Public Health Role

The purpose of this essay is to evaluate the changing role of public health. Wanless (2004) defines public health as ‘prolonging life and promoting health through the organised efforts and informed choices of society, organisations, communities and individuals’. The focus of health promotion is to reduced health inequalities with the main concept being protecting the public from transmissible diseases, improving services and to help the health of the population. Scriven, A (2010) suggests that it is vital to measure health when promoting health to identify priorities, assist with planning, identify resources needed and to assist the development of the health professional.
According to Dr Arana (2009) the role of data provides the foundations

one of the challenges in public health is ensuring that the right theory is applied. According to Green, (2010) by using a theory it will inform decisions about the most appropriate strategy to use. On the other hand, Noar And Zimmerman (2005) strongly disagree by stating that although there are many theories there is no answer to which offers an explanation of health behaviour.

It is important that all health professionals have the correct skills and training. Green, (2010) highlights that learning for health is the most effective when the health professional identifies their own learning needs and goals. It is important that health professionals set realistic goals and objectives. All learning objectives will be different depending on the problem which is occurring in with the publics health. Assessing learning outcomes is effective within public health as it helps to measure the change which has occurred and if the goals set have been achieved. Improving individual’s education will have a massive effect when changing the health of others. Green, (2010) claims that there is evidence that individuals want health information but have difficulty understanding what the information means and are often reluctant to ask for advice or

In the 1960s education was considered the main focus behind social change. Macdonald, G (1992) highlights that healthy education was then developed in schools across the United Kingdom. The importance on school based education continued into the 1970s with the development of important curriculum projects in the UK, USA and in the Netherlands. Also in the 1960s tougher laws were introduced on cigarette smoking and smoking in public places. Dr Karine Jansen. (2015) highlights that in 2004 Global health projects were established by the WHO headquarter. The mission of the project was to understand the history of health during the last 60 years. It was designed to help make the future of public health better. Marmot (2010) states that the final Marmot review took place in 2010 the report focused on six ways of reducing inequalities that exist in health and wellbeing around the