synergy is present (Littlejohns and et.al 2019).
1 Problem identification and agenda setting : This is the first step in policy making which
focuses involving recognising existing problems within nation where careful examining
about all problems and causes with extensive research and brainstorming of various different
ideas to find possible interventions within various paradigms onto new scenarios. This step
also focuses in analysing which age group is largely getting affected within health scenarios
and for developing parameters for benefitting them with wide factors of best medical
facilities within hospitals .
2 Policy formulation: Organising and identifying the various problems is the first foremost
step within policy formulation working paradigms to develop situational analysis and
developing various interventions for health standards. Setting objectives for National health
policy , setting the draft texts where accessible, safe medical facilities for all age group
people are analysed fundamentals and development of high quality vital drugs based on
various health concerns.
3 Adoption : Policy adoption of the best policy takes large time for series process and are
made in order to come up within complex policy frameworks within working scenario in the
health and social care standards of UK . Adoption of best policy standards also makes sure
that the general public will have high easy access to it effectively and also promotional
campaigns are developed to reach larger audience within country. Adoption of best health
policy also ensures that technical advancement and efficiency levels are strong within UK
people where UK health policies are strongest within world in promotions and various health
campaigns (Karatzias, Hyland and Shevlin, 2019).
4 Policy implementation: At this stage policy which is chosen is translated into action
which entails wide focus onto circulation of facts about adopted policy and implementing

within the country for developing new end goals for intervention which will be implemented.
This step also requires effective proper communication and cooperation to be successfully
used for reaching large people within country.
5 Policy monitoring and evaluation: This is last step of policy making where in the policy
metrics are examined and deeply analysing how much progression has been built among
outcomes of policy implementation. This stage is ongoing process and maybe also an
important basis for wider modification within agenda, strong policy formulation parameters
and implementation onto new metrics within working scenario (Beresford, 2019).
Government monitoring actions for health of nation
The UK government healthcare system is known as National Health services (NHS)
consisting of series of public funded healthcare systems within UK where it includes
monitoring of varied medical and healthcare policies within Scotland, Wales and Northern
Ireland where all citizens are entitled to varied benefits. The NHS also promises more power
and information for appointments, best check up facilities for patients from all age groups
and tougher innovative medical policies within medical and healthcare fundamentals making
it one of the best efficient in world. The UK also has been spending large funds on
monitoring and evaluation of how much national spending on healthcare as percentage of
GDP is being utilised by various social and health care concerns. UK policy development
focuses to keep monitoring of various diseases coming up within country and how much
people are assessing medical facilities within the stimulated time period. It also analyses on
what pace there is new change requirement coming on and for factoring growth with
innovation and best use of technology , medical facilities which compose wider analysis onto
how much new services shall be built on. UK nation government actions for development of
health facilities has been widely gaining high change and development within best paradigms
where growth is also factored onto news synergy growth avenues. There are various
campaigns conducted within UK for analysing how much development and new working
progression has been inbuilt within medical and healthcare facilities by government within
NHS, by keenly conducting analysis onto best use of metrics and synergy of goals for best
medical standards (Docherty and et.al 2020).

QUESTION 2
Various Factors that Affect Health Across Nation and Evaluating the Benefits of Improving
Health Across Nation
There are various factors present which affect the health of a given nation’s
population such as:
Age:The average age of the nation’s population is a major factor that affects the overall
health of the population. When the average age of a nation’s population is high, this means
that majority of the nation’s citizens are middle aged or old and hence are much more
susceptible to the infections and diseases when compared to a nation that possesses low
average age for their population (Aydin and Karamehmet, 2017). The average age of a
population has a direct effect on its overall health as with age, the immunity system of
humans becomes decreasingly effective, with older sections of the population much more
inclined to fall sick or get infected by a disease.
Lifestyle: The lifestyle choices of the population of a country also has a massive impact on
the overall physical and mental health of the nation’s population. When major segments of
the nation’s population adopt a lazy and relaxed lifestyle approach based on modern
technological solutions, this lifestyle can have an immensely negative impact on their
physical and mental health as most of their past exercise and physical operations are now
done by modern technological solutions. This is why the population of developed countries
possess an increased number of obese citizens as their lifestyle of the nation effectively
promotes obesity withinits population. Contrastingly when the lifestyle of population is much
more grounded, then they are able to get necessary physical exercise which improves their
overall physical and mental health.
Genetics: The genetics of the population of a given nation also has a significant and direct
impact on its overall health. Though the genetics of the entire population can never be
similar, the genetics of groups within the population plays a massive impact on the overall
health of the population. It has been scientifically proven that many diseases such as diabetes,
heart disease, obesity, Alzheimer’s, arthritis etc., are all diseases that can be transferred by
one generation to other through the family’s genes (Huang and et.al., 2016). Should increased
number of individuals of a population get infected with such genetically transmitting

