HND Assignment Samples

Role of Public Health in Health and social Care

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION.. 4
TASK-1. 5
1.1 Role of different agencies in identifying levels in health and disease in
communities. 5
1.2 Statistics on the incidence and spread of infectious disease. Explain the
epidemiology of one infectious and non-infectious disease and relevance of statistics
in context to public health. 7
1.3 Evaluate the effectiveness of different approaches and strategies to control the
incidence of disease in communities. 8
TASK-2 Be able to investigate the implications of illness and disease in communities
for the provision of health and social care services. 9
2.1 Determine what are the current approaches to the provision of services for the
people with disease or illness. 9
2.2 Explain the relationship between the prevalence of different diseases and the
requirements of services to support individuals with the health and social care service
provision. 9
2.3 analyze the impact of current life style choices on future needs for health and
social care services. 10
TASK-3 Understand the factors influencing health and wellbeing of individuals in
health and social care settings 11
3.1 Asses the health and well being priorities for individuals in a particular health or
social care setting. 11
3.2 Evaluate the effectiveness of strategies, systems, policies in health and social care
setting. 11
3.3 Discuss changes that could be made to improve the health and wellbeing of
individuals in a health and social care setting. 12
3.4 Choose and evaluate any activity that has been implemented to encourage
behavior change for maximizing health for individuals in a health or social care
setting. 12
CONCLUSION.. 13
REFERENCES. 14
INTRODUCTION
In general terms a person is considered healthy if he is free from disease. But in wider
terms health contains many more element which includes dynamic state of mental,
well being socially, physically and spiritually. Public health is a broader concept and
reflects the efforts which we do collectively in order to ensure the conditions under
which people remain healthy in a particular community (Lincoln et al, 2006). After
the introduction of public health system the government can ensure their people and
promote the physical and mental health of the people along with safeguarding them
from and sever disease and permanent disability. Preventing from spreading of
diseases, prevention from injuries and safeguarding against the environmental hazards
shall be the key responsibilities and of the public health system. The present paper has
been divided into three tasks. Under the first task we would study the role played by
the different agencies in identifying level of health and disease. After the task of
studying the role of agencies, we would research on the effects caused by the disease
in relation of health and social care. The last task i.e. is the third one would the day to
day factor which the effect the health and social well being of person in health and
social care.
TASK-1
1.1 Role of different agencies in identifying
levels in health and disease in communities
Now days there are many local, national and international agencies which identify the
levels of health and disease in the people at large. Different authorities play different
role at within their power. The trusts and authorities at local level play a critical role
while the process of identification is carried out by the government at national level.
In the same way the international health agencies which include voluntary
organizations, World Health organization and the European Union conduct the work
of identifying the level of health and disease in communities.
Without the help of local agencies the work of health identification cannot be done.
There are many agencies which at their own local level conduct the work of
identification of health and disease. Such agencies include public safety agencies,
human services and charity organization. Their role in the public healthcare system
would be to retain the primary healthcare responsibilities in the country (Merino,
2012). The health department at local level would conduct the work of providing care
to patients, making recommendations for improvement of public health care system,
supporting the local communities and local healthcare systems. The local government
shall lead the local health departments. In addition to this, clinical commissioning
groups, local authorities’ commission and local health watch have been formed to
identify the level of health & disease (Gov UK, 2015).
The work of development and maintenance shall be carried by the agencies at national
level. The work relating to improvement of healthcare system, building the
infrastructure, training and education shall be carried by the agencies at national level.
The work of developing the policies and making the plans for supporting the health
care system shall be the responsibilities of the national authorities. At last the overall
effectiveness of the healthcare system present in the organization shall be determined
the agencies working at national level. The esteemed organizations which include
Public health England, NHS England, Health Education England, and NHS trust
development authority and NICE work for the above mentioned works. The main
work of the organization is to facilitate the local organization with finance and also act
as a leader in national scenario.
In order to identify the level of health and disease the world level organization
WHO was formed WHO commission on social determinant of health (CSDH).WHO
acts as the umbrella health agency which is involved in coordinating legal and non-
legal activities for the various organizations (Lincoln et al, 2006). WHO monitors the
status of health care and forms and implement the policies for reduction of health care
inequalities. The developing countries are funded by WHO for their health plans.
Further the WHO monitors the fund given to the countries and assesses the
effectiveness of the operations carried from such funds to ensure the minimum level
of health and disease in the country.
1.2 Statistics on the incidence and spread
of infectious disease. Explain the
epidemiology of one infectious and non-
infectious disease and relevance of
statistics in context to public health.
Infectious disease
TB is an infectious disease and is a major problem for the world. Total 7892 cases
were reported in 2013 in UK. There was decline in the TB cases in England, Scotland,
and Northern Ireland while it remained same in Wales (Cohen, Opal and Powderly,
2010). In UK London has recorded the highest case. About 37% of people suffer from
tuberculosis in England. Talking with the age group of 5 to 14 years consist of 3%, 15
to 44 years consist of 60% of patients, 45-64 years consist of 23%, age of 65 years
and about 1.4 percent was less than 5 years (McKenzie, 2009).
