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Unit 8 Task 2- promoting public health
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This assignment is Unit 8 Task 2, learning outcomes are C and D. This assignment links to a public health campaign of Change4Life. GRADED DISTINCTION
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This is Unit 8 Task 2, including learning outcome C and D. DistinctionUnit 8 Task 2- Promoting Public Health
In this assignment, I will be explaining and investigating how health is promoted to improve health of
the population. I also be investigating how health promotion is encourage to individuals to change
their behaviour that affect health. I will be linking this all to data that shows examples of ill health
and health promotion.
C1- The role of health promoters
The government and local authorities aim to protect the public health and improve their health.
health promoters include WHO, governments, local authorities, and government departments such
as DH. These all work together and aim to improve the health of the population. They look at health
inequalities and work to improve.
Global health promoters include WHO (World Health organization) and CFHI (Child Family Health
International). These organisations work to improve the health of the world, they look at each
country health data. WHO is an agency of the UN which is responsible for international public health.
WHO advocate for universal healthcare, monitoring public health risks and coordinate responses to
health emergencies (Wikipedia, n.d). WHO looks at data across the countries, recently Covid-19
happened where WHO reported data. They found 255,324,963 Covid-19 cases and 5 million deaths
across the world. They found the highest cases in America and Europe compared to any other
continent (WHO, n.d). By WHO reporting this data, countries can work together to protect and
improve the health of their population.
CFHI is a non-government that looks at the education and health programmes across the world.
They educate low- or middle-income families across the world. CFHI has supported local community
health projects and offers health professionals to develop their skills (Global health workforce, n.d).
This helps the health of the world, for example Costa Rica which they built a faculty development
workshop (CFHI, n.d).
National and local authorities are responsible for the health of the population. They are responsible
for improving and protecting the health of their population. The department of health is responsible
for the health and wellbeing of England. They aim to reduce health inequalities, bring in policy and
legislation and provide public safety (DH, n.d).
Public health agency is there to protect and improve the nation’s health and wellbeing and reduce
health inequalities. Some responsibilities pf the public health agency is protection from public health
hazard, responding to public health emergencies, improving health, and researching data (GOV, n.d).
Clinical commissioning groups are apart of Health and Social Care act 2012, these are groups of
general practices GPs which work together to provide best service for their patients and population.
These inspect and obligation health services such as NHS hospitals, voluntary organisations, or
private sectors. This group ensures care is up to standards in services (NHS, n.d).
Health professionals are individuals who work within healthcare and are trained to perform a
medical service. These can include nurse, dentist, doctor and many more. These work together to
give the best possible care for service users.
, All groups work together to improve the health and protect from diseases in the UK. Without these
groups our health of the population would decrease, causing more ill health.
C2- Approaches to promoting public health and wellbeing
There are many different approaches to promoting public health and wellbeing, these approaches
will improve the health of the population. By monitoring the health of our population, we can
reduce health inequalities and introduce new policies to help health needs. The DH will look at data
across the UK, this will identify who health inequalities and impact of interventions on health care.
These reports enable the professionals to make informed decisions on care.
Any individuals in the population can be at risk from ill health such as children, unemployed, older
people, or ethnic groups. Children could be more at risk in the population due to their immune
system, however there are many groups that work to improve their health. Such as Children and
Young People’s Health Outcome Forum, they work on individuals’ health outcomes. They reported
that smoking, drinking and teenage pregnancy in younger people has fallen in the recent years (BTEC
Health and Social care textbook, Lawernce). The rate of children in care is increasing, in 2020 the
rate was 67, by having more children in care this will have an impact on their mental health (Public
Health England, n.d). By monitoring the health of children, we can reduce ill health rates and
improve their health in adulthood. From 2021, childhood obesity rates are increasing, this has a
negative impact as they can develop more diseases like diabetes. By having childhood obesity, this
will cause more long-term health problems and decreasing health in adulthood. By reducing these
rates, we can help the health of them in adulthood. Change for Life campaigns aim to support
parents with advice and tools to make healthier choices about their families. They aim to improve
childhood obesity rates; they help many families to keep kids healthy. An example of how they aim
to change is making easy healthy recipes for families or great sugar swaps (Change4Life, n.d). This
campaign aims to improve the health of children, they used parents are targeted audience as
parents have an influence on children health.
Unemployed are at risk in the population, due to the lack of money they may not afford healthy food
or keep up with their health. Unemployment can affect your mental health and may led to
conditions such as depression. From 1971 to 2021, unemployment rates have decreased where the
biggest peak was in 1984 (ONS, 2021). ONS stats that unemployed people are likely to experience
poorer mental health, higher hospital admissions and more chronic diseases.
Older people are more at risk in the population due to their weak immune systems and health
inequalities. The UK is an ageing population which means people are living longer, and we need to
keep up with the health needs. Because people are living longer, more ill health are occurring. Some
older people may not remain their health due to environment or economic circumstances. There are
many ways that charities or authorities helped older people health such as leisure centres having
free membership over 60s and encourage walking.
Ethnic groups are also at risk in the population, they may be at risk due to discrimination or health
inequalities. These groups may experience discrimination which will have an impact on their health
such as depression or anxiety.
Health surveillance programmes such as Health and Safety Executive which monitors illness at work.
This does health checks and assessments on the work environment. The HSE gather data and act on
workplaces that are dangerous to health. Health surveillance means watching or monitoring the
health of the population such as monitoring data in cancer cases. Change4Life identified that cases
in childhood obesity are increasing and need change. The DH or Public Health England would have
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