diseases, then this has a significant and massive impact on the overall health of the nation’s
current and future population.
Working Conditions: The working conditions of major segments of the population also has a
direct and significant impact on its population’s overall physical and mental health. If the
nation possesses and mandates strict laws and regulations demanding for the protection of
their population’s health and safety at workplace, then this can have a significantly positive
impact on the overall health of its population, whereas nations that do not mandate and
enforce laws and regulations that safeguard the health and safety of its population at
workplace can definitely come to possess an unhealthy population whose lives were risked
for major portions of their life at workplaces.
Pollution:Land, environmental, water and air pollution in the country also is a major factor
that affects the overall health of its population. When the air pollution in the country is high,
this effectively risks the health of its population, with every breath taken by their population
contributing to them eventually developing respiratory diseases (Carolan and et.al., 2020).
Water pollution in the nation also is a major factor as water is a key and necessary
requirement for all living individuals within the nation and if the sources of drinking water in
the nation are contaminated or polluted through various reasons, then this also has a very
significant effect on the overall health of the nation’s population.
Importance and Benefits of Improving the Health of a Nation’s Population:
Improving and maintaining the overall physical and mental health of a nation’s
population is of immense importance due to the various advantages that a healthy population
provides to the nation. The main advantages of improving health of a nation’s population are
as follows:
 For the overall growth and development of a nation that is not simply based on
economical grounds, its population is required to be physically and mentally healthy.
Key factors that govern the overall growth and development of a nation such as its
child mortality rate, infant mortality rate, number of malnourished individuals or the
average lifespan range of individuals within the population etc., can only be increased
or decreased respectively, when the nation itself places increased importance towards
improving and maintaining the physical and mental health of its population (Lim and
et.al., 2016). Only when the population of a nation possesses high lifespan, decreased

infant and child mortality rates and decreased poverty and malnourished individuals
can the nation grow and develop itself.
 Another major benefit of improving the overall physical and mental health of a
nation’s population relates to the nation possessing higher number of healthy citizens
in a population, who are capable of effectively performing and conducting the various
different types of operational functions in the various business industries of the
nations such as tourism, travel, business, retail, fashion, electronics and IT etc.,
allowing for the nation to grow and develop its overall economy (Polat and et.al.,
2016). As the nation possesses increased number of healthy citizens as part of its
population, these individuals work to earn their living in the various industries present
in the nation, with the operations of all the healthy individuals contributing
immensely towards the economic growth and development of the nation due to the
services that these increased number of healthy individuals provide in their
operational industries and the financial taxes that they pay to the nation’s government.
 Improving the health of a nation’s population also has the added benefit of increasing
the reputation and value of the nation on a global perspective, which can help the
nation attract the operations of larger global business organisations to come and invest
into the nation on account of the increased customer base that is now available to the
global business organisation and also attract tourists and visitors to the country, both
of which are immensely important for the employment opportunities that they create
for the local population of the country and for the contributions that both these make
towards the economic development of the nation.
QUESTION 3
Health care models used for health promotion
The health care models are focused to bring on best healthcare policies which will
enhance further development within bringing on new metrics of wellness within general
public, develop awareness among people for leveraging best medical support from UK
doctors and healthcare standards. There are various health care models through which wider
audience can be reached on by general medical association and factor on best healthcare
synergy among general public within UK.
Health belief model