In UK the rate of TB in born children under 15 years age was 2.0 per 100000.00. At
the same time, the child-to-adult ratio in notification rate has declined over the past
five years down from 0.29 in 2008 to 0.20 in 2013 (Healey, 2010).
Non-infectious disease
Now a day the major non infectious and non curable disease is cancer. Around 11
million people and 12.5% deaths took place due to cancer. As per an estimate there
could be 15 million more cases by 2020. Now a day’s the most common type of
cancer which have been diagnosed are Lung, Breast and Colorectal cancer. The major
causes of cancer are smoking and chewing tobacco. According to a research which has
been conducted worldwide it has been worked out that in 1 in 2 men while 1 in 3 has
the probability of having cancer disease.
The rate of mortality from the cancer caused by the stomach cancer has fallen by 35%
while the cervical cancer by 29%. However the scenario for the women cancer is not
similar to it. About 15 types of cancer are caused by smoking. About 90% death
caused by lung cancer are caused by smoking. Leaving smoking at the age of 30 has
made a reduction in lung cancer by 10%. In UK, 4% cancer is caused by infection like
Helibactor pylori. Hepatitis B and C. HPV vaccine can help to reduce the number of
cancer diagnosis (Holland, Olsen and Florey, 2007).
1.3 Evaluate the effectiveness of different approaches and strategies to control the
incidence of disease in communities
In today’s world one has to beware of disease as it may attack body, even if some
person having disease contacts the other which is not affected. The major concern in
today’s world is spreading of communicable disease. In order to prevent the spreading
of the infectious disease the government should take effective steps.
Proper sanitation system and safe & sufficient supply of water will be very helpful in
preventing the spread of communicable disease. Proper system of vaccination should
be developed. Each and every people should be immunized from the caught of
measles. Government should take care that each and every person should get proper
nutritious food so that the disease may be prevented. Necessary arrangements should
be made for basic health care and emergency cases. Firstly illness and health
information system should be developed and proper mechanism should be made for
monitoring it. These above mentioned strategies will prevent the spread of infectious
diseases (Black and Gruen, 2005).
The research program for detecting the emerging pathons and the disease which they
may cause shall be carried on frequent basis. For caring such research the
government should develop fully equipped and advanced laboratory. Further the govt.
should develop electronic communication for fostering disease surveillance and
response.
With the strengthening of the public health infrastructure the spread of infectious
disease can be prevented, research work can be carried down efficiently and
preventive measures can be made effective. All the measure will enhance the
capability of UK to fight with diseases which are eating the back bone of the nation.
This will also provide training opportunity in infectious disease epidemiology and
diagnosis in UK (McCarthy and Rose, 2010).
TASK-2
2.1 Determine the current approaches to
the provision of services for the people
with disease or illness.
The priorities have to be properly managed, to help the people suffering from illness.
Active support for self-management is required in order to enable the students chooses
healthy behavior and a significant transformation of the patient care-giver into
coordinate partnership. To improve the health outcome the only source is the self
management.
Instead of curing the disease one should think of preventing it. Prevention from
universal should be priority. The chances of disease can be reduced by manifolds.
Today heart diseases are very common. It can be avoided up to 80% if common
lifestyle risks are eliminated. Community level campaigns can be organized to prevent
diseases (Stavans, 2010)
Development of responses to the people with mental and physical health is yet another
priority. It will create an impact in terms experience of the patient and clinical
outcomes.
2.2 Explain the relationship between the
prevalence of different diseases and the
requirements of services to support
individuals with the health and social care
service provision.
There is direct nexus between the disease and the health services. The nature and type
of disease decides the type, quantum and quality of services. Various factors such as
volume of services, type of care are factors that make a link between need and
demand. If the people are healthy then the existence of health services shall be
considered fruitful. The agenda of health services is to make improvement in the
health of people.
The prevalence of disease may affect the population at large. Mainly the presence of
communicable of disease can massive bad impact as the disease may spread from one
person to another. It is the duty of health care service to measure the quantum and
consequences of the disease. The environmental health services are also provided by
the health care system in order to culminate the prevalence of environmentally
provoked disease that occurs due to low income or poor housing (Merino, 2012).
2.3 analyze the impact of current life style
choices on future needs for health and
social care services.
Life style has direct relation with disease. If the life style is good the health of the
person may be better. For eg If a person smokes, there will be more chances of him
getting in the trap of cancer. Hence, attainment of effective life style is the major aim
of current public and health policy. From the research made it has been ascertained
that the overall consumption of alcohol has risen in UK. However there is fall in
drinking limits of person from 39% in 2004 to 35% in 2005. Alcohol drinking is
injurious to health and it results in death. The rate of deaths caused due to alcohol has
increased from 0.69 per 1000 population in 1999 to 1.29 per 1000 in 2005. The health
care department can organize seminars or campaigns to educate people about ill
effects of drinking alcohol (Hunnicutt, 2010).
