Using a range of example of health promotion programmes and campaigns which specifically target children, describe how they may help to improve their health.

Secondary Health Education - secondary education aims to detect early problems in health and treat them. Also in order to prevent more complications or worsening of the condition. By doing this they can also change peoples behaviour in order to restore good health.

Tertiary health education - this aims to reduce the impact of chronic illness and disability.

Individual health education - aims to attend individual and particular health needs.

Community or group health education - community or group aims is to go and do vocal campaigns to improve health and to give information of self help or pressure group.

Organizational Health education - in early years setting this help develop policies on promoting the health of staff and children in the setting.

The primary health care teams are:

* Doctors

* Health visitor

* Pediatric nurse

* School nurse

* Midwife

* Dentist

* Practice nurse

(B) Using a range of example of health promotion programmes and campaigns which specifically target children, describe how they may help to improve their health.

(C) Describe methods which health educators may use to evlaute health programmes. Provide current evidence to demonstrate the effectiveness

First programme I have choosing to discuss is Asthma UK

Asthma UK's mission is to improve the heath and well-being of people with asthma by building and sharing experience about asthma. This site provides information on recent effects and campaigns which are happening in your county, support for parents which a child who has asthma. Asthma UK helps provide the best in terms of asthma care and management. There is a range of resources and information booklets to help you. Also there is an air journal to keep you up-to-date with effects and forums were people can go get information on any subject and share ideas and experience. In the forums there are views from parents, people who suffer from asthma and nurses or doctors. The number of people in the UK with asthma has risen to 5.2 million, according to research commissioned by Asthma UK.

in 10 children in the UK has asthma. Asthma is the most common long-term condition for children and young people in the UK. 1.1 million Children and young people with asthma are enormous. By this campaign it is designed for school staff, school nurses, head teachers, school boards, local education authorities and school health service to maintain a school asthma policy to individual school needs. 1 in every 8 children in the UK is currently being treated for asthma and several are likely to have it in each per-school group. Also it is stated that 3.5 of people who have received treatment have controlled there asthma. By this programme raising more and awareness it is helping people with asthma deal with it and prevent there illness getting worse by receiving treatment.

Latest figures show that:

* In 2002 there were 35 deaths from asthma in Northern Ireland

* 35,00 children have asthma in Northern Ireland

* There are 150,000 people with asthma living in Northern Ireland

* 12.7 million working days are lose due to asthma

* 90% of asthma deaths are preventable

* Asthma has a 3 million rolling programmes of research

* Over 800.000 teenagers have it and about 2 in each class have it too.

By this programme it helps to provide information and support children's needs. They do many fund raisers and campaigns to support the site to keep the programmes going.

My second programme is National smile week.

National smile week is the UK's biggest annual oral health event. It takes place in the third week of every May, the campaign has been a key factor in the British Dental health foundations success in taking simple, practical oral health advice to millions of people nationwide. National smile week is in it 29th year and it has proven to be a highly effective platform for local promotions by dental practices, retail outlets and schools.

The campaign runs the week on different theme each year. It produces a guide to help each event organizers to plan their events and sells a range of resources designed specifically for these events. Last year they make 35,000 copies of the national smile week information guide for all the different events. This was the most number of copies they have ever had. Also last year they had a press campaign which reached 45 million. In school there are many themes to product into activities and events for children to take part in. by this pack it gives you information to pass on to the children:

. Brush your teeth twice a day with fluoride toothpaste

2. change your toothbrush every 2-3 moths

3. cut down on the frequency of sugary foods and drinks

4. visit the dentist regularly

5. floss at least once-a-day

6. be aware of your mouth

Also in school they can have health eating weeks to promote good eating. There are programmes that link in with national smile week and to do with dental decay e.g. National school milk week on 29th September, have an apple a day etc. this programme enjoys children to drink milk more often as it is good for teeth and bones. By the money that is raised off national smile week. They can do research that shows if different products work to prevent dental decay and mouth problems. There has been a 52% increase on last year's campaign.

Fact and figures:

* about 5 million people visits their dentist with toothache every year

* 19 out of 20 people suffer from gum disease

* It takes 43 muscles to frown but only 17 to smile

* Nearly 2 out of 3 children are nervous about some kinds of dental treatment.

* 7 out of 10 children do not get enough calcium it recommended daily intake for children aged 4-8 years is 800mg. milk is a good source of calcium.

* In 2000 60% of 5year old have no tooth decay, up from 56% in 1995. For 14 years- old the 199 figures were 47% without tooth decay, an improvement on the 1995 figures of 44%.

* Mouth cancer awareness week achieved a 66% growth in circulation more than 17 million.

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Child health Sharon Doherty