BTEC H&S Care Unit 8: Promoting Public Health, assignment 1 (distinction achieved)
P1: Explain the strategies used to develop public health policy in order for it to meet its aims
P2: Explain how monitoring information to determine patterns of health and ill health is used by government to infor...
One strategy is the health screening strategy. A screaming program is a test used to
find percent of disease in people who might not have the symptoms.
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(Paterson,2016:82) There is many types of tests available to range of people, these
include breast screening; which is available to women 50-70. Bowel cancer
screening which available to both genders ages 55. 2(NHS, 14/5/18). It prevents
disease by detecting its symptoms early which makes it more treatable and lowers
the overall risk of death from the disease. The ‘ making life better strategies
framework 2013-2023’ is important for this strategy as by 2023 the government
wants everyone in uk to be healthier and live longer. For example If there wasn't
screaming programs then the uk would undetect many cases of breast cancer which
would lead them to get worse as progresses through stages. As evidenced 3(NHS,
27/03/2018) 3 in every 200 women screened are diagnosed with a type of cancer
they would not of found without screaming that ends up life threatening.
The result of having the policy offering compulsory screening tests offered to
everyone who it applies to, the government can prevent early deaths and therefore
help keep everyone healthy.
- Pollution
Another strategy is for pollution and recycling; Strategy for hazardous waste
management in England 2011. This strategy is focused on reducing the amount of
plastic thrown away each year. More importantly the amount of plastic that is thrown
into the water. As demonstrated by this news article 3(Sky ocean rescue , 23/10/18)
plastic is ending up in people's food. This means that the next generation will end up
consuming plastic particles. Plastic can cause health issues such as cancer and lung
infections and is unsuitable for consumption. One public health policy that came
from this was the 5p plastic bag single use charging Inactive setup to reduce plastic
thrown away. 4(Department for environment and food, Updated 8 May
2015:Appendix 10: charging for single use plastic carrier bags.) the aim of this policy
Is to reduce the demand for plastic bags.
- Food safety and obesity
Important to give children a nutritional healthy head start in life to prevent diseases
later on in life. For instance the food standard agency rates all food businesses on
food hygiene, how they handle food, how food is stored and prepared and Food
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