unit 8 A and B - Promoting public health LEARNING AIM A & B DISTINCTION GUARANTEED!!!

unit 8 A and B - Promoting public health LEARNING AIM A & B DISTINCTION GUARANTEED!!! Unit 8: Promoting Public health Learning Aims: A- Examine strategies for developing public health policy to improve the health of individuals and the population. B- Examine the factors affecting health and the impact of addressing these factors to improve public health. P1: Explain the strategies used to develop public health policy for it to meet its aims. M1: Analyse how public health policy is influenced by strategies and patterns of health and ill health. Public health is about promoting general population health, better hygiene preventing the risk of diseases The national health service was started in 1948 to give the British public access to free healthcare regardless of status and it was vital in helping the country recover from World War 2. The department of health (DH) is responsible for identifying the nation's health needs, how best to reduce risk and identify early signs of disease. They work alongside agencies such as the CQC, NHS England and health Education England to develop policies and legislation about public health and how to monitor the needs of individuals, reduce wealth inequalities and “ensuring that our health services are the most effective, most efficient and equally accessible”1 . Some of the present policies that are in use are Children’s health Drug misuse and dependency Obesity and healthy eating Dementia Along with the rest of the active policies each get broken down into additional concerns for example with smoking and use of tobacco, Nicorette found alternative ways to lower intake of nicotine so it would be easier to quit and offers support and help the person create achievable and sustainable goals towards smoking cessation. The three main strategies used to develop public health policy are: -☆Identifying and monitoring needs -☆Planning and evaluating national provision of health care -☆Minimizing harm from the environment The NHS did not become responsible for the majority of public health until 1974.Prior to this, the NHS was forming, extending across the country and regaining responsibility for all people' health. However, because the health demands of the people vary greatly across rural and urban areas, establishing local authorities was found to have a greater impact on the supply of suitable health services. 1