For e.g. if an individual has a heart attack then in this situation the need of the individual is to prevent them from getting worse. It helps people become experts in managing their own condition, therefore stops diseases developing. Government health promotion initiatives The Department of Health is a government department responsible for health protection, health improvement and health inequalities issues in England. So, in an action to improve the health of an individual the Dept of Health
It is first important to understand the concept of health promotion in today’s environment. Health promotion allows one to empower and educate individuals to make lifestyle choices and changes to promote their health and help prevent disease. This can be challenging when individual health beliefs differ. According to Whitehead (2004) the concept changes with demands, it is delivered by health workers but has become politically driven as the nation’s health changes. As a consequence strategies for health promotion can be influenced by the financial demands to the NHS.
Unit 12 – Public Health Controlled assessment task 1 Monitoring the health status of the population means the government will keep track of the changes in the health of the population and also announce any potential problems. To identify the health needs of the population you would have to look at the patterns of different health and what health services are needed, that way the implications for the serving can be identified. In October 2003, the Local Health Board of Neath Port Talbot and Country Borough Council published their first Health, Social Care and Well-being Needs Assessment for the people of Neath Port Talbot. The Health Needs Assessment is there to gather information to improve on people’s health and it looks to see what can be done with the correct financial status. An example of this in the Neath Port Talbot area could be an individual’s sexual health.
Extra Credit Assignment HSA 535 Dr. Paul Emeka March 24, 2014 Abstract This paper will focus on the views of epidemiology, it will give informative information on the content about health care, it will discuss views on changed and it discuss the best way to apply the principle of epidemiology. Health care services can be made to be responsive to the prevailing population conditions, such as diseases and deaths from certain conditions, and increases in the minority and elderly subgroups. Your views on the role of epidemiology. Include informative content about health care in general and public health in particular in actively and vigilantly addressing health concerns in the United States and abroad.
P1 Using the contents section of the unit specification as a guide, write at least a descriptive paragraph about each key aspect of public health in the UK In the UK the key aspects of public health practice include: • Identifying the needs of the population • Monitoring the health status of the community • Developing programmes to reduce risk and screen for early disease • Controlling communicable disease • Promoting the health of the population • Planning and evaluating the national provision of health and social care target setting (local, national or international) From looking at these key aspects I am going to discuss how each approach is applied to reduce the rising rates of a sexually transmitted disease – chlamydia. • When identifying the needs of the population, look at how many people have the disease, see if the rates are going up. Supply towns with extra services that deal specifically with sexually transmitted diseases like chlamydia. • In a community look at the number of cases, some town may have bigger rates than others – this could mean more public health care should be brought into the town. When patients come to the health center with a sexually transmitted disease ensure they know the dos and don’ts, give leaflets and ensure they know everything about the disease – if you do this then the rising rates could fall.
P1: Describe key aspects of public health strategies The definition of Public Health is taken from Donald Acheson’s 1998 Report on Public Health in England. It focuses on modern public health strategies in the UK. It concentrates in collective responsibilities for health and prevention. It relies on multidisciplinary approaches that highlights partnerships with the people who are being served. The Faculty of Public Health outlines good practice for public health as: * Being populated based * Putting emphasis on collective responsibility for heath protection and disease prevention * Recognising government’s responsibility linked to a concern for the causes of health and disease.
The patient needs to understand his new medical condition in order to gain understanding of the disease process, signs and symptoms, complications, medication regimen, follow-up appointment as well as the benefits of physical activity, diet and weight control. By explaining what causes a myocardial infarction, sign and symptoms, complications using educational video, traced of the heart to demonstrate how it functions will help the patient. Modifying dietary choices, weight control and physical activity will promote better health. This process should be repeated until patient and family voice understanding. Patient and family involvement in plan and care is very vital.
This model also emphasises that the help and intervention of professionals is needed in times of illness or disease. This biomedical model states that the main purpose of the health and social care services is to cure people of diseases, get them back to a healthy state and that the professionals will use scientifically tested means and methods to assess the disease and illness and diagnose the individual correctly and
in this assinemnt i am goig to explain health promotion and health protecton, i will then explain an approprate metod to prevent/control tb and stroke, as they are the communicable and non-communicable disease. health promotion is the process of allowing people to use control over the determainats of health and so improing there health. as a concept and set of parctical strateiegs it remains an important guide in addressing the major health challenges faced by developing and devloped nations that involve communicable and non-communicable diesases and reservations linked to the health of bumans and the development. health promotion is a process linked towords getting people to take action. so health promotion is not something that is done on or to people its done by, with and for people weater they are in groups or indevidual.
Identifying and learning from errors by developing a nationwide public mandatory reporting system and by encouraging health care organizations and practitioners to develop and participate in voluntary reporting systems is another strategy for medical error improvement. The third strategy for medical error improvement is raising performance standards and expectations for improvements in safety through the actions of oversight organizations, professional groups, and group purchasers of healthcare. The last strategy for medical errors improvement is implementing safety systems in healthcare organizations to ensure safe practices at the delivery level. To help avoid drug errors, the National Council on Patient Information and Education (NCPIE) encourages us to think about the "3 R’s" — Risks, Respect, and Responsibility— for safe medicine use: Recognize that all medicines have risks as well as benefits. Respect the power and value of medicines when properly used.