Health belief model is a theoretical model which is used to promote health
promotional activities and disease prevention programs which is used to explain and predict
wider individual demands in health behaviours.
 It is one of the most innovative model and widely known for understanding health
parameters which predicts individual health related behaviours as an individual
perceived threat to sickness or diseases with wide potential positive benefits onto
exposure fundamentals. Health belief model can be used to design short, long term
interviews with determination ability to identify decision making points which
enables to influence health behaviours onto wider aspects. It analyses and gathers
information by conducting wider promotion, health assessment criteria and risk
behaviour which provides assistance for identifying and reducing public barriers to
actions (Pinedo-Villanueva, Westbury and Cooper, 2019).
 The health belief model provides framework in public health policies for
demonstrating actions through skill development activities, providing support for
enhancement self efficacy and likelihood patterns among successful behaviour
changes within working hemisphere. The Health belief model works on above
discussed short and long term interventions to determine wider abilities of health
belief model for strong decision making paradigms and to factorise growth among
various arenas within public and social healthcare concerns.
 Health belief model is widely innovative health promotion model which UK
government can use tpo not only reach wider population goals effectively but also
establish various benchmarks onto which high growth potentialities of stronger
synergy can be developed further with new reflective synergy of actions to develop
strong social health and public care facilities .
The change model( Transtheoretrcial model)
This model explains an individual readiness for changing behaviour patterns which
describes further procedures of behaviour change as occurring within stages which are
divided further in 6 phases:
 Pre-contemplation: There is no intention of taking action
 Contemplation: There is intention to take varied actions for some steps which have
been taken.
 Preparation: There is intention to take action and some steps which have been taken

 Action: Behaviour has been changed for short term period of time
 Maintenance: Behavior has been changed and continues to be maintained for long
term (McCann, Keogh and Coyne, 2019).
 Termination: There is no desire to return and prior negative behaviors
The stage of change model describes how an individual can work further for integrating
new behaviours, goals and programs at various levels within various stages through model.
Individuals within country may widely vary as per their readiness to change where it is
important for recognising through this model where individuals progression to next stage or
regress to previous stage. It is an innovative model which is applied to health promotion and
disease prevention programs to address wide range of behaviours, populations and worksite
related wellness within physical well-bieng aspects. UK is facing high increase in obesity,
addiction to tobacco and alcohol with less physical activity and wellness with which it can be
understood that how health models play an important part for developing new end goals and
strong social healthcare standards (Kinsella, Smith and Bertrim, 2020).
Approaches used to increase public awareness
Heath promotion approaches and strategies are widely known for introducing strong
and innovative methods for promoting health within various paradigms for promoting about
public healthcare social aspects. The lifestyle, preventive and public health approaches are
major arenas onto which strong focus is inbuilt for improving their living standards which
enables to determine effectiveness of various approaches. This enable to assess and evaluate
various health promotion approaches and strategies in order to work onto wider differences
within heath parameters also come on with best solutions creatively for stimulating actions.
 Behavioural approaches: This approach seeks to educate people to bring change in
their lifestyles or particular behaviour for helping them to improve health which aims
to bring on some protective behaviours. Focus within the behavioural approaches
works to change people lifestyle or working activities to bring on diverse actions and
also potentially build onto new paradigms. Examples of behavioural approaches are
quit smoking programs, health education, road safety, sexual health and danger
caused with drug use which enables to bring on importance of physical activities for
wider effective living standards. The goal of this approach is to provide people with
knowledge around protective precautions and is more likely to take up protective
behaviours (Field and Brown, 2019).

 Preventive approaches: Childhood immunisation, cancer screening are some of the
most common UK health care practices which are developed within preventive
approaches which involve various paradigms for medical facilities development and
for improving long term synergy of preventive actions. It involves drugs and
technology to help to prevent various health issues pertaining onto wider focus which
enhances promotional abilities for approaching natural healthcare facilities to people.
In order to determine effectiveness of preventive measures and to develop various
aspects of health which enhances various goals and critically programs onto wider
arenas of living avenues, public and social care among UK.
 Public health approaches: The health promoting schools and workplaces are widely
known as common public health approaches which promote public health measures
among various goals and to improvise further development which is brought on by
UK public health and social care policies. It seeks to promote health based on
knowledge that health has wide range of determinants which also holds the wide
potentialities to target public health within general onto wide arenas. UK country has
been progressively looking upon various metrics and paradigms to leverage best
public health approaches for rapid development and advancement within effective
living parameters (Sharp and Curlewis, 2019).
QUESTION 4
Producing health promotion material for the target audience.
Controlling obesity is considered to be as one of the high risk priority issue where the
company must in turn also focus on improving the various health conditions. Approximately,
28.7% of the adults within the England are considered to be obese. The individual who tends
to have a body mass index of more than 30 are the key target audience. Social marketing
campaign and community based approach is referred to as one of the key significant
intervention which helps in effectively raising the concern related with the potential negative
effects (Mulderrig, 2017). This approach is significant in the key building of the sport
playgrounds and facilities. This helps the individual to get engage within the various physical
activities. Social marketing campaign and community based approach is also highly
significant in effectively making people aware about the importance of the physical activity,
healthy consumption of the diet, reduced watching of the television, importance of eating
fruits and reduced consumption of the junk food (Anderson and Morgan, 2020).

