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Unit 8 Promoting public health assignment 1
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Unit 8: Promoting public healthP1: Explain the strategies used to develop public health
policy in order for it to meet its aims.
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 of 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. Wellness
initiatives and illness prevention are two examples of health
promotion. Public service announcements and newsletters are a few
examples of communication tactics.
Outline findings from the Beveridge report, Acheson report
and the black report.
The Beveridge Report, released by Sir William Beveridge in 1942,
discussed five "Evil Giants" in society. The study suggested that the
government look for new ways to prevent sickness because the
post-war period was a moment for profound transformation. It
suggested that everyone in the workforce contribute a specific
amount to the movement, and in exchange, the movement would
provide benefits for the jobless, the ill, the retired, or bereaved.
In August 1980 a report was published called the Working Group on
Inequalities in Health which also Darcey Watkinson known as the
Black Report is named after the chairman Sir Douglas Black who
was the President of the Royal College of Physicians. It focused on
different health inequalities experienced by different social classes.
The report focused on how social inequalities have developed over
time in different areas of life such as income distribution and gave
recommendations on how to improve and reduce inequalities
between different social classes (nationalarchives.gov.uk).
The Acheson report was created in 1998, it looked at inequalities
between different social classes and provided four types of
explanations for why three health inequalities within social classes
were. The purpose of the inquiry was to inform the development of
the government's public health and to contribute to a healthier
nation.
,Planning national provision of healthcare and promoting the
health of the population.
The provision of healthcare is the government's first priority. This is
important because it enables people of all backgrounds, races, and
ethnicities to get high-quality medical treatment that meets high
standards. The purpose of health provision is to lessen health and
healthcare inequities while also enhancing population health
outcomes and meeting people's expectations. Since both medicine
and technology have grown over time, the general people should
anticipate improved health services to safeguard them from illness
and disease. The data on many aspects, including lifestyle decisions
like exercise, nutrition, and living circumstances, which all have an
influence on health and may be positive or negative, to help the
government understand where health care is required. It is crucial
for the government to have access to this data because it can
highlight cases comparable in health and assist with future
healthcare. For instance, if there is a trend toward teenage obesity,
the government could encourage this group to engage in more
physical activity, which would help reverse the trend and raise life
expectancy because obesity raises the risk of other conditions like
heart disease and diabetes, all of which have a chance of shortening
lifespan. The coronavirus has been the largest threat to the public
recently; many people's daily routines had to be entirely altered; for
instance, many had to stay at home since it was and still is a
hazard, especially to those who have underlying medical conditions.
Because the NHS was under so much stress due to a lack of beds
and medical supplies to support the very ill, the public health
adopted this regulation.
The second aim of public health is about monitoring the needs of the
population to help treat and control disease in society. It is vital to
have this information as it means that the public health’s decisions
and actions will help meet the needs of society in a more precise
way meaning that illness and disease will be able to be more
controlled and monitored. For public health policies to be effective,
the government must be able to predict a social change and identify
how policies can be changed to meet the increasing needs of
society. It is vital for the government to look at medical evidence
and statistics which link lifestyle choices to different health problems
for example smoking can lead to cancer, however there is now a
policy which means that there are warnings on the front of cigarette
packets, on the shelves showing graphic images of what smoking
can do to an individual and the risk it can create, since 2007
smoking in public places has been banned as it doesn’t just have an
effect on the individual smoking it also affects individuals around
, them for example someone who suffers with asthma may inhale the
smoke and trigger an asthma attack, also some individuals like to
just smoke socially so if a policy has been put in place to stop this is
most places the smoking rates will decrease meaning the rate of
smoking related illnesses will decrease.
The third public health aim is identifying and reducing inequalities
between groups and communities in society. Health inequalities are
looked at by professionals to make sure that public health policy
improves the health and wellbeing of the population, not just a few
that are financially stable enough to afford care. The NHS aim is to
make sure that health care is free for all individuals, to a good
standard for all individuals so that it is meeting and reducing health
inequalities because this is vital that healthcare continues to meet
the great standards. Throughout the years there have been many
reports that have been targeted at health inequalities for example
the black report, the Acheson report and the Beveridge report,
which help health professionals to dig deeper into more of an
understanding about health equalities and how to reduce them. In
May 2018 public health England released a plan to reduce health
inequalities in the population for example looking at several factors
such as age, sex, race and environmental factors such as living
conditions. This aims to find out why health inequalities occur. This
could be things such as unhealthy behaviours, this means diet and
lack of exercise. Public health then found areas for improvement
within healthcare and then found ways to improve them and reduce
inequalities for example activities like clubs or schemes to help
improve the health of everyone in England this also means reducing
inequalities.
The fourth aim is protecting society from health threats. This
means, Promoting Public because it is vital to protect society from
danger in health and wellbeing this may happen from diseases or
environmental hazards. The director of health in different
communities is to make sure that the local authorities are
responsible for the health of the people and to make sure that they
are protected from any harm. Any diseases that could be passed on
must be reported by a GP or a doctor from the hospital who will
report it to the health team to make sure that the disease does not
spread to other individuals in that community. An example of this is
coronavirus and the NHS App, if an individual you have been in
contact with has contacted the virus you will be notified on the app
this means if you the virus it cannot be spread any further. As the
virus was and still is very contagious immunisations were promoted
to prevent the disease because it would not only save lives it would
stop a strain on the NHS and on their resources for example in the
lockdown there was a shortage of ventilators.
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