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Current public health issues and their impact on society

Smoking cessation

Healthy eating

Child dental health

Healthy heart

Sexual health

Teenage pregnancies

Binge drinking

Cancers

Mental health

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Task 1: To improve the health in your area, the local authority has asked you to produce a health campaign on a current issue. You will need to explore the status of health in your local/national area then choose your topic, explaining why you have made that choice and why it is important to society to address that issue.

Reasons why a healthy society is important:

* Control of communicable diseases

* Decrease cost of care

*Decrease sickness and dependency

* Increased life expectancy

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Organisations promoting public health challenges

Charities

National Health Service (NHS)

Government Health Agencies

World Health Organisation (WHO)

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Barriers to Living Healthy Lifestyles

Advertising and media

Promoting unhealthy products on TV and social media

Celebrity endorsement

Peer pressure

Friends

Social groups / activities

Lack of support

Friends and family

Role models

Health professionals

Cost

Expense of gym membership, Healthy foods, Treatment/holistic therapies

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Factors Influencing Public Health

Lifestyle choices

Alcohol, diet, exercise, unprotected sex, smoking and self-help

Physical and mental health

illness, stress, anxiety, and genetics

Access to health services

access to counselling, GP, clinics, pharmacy, wellbeing groups

Education and socio-economic status

disposable income, employment, literacy, qualifications, culture

PIES Benefits of Living Healthy Lifestyles

Physical

Intellectual

Emotional

Social

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TASK 2/3/4: Plan, deliver and evaluate a public health campaign

Plan

  • Aims of the campaign
  • Timescales
  • Resources
  • Safety considerations
  • Communication
  • Methods to used engage the target audience
  • How to gather feedback after the campaign

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Deliver

Evaluate Your Performance

Use feedback

Self-reflect

Review strengths and weaknesses of

- Your planning

  • Your communication skills
  • How you engaged individuals
  • Suggest improvements / say what you would do differently and why