 Indulging in the recreational activities is also significant to improve health promotion
among the obese people. Social marketing campaign and community based approach
is an appropriate campaign for explicitly carrying out the individual behaviour
change. This approach tends to mainly emphasize upon the key relevance of physical
activity and healthy eating. This way it is useful for the individual in the attainment of
the healthy body weight and improves the living conditions of the person. Community
based approach is useful in improving the health conditions of the specific
community. This campaign also focuses on explicitly determining the other factors
like stress, tension, lack of sleep, etc. which eventually leads to poor weight
outcomes.
 Social marketing campaign and community based approach who has been targeting
the obese audience is the key promotional campaign which can be done through
media, social media platforms like Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, etc. and by
publishing advertisement on the websites and also writing blogs in order to make
people aware about the importance of obesity and the need for maintaining a healthy
weight to love a happy and prosperous life (Public health campaigns and obesity - a
critique, 2011). Mass media is a significant way to improve high degree of access to
the healthcare information by influencing the target audience. It is useful in attaining
better health results. These campaigns mainly focus on the weight loss who are obese
by indulging in the proper diet plan and physical activity. However, these health
campaign are highly significant in increasing the awareness and helps in supporting
public health. It is useful for the obese target audience to effectively engage within the
healthy behaviour in order to resist the various set of serious health threats.
 It is useful in changing the attitude of the target audience and is beneficial for
improving the well- being and change the behaviour of the person. It helps in the
attainment of the high quality care for long time and benefits with wide medical
facilities development within public. The health promotion campaign will focus to
develop people wider understanding towards various developed tasks and to yearn
onto how obesity screening is highly important for developing new end health
standards, leveraging wider potential healthcare services (Wienroth, Pearce and
McKevitt,2019). The campaign will conduct analysis onto how much obesity is there
among school going students, adults age group people where major portion of fast
food eating habits people are present which are also one of the most integral part of
UK population.

 Campaign will also advertise how excercises and living healthy lifestyle are not only
highly important for obesity to be in control for developing new end services and
strongly recommending various health improvement metrics onto which technical
advancement can be achieved within public and health concerns. Campaign of
obesity prevention will also aim further to reduce higher constraints of fast food
addiction within food habits, also encourage various healthy food habits by various
doctors for reducing the after effects on body for long term.
 UK obesity health index within Obesity percentage enables us to analyse that there
is wide percentage of people suffering from obesity, lethargic lifestyle and
malnutrition food habits which has widely slowed productivity standards and
reflective focus onto how much integration of new public health care measures are
important for developing new end goals (Niven, Cabot and Gallagher, 2019).
The effects of campaign will make sure that healthcare practises are focusing to
implement healthy lifestyle effectively among general public within UK by working under
public health and wider partnerships with local government for reaching wider audience
within the country.
CONCLUSION
From this report, it can effectively be concluded that improving and maintaining the
overall physical and mental health of a nation’s population is of immense importance for the
nation based on the various advantages that a healthy population provides to the overall
growth and development of the nation. This report answers four main questions related to
promoting health in the population of a given country. Through the first question, the report
analyses different processes used for creating a public health policy and identifies groups
who can positively influence such public health policies. The report also evaluates how
government of a nation monitors the overall health of its population. Through the second
question, the report analyses different factors that come to affect the health of a nation’s
population and the advantages that improving health of a population provides to the nation.
Further, through the third question, the report assesses two main models that are commonly
used in health promotion and analyses approaches that are commonly used in nations towards
increasing public awareness. Finally, through the fourth question, the report creates a

dedicated health promotion material for a targeted audience that is to be delivered and
analyses the effects of such health promotion campaign.
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