P1- Describe key aspects of public health strategies.
P2- Describe the origins of public health policy in the UK from the 19th century to the present day.
M1- Compare historical and current features of public health.
Megan Middleton What is public health? Unit 12. P1, P2, M1
P1- Describe key aspects of public health strategies
Monitoring the health status of the population
This may be put into place by talking any changes in the health of the public and alerting them to
potential problems that may be around. An example of this would be working with the NHS tin order
to find out how many people have HIV, this will allow the NHS to monitor those individuals and take
further action.
Identify the health needs of the population
Any trends or patterns need to be identified in order to control any implications. An example of this
would be when the government and NHS work together to provide free condoms to the public, this
will prevent any sexually transmitted infections or diseases such as HIV. As well as this, they can
prevent the spreading of viruses by providing new, sterile needles in hospitals for every patient.
Develop programmes to reduce the risk and screen for disease early on
This involves the reduction of ill health, which can be done by introducing programmes in order to
identify which people are at risk of a condition, then enrol them on programmes which will help
prevent the condition. An example of this would be providing free vaccinations for people who no
not have HIV to lower their risk of getting the disease.
Controlling communicable disease
Immunisation can lower the severity of the disease or infection, and example of this would be
tracking the number of people with HIV, then the government can provide organised drugs to
people with HIV.
Promoting health of the population
This promotes activities which can lower the number of people with ill health within the population.
An example of this would be to provide people with free contraception, vaccinations and an
advertisement to make young people aware of the risks that can occur if they have one or more
sexual partners.
Planning and evaluating the provision of health and social care
The current provision of health should be reviewed in order to determine if they are having a
positive impact on the issues. An example of this would be if hospitals do not follow the procedures
given that were put in place to reduce the risk of HIV, if this is not being followed then the
government need to come up with another plan.
P2- Describe origins of public health policy in the UK from 19th century to present day
19th Century
John snow
In 1854, John Snow’s attention was on the function of drinking water and the rising numbers of
cholera. He noticed that a large percentage of people who had drunk water which was provided by a
specific water company developed the disease. He then plotted on a map all the cases of cholera,
this led to the result that water causing cholera was coming from a single pump. After learning this
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