Public Health Report: Advocacy for Road Traffic Injury Reduction

This report addresses road traffic injuries as a significant public health issue, focusing on the UK context. It begins by summarizing the problem and the need for action, highlighting the social, economic, and psychological costs associated with these injuries, particularly among young people. The report then evaluates the stakeholders involved, including government agencies, private entities, and various businesses, outlining their interests and roles in road safety. It emphasizes the importance of engineering, economic, and public policies in addressing the issue. Furthermore, the report explores appropriate advocacy techniques that can be applied to influence opinion and enable action to improve health and reduce inequities, referencing government policies and legislative measures. It concludes by emphasizing the importance of controlling public health issues and implementing timely advocacy strategies to prevent road accidents and promote safety.

PUBLIC HEALTH
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Table of Contents
Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Briefly summaries the issue, and why action is needed..............................................................1
Evaluate the stakeholders involved and their interests...............................................................2
Explain how appropriate advocacy techniques can be applied to influence opinion and enable
action to improve health and reduce inequities...........................................................................2
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
The public health issue is related to the medical issues and problems that is faced by a
significant amount or portion of public. It affects a large number of public and it has negative
impact over the diverse range of stakeholders such as government agencies, private and medical
related facilities and non-profit organisation as well. In this ability to induce collaborative
accessibility and a breakthrough for medical treatment is required. The report below is based on
the motor vehicle injuries due to road traffic incidents of public health actions within UK
population towards young people. The report includes issues, actions, stakeholder and its
interest, advocacy techniques that is used to influence action and opinion in order to improvise
health and reduction of inequities.
MAIN BODY
Briefly summaries the issue, and why action is needed
The harm and disability exact enormous social, economic and psychological cost as
injuries more often strikes down the health of young and adult people. It also leads to premature
death and it also induced more awareness such as preventable and predictable. The road safety
actions and activities is an essential aspect that is protect the rate of tragic that might cause into
death and induce a lot of suffering as well (No Win No Fee solicitors Serious injury specialists.
2021). The road and accidental injuries are related to disability which is adjusted for a longer
period of life and almost cause to death as well. There are many reason for road accident as
failure of look properly, drink driving, losing control, being careless, reckless in hurry, failing to
judge other individual speed and path.
It is essential that adequate actions are taken and for this despite of cars, bicycle and buses
on road enhanced safety of people. As per consideration of European commission 2019 and its
statistics report millions of death get inhabitants and it were also extracted as in resultant of
Brexit. It vastly improvises safety feature, speed control regulations, general awareness in public
that all collectively decline the rate of accidents. The vital action is attaining simplest solution
that is vigilant and alert through which direct focus is maintained towards be safe and stay
healthy.
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Evaluate the stakeholders involved and their interests
There are primary as well as secondary stakeholders that processed its working in diverse
range of discipline and in relation to its diversity various areas are govern that is resulted such as
public, engineering and economic policies. It also consists of different types of businesses that
consist of different areas such as government department of transport (DOTs), original
equipment manufacturer (OEMs), enforcement agencies and communication service providers.
In addition, ownership is also being a stakeholder that consist of public as well as private entities
which is dependent on various types of applications. For instance, public road management is
responsible towards public agencies through which technical support is provided to private
businesses as we well.
The public sector is usually responsible towards operations and maintenance as of about
highway and road infrastructure in which primary responsibility is reflected towards designing,
maintenance, operations and design. It also consists of adequate involvement towards long term
planning and in this ITS infrastructure through which rate of complexity and potential to induce
better technology is necessary. The traffic management ensure to managed by local agencies,
users having pedestrian and cycle priorities as well. New and automatic payment is resulted
towards better access control as with this congestion charging and relative price related control is
accessed with adequateness.
Explain how appropriate advocacy techniques can be applied to influence opinion and enable
action to improve health and reduce inequities
Advocacy of health is related with the form suitable functions and under this suitable and useful
strategies are developed as per in relation to accurate discipline through which self-work is
promoted in order to save and secure competitive surround of health work. Health inequalities is
resulted into systematic changes that is caused of sustained exposure and distribution of health
determinants. There is a persistent action which is required to promote and improvise systematic
health equity. In this UK government ensure to develop and design sustained policies and
strategies under which conclusive decisions are design and from this valuable outcome is
perceived that also result into reduction of road accidents. The greater level of progress towards
progressive formulation is induced and it has direct impact over lifestyle and behavioral risk
towards working regulations.
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The health promotion and reduction of road accidents is resulted into adequate practices
as with health and wealth of various individual is improvised on the basis of curative medicine.
There is sustained lacking of health and its promotion through which social and political
commitment is programmed to protect health ratio. To reduce the risk credibility’s exposure is
required and with this stabilized motorization level is provided in order to improvise land usage
and its planning practices. It is directly related to speeding, usage of unsafe vehicle, drink and
drive for this government develop a legislation in which concentration of alcohol in blood is
limits with 0.05 gram per deciliter. The safer infrastructure is processed that advance relatedness
and sufficiency and in this clear access of pedestrians for walking and cycling and on the other
hand intended adequate measures are taken to resolve vulnerable accessibilities.
The PHAIWA Advocacy Framework usually support and encourage suitable advocacy that
is used to demystifies along with adequate adjustment and strategies about different complex
issues. In this indigenous changes are induced that is processed as per inducing of favourable
changes through which profitable ending is resulted in favoured mode. To procure people from
road accident adequate measures are taken through which ordinate level of strategies are
developed as per concern of public health and its safety.
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CONCLUSION
It has been concluded from the above report that public and health issues is required to
control as with this road safety and its measures get preventive with adequateness. In this
suitable actions are that is related towards issues and its resolving abilities and through this
advocacy strategy are implemented in timely frame. In this stakeholder interest also get
evaluated that assist to induce favourable changes and alteration as per relation to timely
constrained.
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REFERENCES
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ONLINE
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accidents-and-how-to-avoid-them/>.
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