P1: Describe key aspects of public health in the UK

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P1: Describe key aspects of public health in the UK

Public health is ‘the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organised efforts of society’. The public health definition was written by Sir Donald Acheson, in 1988 to focus on modern public health; to collect responsibility for health and on prevention. The multi-disciplinary approach emphasises partnership with the people who are being served.

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Monitoring the health status of the population means that the government will keep track of the health in the UK population and also announce any problem with public health. For example someone who is doing researching on Chlamydia to would look at the increase and decrease in Chlamydia and notify health care centre as to why rates have change and keeping them at lower rates.

Identifying the health needs of the population is to look at patterns of different health and what health services are needed. For example once the trends and patterns of Chlamydia are seen, the ...

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