Perspective of health and well-being of the service user
- Mr Jones believes that being in good health is not suffering from any kind of illness or pain.
- He also believes that feeling good in your own body is a way of showing one’s well-being.
Perspective of Health and well-being of the service provider
- It is a state of physical, mental, emotional, psychological and social well-being and not just the absence of disease and sickness. (World Health Organisation)
- It is a way of life where individuals should be more positive towards health and well-being.
These perspectives on health might be useful to some individual but not to everyone.
The service user might not agree with these perspectives of health because some individual fine it very hard to be positive when they are very ill. Some people are in denial and they don’t accept the fact that they have been causing the damage to their body over this long period of time.
Other individuals might find it very helpful and live their life in a way that would be good for their own body therefore being in good health and well-being. That would help them recover from previous diseases or prevent the appearance of diseases.
Effects of ill-health on the service user and their relatives
Having a disease or not being in good health does not only affect the service user but also their family and friends.
In Mr Jones’ case:
- His smoking habit has caused his son to smoke from a young age as well. His son sees it as being normal as he has always seen his father smoking.
- It can cause illness such as bronchitis to people exposed to smoking. It has been proven that passive smoking causes lung cancer, breast cancer in women, heart related diseases and asthma.
- It has been found by studies that if a heavy smoker doesn’t get a cigarette when he or she needs it, they might become aggressive and it can also cause mood swings.
- It causes serious illnesses to the individual who smokes himself and that can have emotional effects on family and friends.
- Cigarettes can be very expensive if you smoke a lot everyday and that can also affect the family financially.
One government initiative which could help Mr Jones
The government has put in place many campaigns to reduce smoking in the UK.
Examples are:
- Media/ education campaigns. The NHS spends a lot of money on adverts that can motivate people to stop smoking. They also educate younger people in schools that smoking is bad for the health.
- Price increase and supply regulation.
- NHS Stop Smoking Services & Nicotine Replacement Therapy. This service provides counseling and support to smokers wanting to quit.
- Reducing Tobacco Advertising and Promotion. The government has banned any tobacco advertisement.
- Pack labeling and health warnings on all cigarette packaging has helped reduce smokers. E.g. ‘’Smoking Kills’’.
One government initiative that I think could help Mr Jones and many others is increasing the price of cigarettes and regulating the amount being sold. This will help because he doesn’t have a lot of money to spend on cigarettes because he has 5 children to take care of. I agree that he will not stop completely but he might reduce the amount he smokes everyday which in turn will reduce the amount of money he spends on smoking.
This initiative could affect Mr Jones positively by gradually decreasing the amount he smokes until he actually stops completely. This will have a positive effect on his health and also his family’s health and well-being.
It could also have a negative effect that is; he will continue to smoke the amount he now smokes and spend more and more money on cigarettes which will lead in him being indebted which will affect his health and also his relationships with his family.
How could this initiative affect the service provider?
These government initiatives will have a positive effect on the service provider by reducing the numbers of patient that are affected by smoking related diseases. The NHS will not have to spend a lot of money on these and instead can spend more money to help people who need it more.
Other Initiatives that the government could use
The government has already put in motion another campaign to stop smoking and I think that it will help a lot to those who don’t smoke.
In 2004, a Public Health report proposed a smoking ban in almost all public places in England. The Health Act 2006 is an act of parliament that brings in a smoking ban for enclosed public spaces in England. It started with a ban on smoking in NHS and government buildings and the government hope that by 2007 it would extend to pubs, bars and restaurants.