Apart from drinking, smoking has become part of the life style of people in UK. It has
become a part of standard of living. There has been registered a decline in smoking
rate from 45% in 1971 to 24% in 2005. Due to this decline in smoking habits, a
decline in smoking related illness has also been registered. The health and the social
care service should implement steps to make the situation even better in future
(Burgess, Shaw and Kellas, 2011).
TASK-3
3.1 Asses the health and well being
priorities for individuals in a particular
health or social care setting.
Health priorities change from people to people. Now a day’s people have many heath
priorities. Today obesity is the major concern for the people. Major reason for obesity
is the eating habits such as having excess fast food. Today many people are affected
from obesity and with the problem of obesity the human body is affected with many
diseases. Controlling and reducing the bad habits of smoking is a another important
area of health and well being priority of individuals in health and social care settings.
These bad habits affect the individuals’ health as well as his wealth. Furthermore, the
abuse of substances like drug and alcohol has detrimental effect on the health of the
individuals (McCarthy and Rose, 2010). Controlling drinking of alcohol is also
another important area of health and well being priority. Excess drinking of alcohol
increases the risk of stroke and also increases the risk of cancer. All the bad habits
reduction mentioned above are major priorities of the people.
3.2 Evaluate the effectiveness of
strategies, systems, policies in health and
social care setting.
All the priorities mentioned need hard steps to be taken for their implementation. A
proper plan has to be made and executed for the meeting the priorities and well being
of individuals. People should be educated about the bad effects of smoking and
drinking through the means of organizing seminars. People should be made aware that
habits of these things have bad effects on the health of the individual. People showed
the video clippings of the people who suffer from cancer so that they may leave this
bad habit due the fear of pain or death. Proper plans should be made so that, the sick
people may get treatment on time. Researches should be conducted in order to
introduce better technologies and medicines to provide health and well being of the
individuals (Mandelstam, 2007).
3.3 Discuss changes that could be made to
improve the health and wellbeing of
individuals in a health and social care
setting.
The numbers of changes in the life of people made the more the chances are that
people will be free from disease. There are many proposed changes that can be made
to increase the of the people and increase the chance of well being of individual in
health and social care settings. Plans and policies should be made for promotion better
health in sections of the community. Provisions should be made for quicker access to
services and providing immediate support when the individuals require care (Merino,
2012). The govt. should lay more emphasis on the prevention of disease. More
pressure should be made on improving the standard of living of the people like
improving the sanitation system etc. Life style of the people should be changed so that
the people can live a independent and active life. Educate people about the bad effects
of the smoking and drinking and discourage them from doing this.
3.4 Choose and evaluate any activity that
has been implemented to encourage
behavior change for maximizing health for
individuals in a health or social care
setting.
The activities which can be undertaken in order to encourage behavior change for
maximizing the health of the individuals are as mentioned below:
People should be educated about the obesity. The methods of overcoming the obesity
and the side effects of the obesity should also be thought. People should be provided
with a balanced diet chart and provided the knowledge of physical exercises.
The smoking habit one person affects the health of persons along with the person near
and dear the smoker. List of smokers should be made and education about the bad
effect of smoking should be made to them. After keeping in view the standards as
prescribed in the Air Quality, the quality of the air should be checked. Efforts should
be made for providing better sanitation facility to the public. Then steps will be taken
for providing access to community services for people who abuse drugs and alcohol
(Krishna Regmi, 2013).
CONCLUSION
Heath care services should be improved. Proper health care services should be
provided in UK so as to provide benefit to all people of the country. Steps like
vaccination, immunization should be undertaken so as to prevent the infectious and
non infectious disease. Proper strategies should be formed so as to fight any seasonal
disease. The work of research and development should be done continuously for
betterment of health and social care of the people. Full equipped labs should be
prepared for this purpose. People should be continuously educated to so that they can
remain protected from the disease and leave their bad habits of drinking and smoking.
The government should take effective steps to strengthen the department of health and
social care service to the people
SELF REFLECTION
Present paper talks about the health and concept of public health which ensure the
overall health status of the people living in a particular country. Working on the
present paper helped me to understand the different agencies based on the local,
national and international level working towards ensuring health and safety for the
public in a country. There are different organizations at local level such as local
authority and health watch while at national level there are different organizations
working in the country such as NHS and British health which ensure the health &
safety of people in UK. International organizations and their role in ensuring health
and safety for the people in UK have also been evaluated through present paper.
Statistics regarding infectious and non-infectious diseases were also explored which
reveals regarding impact and overall frequency of such diseases. Further different
approaches to handle disease incidence were evaluated which helps in order to
understand the effective approach which can be adopted. Implications of illness were
also evaluated through present paper which helps in order to understand requirement
of services for the particular type of disease in health and social care context. Finally,
present paper helped in order to understand the factors which are impacting the health
and well being of human being.
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