Public Health Intervention: Addressing Alcohol Addiction in the UK

This report addresses alcohol addiction as a significant public health issue in the United Kingdom, highlighting its impact on individuals aged 15-49 and the broader population. It emphasizes that a substantial percentage of those addicted do not seek treatment. The proposed intervention focuses on educating service users about the harmful effects of excessive alcohol consumption and directing them to rehabilitation centers and detoxification programs. Strategies for implementation include awareness campaigns, collaboration with government authorities to increase alcohol prices, and strict guidelines for alcohol shop owners to prevent sales to minors. Evaluation methods involve conducting surveys within hospitals and healthcare providers to monitor the success of these strategies, with the anticipated benefits being improvements in service users' mental and physical health, as well as a reduction in related health issues such as blood pressure and depression.

IMPLEMENTING CHANGE IN
PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH
PROMOTION
(PART -1)

Table of Contents
PART-A.....................................................................................................................................3
INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY.............................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION..........................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES...........................................................................................................................5

PART-A
INTRODUCTION
Alcohol addiction can be referred to as an issue faced by many individuals in which
they consume excessive alcohol. The present study revolves around the alcohol addiction as a
public health issue.
MAIN BODY
Alcohol is a toxic substance which affects the health of the people who consumes it.
Alcohol addiction can be understood as a behaviour in which individuals develop an
uncontrollable dependence on the alcohol and consumes the same excessively without
realizing its harmful effects on the physical and the mental health of an individual. Alcohol
addiction has been considered as a Public Health issue in the boundaries of the United
Kingdom because it has been identified in research that an estimate of around 602,391 people
are dependent on the use of alcohol in the United Kingdom (Rumpf, and et.al 2018).
According to research, around 82% of the individuals who are addicted to the use of alcohol
are not taking any treatment for the purpose of controlling their dependence on its use. It has
also been determined that one of the major reasons of death in United Kingdom in the age
group of 15-49 years of age is alcohol addiction.
The intervention for the public health issue of alcohol addiction will include educating
the service user about the harmful impact of consuming alcohol in excessive amounts and
influence them to reach out to organizations or rehabilitation centres which help them to
control their desire to consume alcohol. The intervention will also include introducing
rehabilitation centres and detoxification programmes which can help the service user for the
purpose of solving the existing public health Issue of alcohol addiction in United Kingdom.
For the purpose of implementing the intervention, it is important for the service provider to
conduct campaigns in order to create awareness about the harmful impact of excessive
consumption of alcohol and its addiction. The service provider should coordinate with the
Government authorities to increase the prices of alcohol in United Kingdom for the purpose
of reducing its purchase and should provide the alcohol shop owners to with strict guidelines
which they need to abide by. The alcohol shop owners should make sure that no individual
falling under the age group of below 18 years should be sold alcohol. And, the service
provider should make sure that they do not sell the alcohol to any person without checking
their identification and age proof within the United Kingdom.
For the purpose of evaluating the benefits of programmes conducted by the service
provider, it is important for them to take certain steps which could help them in monitoring
the success of the strategy (Song, Qian, and Yu, 2019). For the same reasons, it is essential
for the service provider to conduct surveys within the hospitals and health care service
provider in order to review the statics related to the alcohol addiction. As a result of
implementing the strategies for the purpose of controlling the statistics of alcohol addiction,
the service users will be benefited in terms of mental health and their physical health. It will
also decrease in the number of patients of blood pressure, depression, cholesterol and many
more.

CONCLUSION
The present study revolves around the public health issue of alcohol addiction in the
United Kingdom. It discusses the strategies and implementation of intervention for the
purpose of reducing the dependence of people associated with alcohol.

REFERENCES
(Books and Journal)
Song, T., Qian, S. and Yu, P., 2019. Mobile health interventions for self-control of unhealthy
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Rumpf, H.J., and et.al 2018. Including gaming disorder in the ICD-11: The need to do so
from a clinical and public health perspective: Commentary on: A weak scientific
basis for gaming disorder: Let us err on the side of caution (van Rooij et al.,
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