BTEC DISTINCTION - Unit 8: Promoting Public Health
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BTEC DISTINCTION - Unit 8: Promoting Public Health. What does the term ‘health promotion’ mean?
Health promotion covers a wide range of social and environmental tasks that are designed to benefit
and protect a healthcare user’s health and quality of life by talking about what the cause ill ...
BTEC DISTINCTION -
Unit 8: Promoting Public
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Unit 8: Promoting Public Health
What does the term ‘health promotion’ mean?
Health promotion covers a wide range of social and environmental tasks that are designed to benefit
and protect a healthcare user’s health and quality of life by talking about what the cause ill health Is
and how to prevent ill health however, this Is done by not just focusing on a treatment or how to
care for an individual. Examples of health promotion is disease prevention, and wellness programs
Examples of communication strategies include public service announcements and newsletters.
Over the years for example the past years in Victorian times there was many different outbreaks of
diseases this was due to poor sanitation and not enough understanding on bacteria and diseases
there was outbreaks of cholera, typhoid and influenza which killed many thousands of people an
example of this was the Great Stink of London, this was when sewage full of nasty bacteria and was a
gateway to disease filled the Thames which had many bad implications. Edwin Chadwick who was an
English social reformer who helped improve sanitation in society. Made a report called ‘Report on
the Sanitary Conditions of the Labouring Population of Great Britain’ He discovered that there is a
link between having bad living conditions and disease which can lead to a shorter life expectancy.
The government then realised that it was vital for them to improve sanitation from this then evolved
the public health, in 1842 Edwin Chadwick published a report on sanitary conditions in the working
population this talked about the horrible conditions people were living in, because of this many
people refused to go to work and go out in public due to the high risk of disease, Chadwick tried to
make changes such as local taxes on improving housing hygiene and the report suggested the access
of clean water, the removal of sewage and rubbish of the streets since this t==The 1848 Public Health
Act was the first step on the road to improved public health. One of the individuals who played an
important role in its creation was Edwin Chadwick.
https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/aboutus/introducing/history/frieze/sir-edwin-chadwick
In 1854, there was another outbreak of cholera. The outbreak convinced John Snow to investigate a
theory. He concluded that cholera was spread through water. He marked on a map all the deaths in
one particular area of London’s East end and later discovered that there was many deaths around a
water pump on Broad Street. Snow had the handle removed so people couldn’t use the infected
water. Because of this the number of deaths fell dramatically. The investigation had a massive impact
on public health as it helped people change their minds about Chadwick’s suggestion of providing
clean water.
Outline findings from the Beveridge report, Acheson report and the black report.
In 1942, the Beveridge Report which was written by Sir William Beveridge talked about
five‘EvilGiants’in society. The report showed that the post war time was a time for a fundamental
change, on recommendation was that the government should find different methods to prevent
disease. It talked about that everyone employed should pay a certain amount of money to the
movement and in return there would be benefits for the unemployed and the sick, retired or people
who are widowed.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/citizenship/brave_new_world/welfare.htm#:~:text=T
he%20Beveridge%20Report%20aimed%20to,the%20retired%20and%20the%20widowed.
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